diff -r c9eda8d10ee1 glass/glass-mat-lib-macosx/src/com/sun/mat/ui/GlassMenu.m
--- a/glass/glass-mat-lib-macosx/src/com/sun/mat/ui/GlassMenu.m	Mon Jun 04 11:48:37 2012 -0700
+++ b/glass/glass-mat-lib-macosx/src/com/sun/mat/ui/GlassMenu.m	Tue Jun 05 15:28:19 2012 -0400
@@ -11,7 +11,7 @@
 #import "com_sun_glass_ui_mac_MacMenuBarDelegate.h"
 #import "com_sun_glass_ui_mac_MacMenuDelegate.h"
 
-//#define VERBOSE
+#define VERBOSE
 #ifndef VERBOSE
     #define LOG(MSG, ...)
 #else
@@ -55,6 +55,7 @@
     [self->menu setSubmenu:glassmenu->menu forItem:glassmenu->item];
     
     [glassmenu->menu setAutoenablesItems:YES];
+    // NSLog(@"GlassMenuBar insert: %@", [glassmenu->menu title]);
     
     if ([[glassmenu->item title] compare:@"Apple"] == NSOrderedSame)
     {
@@ -92,14 +93,17 @@
         self->jDelegate = (*env)->NewGlobalRef(env, jdelegate);
         
         self->item = [[NSMenuItem allocWithZone:[NSMenu menuZone]] initWithTitle:getNSString(env, jtitle) action:NULL keyEquivalent:@""];
-        if (jenabled == JNI_TRUE)
+        NSLog(@"GlassMenu title: %@ enabled: %d", getNSString(env, jtitle), jenabled);
+        self->_setEnabled = jenabled;
+        [self _setEnabled];
+        /* if (jenabled == JNI_TRUE)
         {
             [self->item setEnabled:YES];
         }
         else
         {
             [self->item setEnabled:NO];
-        }
+        } */
         [self->item setTarget:self];
     }
     return self;
@@ -121,14 +125,18 @@
         
         NSString *shortcut = @"";
         self->item = [[NSMenuItem allocWithZone:[NSMenu menuZone]] initWithTitle:getNSString(env, jtitle) action:@selector(action:) keyEquivalent:shortcut];
+        NSLog(@"GlassMenuItem title: %@ enabled: %d", getNSString(env, jtitle), jenabled);
         if (jshortcut != '\0')
         {
             self->_setShortcutShortcut = jshortcut;
             self->_setShortcutModifiers = jmodifiers;
             [self _setShortcut];
         }
-        
-        if (jenabled == JNI_TRUE)
+        self->_setEnabled = jenabled;
+        self->_setChecked = jchecked;
+        [self _setEnabled];
+        [self _setChecked];
+        /* if (jenabled == JNI_TRUE)
         {
             [self->item setEnabled:YES];
         }
@@ -143,7 +151,7 @@
         else
         {
             [self->item setState:NSOffState];
-        }
+        } */
         
         if (jicon != NULL) {
             self->_setPixels = jicon;
@@ -241,6 +249,7 @@
         [self->menu setSubmenu:submenu->menu forItem:submenu->item];
         
         [submenu->menu setAutoenablesItems:YES];
+        NSLog(@"GlassMenu insert: %@", [submenu->menu title]);
     }
     else
     {
@@ -271,10 +280,116 @@
 - (void)_setShortcut
 {
     NSString *shortcut = @"";
+    unichar   unicode = 0;
+    
     if (self->_setShortcutShortcut != '\0')
     {
-        shortcut = [NSString stringWithFormat:@"%c", self->_setShortcutShortcut];
-        LOG("_setShortcut %c", self->_setShortcutShortcut);
+        switch (self->_setShortcutShortcut)
+        {
+            case com_sun_glass_events_KeyEvent_VK_LEFT:
+                unicode = NSLeftArrowFunctionKey;
+                break;
+            case com_sun_glass_events_KeyEvent_VK_RIGHT:
+                unicode = NSRightArrowFunctionKey;
+                break;
+            case com_sun_glass_events_KeyEvent_VK_UP:
+                unicode = NSUpArrowFunctionKey;
+                break;
+            case com_sun_glass_events_KeyEvent_VK_DOWN:
+                unicode = NSDownArrowFunctionKey;
+                break;
+            case com_sun_glass_events_KeyEvent_VK_ESCAPE:
+                unicode = 033;
+                break;
+            case com_sun_glass_events_KeyEvent_VK_LEFT_PARENTHESIS:
+                unicode = '(';
+                break;
+            case com_sun_glass_events_KeyEvent_VK_RIGHT_PARENTHESIS:
+                unicode = 0x29;
+                break;
+            case com_sun_glass_events_KeyEvent_VK_COLON:
+                unicode = ':';
+                break;
+            case com_sun_glass_events_KeyEvent_VK_DOLLAR:
+                unicode = '$';
+                break;
+            case com_sun_glass_events_KeyEvent_VK_EURO_SIGN:
+                unicode = 0x20AC;
+                break;
+            case com_sun_glass_events_KeyEvent_VK_EXCLAMATION:
+                unicode = '!';
+                break;
+            case com_sun_glass_events_KeyEvent_VK_UNDERSCORE:
+                unicode = '_';
+                break;
+            case com_sun_glass_events_KeyEvent_VK_AT:
+                unicode = 0x0040;
+                break;
+            case com_sun_glass_events_KeyEvent_VK_BRACELEFT:
+                unicode = '{';
+                break;
+            case com_sun_glass_events_KeyEvent_VK_BRACERIGHT:
+                unicode = '}';
+                break;
+            case com_sun_glass_events_KeyEvent_VK_LESS:
+                unicode = '<';
+                break;
+            case com_sun_glass_events_KeyEvent_VK_GREATER:
+                unicode = '>';
+                break;
+            case com_sun_glass_events_KeyEvent_VK_QUOTE:
+                unicode = '\'';
+                break;
+            case com_sun_glass_events_KeyEvent_VK_BACK_QUOTE:
+                unicode = '`';
+                break;
+            case com_sun_glass_events_KeyEvent_VK_AMPERSAND:
+                unicode = '&';
+                break;
+            case com_sun_glass_events_KeyEvent_VK_ASTERISK:
+                unicode = '*';
+                break;
+            case com_sun_glass_events_KeyEvent_VK_DOUBLE_QUOTE:
+                unicode = '\"';
+                break;
+            case com_sun_glass_events_KeyEvent_VK_NUMBER_SIGN:
+                unicode = '#';
+                break;
+            case com_sun_glass_events_KeyEvent_VK_ADD:
+                unicode = '+';
+                break;
+            case com_sun_glass_events_KeyEvent_VK_SUBTRACT:
+                unicode = '-';
+                break;
+            case com_sun_glass_events_KeyEvent_VK_MULTIPLY:
+                unicode = '*';
+                break;
+            case com_sun_glass_events_KeyEvent_VK_DIVIDE:
+                unicode = '/';
+                break;
+            case com_sun_glass_events_KeyEvent_VK_CIRCUMFLEX:
+                unicode = 0x5e;
+                break;
+            case com_sun_glass_events_KeyEvent_VK_DECIMAL:
+                unicode = '.';
+                break;
+            case com_sun_glass_events_KeyEvent_VK_DELETE:
+                unicode = 127;
+                break;
+            default:
+                break;
+                
+        }
+        if (unicode != 0)
+        {                
+            shortcut = [NSString stringWithCharacters:&unicode length:1];
+        }
+        else
+        {
+            shortcut = [NSString stringWithFormat:@"%c", self->_setShortcutShortcut];
+        }
+        LOG("_setShortcut %x", self->_setShortcutShortcut);
+        NSLog(@"shortcut: %@", shortcut);
     }
     
     NSUInteger modifier = 0;