Re: menu accelerator

  To: comp.lang.java.gui
Chameleon wrote:


Thats not an SSCCE!

You have a bug in the code you are *not* showing us.

Here's a working SSCCE based on your snippet:
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import java.awt.event.ActionEvent;
import java.awt.event.ActionListener;
import java.awt.event.KeyEvent;

import javax.swing.JFrame;
import javax.swing.JLabel;
import javax.swing.JMenu;
import javax.swing.JMenuBar;
import javax.swing.JMenuItem;
import javax.swing.JPanel;
import javax.swing.KeyStroke;
import javax.swing.SwingUtilities;

public class TestAccellerator implements ActionListener {

     TestAccellerator() {

    // So I don't need to edit Chameleon's code at all
         ActionListener listener = this; // ick.

    // Chameleon's snippet *exactly* as in newsgroup
         JMenuBar jmb = new JMenuBar();
         JMenu jm = new JMenu("Help");
         JMenuItem jmi = new JMenuItem("Help Index");
         jmi.setAccelerator(KeyStroke.getKeyStroke(KeyEvent.VK_F1, 0));
         jmi.addActionListener(listener);
         jm.add(jmi);
         jmb.add(jm);
    // end of Chameleon's snippet

         JPanel p = new JPanel();
         p.add(new JLabel("Panel"));

         JFrame f = new JFrame("Test Accellerator");
         f.setDefaultCloseOperation(JFrame.EXIT_ON_CLOSE);
         f.add(p);
         f.setJMenuBar(jmb);
         f.pack();
         f.setVisible(true);
     }

     public void actionPerformed(ActionEvent e) {
         System.out.printf("Event: command '%s' from object '%s'\n", e
                 .getActionCommand(), e.getSource());
     }

     public static void main(String[] args) {
         SwingUtilities.invokeLater(new Runnable() {
             public void run() {
                 new TestAccellerator();
             }
         });
     }

}

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When I press F1 I get the output I expected.

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