Name: krT82822 Date: 06/22/99


[This problem exists in both Swing 1.1.1 beta2 with JDK 1.1.8, and in JDK 1.2.2 RC1. --kevin.ryan@eng, 22 June 99]

Mnemonics do not work on menu items which contain submenus, i.e.
if a menuitem contains a submenu pressing the mnemonic for the
menuitem/menu will not display the submenu.

The following code reproduces the problem:

import java.awt.*;
import javax.swing.*;

public class MenuBug extends JFrame{
  private JMenuBar mb;

  public MenuBug(){
    super("Menu bug");
    setSize(400,400);
    setJMenuBar(getMenu());
    setVisible(true);
  }

  private JMenuBar getMenu(){
    mb = new JMenuBar();
    mb.add(getMenu1());
    return mb;
  }

  private JMenu getMenu1(){
    JMenu menu1 = new JMenu("Menu 1");
    menu1.setMnemonic('M');

    JMenuItem menuItem1 = new JMenuItem("MenuItem 1");
    menuItem1.setMnemonic('n');
    menu1.add(menuItem1);

    menu1.add(getDropDown());
    return menu1;
  }

  private JMenu getDropDown(){
    JMenu drop = new JMenu("DropDown");
    drop.setMnemonic('D');

    JMenuItem item1 = new JMenuItem("Item1");
    item1.setMnemonic('I');
    drop.add(item1);
    drop.add(new JMenuItem("Item2"));
    drop.add(new JMenuItem("Item3"));

    return drop;
  }

  public static void main(String[] args){
    new MenuBug();
  }
}

There was no error message as no error as such occurred, it just
doesn't work as you would expect it to - other information
therefore isn't particularly relevant to the problem.
(Review ID: 84636)
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