Element: Menu.
Text: A menu.
Description: A Menu is the basic element used to build a menu in a menu bar.
Note: File and Run are menus. The
three options under Run are MenuItem elements.
Table of properties |
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Name | Description | Values accepted |
Main | ||
Text | The text displayed by the element. | Any constant or variable of type String. |
Image | The image displayed by the element. | Any constant or variable of type String, corresponding to a GIF or animated GIF image. The string indicates the path to the corresponding image file. The path can be relative to the working directory or an Internet URL. |
Mnemonic | The key that (together with Alt) activates this menu. | A string with a single character. |
Alignment | How to align the text of the element. | One of the constants: left,
center or right. It can also be an integer variable (consult the Javadoc reference for the class javax.swing.JButton). |
Enabled | Whether the element responds to user interaction. | A boolean variable or one of the constants true or false. |
Graphical Aspect | ||
Size | The size of the element. | An Object variable of the class java.awt.Dimension or the integer values for the width and the height, respectively, separated by a comma. |
Background | The color used for the background of the element. | An Object variable of the class java.awt.Color
or one of the predefined colors: black,
blue, cyan, darkGray, gray, green, lightGray, magenta, orange, pink,
red, white, yellow.
A color can also be specified providing its integer RGB coordinates (between 0 and 255), plus an optional transparency coordinate. The default value is decided by the system. |
Foreground | The color used for the text displayed by the element. | See the values for the Background property. |
Font | The font used for the text displayed by the element. | An Object variable of the class java.awt.Font
or a set of family, style and size, separated by commas. The style
must be one of plain,
bold, italic, bold | italic. Example: Monospaced,italic,18.
The default value is decided by the system. |
Tooltip | The text displayed when the cursor lingers on top of the element. | Any constant or variable of type String. |