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 ArmEventListenerMenuItem { public static void main(String[] args) { Display display = new Display(); Shell shell = new Shell(display); Listener armListener = new Listener() { public void handleEvent(Event event) { MenuItem item = (MenuItem) event.widget; 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); fileItem.setMenu(fileMenu); String[] fileStrings = { "New", "Close", "Exit" }; for (int i = 0; i < fileStrings.length; i++) { MenuItem item = new MenuItem(fileMenu, SWT.PUSH); item.setText(fileStrings[i]); item.addListener(SWT.Arm, armListener); } shell.open(); while (!shell.isDisposed()) { if (!display.readAndDispatch()) display.sleep(); } display.dispose(); } }