Add vertical text to JMenu

Question

I want to add a vertical text into JMenu. As shown in the picture ("JTattoo"):

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I search Google but didn't find a way to do.

Any information will be helpful to me.

Thanks in advance.

for potential answerers, please [read](http://stackoverflow.com/a/9382795/714968) — mKorbel, Feb 22 '12 at 11:15
@mKorbel it is hard coded in the theme. I changed the source code :P — Tapas Bose, Feb 22 '12 at 12:14

score 2 · Answer 1 · answered Mar 02 '12 at 17:12

Extending JMenuItem and overriding paintComponent won't work because the text spans multiple menu items.

What you want to do is add a custom border to the popup menu of the JMenu.

Here's an example:

import java.awt.Component;
import java.awt.Graphics;
import java.awt.Graphics2D;
import java.awt.Insets;
import java.awt.RenderingHints;
import java.awt.geom.AffineTransform;

import javax.swing.JFrame;
import javax.swing.JMenu;
import javax.swing.JMenuBar;
import javax.swing.border.Border;
public class Main {

    public static void main(final String[] args) {
        final JFrame frame = new JFrame();
        final JMenu menu = new JMenu("Menu");
        menu.add("Hello");
        menu.add("World");
        menu.getPopupMenu().setBorder(new VerticalTextBorder());
        final JMenuBar menubar = new JMenuBar();
        menubar.add(menu);
        frame.setJMenuBar(menubar);
        frame.setSize(300,300);
        frame.setVisible(true);
    }

    private static class VerticalTextBorder implements Border {
        @Override
        public Insets getBorderInsets(final Component c) {
            return new Insets(0, 15, 0, 0);
        }

        @Override
        public void paintBorder(final Component c, final Graphics g, final int x, final int y, final int width, final int height) {
            final Graphics2D g2 = (Graphics2D)g;
            final AffineTransform fontAT = new AffineTransform();
            g2.setRenderingHint(RenderingHints.KEY_ANTIALIASING, RenderingHints.VALUE_ANTIALIAS_ON);
            fontAT.rotate(-Math.PI/2);
            g2.setFont(g2.getFont().deriveFont(fontAT));
            g2.drawString("Menu", 10, height);
        }

        @Override
        public boolean isBorderOpaque() {
            return false;
        }
    }
}

score 0 · Answer 2 · edited Mar 02 '12 at 16:18

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You could subclass JMenuItem and then change the way it is rendered by overriding paintComponent.

edited Mar 02 '12 at 16:18

kleopatra

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answered Mar 02 '12 at 12:16

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Add vertical text to JMenu

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