Java setting shortcut key and hotkey for menu item and button in swing
In Java Swing, you can set shortcut keys and hotkeys for menu items and buttons using the setAccelerator
method of the JMenuItem
class and the setMnemonic
method of the AbstractButton
class.
Here's an example of how to do this for a JMenuItem
:
import javax.swing.JFrame; import javax.swing.JMenu; import javax.swing.JMenuBar; import javax.swing.JMenuItem; import javax.swing.KeyStroke; public class MenuItemExample extends JFrame { public MenuItemExample() { super("Set Shortcut Key for JMenuItem"); // Create a new menu bar JMenuBar menuBar = new JMenuBar(); // Create a new menu JMenu fileMenu = new JMenu("File"); // Create a new menu item with a shortcut key of CTRL+N JMenuItem newItem = new JMenuItem("New"); newItem.setAccelerator(KeyStroke.getKeyStroke("control N")); // Add the menu item to the menu fileMenu.add(newItem); // Add the menu to the menu bar menuBar.add(fileMenu); // Set the menu bar to the frame setJMenuBar(menuBar); // Set the size, location and visibility of the frame pack(); setLocationRelativeTo(null); setDefaultCloseOperation(JFrame.EXIT_ON_CLOSE); setVisible(true); } public static void main(String[] args) { new MenuItemExample(); } }
In this example, we create a JMenuItem
component and set its shortcut key using the setAccelerator
method. The KeyStroke.getKeyStroke("control N")
method is used to create the KeyStroke
object with the CTRL+N key combination. We then add the JMenuItem
to a JMenu
and add the JMenu
to a JMenuBar
. Finally, we set the JMenuBar
to the JFrame
using the setJMenuBar
method.
Here's an example of how to set a hotkey for a button:
import javax.swing.AbstractButton; import javax.swing.JButton; import javax.swing.JFrame; public class ButtonExample extends JFrame { public ButtonExample() { super("Set Hotkey for JButton"); // Create a new button with the text "OK" JButton okButton = new JButton("OK"); // Set the hotkey for the button to ALT+O okButton.setMnemonic('O'); okButton.setDisplayedMnemonicIndex(1); // Add the button to the frame add(okButton); // Set the size, location and visibility of the frame pack(); setLocationRelativeTo(null); setDefaultCloseOperation(JFrame.EXIT_ON_CLOSE); setVisible(true); } public static void main(String[] args) { new ButtonExample(); } }
In this example, we create a JButton
component and set its hotkey using the setMnemonic
method. The setDisplayedMnemonicIndex
method is used to specify the index of the character in the button's text that should be underlined to indicate the hotkey. In this case, we specify an index of 1, which corresponds to the second character in the text ("O"). We then add the JButton
to the JFrame
.
When you run these examples, the JMenuItem
and JButton
will have the shortcut key and hotkey set, respectively.