Java Utililty Methods Swing Menu

List of utility methods to do Swing Menu

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Method

voidaddBooleanActionTo(Container menuOrToolBar, Action action)
Creates a JCheckBoxMenuItem for a menu or JToggleButton for a tool bar 
Method addButton;
try {
    addButton = Container.class.getMethod("add", Component.class);
    if (menuOrToolBar instanceof JMenu) {
        addButton.invoke(menuOrToolBar, new JCheckBoxMenuItem(action));
    } else {
        final JToggleButton jToggleButton = new JToggleButton(action);
        jToggleButton.setText(null);
...
voidaddHoverEffect4MenuAbout(final Component component, final Color overbgcolor, final Color overfgcolor, final Color outbgcolor, final Color outfgcolor)
add Hover Effect Menu About 
component.addMouseListener(new MouseInputAdapter() {
    @Override
    public void mouseEntered(MouseEvent e) {
        component.setBackground(overbgcolor);
        component.setForeground(overfgcolor);
    @Override
    public void mouseExited(MouseEvent e) {
...
voidaddRCMenuMouseListener(final JTextComponent text)
add RC Menu Mouse Listener 
text.addMouseListener(new MouseAdapter() {
    @Override
    public void mousePressed(MouseEvent e) {
        if (e.isMetaDown() && text.isEnabled()) {
            text.requestFocus();
            showRCMenu(text, e);
});
voidappendMenuSubElements(MenuElement element, StringBuilder builder, String indent)
append Menu Sub Elements 
for (MenuElement subItem : element.getSubElements()) {
    appendMenuItem((Component) subItem, builder, indent);
voidapplyContextMenuFontRecurse(MenuElement item, Font font)
apply Context Menu Font Recurse 
if (!isApplyFontRecurseEnabled) {
    return;
applyToolStripFontRecurse(item, font);
JMenubuildManualsMenu(File appDir)
build Manuals Menu 
JMenu manuals = new JMenu("Manuals");
File manualsDir = new File(appDir.getPath() + File.separatorChar + "manual");
if (manualsDir.exists() && manualsDir.isDirectory()) {
    for (File manualDirContent : manualsDir.listFiles()) {
        if (manualDirContent.isDirectory()) {
            for (final File manual : manualDirContent.listFiles()) {
                if (manual.getName().contains(".pdf")) {
                    JMenuItem manualAction = new JMenuItem(manualDirContent.getName());
...
JMenuconstructViewMenu(ActionListener act, boolean showUMLOption, boolean showShortenedSourceOption, boolean showJavadocsOption, boolean showSourceOption)
Constructs a JMenu holding options to view a SingleUMLGUI, ShortenedSourceGUI, JavadocsGUI, or SourceCodeGUI for an Interface object. 
JMenu viewMenu = new JMenu("View");
if (showUMLOption) {
    JMenuItem viewUML = new JMenuItem("Single UML");
    viewUML.setActionCommand("view.uml");
    viewUML.addActionListener(act);
    viewMenu.add(viewUML);
if (showShortenedSourceOption) {
...
JPopupMenucreateActionMenu(JTextComponent text, boolean includeModifying)
Creates a menu for a text component with select, copy and optionally cut and paste actions. 
JPopupMenu menu = new JPopupMenu();
Action[] actions = text.getActions();
Map<String, Action> actionMap = new HashMap<>(actions.length);
for (Action action : actions) {
    actionMap.put((String) action.getValue(Action.NAME), action);
menu.add(setActionName("Select All", actionMap.get(DefaultEditorKit.selectAllAction)));
menu.add(setActionName("Copy", actionMap.get(DefaultEditorKit.copyAction)));
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JMenucreateMenu(final String label, final String mnemonic, final String accessibleDescription)
Create a menu. 
JMenu menu = new JMenu(label);
menu.setMnemonic(mnemonic.charAt(0));
menu.getAccessibleContext().setAccessibleDescription(accessibleDescription);
return menu;
JMenucreateMenu(final String name, final int mnemonic)
create Menu 
final JMenu menu = new JMenu(name);
menu.setMnemonic(mnemonic);
return menu;