Graphic Java™ 1.2, Volume I: AWT, Third Edition

Chapter 17. Menus

• The Menu Classes

• A File Menu

• Handling Menu Events

• Tear-off Menus

• A MenuBar Printer

• A FrameWithMenuBar Class

• Help Menus

• Checkbox Menu Items

• Cascading Menus

• Dynamically Modifying Menus

• Popup Menus

• Summary

The original release of the AWT supported only one type of menu: ones that reside in a menubar. Furthermore, AWT menus were not components, so it was not possible to draw into a menu (or menu item). As a result, menus could only contain textual information.

The current version of the AWT provides a PopupMenu class; however, menus are still not extensions of java.awt.Component, so it is still not possible to implement owner-drawn menus, which are a common feature under many windowing systems^[1]. The current release of the AWT also provides ...