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Java Tutorial » Swing » JMenuBar 
14.22.6.Customize menu layout by changing the menu bar to use a top-to-bottom box layout, and the popup menu to use a left-to-right box layoutPrevious/Next
Customize menu layout by changing the menu bar to use a  top-to-bottom box layout, and the popup menu to use a left-to-right box layout
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import java.awt.BorderLayout;
import java.awt.Color;
import java.awt.Container;
import java.awt.Dimension;

import javax.swing.BorderFactory;
import javax.swing.BoxLayout;
import javax.swing.JFrame;
import javax.swing.JMenu;
import javax.swing.JMenuBar;
import javax.swing.JPopupMenu;

/**
 @author ges
 @author kwalrath
 */
/* MenuLayoutDemo.java requires no other files. */

public class MenuLayoutDemo {
  public JMenuBar createMenuBar() {
    JMenuBar menuBar = new JMenuBar();
    menuBar.setLayout(new BoxLayout(menuBar, BoxLayout.PAGE_AXIS));
    menuBar.add(createMenu("Menu 1"));
    menuBar.add(createMenu("Menu 2"));
    menuBar.add(createMenu("Menu 3"));

    menuBar.setBorder(BorderFactory.createMatteBorder(0001, Color.BLACK));
    return menuBar;
  }

  // used by createMenuBar
  public JMenu createMenu(String title) {
    JMenu m = new HorizontalMenu(title);
    m.add("Menu item #1 in " + title);
    m.add("Menu item #2 in " + title);
    m.add("Menu item #3 in " + title);

    JMenu submenu = new HorizontalMenu("Submenu");
    submenu.add("Submenu item #1");
    submenu.add("Submenu item #2");
    m.add(submenu);

    return m;
  }

  /**
   * Create the GUI and show it. For thread safety, this method should be
   * invoked from the event-dispatching thread.
   */
  private static void createAndShowGUI() {
    // Create and set up the window.
    JFrame frame = new JFrame("MenuLayoutDemo");
    frame.setDefaultCloseOperation(JFrame.EXIT_ON_CLOSE);

    // Create and set up the content pane.
    MenuLayoutDemo demo = new MenuLayoutDemo();
    Container contentPane = frame.getContentPane();
    contentPane.setBackground(Color.WHITE)// contrasting bg
    contentPane.add(demo.createMenuBar(), BorderLayout.LINE_START);

    // Display the window.
    frame.setSize(300150);
    frame.setVisible(true);
  }

  public static void main(String[] args) {
    // Schedule a job for the event-dispatching thread:
    // creating and showing this application's GUI.
    javax.swing.SwingUtilities.invokeLater(new Runnable() {
      public void run() {
        createAndShowGUI();
      }
    });
  }

  class HorizontalMenu extends JMenu {
    HorizontalMenu(String label) {
      super(label);
      JPopupMenu pm = getPopupMenu();
      pm.setLayout(new BoxLayout(pm, BoxLayout.LINE_AXIS));
    }

    public Dimension getMinimumSize() {
      return getPreferredSize();
    }

    public Dimension getMaximumSize() {
      return getPreferredSize();
    }

    public void setPopupMenuVisible(boolean b) {
      boolean isVisible = isPopupMenuVisible();
      if (b != isVisible) {
        if ((b == true&& isShowing()) {
          // Set location of popupMenu (pulldown or pullright).
          // Perhaps this should be dictated by L&F.
          int x = 0;
          int y = 0;
          Container parent = getParent();
          if (parent instanceof JPopupMenu) {
            x = 0;
            y = getHeight();
          else {
            x = getWidth();
            y = 0;
          }
          getPopupMenu().show(this, x, y);
        else {
          getPopupMenu().setVisible(false);
        }
      }
    }
  }
}
14.22.JMenuBar
14.22.1.Creating JMenuBar ComponentsCreating JMenuBar Components
14.22.2.Adding Menus to and Removing Menus From Menu BarsAdding Menus to and Removing Menus From Menu Bars
14.22.3.Menu AcceleratorMenu Accelerator
14.22.4.Vertical menu barVertical menu bar
14.22.5.Shows how to right-align a menu in the menu bar, using a glue componentShows how to right-align a menu in the menu bar, using a glue component
14.22.6.Customize menu layout by changing the menu bar to use a top-to-bottom box layout, and the popup menu to use a left-to-right box layoutCustomize menu layout by changing the menu bar to use a  top-to-bottom box layout, and the popup menu to use a left-to-right box layout
14.22.7.Customizing JMenuBar Look and Feel
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