Aligning JMenu on the right corner of JMenuBar in Java Swing
Question
So if i have a JMenu
& JMenuBar
defined such that:
jMenuBar1 = new javax.swing.JMenuBar();
jMenu1 = new javax.swing.JMenu();
jMenu1.setText("About");
jMenuBar1.add(jMenu1);
// Finally
setJMenuBar(jMenuBar1);
and with this the Menu "About" is aligned to the left most side of the menu bar. Is there anyway that i can align this menu on the right most side of the menu bar?
Solution
There is a patch available for this:
jMenuBar.add(Box.createHorizontalGlue());
Add this line before adding menu to menubar and your menu will come on right side of menubar. Something like:
.....
jMenu1.setText("About");
jMenuBar1.add(Box.createHorizontalGlue()); <-- horizontal glue
jMenuBar1.add(jMenu1);
.....
OTHER TIPS
jMenuBar1.add(Box.createHorizontalGlue());
and don't forget alignt JMenu
with JMenuItem
too
JMenu.setComponentOrientation(ComponentOrientation.RIGHT_TO_LEFT);
as mKorbel said for the JMenu
it works on a JMenuBar
like this :
jMenuBar1.setComponentOrientation(ComponentOrientation.RIGHT_TO_LEFT);
Your may refer to https://docs.oracle.com/javase/tutorial/uiswing/layout/box.html
Especially take a note on part
by putting horizontal glue between two components in a left-to-right box, you make any extra space go between those components