Java tutorial
import static java.awt.event.InputEvent.CTRL_DOWN_MASK; 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 FramewithMenuShortcut extends JFrame { private JMenuBar menuBar = new JMenuBar(); // Window menu bar private JMenuItem newItem, openItem, closeItem, saveItem, saveAsItem, printItem; private JRadioButtonMenuItem lineItem, rectangleItem, circleItem; private JCheckBoxMenuItem redItem, yellowItem; public FramewithMenuShortcut(String title) { JMenu fileMenu = new JMenu("File"); // Create File menu JMenu elementMenu = new JMenu("Elements"); // Create Elements menu fileMenu.setMnemonic('F'); // Create shortcut elementMenu.setMnemonic('E'); // Create shortcut setDefaultCloseOperation(EXIT_ON_CLOSE); setJMenuBar(menuBar); newItem = fileMenu.add("New"); openItem = fileMenu.add("Open"); closeItem = fileMenu.add("Close"); fileMenu.addSeparator(); saveItem = fileMenu.add("Save"); saveAsItem = fileMenu.add("Save As..."); fileMenu.addSeparator(); printItem = fileMenu.add("Print"); elementMenu.add(lineItem = new JRadioButtonMenuItem("Line", true)); elementMenu.add(rectangleItem = new JRadioButtonMenuItem("Rectangle", false)); elementMenu.add(circleItem = new JRadioButtonMenuItem("Circle", false)); ButtonGroup types = new ButtonGroup(); types.add(lineItem); types.add(rectangleItem); types.add(circleItem); elementMenu.addSeparator(); elementMenu.add(redItem = new JCheckBoxMenuItem("Red", false)); elementMenu.add(yellowItem = new JCheckBoxMenuItem("Yellow", false)); menuBar.add(fileMenu); menuBar.add(elementMenu); newItem.setAccelerator(KeyStroke.getKeyStroke('N', CTRL_DOWN_MASK)); openItem.setAccelerator(KeyStroke.getKeyStroke('O', CTRL_DOWN_MASK)); saveItem.setAccelerator(KeyStroke.getKeyStroke('S', CTRL_DOWN_MASK)); printItem.setAccelerator(KeyStroke.getKeyStroke('P', CTRL_DOWN_MASK)); lineItem.setAccelerator(KeyStroke.getKeyStroke('L', CTRL_DOWN_MASK)); rectangleItem.setAccelerator(KeyStroke.getKeyStroke('E', CTRL_DOWN_MASK)); circleItem.setAccelerator(KeyStroke.getKeyStroke('I', CTRL_DOWN_MASK)); elementMenu.addSeparator(); redItem.setAccelerator(KeyStroke.getKeyStroke('R', CTRL_DOWN_MASK)); yellowItem.setAccelerator(KeyStroke.getKeyStroke('Y', CTRL_DOWN_MASK)); menuBar.add(fileMenu); menuBar.add(elementMenu); } public static void main(String[] a) { FramewithMenuShortcut window = new FramewithMenuShortcut(""); window.setBounds(30, 30, 300, 300); window.setVisible(true); } }