Setting text on JMenuItem

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Karsten Wutzke - 20 Dec 2003 05:05 GMT

When setting a new menu item text while the program is running, nothing
happens visually. Does anyone know why and how to fix it?

TIA,
Karsten

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VisionSet - 20 Dec 2003 16:01 GMT

> When setting a new menu item text while the program is running, nothing
> happens visually. Does anyone know why and how to fix it?

call validate() on the menu/item

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Mike W

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Karsten Wutzke - 20 Dec 2003 21:17 GMT

>>When setting a new menu item text while the program is running, nothing
>>happens visually. Does anyone know why and how to fix it?
>
> call validate() on the menu/item

Doesn't work. I tried

revalidate();
repaint();

before, and even that didn't work. So, I'm completely in the dark.

I did a System print to verify that the string to be set is correct, so
there must be some (again) weird Swing redrawing problem.

I definitely don't want to rebuild the GUI because of such an event.

Any other ideas?

Karsten

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VisionSet - 20 Dec 2003 21:57 GMT

> > call validate() on the menu/item
>
> Doesn't work. I tried
>
> Any other ideas?

Yes, write a small piece of code that illustrates the problem 9/10 you
usually spot it in doing so. If not post it here. Should only need to be
20ish lines.

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Karsten Wutzke - 20 Dec 2003 22:11 GMT

>>>call validate() on the menu/item

I found it somewhere in the trenches of my old code. My fault.

The GUI component didn't hook its model, and the model printed the same
diagnostics message as the menu item, so I thought the update method on
my custom menu item got called... -> Duh.

Copy and paste sometimes is dangerous...

Karsten

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