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  2. JDK-4096574

JMenuItem does not allow users to specify a hot-key label

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    • 1.2.0
    • 1.1.4
    • client-libs
    • swing1.0fcs
    • generic
    • solaris_2.6
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      Let's say, I have a "Add" menu item, and I want to indicate <Ins> as a hot-key (not a menu shortcut), there is no clean way to do this. Currently the
      only way that I can do this is:

      new JMenuItem("Add <Ins>");
      new JMenuItem("Delete <Del>");

      The problem with this approach is that you have to play with the spaces to make sure that all your menu items are aligned. The real problem occurs at the localisation centers.

      Note that Motif automatically performs the alignment automatically (after having specified the key accelerator)

            gsaab Georges Saab
            duke J. Duke
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