Java Swing Tutorial - Java JMenu .setAccelerator (KeyStroke keyStroke)

Syntax

JMenu.setAccelerator(KeyStroke keyStroke) has the following syntax.

public void setAccelerator(KeyStroke keyStroke)

Example

In the following code shows how to use JMenu.setAccelerator(KeyStroke keyStroke) method.

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import javax.swing.JFrame;
import javax.swing.JMenu;
import javax.swing.JMenuBar;
import javax.swing.JMenuItem;
import javax.swing.KeyStroke;

public class Main {
  public static void main(final String args[]) {
    JFrame frame = new JFrame("MenuSample Example");
    frame.setDefaultCloseOperation(JFrame.EXIT_ON_CLOSE);
    JMenuBar menuBar = new JMenuBar();

    // File Menu, F - Mnemonic
    JMenu fileMenu = new JMenu("File");
    fileMenu.setAccelerator(KeyStroke.getKeyStroke("F"));

    

    // File->New, N - Mnemonic
    JMenuItem newMenuItem = new JMenuItem("New");
    fileMenu.add(newMenuItem);

    frame.setJMenuBar(menuBar);
    frame.setSize(350, 250);
    frame.setVisible(true);
    
  }
}