Creating Menus in JavaFX - Java JavaFX

Java examples for JavaFX:Menu

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Introduction

JavaFX's menu controls provide standardized menu capabilities such as check box menus, radio menus, submenus, and separators.

Demo Code

import javafx.application.Application;
import javafx.scene.Group;
import javafx.scene.Scene;
import javafx.scene.control.CheckMenuItem;
import javafx.scene.control.Menu;
import javafx.scene.control.MenuBar;
import javafx.scene.control.MenuItem;
import javafx.scene.control.RadioMenuItem;
import javafx.scene.control.SeparatorMenuItem;
import javafx.scene.control.ToggleGroup;
import javafx.scene.paint.Color;
import javafx.stage.Stage;

public class Main extends Application {

  public static void main(String[] args) {
    Application.launch(args);/*w  ww .j  ava  2 s.co m*/
  }

  @Override
  public void start(Stage primaryStage) {
    primaryStage.setTitle("Creating Menus");
    Group root = new Group();
    Scene scene = new Scene(root, 300, 250, Color.WHITE);

    MenuBar menuBar = new MenuBar();

    // File menu - new, save, exit
    Menu menu = new Menu("File");
    menu.getItems().add(new MenuItem("New"));
    menu.getItems().add(new MenuItem("Save"));
    menu.getItems().add(new SeparatorMenuItem());
    menu.getItems().add(new MenuItem("Exit"));

    menuBar.getMenus().add(menu);

    Menu tools = new Menu("Cameras");
    CheckMenuItem item1 = new CheckMenuItem();
    item1.setText("3");
    item1.setSelected(true);
    tools.getItems().add(item1);

    CheckMenuItem item2 = new CheckMenuItem();
    item2.setText("2");
    item2.setSelected(true);
    tools.getItems().add(item2);

    menuBar.getMenus().add(tools);

    // Alarm
    Menu alarm = new Menu("Alarm");
    ToggleGroup tGroup = new ToggleGroup();

    RadioMenuItem soundAlarmItem = new RadioMenuItem();
    soundAlarmItem.setToggleGroup(tGroup);
    soundAlarmItem.setText("1");

    RadioMenuItem stopAlarmItem = new RadioMenuItem();
    stopAlarmItem.setToggleGroup(tGroup);
    stopAlarmItem.setText("2");
    stopAlarmItem.setSelected(true);

    alarm.getItems().add(soundAlarmItem);
    alarm.getItems().add(stopAlarmItem);

    Menu contingencyPlans = new Menu("QQ");
    contingencyPlans.getItems().add(
        new CheckMenuItem("A"));
    contingencyPlans.getItems().add(
        new CheckMenuItem("B"));
    contingencyPlans.getItems().add(new CheckMenuItem("C"));

    alarm.getItems().add(contingencyPlans);
    menuBar.getMenus().add(alarm);

    menuBar.prefWidthProperty().bind(primaryStage.widthProperty());

    root.getChildren().add(menuBar);
    primaryStage.setScene(scene);
    primaryStage.show();
  }
}

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