Java tutorial
import org.eclipse.swt.SWT; import org.eclipse.swt.widgets.Display; import org.eclipse.swt.widgets.Event; import org.eclipse.swt.widgets.Listener; import org.eclipse.swt.widgets.Menu; import org.eclipse.swt.widgets.MenuItem; import org.eclipse.swt.widgets.Shell; public class MenuActionListenerShow { public static void main(String[] args) { Display display = new Display(); Shell shell = new Shell(display); Listener showListener = new Listener() { public void handleEvent(Event event) { Menu menu = (Menu) event.widget; MenuItem item = menu.getParentItem(); if (item != null) { System.out.println(item.getText()); } } }; Menu menuBar = new Menu(shell, SWT.BAR); shell.setMenuBar(menuBar); MenuItem fileItem = new MenuItem(menuBar, SWT.CASCADE); fileItem.setText("File"); MenuItem editItem = new MenuItem(menuBar, SWT.CASCADE); editItem.setText("Edit"); Menu fileMenu = new Menu(shell, SWT.DROP_DOWN); fileMenu.addListener(SWT.Show, showListener); fileItem.setMenu(fileMenu); shell.open(); while (!shell.isDisposed()) { if (!display.readAndDispatch()) display.sleep(); } display.dispose(); } }