Java Utililty Methods Swing Menu

List of utility methods to do Swing Menu

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The list of methods to do Swing Menu are organized into topic(s).

Method

voidfixIconTextGap(JComponent menu)
fix Icon Text Gap 
if (isNimbusLaF()) {
    Component[] components = menu.getComponents();
    for (Component component : components) {
        if (component instanceof AbstractButton) {
            AbstractButton b = (AbstractButton) component;
            b.setIconTextGap(0);
        if (component instanceof JMenu)
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CollectiongetAllMenuSubElements(MenuElement root)
Returns all sub menu elements of the specified menu element. 
Collection<MenuElement> result = new ArrayList<MenuElement>();
for (MenuElement e : root.getSubElements()) {
    result.add(e);
    result.addAll(getAllMenuSubElements(e));
return result;
intgetMenuFontHeight()
get Menu Font Height 
return getFontHeight(MENU_FONT_KEY);
KeyStrokegetMenuKeyStroke(String stroke)
get Menu Key Stroke 
KeyStroke key = KeyStroke.getKeyStroke(stroke);
if (key != null && (key.getModifiers() & Event.CTRL_MASK) != 0) {
    key = KeyStroke.getKeyStroke(key.getKeyCode(), (key.getModifiers() & ~(Event.CTRL_MASK + 0x80))
            | Toolkit.getDefaultToolkit().getMenuShortcutKeyMask(), key.isOnKeyRelease());
return key;
JLabelgetMenuSectionLabel(String string)
get Menu Section Label 
JLabel l = new JLabel(string.toUpperCase());
l.setFont(new Font(l.getFont().getFamily(), Font.BOLD, 14));
l.setForeground(new Color(20, 20, 20));
return l;
Object[]getOperationMenu(MenuElement currentMenu, String path)
get Operation Menu 
if (path == null || path.equals(""))
    return new Object[] { currentMenu, path };
ArrayList<JMenu> menus = new ArrayList<JMenu>();
if ((Object) currentMenu instanceof JMenuBar) {
    JMenuBar bar = (JMenuBar) currentMenu;
    int count = bar.getMenuCount();
    for (int i = 0; i < count; i++) {
        menus.add(bar.getMenu(i));
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ListgetParsedElements(MenuElement[] elements)
get Parsed Elements 
List<String> returnable = new ArrayList<String>();
for (MenuElement e : elements) {
    if (JMenuItem.class.isAssignableFrom(e.getClass())) {
        returnable.add(((JMenuItem) e).getText());
return returnable;
JMenuBargetTheMenuBar(String[][] arr)
get The Menu Bar 
JMenuBar jmb = new JMenuBar();
JMenu jm;
JMenuItem jmi;
for (int i = 0; i < arr.length; i++) {
    jm = new JMenu(arr[i][0]);
    for (int j = 1; j < arr[i].length; j++) {
        jmi = new JMenuItem(arr[i][j]);
        jm.add(jmi);
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booleanhasIcons(MenuElement menuElement)
Return whether there are any icons at the moment. 
MenuElement[] elements = menuElement.getSubElements();
for (int i = 0; i < elements.length; i++) {
    MenuElement element = elements[i];
    if (element instanceof JMenuItem && (((JMenuItem) element).getIcon() != null)) {
        return true;
    if (element instanceof JPopupMenu) {
        return hasIcons(element);
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voidinstallMenuKeyListener(Component cmp, MenuKeyListener keyListener)
Installs the key listener in the tree of components where the argument component is included, starting in the first parent JFrame or JDialog parent. 
List<Component> components = getAllComponents(cmp);
for (Component component : components) {
    if ((component instanceof JPopupMenu)) {
        JPopupMenu popupMenu = (JPopupMenu) component;
        popupMenu.addMenuKeyListener(keyListener);
    if ((component instanceof JMenuItem)) {
        JMenuItem menuItem = (JMenuItem) component;
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