Not able to see menu items ??

[db2sachin]

I'm giving the whole prog I had written for showing a menu item. The prog is opening the frame with menubar on it containing 2 menus namely 'File' & 'Edit'. But when I click on 'File' nothing happens. Actually I want to see the menuitems 'Cut' & 'Copy' on my file menu. Pls let me know if something is wrong with the prog or what needs to be done to see those menu items ?

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package testproject;

import java.awt.event.*;
import javax.swing.*;
import java.awt.Dimension;
import java.awt.Rectangle;
import java.awt.Color;
import java.awt.*;
/**
* <p>Title: </p>
* <p>Description: </p>
* <p>Copyright: Copyright (c) 2003</p>
* <p>Company: </p>
* @author not attributable
* @version 1.0
*/

public class TestClient extends JFrame implements ActionListener, ItemListener{
private JPanel ivjPanel = null;
private JMenuBar ivjMenuBar = null;
private JMenu ivjMenu1 = null;
private JMenu ivjMenu2 = null;
private JMenuItem ivjMenuItem1 = null;
private JMenuItem ivjMenuItem2 = null;
private JPopupMenu ivjPopupMenu = null;
public TestClient() {
super(&quot;Test Frame&quot;
this.initialize();
}
public void initialize() {
this.getContentPane().setLayout(null);
this.getContentPane().add(getIvjPanel(), getIvjPanel().getName());
this.getContentPane().setBackground(Color.GRAY);
this.getContentPane().add(getIvjMenuBar(), getIvjMenuBar().getName());
this.setSize(400,250);
}

private JMenuBar getIvjMenuBar() {
if (ivjMenuBar == null) {
ivjMenuBar = new JMenuBar();
// ivjMenuBar.setLayout(null);
ivjMenuBar.setBounds(20, 0, 350, 20);
ivjMenuBar.setName(&quot;ivjMenuBar&quot;
ivjMenuBar.add(getIvjMenu1(), getIvjMenu1().getName());
ivjMenuBar.add(getIvjMenu2(), getIvjMenu2().getName());
ivjMenuBar.setBorder(javax.swing.BorderFactory.createEtchedBorder(javax.swing.border.EtchedBorder.LOWERED));
}
return ivjMenuBar;
}

private JPopupMenu getIvjPopupMenu() {
if(ivjPopupMenu == null) {
ivjPopupMenu = new JPopupMenu();
ivjPopupMenu.setBounds(65,0,60,20);
ivjPopupMenu.add(getIvjMenuItem1(), getIvjMenuItem1().getName());
ivjPopupMenu.add(getIvjMenuItem2(), getIvjMenuItem2().getName());
}
return ivjPopupMenu;
}

private JMenu getIvjMenu1() {
if(ivjMenu1 == null) {
ivjMenu1 = new JMenu(&quot;File&quot;
ivjMenu1.setBounds(0,0,60,20);
ivjMenu1.add(getIvjMenuItem1(), getIvjMenuItem1().getName());
ivjMenu1.add(getIvjMenuItem2(), getIvjMenuItem2().getName());
ivjMenu1.addActionListener(this);
}
return ivjMenu1;
}

private JMenu getIvjMenu2() {
if(ivjMenu2 == null) {
ivjMenu2 = new JMenu(&quot;Edit&quot;
ivjMenu2.setBounds(60,0,60,20);
ivjMenu2.addActionListener(this);
}
return ivjMenu2;
}

private JMenuItem getIvjMenuItem1() {
if(ivjMenuItem1 == null) {
ivjMenuItem1 = new JMenuItem(&quot;Cut&quot;
ivjMenuItem1.addActionListener(this);
ivjMenuItem1.addItemListener(this);
}
return ivjMenuItem1;
}

private JMenuItem getIvjMenuItem2() {
if(ivjMenuItem2 == null) {
ivjMenuItem2 = new JMenuItem(&quot;Copy&quot;
ivjMenuItem2.addActionListener(this);
ivjMenuItem1.addItemListener(this);
}
return ivjMenuItem2;
}

private JPanel getIvjPanel() {
if (ivjPanel == null) {
ivjPanel = new JPanel();
ivjPanel.setLayout(null);
ivjPanel.setToolTipText(&quot;Test Panel&quot;
ivjPanel.setBounds(20, 20, 350, 200);
ivjPanel.setName(&quot;ivjPanel&quot;
ivjPanel.setBackground(Color.LIGHT_GRAY);
ivjPanel.setBorder(javax.swing.BorderFactory.createEtchedBorder(javax.swing.border.EtchedBorder.LOWERED));
}
return ivjPanel;
}

public void actionPerformed(ActionEvent e) {
System.out.println(&quot;Inside Action Event&quot;
if (e.getSource() == this.ivjMenu1) {
System.out.println(&quot;Cought the Action Event: &quot;+ ivjMenu1.getText());
validate();
}
if (e.getSource() == this.ivjMenuItem1) {
System.out.println(&quot;Cought the Action Event: &quot;+ ivjMenuItem1.getText());
validate();
}
}

public void itemStateChanged(ItemEvent e){
if (e.getSource() == this.ivjMenuItem1) {
System.out.println(&quot;Cought the Action Event: &quot;+ ivjMenuItem1.getText());
validate();
}
}

public static void main(String[] args) {
TestClient testClient1 = new TestClient();
testClient1.setVisible(true);
}

}

 

[hologram]

I would advise you to read a (recent) Swing book. I post your code with a lot of lines commented out. The first thing I did was
&quot;this.setJMenuBar(getIvjMenuBar());&quot;
instead of &quot;this.getContentPane().add(getIvjMenuBar(), getIvjMenuBar().getName());&quot;

import java.awt.event.*;
import javax.swing.*;
import java.awt.Dimension;
import java.awt.Rectangle;
import java.awt.Color;
import java.awt.*;
/**
 * <p>Title: </p>
 * <p>Description: </p>
 * <p>Copyright: Copyright (c) 2003</p>
 * <p>Company: </p>
 * @author not attributable
 * @version 1.0
 */

public class TestClient extends JFrame implements ActionListener, ItemListener{
  private JPanel ivjPanel = null;
  private JMenuBar ivjMenuBar = null;
  private JMenu ivjMenu1 = null;
  private JMenu ivjMenu2 = null;
  private JMenuItem ivjMenuItem1 = null;
  private JMenuItem ivjMenuItem2 = null;
  private JPopupMenu ivjPopupMenu = null;
  public TestClient() {
    super(&quot;Test Frame&quot;);
    this.initialize();
  }

  public void initialize() {
    this.getContentPane().setLayout(null);
    this.getContentPane().add(getIvjPanel(), getIvjPanel().getName());
    this.getContentPane().setBackground(Color.GRAY);
    //this.getContentPane().add(getIvjMenuBar(), getIvjMenuBar().getName());
    this.setJMenuBar(getIvjMenuBar()); //, getIvjMenuBar().getName());
    this.setSize(400,250);
  }

  private JMenuBar getIvjMenuBar() {
    if (ivjMenuBar == null) {
      ivjMenuBar = new JMenuBar();
//      ivjMenuBar.setLayout(null);
//      ivjMenuBar.setBounds(20, 0, 350, 20);
//      ivjMenuBar.setName(&quot;ivjMenuBar&quot;);
      ivjMenuBar.add(getIvjMenu1()); //, getIvjMenu1().getName());
      ivjMenuBar.add(getIvjMenu2()); //, getIvjMenu2().getName());
//      ivjMenuBar.setBorder(javax.swing.BorderFactory.createEtchedBorder(javax.swing.border.EtchedBorder.LOWERED));
    }
    return ivjMenuBar;
  }

  private JPopupMenu getIvjPopupMenu() {
    if(ivjPopupMenu == null) {
      ivjPopupMenu = new JPopupMenu();
      //ivjPopupMenu.setBounds(65,0,60,20);
      ivjPopupMenu.add(getIvjMenuItem1()); //, getIvjMenuItem1().getName());
      ivjPopupMenu.add(getIvjMenuItem2()); //, getIvjMenuItem2().getName());
    }
    return ivjPopupMenu;
  }

  private JMenu getIvjMenu1() {
    if(ivjMenu1 == null) {
      ivjMenu1 = new JMenu(&quot;File&quot;);
//      ivjMenu1.setBounds(0,0,60,20);
      ivjMenu1.add(getIvjMenuItem1()); //, getIvjMenuItem1().getName());
      ivjMenu1.add(getIvjMenuItem2()); //, getIvjMenuItem2().getName());
      ivjMenu1.addActionListener(this);
    }
    return ivjMenu1;
  }

  private JMenu getIvjMenu2() {
    if(ivjMenu2 == null) {
      ivjMenu2 = new JMenu(&quot;Edit&quot;);
      //ivjMenu2.setBounds(60,0,60,20);
      ivjMenu2.addActionListener(this);
    }
    return ivjMenu2;
  }

  private JMenuItem getIvjMenuItem1() {
    if(ivjMenuItem1 == null) {
      ivjMenuItem1 = new JMenuItem(&quot;Cut&quot;);
      ivjMenuItem1.addActionListener(this);
      ivjMenuItem1.addItemListener(this);
    }
    return ivjMenuItem1;
  }

  private JMenuItem getIvjMenuItem2() {
    if(ivjMenuItem2 == null) {
      ivjMenuItem2 = new JMenuItem(&quot;Copy&quot;);
      ivjMenuItem2.addActionListener(this);
      ivjMenuItem1.addItemListener(this);
    }
    return ivjMenuItem2;
  }

  private JPanel getIvjPanel() {
    if (ivjPanel == null) {
      ivjPanel = new JPanel();
      ivjPanel.setLayout(null);
      ivjPanel.setToolTipText(&quot;Test Panel&quot;);
      ivjPanel.setBounds(20, 20, 350, 200);
      ivjPanel.setName(&quot;ivjPanel&quot;);
      ivjPanel.setBackground(Color.LIGHT_GRAY);
      ivjPanel.setBorder(javax.swing.BorderFactory.createEtchedBorder(javax.swing.border.EtchedBorder.LOWERED));
    }
    return ivjPanel;
  }

  public void actionPerformed(ActionEvent e) {
    System.out.println(&quot;Inside Action Event&quot;);
      if (e.getSource() == this.ivjMenu1) {
        System.out.println(&quot;Cought the Action Event: &quot;+ ivjMenu1.getText());
        validate();
      }
      if (e.getSource() == this.ivjMenuItem1) {
        System.out.println(&quot;Cought the Action Event: &quot;+ ivjMenuItem1.getText());
        validate();
      }
  }

  public void itemStateChanged(ItemEvent e){
    if (e.getSource() == this.ivjMenuItem1) {
      System.out.println(&quot;Cought the Action Event: &quot;+ ivjMenuItem1.getText());
      validate();
    }
  }

  public static void main(String[] args) {
    TestClient testClient1 = new TestClient();
    testClient1.setVisible(true);
  }

}

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I would also use the default LayoutManager for JFrame (BorderLayout) :

//    this.getContentPane().setLayout(null);
    this.getContentPane().add(getIvjPanel(), BorderLayout.CENTER);// getIvjPanel().getName());