Example usage for javax.swing JCheckBoxMenuItem addItemListener

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Prototype

public void addItemListener(ItemListener l)

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Adds an ItemListener to the checkbox.

Usage

From source file:CheckBoxSample.java

public static void main(String args[]) {

    ActionListener aListener = new ActionListener() {
        public void actionPerformed(ActionEvent event) {
            AbstractButton aButton = (AbstractButton) event.getSource();
            boolean selected = aButton.getModel().isSelected();
            String newLabel;//from   www  .  java 2  s .c o  m
            Icon newIcon;
            if (selected) {
                newLabel = "Girl";
                newIcon = girlIcon;
            } else {
                newLabel = "Boy";
                newIcon = boyIcon;
            }
            aButton.setText(newLabel);
            aButton.setIcon(newIcon);
        }
    };

    ItemListener iListener = new ItemListener() {
        public void itemStateChanged(ItemEvent event) {
            AbstractButton aButton = (AbstractButton) event.getSource();
            int state = event.getStateChange();
            String newLabel;
            Icon newIcon;
            if (state == ItemEvent.SELECTED) {
                newLabel = "Girl";
                newIcon = girlIcon;
            } else {
                newLabel = "Boy";
                newIcon = boyIcon;
            }
            aButton.setText(newLabel);
            aButton.setIcon(newIcon);
        }
    };

    JFrame frame = new JFrame("CheckBox Example");
    frame.setDefaultCloseOperation(JFrame.EXIT_ON_CLOSE);
    JMenuBar bar = new JMenuBar();
    JMenu menu = new JMenu("Menu");
    menu.setMnemonic(KeyEvent.VK_M);
    JCheckBoxMenuItem one = new JCheckBoxMenuItem();
    menu.add(one);
    JCheckBoxMenuItem two = new JCheckBoxMenuItem("Boy");
    menu.add(two);
    JCheckBoxMenuItem three = new JCheckBoxMenuItem(boyIcon);
    menu.add(three);
    JCheckBoxMenuItem four = new JCheckBoxMenuItem("Girl", true);
    menu.add(four);
    JCheckBoxMenuItem five = new JCheckBoxMenuItem("Boy", boyIcon);
    five.addItemListener(iListener);
    menu.add(five);
    Icon stateIcon = new DiamondAbstractButtonStateIcon(Color.black);

    UIManager.put("CheckBoxMenuItem.checkIcon", stateIcon);
    JCheckBoxMenuItem six = new JCheckBoxMenuItem("Girl", girlIcon, true);
    six.addActionListener(aListener);
    menu.add(six);

    bar.add(menu);
    frame.setJMenuBar(bar);
    frame.setSize(350, 250);
    frame.setVisible(true);
}

From source file:Main.java

public static void main(final String args[]) {
    JFrame frame = new JFrame("MenuSample Example");
    frame.setDefaultCloseOperation(JFrame.EXIT_ON_CLOSE);
    JMenuBar menuBar = new JMenuBar();

    // File Menu, F - Mnemonic
    JMenu fileMenu = new JMenu("File");
    fileMenu.setMnemonic(KeyEvent.VK_F);
    menuBar.add(fileMenu);/*  w ww.jav  a2s.  c  o  m*/

    // File->New, N - Mnemonic
    JMenuItem newMenuItem = new JMenuItem("New", KeyEvent.VK_N);
    fileMenu.add(newMenuItem);

    JCheckBoxMenuItem caseMenuItem = new JCheckBoxMenuItem("Case Sensitive");
    caseMenuItem.setMnemonic(KeyEvent.VK_C);
    fileMenu.add(caseMenuItem);

    ItemListener iListener = new ItemListener() {
        public void itemStateChanged(ItemEvent event) {
            Icon girlIcon = new ImageIcon("g.jpg");
            Icon boyIcon = new ImageIcon("b.jpg");
            AbstractButton aButton = (AbstractButton) event.getSource();
            int state = event.getStateChange();
            String newLabel;
            Icon newIcon;
            if (state == ItemEvent.SELECTED) {
                newLabel = "Girl";
                newIcon = girlIcon;
            } else {
                newLabel = "Boy";
                newIcon = boyIcon;
            }
            aButton.setText(newLabel);
            aButton.setIcon(newIcon);
        }
    };

    caseMenuItem.addItemListener(iListener);
    frame.setJMenuBar(menuBar);
    frame.setSize(350, 250);
    frame.setVisible(true);
}

From source file:JCheckBoxMenuItemActionListener.java

public static void main(final String args[]) {
    JFrame frame = new JFrame("MenuSample Example");
    frame.setDefaultCloseOperation(JFrame.EXIT_ON_CLOSE);
    JMenuBar menuBar = new JMenuBar();

    // File Menu, F - Mnemonic
    JMenu fileMenu = new JMenu("File");
    fileMenu.setMnemonic(KeyEvent.VK_F);
    menuBar.add(fileMenu);/*from w w w.j  ava 2s.c  om*/

    // File->New, N - Mnemonic
    JMenuItem newMenuItem = new JMenuItem("New", KeyEvent.VK_N);
    fileMenu.add(newMenuItem);

    JCheckBoxMenuItem caseMenuItem = new JCheckBoxMenuItem("Case Sensitive");
    caseMenuItem.setMnemonic(KeyEvent.VK_C);
    fileMenu.add(caseMenuItem);

    ItemListener iListener = new ItemListener() {
        public void itemStateChanged(ItemEvent event) {
            Icon girlIcon = new ImageIcon("girl-r.jpg");
            Icon boyIcon = new ImageIcon("boy-r.jpg");
            AbstractButton aButton = (AbstractButton) event.getSource();
            int state = event.getStateChange();
            String newLabel;
            Icon newIcon;
            if (state == ItemEvent.SELECTED) {
                newLabel = "Girl";
                newIcon = girlIcon;
            } else {
                newLabel = "Boy";
                newIcon = boyIcon;
            }
            aButton.setText(newLabel);
            aButton.setIcon(newIcon);
        }
    };

    caseMenuItem.addItemListener(iListener);
    frame.setJMenuBar(menuBar);
    frame.setSize(350, 250);
    frame.setVisible(true);
}

From source file:com.choicemaker.cm.modelmaker.gui.utils.HistoChartPanel.java

public HistoChartPanel(final JFreeChart chart, boolean properties, boolean save, boolean print, boolean zoom,
        boolean tooltips, final ModelMaker modelMaker) {
    super(chart, properties, save, print, zoom, tooltips);
    this.modelMaker = modelMaker;
    // horizontal zoom doesn't work, by setting false we don't get bogus menu item
    //      setHorizontalZoom(false);
    //      setVerticalZoom(true);
    final JCheckBoxMenuItem logYScale = new JCheckBoxMenuItem(
            ChoiceMakerCoreMessages.m.formatMessage("train.gui.modelmaker.panel.test.logscale.y"));
    logYScale.addItemListener(new ItemListener() {
        public void itemStateChanged(ItemEvent e) {
            CategoryPlot p = (CategoryPlot) chart.getPlot();
            Axis oldAxis = p.getRangeAxis();
            if (logYScale.isSelected()) {
                LogarithmicAxis yAxis = new LogarithmicAxis(ChoiceMakerCoreMessages.m
                        .formatMessage("train.gui.modelmaker.panel.histogram.cm.numpairs"));
                yAxis.setStrictValuesFlag(false);
                p.setRangeAxis(yAxis);/*  w  w w . j a  v  a  2 s.  c om*/
            } else {
                p.setRangeAxis(new NumberAxis(ChoiceMakerCoreMessages.m
                        .formatMessage("train.gui.modelmaker.panel.histogram.cm.numpairs")));
            }
            oldAxis.setPlot(null);
            chartChanged(new ChartChangeEvent(this));
        }
    });
    JPopupMenu popup = getPopupMenu();
    popup.addSeparator();
    popup.add(logYScale);
    popup.addSeparator();
    select = new JMenu("Select");
    final JMenuItem all = new JMenuItem("All");
    select.add(all);
    final JMenuItem cmDiffer = new JMenuItem("Human marked differ");
    select.add(cmDiffer);
    final JMenuItem cmHold = new JMenuItem("Human marked hold");
    select.add(cmHold);
    final JMenuItem cmMatch = new JMenuItem("Human marked match");
    select.add(cmMatch);
    ActionListener l = new ActionListener() {
        public void actionPerformed(ActionEvent ev) {
            ListeningMarkedRecordPairFilter filter = modelMaker.getFilter();
            filter.reset();
            filter.setFromPercentage(rangeFrom);
            filter.setToPercentage(rangeTo);
            Object src = ev.getSource();
            if (src != all) {
                boolean[] b = new boolean[Decision.NUM_DECISIONS];
                if (src == cmDiffer) {
                    b[Decision.DIFFER.toInt()] = true;
                } else if (src == cmHold) {
                    b[Decision.HOLD.toInt()] = true;
                } else if (src == cmMatch) {
                    b[Decision.MATCH.toInt()] = true;
                }
                filter.setHumanDecision(b);
            }
            modelMaker.filterMarkedRecordPairList();
        }
    };
    all.addActionListener(l);
    cmDiffer.addActionListener(l);
    cmHold.addActionListener(l);
    cmMatch.addActionListener(l);
    popup.add(select);
    addChartMouseListener(new ChartMouseListener() {
        public void chartMouseClicked(ChartMouseEvent evt) {
            ChartEntity e = evt.getEntity();
            if (e instanceof CategoryItemEntity) {
                CategoryItemEntity c = (CategoryItemEntity) e;
                int cat = c.getCategoryIndex();
                HistoCategoryDataset data = (HistoCategoryDataset) ((CategoryPlot) getChart().getPlot())
                        .getDataset();
                int len = data.getColumnCount();
                float step = 1f / len;
                rangeFrom = cat * step;
                rangeTo = rangeFrom + step;
                ListeningMarkedRecordPairFilter filter = modelMaker.getFilter();
                filter.reset();
                filter.setFromPercentage(rangeFrom);
                filter.setToPercentage(rangeTo);
                boolean[] b = new boolean[Decision.NUM_DECISIONS];
                int series = c.getSeries();
                if (data.isIncludeHolds() && series != 0) {
                    if (series == 1) {
                        series = 2;
                    } else {
                        series = 1;
                    }
                }
                b[series] = true;
                filter.setHumanDecision(b);
                modelMaker.filterMarkedRecordPairList();

            }
        }

        public void chartMouseMoved(ChartMouseEvent arg0) {
        }
    });
}

From source file:daylightchart.gui.DaylightChartGui.java

private void createOptionsMenu(final JMenuBar menuBar, final JToolBar toolBar) {

    final JMenu menu = new JMenu(Messages.getString("DaylightChartGui.Menu.Options")); //$NON-NLS-1$
    menu.setMnemonic('O');

    final GuiAction options = new OptionsAction(this);
    menu.add(options);/*w  w w. j ava  2s  .  co m*/

    final GuiAction chartOptions = new ChartOptionsAction(this);
    menu.add(chartOptions);

    final GuiAction resetAll = new ResetAllAction(this);
    menu.add(resetAll);

    menu.addSeparator();

    final JCheckBoxMenuItem slimUiMenuItem = new JCheckBoxMenuItem(
            Messages.getString("DaylightChartGui.Menu.Options.SlimUi")); //$NON-NLS-1$
    slimUiMenuItem.setState(isSlimUi());
    slimUiMenuItem.addItemListener(new ItemListener() {
        @Override
        public void itemStateChanged(final ItemEvent e) {
            final boolean slimUi = e.getStateChange() == ItemEvent.SELECTED;
            final Options options = UserPreferences.optionsFile().getData();
            options.setSlimUi(slimUi);
            UserPreferences.optionsFile().save(options);
            ResetAllAction.restart(DaylightChartGui.this, slimUi);
        }
    });
    menu.add(slimUiMenuItem);

    menuBar.add(menu);

    toolBar.add(options);
    toolBar.add(chartOptions);
    toolBar.addSeparator();
}

From source file:org.jax.maanova.fit.gui.ResidualPlotPanel.java

@SuppressWarnings("serial")
private JMenuBar createMenu() {
    JMenuBar menuBar = new JMenuBar();

    // the file menu
    JMenu fileMenu = new JMenu("File");
    fileMenu.add(this.saveGraphImageAction);
    menuBar.add(fileMenu);//from  ww w . j av  a 2s  .co m

    // the tools menu
    JMenu toolsMenu = new JMenu("Tools");
    JMenuItem configureGraphItem = new JMenuItem("Configure Graph...");
    configureGraphItem.addActionListener(new ActionListener() {
        /**
         * {@inheritDoc}
         */
        public void actionPerformed(ActionEvent e) {
            ResidualPlotPanel.this.chartConfigurationDialog.setVisible(true);
        }
    });
    toolsMenu.add(configureGraphItem);
    toolsMenu.addSeparator();

    toolsMenu.add(new AbstractAction("Zoom Out") {
        /**
         * {@inheritDoc}
         */
        public void actionPerformed(ActionEvent e) {
            ResidualPlotPanel.this.autoRangeChart();
        }
    });
    toolsMenu.addSeparator();

    JCheckBoxMenuItem showTooltipCheckbox = new JCheckBoxMenuItem("Show Info Popup for Nearest Point");
    showTooltipCheckbox.setSelected(true);
    this.showTooltip = true;
    showTooltipCheckbox.addItemListener(new ItemListener() {
        /**
         * {@inheritDoc}
         */
        public void itemStateChanged(ItemEvent e) {
            ResidualPlotPanel.this.showTooltip = e.getStateChange() == ItemEvent.SELECTED;
            ResidualPlotPanel.this.clearProbePopup();
        }
    });
    toolsMenu.add(showTooltipCheckbox);
    menuBar.add(toolsMenu);

    // the help menu
    JMenu helpMenu = new JMenu("Help");
    JMenuItem helpMenuItem = new JMenuItem("Help...",
            new ImageIcon(ResidualPlotAction.class.getResource("/images/action/help-16x16.png")));
    helpMenuItem.addActionListener(new ActionListener() {
        /**
         * {@inheritDoc}
         */
        public void actionPerformed(ActionEvent e) {
            Maanova.getInstance().showHelp("residual-plot", ResidualPlotPanel.this);
        }
    });
    helpMenu.add(helpMenuItem);
    menuBar.add(helpMenu);

    return menuBar;
}

From source file:org.jax.maanova.madata.gui.ArrayScatterPlotPanel.java

@SuppressWarnings("serial")
private JMenuBar createMenu() {
    JMenuBar menuBar = new JMenuBar();

    // the file menu
    JMenu fileMenu = new JMenu("File");
    fileMenu.add(this.saveGraphImageAction);
    menuBar.add(fileMenu);//from w  w w .  jav  a  2s  . c o  m

    // the tools menu
    JMenu toolsMenu = new JMenu("Tools");
    JMenuItem configureGraphItem = new JMenuItem("Configure Graph...");
    configureGraphItem.addActionListener(new ActionListener() {
        /**
         * {@inheritDoc}
         */
        public void actionPerformed(ActionEvent e) {
            ArrayScatterPlotPanel.this.chartConfigurationDialog.setVisible(true);
        }
    });
    toolsMenu.add(configureGraphItem);
    toolsMenu.addSeparator();

    toolsMenu.add(new AbstractAction("Zoom Out") {
        /**
         * {@inheritDoc}
         */
        public void actionPerformed(ActionEvent e) {
            ArrayScatterPlotPanel.this.autoRangeChart();
        }
    });

    JCheckBoxMenuItem showTooltipCheckbox = new JCheckBoxMenuItem("Show Info Popup for Nearest Point");
    showTooltipCheckbox.setSelected(true);
    this.showTooltip = true;
    showTooltipCheckbox.addItemListener(new ItemListener() {
        /**
         * {@inheritDoc}
         */
        public void itemStateChanged(ItemEvent e) {
            ArrayScatterPlotPanel.this.showTooltip = e.getStateChange() == ItemEvent.SELECTED;
            ArrayScatterPlotPanel.this.clearProbePopup();
        }
    });
    toolsMenu.add(showTooltipCheckbox);
    menuBar.add(toolsMenu);

    // the help menu
    JMenu helpMenu = new JMenu("Help");
    JMenuItem helpMenuItem = new JMenuItem("Help...");
    Icon helpIcon = new ImageIcon(ArrayScatterPlotPanel.class.getResource("/images/action/help-16x16.png"));
    helpMenuItem.setIcon(helpIcon);
    helpMenuItem.addActionListener(new ActionListener() {
        /**
         * {@inheritDoc}
         */
        public void actionPerformed(ActionEvent e) {
            Maanova.getInstance().showHelp("array-scatter-plot", ArrayScatterPlotPanel.this);
        }
    });
    helpMenu.add(helpMenuItem);
    menuBar.add(helpMenu);

    return menuBar;
}

From source file:org.jax.maanova.test.gui.VolcanoPlotPanel.java

@SuppressWarnings("serial")
private JMenuBar createMenu() {
    JMenuBar menuBar = new JMenuBar();

    // the file menu
    JMenu fileMenu = new JMenu("File");
    fileMenu.add(this.saveGraphImageAction);
    menuBar.add(fileMenu);// w w w  .j  av a  2 s . c om

    // the tools menu
    JMenu toolsMenu = new JMenu("Tools");
    JMenuItem configureGraphItem = new JMenuItem("Configure Graph...");
    configureGraphItem.addActionListener(new ActionListener() {
        /**
         * {@inheritDoc}
         */
        public void actionPerformed(ActionEvent e) {
            VolcanoPlotPanel.this.chartConfigurationDialog.setVisible(true);
        }
    });
    toolsMenu.add(configureGraphItem);
    toolsMenu.addSeparator();

    toolsMenu.add(new AbstractAction("Clear Selections") {
        /**
         * {@inheritDoc}
         */
        public void actionPerformed(ActionEvent e) {
            VolcanoPlotPanel.this.setSelectedIndices(new int[0]);
        }
    });
    toolsMenu.addSeparator();

    ButtonGroup dragButtonGroup = new ButtonGroup();
    JCheckBoxMenuItem selectModeCheckBox = new JCheckBoxMenuItem("Drag Cursor to Select");
    selectModeCheckBox.setSelected(true);
    this.dragToSelect = true;
    selectModeCheckBox.addItemListener(new ItemListener() {
        /**
         * {@inheritDoc}
         */
        public void itemStateChanged(ItemEvent e) {
            VolcanoPlotPanel.this.dragToSelect = e.getStateChange() == ItemEvent.SELECTED;
        }
    });
    dragButtonGroup.add(selectModeCheckBox);
    toolsMenu.add(selectModeCheckBox);

    JCheckBoxMenuItem zoomModeCheckBox = new JCheckBoxMenuItem("Drag Cursor to Zoom");
    zoomModeCheckBox.addItemListener(new ItemListener() {
        /**
         * {@inheritDoc}
         */
        public void itemStateChanged(ItemEvent e) {
            VolcanoPlotPanel.this.dragToZoom = e.getStateChange() == ItemEvent.SELECTED;
        }
    });
    dragButtonGroup.add(zoomModeCheckBox);
    toolsMenu.add(zoomModeCheckBox);
    toolsMenu.addSeparator();

    toolsMenu.add(new AbstractAction("Zoom Out") {
        /**
         * {@inheritDoc}
         */
        public void actionPerformed(ActionEvent e) {
            VolcanoPlotPanel.this.autoRangeChart();
        }
    });
    toolsMenu.addSeparator();

    JCheckBoxMenuItem showTooltipCheckbox = new JCheckBoxMenuItem("Show Info Popup for Nearest Point");
    showTooltipCheckbox.setSelected(true);
    this.showTooltip = true;
    showTooltipCheckbox.addItemListener(new ItemListener() {
        /**
         * {@inheritDoc}
         */
        public void itemStateChanged(ItemEvent e) {
            VolcanoPlotPanel.this.showTooltip = e.getStateChange() == ItemEvent.SELECTED;
            VolcanoPlotPanel.this.clearProbePopup();
        }
    });
    toolsMenu.add(showTooltipCheckbox);
    toolsMenu.addSeparator();

    toolsMenu.add(this.displayTestResultsAction);
    toolsMenu.addSeparator();

    toolsMenu.add(this.saveSelectedPointsMenuItem);

    JMenu selectPointsFromLisMenu = new JMenu("Select Points From Gene List");
    List<String> geneListNames = this.maanovaTestResult.getParentExperiment().getGeneListNames();
    if (geneListNames.isEmpty()) {
        JMenuItem noListsMenuItem = new JMenuItem("No Gene Lists Available");
        noListsMenuItem.setEnabled(false);
        selectPointsFromLisMenu.add(noListsMenuItem);
    } else {
        for (final String geneListName : geneListNames) {
            JMenuItem currGeneListMenuItem = new JMenuItem(
                    RUtilities.fromRIdentifierToReadableName(geneListName));
            currGeneListMenuItem.addActionListener(new ActionListener() {
                /**
                 * {@inheritDoc}
                 */
                public void actionPerformed(ActionEvent e) {
                    VolcanoPlotPanel.this.selectedIndicesFromGeneList(geneListName);
                }
            });
            selectPointsFromLisMenu.add(currGeneListMenuItem);
        }
    }
    toolsMenu.add(selectPointsFromLisMenu);

    menuBar.add(toolsMenu);

    // the help menu
    JMenu helpMenu = new JMenu("Help");
    JMenuItem helpMenuItem = new JMenuItem("Help...");
    Icon helpIcon = new ImageIcon(VolcanoPlotPanel.class.getResource("/images/action/help-16x16.png"));
    helpMenuItem.setIcon(helpIcon);
    helpMenuItem.addActionListener(new ActionListener() {
        /**
         * {@inheritDoc}
         */
        public void actionPerformed(ActionEvent e) {
            Maanova.getInstance().showHelp("volcano-plot", VolcanoPlotPanel.this);
        }
    });
    helpMenu.add(helpMenuItem);
    menuBar.add(helpMenu);

    return menuBar;
}

From source file:jatoo.app.App.java

private JPopupMenu getWindowPopup(final Point location) {

    ///*w  ww. j  av  a  2 s .  c  om*/
    // hide

    final JMenuItem hideItem = new JMenuItem(getText("popup.hide"));
    hideItem.addActionListener(new ActionListener() {
        public void actionPerformed(final ActionEvent e) {
            hide();
        }
    });

    //
    // send to back

    final JMenuItem sendToBackItem = new JMenuItem(getText("popup.send_to_back"));
    sendToBackItem.addActionListener(new ActionListener() {
        public void actionPerformed(final ActionEvent e) {
            sendToBack();
        }
    });

    //
    // always on top

    final JCheckBoxMenuItem alwaysOnTopItem = new JCheckBoxMenuItem(getText("popup.always_on_top"),
            isAlwaysOnTop());
    alwaysOnTopItem.addItemListener(new ItemListener() {
        public void itemStateChanged(final ItemEvent e) {
            setAlwaysOnTop(alwaysOnTopItem.isSelected());
        }
    });

    //
    // transparency

    final JSlider transparencySlider = new JSlider(JSlider.VERTICAL, 0, 100, getTransparency());
    transparencySlider.setMajorTickSpacing(25);
    transparencySlider.setMinorTickSpacing(5);
    transparencySlider.setSnapToTicks(true);
    transparencySlider.setPaintTicks(true);
    transparencySlider.setPaintLabels(true);
    transparencySlider.addChangeListener(new ChangeListener() {
        public void stateChanged(final ChangeEvent e) {
            setTransparency(transparencySlider.getValue());
        }
    });

    final JMenu transparencyItem = new JMenu(getText("popup.transparency"));
    transparencyItem.add(transparencySlider);

    //
    // close

    final JMenuItem closeItem = new JMenuItem(getText("popup.close"), getIcon("close-016.png"));
    closeItem.addActionListener(new ActionListener() {
        public void actionPerformed(final ActionEvent e) {
            System.exit(0);
        }
    });

    //
    // the popup

    JPopupMenu popup = new JPopupMenu(getTitle());

    popup.add(hideItem);
    popup.addSeparator();
    popup.add(sendToBackItem);
    popup.add(alwaysOnTopItem);
    popup.add(transparencyItem);
    popup.addSeparator();
    popup.add(closeItem);

    popup.setInvoker(popup);
    popup.setLocation(location);

    return popup;
}

From source file:components.MenuDemo.java

public JMenuBar createMenuBar() {
    JMenuBar menuBar;/*w w  w . j a v  a2s  .co  m*/
    JMenu menu, submenu;
    JMenuItem menuItem;
    JRadioButtonMenuItem rbMenuItem;
    JCheckBoxMenuItem cbMenuItem;

    //Create the menu bar.
    menuBar = new JMenuBar();

    //Build the first menu.
    menu = new JMenu("A Menu");
    menu.setMnemonic(KeyEvent.VK_A);
    menu.getAccessibleContext().setAccessibleDescription("The only menu in this program that has menu items");
    menuBar.add(menu);

    //a group of JMenuItems
    menuItem = new JMenuItem("A text-only menu item", KeyEvent.VK_T);
    //menuItem.setMnemonic(KeyEvent.VK_T); //used constructor instead
    menuItem.setAccelerator(KeyStroke.getKeyStroke(KeyEvent.VK_1, ActionEvent.ALT_MASK));
    menuItem.getAccessibleContext().setAccessibleDescription("This doesn't really do anything");
    menuItem.addActionListener(this);
    menu.add(menuItem);

    ImageIcon icon = createImageIcon("images/middle.gif");
    menuItem = new JMenuItem("Both text and icon", icon);
    menuItem.setMnemonic(KeyEvent.VK_B);
    menuItem.addActionListener(this);
    menu.add(menuItem);

    menuItem = new JMenuItem(icon);
    menuItem.setMnemonic(KeyEvent.VK_D);
    menuItem.addActionListener(this);
    menu.add(menuItem);

    //a group of radio button menu items
    menu.addSeparator();
    ButtonGroup group = new ButtonGroup();

    rbMenuItem = new JRadioButtonMenuItem("A radio button menu item");
    rbMenuItem.setSelected(true);
    rbMenuItem.setMnemonic(KeyEvent.VK_R);
    group.add(rbMenuItem);
    rbMenuItem.addActionListener(this);
    menu.add(rbMenuItem);

    rbMenuItem = new JRadioButtonMenuItem("Another one");
    rbMenuItem.setMnemonic(KeyEvent.VK_O);
    group.add(rbMenuItem);
    rbMenuItem.addActionListener(this);
    menu.add(rbMenuItem);

    //a group of check box menu items
    menu.addSeparator();
    cbMenuItem = new JCheckBoxMenuItem("A check box menu item");
    cbMenuItem.setMnemonic(KeyEvent.VK_C);
    cbMenuItem.addItemListener(this);
    menu.add(cbMenuItem);

    cbMenuItem = new JCheckBoxMenuItem("Another one");
    cbMenuItem.setMnemonic(KeyEvent.VK_H);
    cbMenuItem.addItemListener(this);
    menu.add(cbMenuItem);

    //a submenu
    menu.addSeparator();
    submenu = new JMenu("A submenu");
    submenu.setMnemonic(KeyEvent.VK_S);

    menuItem = new JMenuItem("An item in the submenu");
    menuItem.setAccelerator(KeyStroke.getKeyStroke(KeyEvent.VK_2, ActionEvent.ALT_MASK));
    menuItem.addActionListener(this);
    submenu.add(menuItem);

    menuItem = new JMenuItem("Another item");
    menuItem.addActionListener(this);
    submenu.add(menuItem);
    menu.add(submenu);

    //Build second menu in the menu bar.
    menu = new JMenu("Another Menu");
    menu.setMnemonic(KeyEvent.VK_N);
    menu.getAccessibleContext().setAccessibleDescription("This menu does nothing");
    menuBar.add(menu);

    return menuBar;
}