Java - Is It Possible To Add A JMenu Over On The Far Right-Hand Side Of A JMenuBar?
Question
I am in the process of developing a simple JFrame based GUI to which I've added a JMenuBar and which in turn has the usual JMenuItems added to it - "File:", "Edit:", etc.
I would like to be able to add another JMenuItem - "About:" - to the far right-hand side of the JMenuBar. Is this possible without too much hackery - I would like a lean, simple way to do this if it's possible?
This is what I'm trying to achieve:
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File: Edit: Tools: About:
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Thanks for helping out :-)
Edit \ Update - 12-8-2010: Edited the title of my question to read JMenu instead of JMenuItem.
Compiled a simple app to test the code given in the accepted answer below and it works perfectly !!!
Solution
See http://download.oracle.com/javase/tutorial/uiswing/components/menu.html#custom
//...create and add some menus...
menuBar.add(Box.createHorizontalGlue());
//...create the rightmost menu...
menuBar.add(rightMenu);
OTHER TIPS
An alternative to using glue (which is the best solution in this case), would be to use an empty border. This wouldn't be dynamic like glue though as it would have a fixed width.