How to put menu item in Title bar

[Manoj Tyagi]

Dear All,

I have a problem with my GUI. Actually in Java generally we put menu & menu-items in menubar which is shown just below the Title bar ( in a JFrame )

But I want to put my Menu ( & further menu-item through pop-up or so) in Title bar so that I do not have to put the Menu-bar.

I am using swing version of Java GUI.....


Is there any way to do it.

Please help me out.........

Thanks,

Manoj

[Gregg Bolinger]

This can't be done with pure Java. With JNI, anything is possible, but chances are you won't want to mess with that. I wouldn't want to.

Out of curiosity, why do you want a menu in the Title bar? This is something I have to say I have never seen.

[Manoj Tyagi]

Thanks Gregg,

I agree with you , it may make a mess. But actually I was simulating a GUI which was made in C++ (may be) & it was having Menu (Items) in Title bar.

Moreover, what happened with me. I have completed my whole GUI & in most of the cases I have used Null Layout. Initially there was no need for Menu options like File>Save, Help>About etc.

But now in the end there is a need for all this. I have no space to do it & also I do not what to disturb Null layout. Only space seems to be in Title bar only.

Thats why this idea came. Any way thanks for your suggestions....


Manoj

[Jeanne Boyarsky]

The menubar is separate from the rest of the layout, so it won't mess up the flow. It does take up space, so there is little you can do there.