javaswingshortcutjmenuitem

How do you make menu item (JMenuItem) shortcut?

So i noticed that in awt there is a MenuItem constructor for adding a CTRL + (some key) shortcut, but there is no such constructor for JMenuItem. What is the correct way to do this?

I need an equivelent of awt:

MenuItem mi = new MenuItem("Copy", new MenuShortcut(KeyEvent.VK_C));

but for Swing.

Solution

  • Example for CTRL + N.

    menuItem.setAccelerator(KeyStroke.getKeyStroke('N', Toolkit.getDefaultToolkit().getMenuShortcutKeyMaskEx()));

    Toolkit.getDefaultToolkit().getMenuShortcutKeyMaskEx() returns control key (ctrl) on Windows and linux, and command key (⌘) on Mac OS.