Hi, the problem is that I want to recognise when the user has highlighted a menu bar using the keyboard. For example, I want an eventhandler to trigger everytime the user pressed alt-f to access the file menu - an eventhandler that is fired every time file is highlighted. I know how to add one for a mouse when the file menu item is pressed. Also, I want to know what the user has highlighted under that menu - not nexessarily clicked on -for example new or close or open etc.
The following code creates a basic menu added to a frame. I intend to the frame by adding all manner of components to it.
Thanks for any help.
import javax.swing.*;
import java.awt.*;
public class GUI
{
public GUI ()
{
FrameSetUp();
}
public void FrameSetUp()
{
JFrame MainFrame = new JFrame();
GridLayout grid1;
JMenuBar jmb = new JMenuBar();
JMenu file = new JMenu ("File");
JMenuItem New_Item;
JMenuItem Open_Item;
JMenuItem Close_Item;
JMenuItem Copy_Item;
file.setMnemonic('F');
New_Item = new JMenuItem ("Set Player One Name");
NewHandler Menu_New = new NewHandler();
New_Item.addActionListener( Menu_New );
file.add (New_Item);
Open_Item = new JMenuItem ("Open");
file.add(Open_Item);
file.addSeparator();
Close_Item = new JMenuItem ("Close");
file.add (Close_Item);
jmb.add (file);
JMenu edit = new JMenu ("Edit");
edit.setMnemonic('E');
Copy_Item = new JMenuItem ("Copy");
edit.add (Copy_Item);
Copy_Item.setHorizontalTextPosition (JMenuItem.LEFT);
jmb.add (edit);
MainFrame.setJMenuBar(jmb);
MainFrame.setDefaultCloseOperation(JFrame.EXIT_ON_CLOSE);
MainFrame.pack();
MainFrame.setVisible(true);
System.out.println("Mainframes height "+MainFrame.getHeight());
System.out.println("Mainframes width "+MainFrame.getWidth());
MainFrame=null;
}
private class NewHandler implements ActionListener {
public void actionPerformed( ActionEvent e )
{
System.out.println("Pressed new menu.\n");
}//end event handler
}//end Button1 handler...
public static void main(
String[] args)
{
try
{
UIManager.setLookAndFeel(UIManager.getCrossPlatformLookAndFeelClassName());
GUI MainGUI = new GUI();
}//endtry
catch (Exception e)
{
System.out.println(e.toString());
}//endcatch
}
} //end of main GUI class :roll:
