Height of JMenuBar, JMenu and JMenuItem

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Edward Ruchevits picture Edward Ruchevits · May 8, 2013 · Viewed 12.2k times · Source

Is it possible to set height of JMenuBar, JMenu and JMenuItem using UIManager once for all menus?

I am currently using:

setPreferredSize(new Dimension(100, 25));

But I feel it's not the best way.

Answer

Mady picture Mady · May 9, 2013

The best way is to let system handle the width and height (a call to super should give you the correct width and height which will display the full text contents)

Although if you want explicitly setting the width to 100 and height to 25, setPreferredSize() is one way.. Another way is to use Box Layout 

menuBar.add(Box.createRigidArea(new Dimension(100,25)));

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