Java Glossary : menu

Java definitions: 0-9 A B C D E F G H I J K L M N O P Q R S T U V W X Y Z

You are here : home : Java Glossary : M words : menu.

menu

pulldown list of actions the user can select across the top of a frame. See the essay on menus [an error occurred while processing this directive] on how I think user-configurable, globally-configurable, menus should be implemented. In AWT you need three classes to set up a menu: MenuBar, Menu, and MenuItem. In Swing you use JMenuBar, JMenu, and JMenuItem. Here is how you use it:

view

documentation on MenuBar : available:

on the web at java.Sun.com
on J: in the JDK 1.4.2_04: J:\j2sdk1.4.2_04\docs\api\java\awt\MenuBar.html
on J: in the JDK 1.5 beta: J:\Program Files\Java\j2sdk1.5.0\docs\api\java\awt\MenuBar.html

documentation on Menu : available:

on the web at java.Sun.com
on J: in the JDK 1.4.2_04: J:\j2sdk1.4.2_04\docs\api\java\awt\Menu.html
on J: in the JDK 1.5 beta: J:\Program Files\Java\j2sdk1.5.0\docs\api\java\awt\Menu.html

documentation on MenuItem : available:

on the web at java.Sun.com
on J: in the JDK 1.4.2_04: J:\j2sdk1.4.2_04\docs\api\java\awt\MenuItem.html
on J: in the JDK 1.5 beta: J:\Program Files\Java\j2sdk1.5.0\docs\api\java\awt\MenuItem.html

In Windows NT, the way you configure your menu is by dragging shorcuts icons into various magic directories: The magic directories are as follows:

Windows NT Menu Configuration
Directory	Purpose
WINNT\Profiles\Administrator\Desktop	Icons for the Administrator's desktop.
WINNT\Profiles\Administrator\Send To	Apps the Administrator can send an file to for processing via right click send to.
WINNT\Profiles\Administrator\Start Menu	Administrator's main start menu.
WINNT\Profiles\Administrator\Start Menu\Programs	Administrator's second tier start menu accessible by clicking Programs.
WINNT\Profiles\Administrator\Start Menu\Programs\Startup	Programs that will automaically start when you reboot and logon as the Administrator.
WINNT\Profiles\All Users\Desktop	Icons that will appear on all users' desktops.
WINNT\Profiles\All Users\Send To	Apps all users can send an file to for processing via right click send to.
WINNT\Profiles\All Users\Start Menu	Appear on all users' main start menu. They appear below the Administrator list, not sensibly merged with it sorted in order as you might expect.
WINNT\Profiles\All Users\Start Menu\Programs	Appear on all users' second tier start menu accessible by clicking Programs. They appear below the Administrator list, not sensibly merged with it sorted in order as you might expect.
WINNT\Profiles\All Users\Start Menu\Programs\Startup	Programs that will automaically start when you reboot and logon as any user.
WINNT\Profiles\Default User\Desktop	Icons that will appear on a new user's desktop.
WINNT\Profiles\Default User\Send To	Apps a new user can send an file to for processing via right click send to.
WINNT\Profiles\Default User\Start Menu	Appear on a new users' main start menu.
WINNT\Profiles\Default User\Start Menu\Programs	Appear on a new users' second tier start menu accessible by clicking Programs.
WINNT\Profiles\Default User\Start Menu\Programs\Startup	Programs that will automaically start when you reboot and logon as a newly created user, before he has configured his own profile.

Each user has a profile similar to Administrator. Windows 95/98 works similarly, except there is no Profiles or Administrator level in the directory name. Windows ME/2000 does menu configuring by direct drag and drop on the menu itself which is considerably easier, and also considerably easier to muck up by accident.

AWT ¤ essay on menus ¤ JMenu ¤ Swing ¤ Windows

home	Canadian Mind Products
	mindprod.com IP:[24.87.56.253]
	Your IP:[80.134.30.163]
	You are visitor number 1072.
	Please send errors, omissions and suggestions
	to improve this page to Roedy Green.
	You can get a fresh copy of this page from:	or possibly from your local J: drive mirror:
	http://mindprod.com/jgloss/menu.html	J:\mindprod\jgloss\menu.html