Name: skT88420 Date: 10/12/99


The problem can be observed by running the code below. It presents a small JFrame containing a menubar with two menus on it - "File" and "What?". The mnemonic for the first menu is 'F' and for the second menu is '?'. Alt-F successfully invokes the File menu, but neither Alt-Shift-? or Alt-? will invoke the What? menu.

This is a problem for us in the French version of our product. Apparently it is common to label help menus in French apps with a single '?' character.


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

class TestFrame
extends JFrame
{
public TestFrame()
{
setSize(100, 100);
JPanel topPanel = new JPanel();
topPanel.setLayout(new BorderLayout());
getContentPane().add(topPanel);
JMenuBar menuBar = new JMenuBar();
setJMenuBar( menuBar );

JMenu file = new JMenu("File");
file.setMnemonic('F');
file.add(new JButton("New"));

JMenu help = new JMenu("What?");
help.setMnemonic('?');
help.add(new JButton("Index"));

menuBar.add(file);
menuBar.add(help);
}

public static void main(String args[])
{
TestFrame mainFrame = new TestFrame();
mainFrame.setVisible(true);
}
}
(Review ID: 96402)
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