MenuShortcut

Name

Description

A MenuShortcut is used to associate a keystroke with a menu item. MenuShortcuts are constructed using their corresponding key; they are associated with menu items via MenuItem.setShortcut(MenuShortcut).

Class Definition

public class java.awt.MenuShortcut extends java.awt.Event {
 // Constructors public MenuShortcut (int key);
public MenuShortcut (int key, boolean useShiftModifier); // Instance Methods public boolean equals (MenuShortcut s);
public int getKey();
public String toString();
public boolean usesShiftModifier(); // Protected Instance Methods protected String paramString();
}

Constructors

MenuShortcut

public MenuShortcut (int key)

• Parameters
• • key
  • A keycode like those returned with key press Event objects.
• Description
• Constructs a MenuShortcut object for the given key.

public MenuShortcut (int key, boolean useShiftModifier)

• Parameters
• • key
  • A keycode like those returned with key press Event objects.
  • useShiftModifier
  • true if the Shift key must be used, false otherwise.
• Description
• Constructs a MenuShortcut object with the given values.

Instance Methods

equals

public boolean equals (MenuShortcut s)

• Parameters
• • s
  • The MenuShortcut to compare.
• Returns
• true if s is equal to this MenuShortcut, false otherwise.

getKey

public int getKey()

• Returns
• The key for this MenuShortcut.

toString

public String toString()

• Returns
• A string representation of the MenuShortcut object.
• Overrides
• Event.toString()

usesShiftModifier

public boolean usesShiftModifier()

• Returns
• true if this MenuShortcut must be invoked with the Shift key pressed, false otherwise.

Protected Instance Methods

paramString

protected String paramString()

• Returns
• String with current settings of MenuShortcut.
• Overrides
• Event.paramString()
• Description
• Helper method for toString() to generate string of current settings.

See Also

Event, MenuItem