Changing position of JMenuBar

[LianaN]

Hi! I wonder if it is possible to change the position of JMenuBar. I know that there two types of menu bars, i.e. vertical and horizontal. I'm using a horizontal one that is created by default. However, I want to locate it at 20px from the top. Is it possilbe to do?

[dinosoep]

why would you want to do that?
one way could be to create a new panel and ad it to that panel, but it would be not very clean :p

[Fubarable]

Yep, as dinosoep states above, create a new JPanel, have it use BorderLayout, and add the JMenuBar to this JPanel BorderLayout.NORTH.

[DarrylBurke]

I know that there two types of menu bars, i.e. vertical and horizontal.

I'm curious. Where did you get that? I don't see it in the API.

As far as your requirement is concerned, a JMenuBar is just another JComponent. You can nest your 'active' JMenuBar and another component in another JMenuBar with an appropriate layout, and set the latter to your JFrame.

import java.awt.BorderLayout;
import javax.swing.*;

public class NestedMenuBar {

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

      @Override
      public void run() {
        new NestedMenuBar().makeUI();
      }
    });
  }

  public void makeUI() {
    JMenu menu = new JMenu("Menu");
    menu.add(new JMenuItem("Item"));
    JMenuBar innerBar = new JMenuBar();
    innerBar.add(menu);

    JMenuBar outerBar = new JMenuBar();
    outerBar.setLayout(new BorderLayout());
    outerBar.add(Box.createVerticalStrut(20), BorderLayout.NORTH);
    outerBar.add(innerBar, BorderLayout.SOUTH);

    JFrame frame = new JFrame();
    frame.setJMenuBar(outerBar);

    frame.setDefaultCloseOperation(JFrame.EXIT_ON_CLOSE);
    frame.setSize(400, 400);
    frame.setLocationRelativeTo(null);
    frame.setVisible(true);
  }
}

db

[LianaN]

Thank you. I''ll try right now.

[LianaN]

I just mean that it is possible to position JMenu vertically or horizontally: Vertical menu bar : JMenuBar*«*Swing*«*Java Tutorial

Your code works as I need. Thanks once again.

BTW, I've tried with two JPanel and BorderLayout.NORTH/SOUTH, however it didn't work for me.

[Fubarable]

Your code works as I need. Thanks once again.
BTW, I've tried with two JPanel and BorderLayout.NORTH/SOUTH, however it didn't work for me.

Um,... Darryl's code is nothing more than using BorderLayout in a JPanel, and you've stated that it works, so I don't understand your last statement.

[DarrylBurke]

Your JPanels didn't have a preferredSize

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[LianaN]

Hi guys. I've understood that for my case the best solution is to use JToolBar and then define toolbar.setFloatable(false), because I don't need any sub-menus (like JMenuItem).