Java tutorial
import java.awt.Event; import javax.swing.ButtonGroup; import javax.swing.JCheckBoxMenuItem; import javax.swing.JFrame; import javax.swing.JMenu; import javax.swing.JMenuBar; import javax.swing.JMenuItem; import javax.swing.JRadioButtonMenuItem; import javax.swing.KeyStroke; public class MainClass extends JFrame { public MainClass() { setDefaultCloseOperation(EXIT_ON_CLOSE); setJMenuBar(menuBar); JMenu fileMenu = new JMenu("File"); JMenu elementMenu = new JMenu("Elements"); fileMenu.setMnemonic('F'); elementMenu.setMnemonic('E'); // Construct the file pull down menu newItem = fileMenu.add("New"); openItem = fileMenu.add("Open"); closeItem = fileMenu.add("Close"); fileMenu.addSeparator(); saveItem = fileMenu.add("Save"); saveAsItem = fileMenu.add("Save As..."); JMenu colorMenu = new JMenu("Color"); fileMenu.addSeparator(); printItem = fileMenu.add("Print"); newItem.setAccelerator(KeyStroke.getKeyStroke('N', Event.CTRL_MASK)); openItem.setAccelerator(KeyStroke.getKeyStroke('O', Event.CTRL_MASK)); saveItem.setAccelerator(KeyStroke.getKeyStroke('S', Event.CTRL_MASK)); printItem.setAccelerator(KeyStroke.getKeyStroke('P', Event.CTRL_MASK)); elementMenu.add(lineItem = new JRadioButtonMenuItem("Line", true)); elementMenu.add(rectangleItem = new JRadioButtonMenuItem("Rectangle", false)); elementMenu.add(circleItem = new JRadioButtonMenuItem("Circle", false)); elementMenu.add(curveItem = new JRadioButtonMenuItem("Curve", false)); ButtonGroup types = new ButtonGroup(); types.add(lineItem); types.add(rectangleItem); types.add(circleItem); types.add(curveItem); lineItem.setAccelerator(KeyStroke.getKeyStroke('L', Event.CTRL_MASK)); rectangleItem.setAccelerator(KeyStroke.getKeyStroke('E', Event.CTRL_MASK)); circleItem.setAccelerator(KeyStroke.getKeyStroke('I', Event.CTRL_MASK)); curveItem.setAccelerator(KeyStroke.getKeyStroke('V', Event.CTRL_MASK)); elementMenu.addSeparator(); elementMenu.add(colorMenu); // Add the sub-menu colorMenu.add(redItem = new JCheckBoxMenuItem("Red", false)); colorMenu.add(yellowItem = new JCheckBoxMenuItem("Yellow", false)); colorMenu.add(greenItem = new JCheckBoxMenuItem("Green", false)); colorMenu.add(blueItem = new JCheckBoxMenuItem("Blue", true)); // Add element color accelerators redItem.setAccelerator(KeyStroke.getKeyStroke('R', Event.CTRL_MASK)); yellowItem.setAccelerator(KeyStroke.getKeyStroke('Y', Event.CTRL_MASK)); greenItem.setAccelerator(KeyStroke.getKeyStroke('G', Event.CTRL_MASK)); blueItem.setAccelerator(KeyStroke.getKeyStroke('B', Event.CTRL_MASK)); menuBar.add(fileMenu); menuBar.add(elementMenu); } private JMenuBar menuBar = new JMenuBar(); // File menu items private JMenuItem newItem, openItem, closeItem, saveItem, saveAsItem, printItem; // Element menu items private JRadioButtonMenuItem lineItem, rectangleItem, circleItem, curveItem, textItem; private JCheckBoxMenuItem redItem, yellowItem, greenItem, blueItem; public static void main(String[] args) { JFrame aWindow = new MainClass(); aWindow.setSize(200, 200); aWindow.setVisible(true); } }