Aligning JMenu on the right corner of JMenuBar in Java Swing

Question

So if i have a JMenu & JMenuBar defined such that:

jMenuBar1 = new javax.swing.JMenuBar();
jMenu1 = new javax.swing.JMenu();
jMenu1.setText("About");
jMenuBar1.add(jMenu1);

// Finally
setJMenuBar(jMenuBar1);

and with this the Menu "About" is aligned to the left most side of the menu bar. Is there anyway that i can align this menu on the right most side of the menu bar?

score 30 · Accepted Answer · answered Dec 19 '11 at 11:47

There is a patch available for this:

jMenuBar.add(Box.createHorizontalGlue());

Add this line before adding menu to menubar and your menu will come on right side of menubar. Something like:

.....
jMenu1.setText("About");
jMenuBar1.add(Box.createHorizontalGlue()); <-- horizontal glue
jMenuBar1.add(jMenu1);
.....

score 5 · Answer 2 · answered Dec 19 '11 at 11:53

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jMenuBar1.add(Box.createHorizontalGlue());

and don't forget alignt JMenu with JMenuItem too

JMenu.setComponentOrientation(ComponentOrientation.RIGHT_TO_LEFT);

answered Dec 19 '11 at 11:53

mKorbel

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does that make any difference? As without using ComponentOrienatation it works just fine? – Johnydep Dec 19 '11 at 14:58
JMenuItems are always placed inside Containers – mKorbel Dec 19 '11 at 15:37
-1 for the second part: ComponentOrientation has nothing to do with the requirement (if I understand the OP correctly, s/he has a simple layout problem ;-) – kleopatra Dec 20 '11 at 12:11

score 2 · Answer 3 · answered Feb 25 '14 at 16:25

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as mKorbel said for the JMenu it works on a JMenuBar like this :

    jMenuBar1.setComponentOrientation(ComponentOrientation.RIGHT_TO_LEFT);

answered Feb 25 '14 at 16:25

OmAr

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score 0 · Answer 4 · edited Aug 13 '18 at 10:05

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Your may refer to https://docs.oracle.com/javase/tutorial/uiswing/layout/box.html

Especially take a note on part

by putting horizontal glue between two components in a left-to-right box, you make any extra space go between those components

edited Aug 13 '18 at 10:05

Azat Ibrakov

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answered Jun 02 '16 at 09:11

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Aligning JMenu on the right corner of JMenuBar in Java Swing

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