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Chameleon - 25 Oct 2005 01:59 GMT

http://www.cs.cf.ac.uk/Dave/HCI/HCI_Handout_CALLER/menu.gif

In this picture we see a JMenu with images.

How can I create the same menu with

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Start in y axis of "O" from "Open"?

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zero - 25 Oct 2005 02:18 GMT

Chameleon <cham_gss@hotmail.NOSPAM.com> wrote in news:djk00u$a5e$1
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> http://www.cs.cf.ac.uk/Dave/HCI/HCI_Handout_CALLER/menu.gif
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> Start in y axis of "O" from "Open"?

Easiest would be to have a transparent gif image the same size of the other
icons and use that for the JMenuItems that don't have an icon.

I think you can do the same by using Swing "padding" classes such as
HorizontalGlue. I'm not sure though. And even if it is possible, I don't
recommend it. It'll be a lot of code for what can be done with one or two
lines if you just add a transparent gif image.

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Thomas Fritsch - 25 Oct 2005 02:36 GMT

> Easiest would be to have a transparent gif image the same size of the
> other
> icons and use that for the JMenuItems that don't have an icon.

As an alternative you can create a transparent icon with the following
class:

public class BlankIcon implements Icon {
public int getIconHeight() { return 24; }
public int getIconWidth() { return 24; }
public void paintIcon(Component c, Graphics g, int x, int y) {
/*nothing*/ }
}

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zero - 26 Oct 2005 22:50 GMT

"Thomas Fritsch" <i.dont.like.spam@invalid.com> wrote in news:djk222$mlg$03
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> As an alternative you can create a transparent icon with the following
> class:
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> /*nothing*/ }
> }

Interesting idea. Have you tested this with both opaque and non-opaque
components?

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Thomas Fritsch - 27 Oct 2005 00:20 GMT

> Interesting idea. Have you tested this with both opaque and non-opaque
> components?

Until now only with JMenuItem.

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Roedy Green - 25 Oct 2005 03:28 GMT

On Tue, 25 Oct 2005 03:59:13 +0300, Chameleon
<cham_gss@hotmail.NOSPAM.com> wrote, quoted or indirectly quoted
someone who said :

>In this picture we see a JMenu with images.
>
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>Start in y axis of "O" from "Open"?

You are just asking how to set up a JMenu?

See http://mindprod.com/jgloss/jmenu.html

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