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Getting the names of the subcomponents of a JMenu

 
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Hello,

I am trying to get the names of the subcomponents of a JMenu, I am working in Linux.

my code is this:



This gets me the text of each JCheckBoxMenuItem. It works.

There are 14 JCheckBoxMenuItems in the JMenu "lookAndFeelMenu"

4 of them (the ones available on my system)
Metal
Nimbus
CDE/Motif
GTK+
are created like this:




If I try to get the name, by invoking "item.getName()" it returns null for all the hardcoded JCheckBoxMenuItems except the 4 above
Any info please?

Regards,

George
 
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Swing components don't have a name property unless you specifically invoke the setName(...) method on the component.

I would suggest you just use the getText() method.
 
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Example:


I thought that the getName() method would return "systemThemeMenuItem", so I can use it to set it selected or not...
 
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The menu item will be selected when you click on it when the menu popup is displayed.

If you want to manually select the menu item, then you need a reference to the menu item.

I really don't understand your question because if you try to use the getName() method that means you have a reference to the menu item so you can just select it.
 
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