Multi-Key Accelerator

[Efrat Bar-Nahum]

Hi,

I want to assign a multi keyboard accelerator to a JMenuItem.
(I want that the shortcut will be something like: Ctrl+P,M).

How can I do it?

Thanks,
Efrat
[ August 22, 2006: Message edited by: Efrat Bar-Nahum ]

[Thorsten Klonk]

Do you have a menu like the following one:

MenuBar
|--File
| |
| |-Open
| |-Save
| |-Close
|
|--Preferences
| |
| |-Menu

...

And you would like to have an quick access to Preferences -> Menu?

So, your menu would look like this:

    
JMenuBar mainMenu = new JMenuBar();

JMenu fileMenu = new JMenu("File");
fileMenu.setMnemonic (KeyEvent.VK_F);  // Set accelerator F for "File"
 
JMenuItem item;

// Create MenuItem "Open" 
fileMenu.add(item = new JMenuItem("Open"));
item.setMnemonic (KeyEvent.VK_O);  //Set accelerator O for "Open"
item.addActionListener(new ActionListener() {
    public void actionPerformed(ActionEvent e){
        openCommand();
    }
});
 
// same for "Save" and Close
 
JMenu preferencesMenu = new JMenu("Preferences");
//Set accelerator P for "Preferences"
preferencesMenu.setMnemonic(KeyEvent.VK_P);  
preferencesMenu.add(item = new JMenuItem("Menu"));
//Set accelerator M for "Menu"
item.setMnemonic(KeyEvent.VK_M);
item.addActionListener(new ActionListener() {
    public void actionPerformed(ActionEvent e){
        openCommand();
    }
});
 
mainMenu.add(fileMenu);
mainMenu.add(preferencesMenu);
setJMenuBar (mainMenu);
 

Now if you will press |Ctrl| + |P| you will open the FileMenu.
If you press |Ctrl| + |O| you will call the OpenMenuItem (when first pressed |Ctrl| + |P|)

In other words:

To fast access File --> Open
you will have to hold down |Ctrl| and then press |F|, then |O|.

I hope I understood your question correctly

Greetings,
Thorsten

[Thorsten Klonk]

Sorry for "Multi-Posting"
[ August 28, 2006: Message edited by: Thorsten Klonk ]