Create Menu in Java AWT with Example Tutorial [Drop Down Menu]

Menu in Java AWT example: This Java AWT menu tutorial is used to create a menu and menu items in a Drop down manner. This drop down menu looks like normal Windows menu bar. If you want to create your own menu bar, then this simple AWT tutorial will help you. An example program is given below.

MENU BAR IN JAVA

This java program is used to create a menu bar like all windows application menus. We have included all the function like new, open, close, save, save as, exit and we also extend the coding to ensure paste, cut and copy also. We used this menu bar as a notepad clone and word pad clone.

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Java AWT example Tutorial:

Q: Write a Java code for creating menus and menu items using AWT example.

//Import statements
import java.awt.*;
import java.awt.event.*;
class MenuDemo extends Frame
{
	//Variable declaration
MenuBar mr;
	Menu fe;
	MenuItem n1, o, s, ss, et;
	//Main Class
	public MenuDemo(String title)
	{
		super(title);
		mr=new MenuBar();//Object creation
		fe=new Menu("File");
		n1=new MenuItem("New");
		o=new MenuItem("Open...");
		s=new MenuItem("Save");
		ss=new MenuItem("Save As...");
		et=new MenuItem("Exit");
		fe.add(n1);
		fe.add(o);
		fe.addSeparator();
		fe.add(s);
		fe.add(ss);
		fe.addSeparator();
		fe.add(et);
		mr.add(fe);
		setMenuBar(mr);
		setSize(300,300);
		show();
	}
	public static void main(String args[])
	{
		new MenuDemo("Menus Demo");
	}
}

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