Listen to JMenuItem selection changed event in Java
Description
The following code shows how to listen to JMenuItem selection changed event.
Example
import javax.swing.JFrame;
import javax.swing.JMenu;
import javax.swing.JMenuBar;
import javax.swing.JMenuItem;
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public class Main {
public static void main(final String args[]) {
JFrame frame = new JFrame("MenuSample Example");
frame.setDefaultCloseOperation(JFrame.EXIT_ON_CLOSE);
JMenuBar menuBar = new JMenuBar();
JMenu fileMenu = new JMenu("File");
menuBar.add(fileMenu);
JMenuItem newMenuItem = new JMenuItem("New") {
public void menuSelectionChanged(boolean isSelected) {
super.menuSelectionChanged(isSelected);
if (isSelected) {
System.out.println("The menu item is selected");
} else {
System.out.println("The menu item is no longer selected");
}
}
};
fileMenu.add(newMenuItem);
frame.setJMenuBar(menuBar);
frame.setSize(350, 250);
frame.setVisible(true);
}
}
The code above generates the following result.
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