Java Utililty Methods JMenuBar

List of utility methods to do JMenuBar

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Method

voidaddFastKeys(JMenuBar menuBar)
add Fast Keys 
for (Component menuComponent : menuBar.getComponents()) { 
    JMenu menu = (JMenu) menuComponent;
    menu.setMnemonic(menu.getText().charAt(menu.getText().indexOf('&') + 1));
    menu.setText(menu.getText().replace("&", ""));
    for (Component menuItemComponent : menu.getMenuComponents())
        if (menuItemComponent instanceof JMenuItem) { 
            JMenuItem menuItem = (JMenuItem) menuItemComponent;
            menuItem.setMnemonic(menuItem.getText().charAt(menuItem.getText().indexOf('&') + 1));
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voidaddMenuItems(JMenuBar menu, JComponent... items)
add Menu Items 
for (JComponent item : items) {
    menu.add(item);
voidapplyDefaultProperties(final JMenuBar comp)
Sets default background and foreground color as well as a default font for the specified component. 
if (comp == null) {
    return;
applyProperties(comp, "MenuBar.background", 
        "MenuBar.foreground", 
        "MenuBar.font");
JMenuBarcloneMenuBar(final JMenuBar menubar)
Creates a copy of this menu bar, whose contents update automatically whenever the original menu bar changes. 
if (menubar == null)
    return null;
final JMenuBar jmb = new JMenuBar();
final int count = menubar.getMenuCount();
for (int i = 0; i < count; i++)
    jmb.add(cloneMenuItem(menubar.getMenu(i)));
return jmb;
JMenucreateMenuInMenuBar(final JMenuBar menuBar, final String menuName)
Adds a menu to the specified menu bar. 
final JMenu menu = new JMenu();
menu.setText(menuName);
menuBar.add(menu);
return menu;
JMenuItemfindItem(JMenuBar menuBar, String menuName, String menuItemName)
find Item 
Component component = findMenuComponent(menuBar, menuName, menuItemName);
return component instanceof JMenuItem ? (JMenuItem) component : null;
JMenufindMenu(JMenuBar bar, Class type)
find Menu 
if (bar != null) {
    int count = bar.getMenuCount();
    for (int i = 0; i < count; i++) {
        JMenu menu = bar.getMenu(i);
        if (type.isInstance(menu)) {
            return menu;
return null;
JMenufindMenu(JMenuBar menuBar, String menuName)
find Menu 
MenuElement[] menus = menuBar.getSubElements();
for (int ii = 0; ii < menus.length; ++ii) {
    JMenu menu = (JMenu) menus[ii].getComponent();
    if (menu.getText().equals(menuName))
        return menu;
return null;
JMenufindMenu(JMenuBar menuBar, String menuName, String subMenuName)
find Menu 
Component component = findMenuComponent(menuBar, menuName, subMenuName);
return component instanceof JMenu ? (JMenu) component : null;
JMenufindMenu(JMenuBar menuBar, String name, boolean deepSearch)
find Menu 
int n = menuBar.getMenuCount();
for (int i = 0; i < n; i++) {
    JMenu menu = menuBar.getMenu(i);
    if (name.equals(menu.getName())) {
        return menu;
if (deepSearch) {
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