Re: Adding popup menu to JMenuItem
In article <1179498116.490934.111730@e65g2000hsc.googlegroups.com>,
Dan Polansky <dan.polansky@gmail.com> wrote:
Hello Steve, I did not realize the behavior is platform specific.
Anyway, instead of relying on right mouse-click, I have implemented a
special behavior of a JMenuItem on holding the "Control" key, which
looks as follows. I was tired of searching for a solution using the
right click. (Just for the case anyone is interested.)
AbstractAction action = new AbstractAction() {
public void actionPerformed(ActionEvent e) {
if ((e.getModifiers() & ActionEvent.CTRL_MASK) == 0) {
// [ Key "Control" not held ]
// The normal course of action of the JMenuItem.
...
return; }
// [ Key "Control" held ]
// The special course of action, poping up windows, and
the like.
...
JMenuItem item = new JMenuItem(action);
...
--Dan
Interesting solution. But I'll point out in the interest of
cross-platform considerations that the Control key isn't necessarily the
right one on a Mac. :-)
= Steve =
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