Java JPopupMenu

by Online Tutorials Library July 14, 2022

Java JPopupMenu

PopupMenu can be dynamically popped up at specific position within a component. It inherits the JComponent class.

JPopupMenu class declaration

Let’s see the declaration for javax.swing.JPopupMenu class.

Commonly used Constructors:

Constructor	Description
JPopupMenu()	Constructs a JPopupMenu without an “invoker”.
JPopupMenu(String label)	Constructs a JPopupMenu with the specified title.

Java JPopupMenu Example

 import javax.swing.*; import java.awt.event.*; class PopupMenuExample {  PopupMenuExample(){          final JFrame f= new JFrame(“PopupMenu Example”);          final JPopupMenu popupmenu = new JPopupMenu(“Edit”);           JMenuItem cut = new JMenuItem(“Cut”);          JMenuItem copy = new JMenuItem(“Copy”);          JMenuItem paste = new JMenuItem(“Paste”);          popupmenu.add(cut); popupmenu.add(copy); popupmenu.add(paste);                f.addMouseListener(new MouseAdapter() {             public void mouseClicked(MouseEvent e) {                         popupmenu.show(f , e.getX(), e.getY());             }                         });          f.add(popupmenu);           f.setSize(300,300);          f.setLayout(null);          f.setVisible(true);  } public static void main(String args[]) {         new PopupMenuExample(); }} 

Output:

JAVA Jpopmenu 1

Java JPopupMenu Example with MouseListener and ActionListener

 import javax.swing.*; import java.awt.event.*; class PopupMenuExample  {  PopupMenuExample(){          final JFrame f= new JFrame(“PopupMenu Example”);          final JLabel label = new JLabel();                  label.setHorizontalAlignment(JLabel.CENTER);          label.setSize(400,100);          final JPopupMenu popupmenu = new JPopupMenu(“Edit”);           JMenuItem cut = new JMenuItem(“Cut”);          JMenuItem copy = new JMenuItem(“Copy”);          JMenuItem paste = new JMenuItem(“Paste”);          popupmenu.add(cut); popupmenu.add(copy); popupmenu.add(paste);                f.addMouseListener(new MouseAdapter() {             public void mouseClicked(MouseEvent e) {                         popupmenu.show(f , e.getX(), e.getY());             }                         });         cut.addActionListener(new ActionListener(){          public void actionPerformed(ActionEvent e) {                          label.setText(“cut MenuItem clicked.”);          }         });         copy.addActionListener(new ActionListener(){             public void actionPerformed(ActionEvent e) {                             label.setText(“copy MenuItem clicked.”);             }            });         paste.addActionListener(new ActionListener(){             public void actionPerformed(ActionEvent e) {                             label.setText(“paste MenuItem clicked.”);             }            });          f.add(label); f.add(popupmenu);           f.setSize(400,400);          f.setLayout(null);          f.setVisible(true);  } public static void main(String args[]) {         new PopupMenuExample(); } } 

Output:

JAVA Jpopmenu 2

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