When I create a menu in java GUI by using JMenuBar
it puts all JMenu
s from Left-to-right direction like this:
I want to change it to Right-to-left like this:
I want do this in an English OS, so suggestions of an Arabic or Right-to-Left solution aren't what I'm looking for.
You can use Component.applyComponentOrientation to change the orientation of the JMenuBar
:
import javax.swing.*;
import java.awt.*;
public class R_L_MenuBar_Demo
{
public static void main(String[] args){
SwingUtilities.invokeLater(() -> createAndShowGUI());
}
private static void createAndShowGUI()
{
JMenuBar mb = new JMenuBar();
JMenuItem item_1 = new JMenuItem("First Item");
JMenu menu_2 = new JMenu("Second Menu");
JMenuItem item_3 = new JMenuItem("First Item in Second");
menu_2.add(item_3);
mb.add(item_1);
mb.add(menu_2);
//switch the orientation of the menubar to right to left
JButton btn_r_to_l = new JButton("Switch menubar to r_to_l");
btn_r_to_l.addActionListener(e -> {
mb.invalidate();
mb.applyComponentOrientation(ComponentOrientation.RIGHT_TO_LEFT);
mb.validate();
});
//switch the orientation of the menubar to left to right
JButton btn_l_to_r = new JButton("Switch menubar to l_to_r");
btn_l_to_r.addActionListener(e -> {
mb.invalidate();
mb.applyComponentOrientation(ComponentOrientation.LEFT_TO_RIGHT);
mb.validate();
});
JFrame frame = new JFrame("R_L_MenuBar");
frame.setLayout(new FlowLayout());
frame.add(btn_r_to_l);
frame.add(btn_l_to_r);
frame.setJMenuBar(mb);
frame.setDefaultCloseOperation(JFrame.EXIT_ON_CLOSE);
frame.setSize(200 , 200);
frame.setLocationRelativeTo(null);
frame.setVisible(true);
}
}