Name: mc57594 Date: 01/11/2000

java version "1.3beta"
Java(TM) 2 Runtime Environment, Standard Edition (build 1.3beta-O)
Java(TM) HotSpot Client VM (build 1.3beta-O, mixed mode)

Action.ACCELERATOR_KEY and Action.MNEMONIC_KEY are not used by JMenuItem

If you create a JMenuItem using an action say
    new JMenuItem(MyAction)

JMenuItem does not use the Action.ACCELERATOR_KEY and
Action.MNEMONIC_KEY keys of the Action to set the menu
item's accelerator key and mnemonic key. JMenuItem uses
configurePropertiesFromAction to initialize stuff.
Notice it does not look for Action.ACCELERATOR_KEY and
Action.MNEMONIC_KEY.

public class JMenuItem
 
protected void configurePropertiesFromAction(Action a) {
  setText((a!=null?(String)a.getValue(Action.NAME):null));
  setIcon((a!=null?(Icon)a.getValue(Action.SMALL_ICON):null));
  setEnabled((a!=null?a.isEnabled():true));
}

You may want to check for this oversight in other classes
which use configurePropertiesFromAction. Thanks

=====================
Let me know if this is what you need. Thanks

Notice that we set the mneumonic in the following line
    putValue(AbstractAction.MNEMONIC_KEY, KeyStroke.getKeyStroke('D'));
However, it is never used since
    JMenuItem.configurePropertiesFromAction(Action a)
never looks for Action.ACCELERATOR_KEY and Action.MNEMONIC_KEY
even though it should for both. Let me know if you need more information.
I didn't code for the Action.ACCELERATOR_KEY in my example code.

I look forward to your response. Thanks

John Petrula
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/*
Problem: Action.ACCELERATOR_KEY and Action.MNEMONIC_KEY
         are not used by JMenuItem

Setup: java.version 1.3 beta and 1.2.2
         Windows NT 4.0 SP4

java version "1.3beta"
Java(TM) 2 Runtime Environment, Standard Edition (build 1.3beta-O)
Java(TM) HotSpot Client VM (build 1.3beta-O, mixed mode)

Background:

If you create a JMenuItem using an action say
 new JMenuItem(MyAction)
JMenuItem does not use the Action.ACCELERATOR_KEY and
Action.MNEMONIC_KEY keys of the Action to set the menu
item's accelerator key and mnemonic key. JMenuItem uses
configurePropertiesFromAction to initialize stuff.
Notice it does not look for Action.ACCELERATOR_KEY and
Action.MNEMONIC_KEY.

public class JMenuItem

protected void configurePropertiesFromAction(Action a) {
 setText((a!=null?(String)a.getValue(Action.NAME):null));
 setIcon((a!=null?(Icon)a.getValue(Action.SMALL_ICON):null));
 setEnabled((a!=null?a.isEnabled():true));
}

You may want to check for this oversight in other classes
which use configurePropertiesFromAction. Thanks
*/

//Author: John Petrula
//Company: Z-FAST
//Description: ###@###.###

package com.petrula.bug.Mnemonic;

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

public class Mnemonic extends JFrame {

  DeleteFolderAction m_actionDeleteFolder =
    new DeleteFolderAction("Delete Folder");

  JMenuItem m_menuitemDeleteFolder = new JMenuItem(m_actionDeleteFolder);

  JMenuBar menuBar1 = new JMenuBar();
  JMenu menuFile = new JMenu();
  BorderLayout borderLayout1 = new BorderLayout();

  //Construct the frame
  public Mnemonic() {
    enableEvents(AWTEvent.WINDOW_EVENT_MASK);
    try {
      jbInit();
    }
    catch(Exception e) {
      e.printStackTrace();
    }
  }

  //Component initialization
  private void jbInit() throws Exception {
    this.getContentPane().setLayout(borderLayout1);
    this.setSize(new Dimension(400, 300));
    this.setTitle("Frame Title");
    menuFile.setText("File");
    menuFile.add(m_menuitemDeleteFolder);
    menuBar1.add(menuFile);
    this.setJMenuBar(menuBar1);
  }

  class DeleteFolderAction extends AbstractAction {

    DeleteFolderAction() {
      super();
    }
    DeleteFolderAction(String str) {
      super(str);
      putValue(AbstractAction.MNEMONIC_KEY, KeyStroke.getKeyStroke('D'));
    }
    public DeleteFolderAction(String name, Icon icon) {
      this(name);
    }

    public void actionPerformed(ActionEvent e) {
    }
  }

 public static void main(String[] args) {
    try {
      // Windows L&F
      UIManager.setLookAndFeel("com.sun.java.swing.plaf.windows.WindowsLookAndFeel");

      // Create JFrame
      Mnemonic myFrame = new Mnemonic();

      myFrame.addWindowListener(new java.awt.event.WindowAdapter() {
        public void windowClosing(WindowEvent e) {
          System.exit(0);
        }
      });

      myFrame.setSize(400,400);
      myFrame.setVisible(true);
    }
    catch( Exception e) {
      e.printStackTrace();
    }
  }
}

(Review ID: 98901)
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