Java Swing Menu makeMenubarNice()

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Description

Optimizes the appeareance of the JMenubar.

License

Open Source License

Declaration

private static void makeMenubarNice() 

Method Source Code


//package com.java2s;
/*//w  w  w .  ja v a 2  s . c o m
 * BehaviorSim - version 1.0 
 * 
 * Copyright (C) 2010 The BehaviorSim Development Team, fasheng@cs.gsu.edu.
 * 
 * 
 * This program is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify it under
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 * Info, Questions, Suggestions & Bugs Report to fasheng@cs.gsu.edu.
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 */

import java.awt.Color;

import javax.swing.BorderFactory;

import javax.swing.UIManager;
import javax.swing.border.Border;

public class Main {
    /**
     * Optimizes the appeareance of the JMenubar.
     */
    private static void makeMenubarNice() {
        UIManager.put("MenuBar.border", getEtchedBottomBorder(0, 2));
    }

    /**
     * Returns a border suited for Menus.
     * 
     * @param innerInset
     * @param outerInset
     * @return the etched Border
     */
    public static Border getEtchedBottomBorder(int innerInset, int outerInset) {
        Border b0 = BorderFactory.createEmptyBorder(0, 0, innerInset, 0);
        Border b1 = BorderFactory.createMatteBorder(0, 0, 1, 0, Color.GRAY);
        Border b2 = BorderFactory.createMatteBorder(0, 0, 1, 0, Color.WHITE);
        Border b3 = BorderFactory.createEmptyBorder(0, 0, outerInset, 0);

        Border b = BorderFactory.createCompoundBorder(
                BorderFactory.createCompoundBorder(BorderFactory.createCompoundBorder(b3, b2), b1), b0);

        return b;
    }
}

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