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React to menu action and checkbox menu
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import java.awt.Font; import java.awt.event.ActionEvent; import java.awt.event.ActionListener; import java.awt.event.WindowAdapter; import java.awt.event.WindowEvent; import java.awt.event.WindowListener; import java.io.File; import javax.swing.ButtonGroup; import javax.swing.ImageIcon; import javax.swing.JCheckBoxMenuItem; import javax.swing.JFileChooser; import javax.swing.JFrame; import javax.swing.JMenu; import javax.swing.JMenuBar; import javax.swing.JMenuItem; import javax.swing.JRadioButtonMenuItem; public class MenuDemo extends JFrame { public static final String FontNames[] = { "Serif", "SansSerif", "Courier" }; protected Font fontArray[]; protected JMenuItem[] menus; protected JCheckBoxMenuItem boldMenuItem; protected JCheckBoxMenuItem italicMenuItem; protected JFileChooser fileChooser; public MenuDemo() { super("Basic text editor"); setSize(450, 350); fontArray = new Font[FontNames.length]; for (int i = 0; i < FontNames.length; i++) fontArray[i] = new Font(FontNames[i], Font.PLAIN, 12); JMenuBar menuBar = createMenuBar(); setJMenuBar(menuBar); fileChooser = new JFileChooser(); fileChooser.setCurrentDirectory(new File(".")); WindowListener exitEvent = new WindowAdapter() { public void windowClosing(WindowEvent e) { System.exit(0); } }; addWindowListener(exitEvent); updateMonitor(); setVisible(true); } protected JMenuBar createMenuBar() { final JMenuBar menuBar = new JMenuBar(); JMenu menuFile = new JMenu("File"); menuFile.setMnemonic('f'); JMenuItem menuItem = new JMenuItem("New"); menuItem.setIcon(new ImageIcon("file_new.gif")); menuItem.setMnemonic('n'); ActionListener lst = new ActionListener() { public void actionPerformed(ActionEvent e) { System.out.println("New"); } }; menuItem.addActionListener(lst); menuFile.add(menuItem); menuItem = new JMenuItem("Open..."); menuItem.setIcon(new ImageIcon("file_open.gif")); menuItem.setMnemonic('o'); lst = new ActionListener() { public void actionPerformed(ActionEvent e) { MenuDemo.this.repaint(); if (fileChooser.showOpenDialog(MenuDemo.this) != JFileChooser.APPROVE_OPTION) return; System.out.println(fileChooser.getSelectedFile()); } }; menuItem.addActionListener(lst); menuFile.add(menuItem); menuItem = new JMenuItem("Save..."); menuItem.setIcon(new ImageIcon("file_save.gif")); menuItem.setMnemonic('s'); lst = new ActionListener() { public void actionPerformed(ActionEvent e) { System.out.println("Save..."); } }; menuItem.addActionListener(lst); menuFile.add(menuItem); menuFile.addSeparator(); menuItem = new JMenuItem("Exit"); menuItem.setMnemonic('x'); lst = new ActionListener() { public void actionPerformed(ActionEvent e) { System.exit(0); } }; menuItem.addActionListener(lst); menuFile.add(menuItem); menuBar.add(menuFile); ActionListener fontListener = new ActionListener() { public void actionPerformed(ActionEvent e) { updateMonitor(); } }; JMenu mFont = new JMenu("Font"); mFont.setMnemonic('o'); ButtonGroup group = new ButtonGroup(); menus = new JMenuItem[FontNames.length]; for (int i = 0; i < FontNames.length; i++) { int m = i + 1; menus[i] = new JRadioButtonMenuItem(m + " " + FontNames[i]); boolean selected = (i == 0); menus[i].setSelected(selected); menus[i].setMnemonic('1' + i); menus[i].setFont(fontArray[i]); menus[i].addActionListener(fontListener); group.add(menus[i]); mFont.add(menus[i]); } mFont.addSeparator(); boldMenuItem = new JCheckBoxMenuItem("Bold"); boldMenuItem.setMnemonic('b'); Font fn = fontArray[1].deriveFont(Font.BOLD); boldMenuItem.setFont(fn); boldMenuItem.setSelected(false); boldMenuItem.addActionListener(fontListener); mFont.add(boldMenuItem); italicMenuItem = new JCheckBoxMenuItem("Italic"); italicMenuItem.setMnemonic('i'); fn = fontArray[1].deriveFont(Font.ITALIC); italicMenuItem.setFont(fn); italicMenuItem.setSelected(false); italicMenuItem.addActionListener(fontListener); mFont.add(italicMenuItem); menuBar.add(mFont); return menuBar; } protected void updateMonitor() { int index = -1; for (int k = 0; k < menus.length; k++) { if (menus[k].isSelected()) { index = k; break; } } if (index == -1) return; if (index == 2) // Courier { boldMenuItem.setSelected(false); boldMenuItem.setEnabled(false); italicMenuItem.setSelected(false); italicMenuItem.setEnabled(false); } else { boldMenuItem.setEnabled(true); italicMenuItem.setEnabled(true); } int style = Font.PLAIN; if (boldMenuItem.isSelected()) style |= Font.BOLD; if (italicMenuItem.isSelected()) style |= Font.ITALIC; } public static void main(String argv[]) { new MenuDemo(); } }
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