How to create this special menu bar using Java Swing?

Question

I am trying to implement this type of menu using Swing. Is there a turnkey solution (free and / or commercial)?

Answer 1

Assuming you want this image on the menu, why not something like that?

BufferedImage image = ImageIO.read(url); yourJMenu.setHorizontalTextPosition(SwingConstants.CENTER); yourJMenu.setVerticalTextPosition(SwingConstants.BOTTOM); yourJMenu.setIcon(new ImageIcon(image)); 

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EDIT: It seems you are asking to start from scratch.

Before reading this answer, refer to How to use the menu .

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EDIT 2 : SSCCE ,

 import java.awt.image.BufferedImage; import java.net.URL; import javax.imageio.ImageIO; import javax.swing.ImageIcon; import javax.swing.JFrame; import javax.swing.JMenu; import javax.swing.JMenuBar; import javax.swing.JMenuItem; import javax.swing.SwingConstants; public class MenuTest { public static void main(String[] argv) throws Exception { // Create the menu bar JMenuBar menuBar = new JMenuBar(); String imageURL = "http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/" + "drone360/wp-content/themes/discoverblog/images/" + "gear_icon.png"; // Create a menu JMenu menu = new JMenu("Menu"); BufferedImage image = ImageIO.read(new URL(imageURL)); menu.setHorizontalTextPosition(SwingConstants.CENTER); menu.setVerticalTextPosition(SwingConstants.BOTTOM); menu.setIcon(new ImageIcon(image)); menuBar.add(menu); // Create a menu item JMenuItem item = new JMenuItem("Test Item"); menu.add(item); JFrame frame = new JFrame(); frame.setDefaultCloseOperation(JFrame.EXIT_ON_CLOSE); frame.setJMenuBar(menuBar); frame.setSize(500, 550); frame.setVisible(true); } } 

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Answer 2

 import java.awt.*; import java.awt.event.*; import javax.swing.JMenu; import javax.swing.JMenuItem; import javax.swing.JCheckBoxMenuItem; import javax.swing.JRadioButtonMenuItem; import javax.swing.ButtonGroup; import javax.swing.JMenuBar; import javax.swing.KeyStroke; import javax.swing.ImageIcon; import javax.swing.JPanel; import javax.swing.JTextArea; import javax.swing.JScrollPane; import javax.swing.JFrame; /* MenuLookDemo.java requires images/middle.gif. */ /* * This class exists solely to show you what menus look like. * It has no menu-related event handling. */ public class MenuLookDemo { JTextArea output; JScrollPane scrollPane; public JMenuBar createMenuBar() { JMenuBar menuBar; JMenu menu, submenu; JMenuItem menuItem; JRadioButtonMenuItemMenuItem; JCheckBoxMenuItem cbMenuItem; //Create the menu bar. menuBar = new JMenuBar(); //Build the first menu. menu = new JMenu("A Menu"); menu.setMnemonic(KeyEvent.VK_A); menu.getAccessibleContext().setAccessibleDescription("The only menu in this program that has menu items"); menuBar.add(menu); //a group of JMenuItems menuItem = new JMenuItem("Av text-only menu item", KeyEvent.VK_T); //menuItem.setMnemonic(KeyEvent.VK_T); //used constructor instead menuItem.setAccelerator(KeyStroke.getKeyStroke(KeyEvent.VK_1, ActionEvent.ALT_MASK)); menuItem.getAccessibleContext().setAccessibleDescription("This doesn't really do anything"); menu.add(menuItem); ImageIcon icon = createImageIcon("middle.gif"); menuItem = new JMenuItem("Both text and icon", icon); menuItem.setMnemonic(KeyEvent.VK_B); menu.add(menuItem); menuItem = new JMenuItem(icon); menuItem.setMnemonic(KeyEvent.VK_D); menu.add(menuItem); //a group of radio button menu items menu.addSeparator(); ButtonGroup group = new ButtonGroup(); rbMenuItem = new JRadioButtonMenuItem("A radio button menu item"); rbMenuItem.setSelected(true); rbMenuItem.setMnemonic(KeyEvent.VK_R); group.add(rbMenuItem); menu.add(rbMenuItem); rbMenuItem = new JRadioButtonMenuItem("Another one"); rbMenuItem.setMnemonic(KeyEvent.VK_O); group.add(rbMenuItem); menu.add(rbMenuItem); //a group of check box menu items menu.addSeparator(); cbMenuItem = new JCheckBoxMenuItem("A check box menu item"); cbMenuItem.setMnemonic(KeyEvent.VK_C); menu.add(cbMenuItem); cbMenuItem = new JCheckBoxMenuItem("Another one"); cbMenuItem.setMnemonic(KeyEvent.VK_H); menu.add(cbMenuItem); //a submenu menu.addSeparator(); submenu = new JMenu("A submenu"); submenu.setMnemonic(KeyEvent.VK_S); menuItem = new JMenuItem("An item in the submenu"); menuItem.setAccelerator(KeyStroke.getKeyStroke(KeyEvent.VK_2, ActionEvent.ALT_MASK)); submenu.add(menuItem); menuItem = new JMenuItem("Another item"); submenu.add(menuItem); menu.add(submenu); //Build second menu in the menu bar. menu = new JMenu("Another Menu"); menu.setMnemonic(KeyEvent.VK_N); menu.getAccessibleContext().setAccessibleDescription("This menu does nothing"); menuBar.add(menu); return menuBar; } public Container createContentPane() { //Create the content-pane-to-be. JPanel contentPane = new JPanel(new BorderLayout()); contentPane.setOpaque(true); //Create a scrolled text area. output = new JTextArea(5, 30); output.setEditable(false); scrollPane = new JScrollPane(output); //Add the text area to the content pane. contentPane.add(scrollPane, BorderLayout.CENTER); return contentPane; } /** Returns an ImageIcon, or null if the path was invalid. */ protected static ImageIcon createImageIcon(String path) { java.net.URL imgURL = MenuLookDemo.class.getResource(path); if (imgURL != null) { return new ImageIcon(imgURL); } else { System.err.println("Couldn't find file: " + path); return null; } } /** * Create the GUI and show it. For thread safety, * this method should be invoked from the * event-dispatching thread. */ private static void createAndShowGUI() { //Create and set up the window. JFrame frame = new JFrame("MenuLookDemo"); frame.setDefaultCloseOperation(JFrame.EXIT_ON_CLOSE); //Create and set up the content pane. MenuLookDemo demo = new MenuLookDemo(); frame.setJMenuBar(demo.createMenuBar()); frame.setContentPane(demo.createContentPane()); //Display the window. frame.setSize(450, 260); frame.setVisible(true); } public static void main(String[] args) { //Schedule a job for the event-dispatching thread: //creating and showing this application GUI. javax.swing.SwingUtilities.invokeLater(new Runnable() { public void run() { createAndShowGUI(); } }); } }