Java JMenu addMenuItem(ActionListener li, JMenu menu, String text, String tip)

Description

add a new item to the give menu, add an action listener and set the tool tip

License

Open Source License

Parameter

Parameter	Description
li	a parameter
menu	a parameter
text	a parameter
tip	a parameter

Return

the new JMenuItem

Declaration

public static JMenuItem addMenuItem(ActionListener li, JMenu menu, String text, String tip) 

Method Source Code

//package com.java2s;
//License from project: Open Source License 

import java.awt.event.ActionListener;

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

public class Main {
    /**//from   w  w  w  . j  av  a  2s .  c  o m
     * add a new item to the give menu and add an action listener
     * 
     * @param li
     * @param menu
     * @param text
     * @return
     */
    public static JMenuItem addMenuItem(ActionListener li, JMenu menu, String text) {
        JMenuItem mi = new JMenuItem(text);
        mi.addActionListener(li);
        menu.add(mi);
        return mi;
    }

    /**
     * add a new item to the give menu, add an action listener and set the tool
     * tip
     * 
     * @param li
     * @param menu
     * @param text
     * @param tip
     * @return the new JMenuItem
     */
    public static JMenuItem addMenuItem(ActionListener li, JMenu menu, String text, String tip) {
        JMenuItem mi = new JMenuItem(text);
        mi.addActionListener(li);
        mi.setToolTipText(tip);
        menu.add(mi);
        return mi;
    }

    /**
     * add a new item to the give menu, add an action listener, set the tool tip
     * and set the keyboard accelerator
     * 
     * @param li
     * @param menu
     * @param text
     * @param tip
     * @param key
     * @return
     */
    public static JMenuItem addMenuItem(ActionListener li, JMenu menu, String text, String tip, String key) {
        JMenuItem mi = addMenuItem(li, menu, text, tip);
        mi.setAccelerator(KeyStroke.getKeyStroke(key));
        return mi;
    }
}

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