Iconic menu-items like in ms-office

is it possible to show the icon of a menu-item and also the text of the menu-item?
When I switch the "icon in menu" property to "Yes" then automatically the "Label" isn't visible.
In Excel e.g. you see the icon and the label of the menu-item side by side.

Is it possible to display both label and icon in a popup menu item?
if yes ,
where to place the icons?are there any parameters configurations requirements?

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Assume there are two menus , File Menu with mnemonic Alt+F
and Save Menu with mnemonic Alt+S. File Menu contains the
menu items like PageSetup with Mnemonic S. Save menu has
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Pressing Alt+F opens the File Menu which has the menu item
PageSetup.Pressing S activates the PageSetup menu item.
Similarly Pressing Alt+S opens the Save Menu which has the
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Pressing Alt+Mnemonic key has to open only the Menus.It
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5. Press Alt+S
6. Save menu is invoked
7. Press P
8. Invokes the menu item action
9. Press Alt+P
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EXPECTED VERSUS ACTUAL BEHAVIOR :
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REPRODUCIBILITY :
This bug can be reproduced always.
---------- BEGIN SOURCE ----------
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import java.awt.event.*;
import javax.swing.*;
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import java.util.HashMap;
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import javax.swing.event.*;
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         String line;
         try {
               FileReader in = new FileReader (file);
                BufferedReader dis = new BufferedReader (in);
                fileBuffer = new StringBuffer () ;
               while ((line = dis.readLine ()) != null) {
                 fileBuffer.append (line + "\n");
                in.close ();
                fileString = fileBuffer.toString ();
              catch (IOException e ) {
                return null;
         return fileString;
/* boolean saveFile () {
     File file = null;
     JFileChooser fc = new JFileChooser ();
     fc.setCurrentDirectory (new File ("."));
     fc.setFileFilter (fJavaFilter);
     fc.setSelectedFile (fFile);
     int result = fc.showSaveDialog (this);
     if (result == JFileChooser.CANCEL_OPTION) {
         return true;
     } else if (result == JFileChooser.APPROVE_OPTION) {
         fFile = fc.getSelectedFile ();
         if (fFile.exists ()) {
             int response = JOptionPane.showConfirmDialog (null,
               "Overwrite existing file?","Confirm Overwrite",
                JOptionPane.OK_CANCEL_OPTION,
                JOptionPane.QUESTION_MESSAGE);
             if (response == JOptionPane.CANCEL_OPTION) return false;
         return writeFile (fFile, textPane.getText ());
     } else {
       return false;
protected JMenu createEditMenu() {
        JMenu menu = new JMenu("Editare");
        menu.setMnemonic(KeyEvent.VK_E);
        JMenuItem menuItem;
        undoAction=new UndoAction();
        menu.add(undoAction);
        redoAction = new RedoAction();
        menu.add(redoAction);
        menu.addSeparator();
          menu.add(getActionByName(DefaultEditorKit.cutAction));
        menu.add(getActionByName(DefaultEditorKit.copyAction));
        menu.add(getActionByName(DefaultEditorKit.pasteAction));
        menu.addSeparator();
        menu.add(getActionByName(DefaultEditorKit.selectAllAction));
        return menu;
    //Create the style menu.
    protected JMenu createFontMenu() {
        JMenu menu = new JMenu("Font");
        menu.setMnemonic(KeyEvent.VK_F);
        JMenu subMenu = new JMenu ("Stil ");
        Action action = new StyledEditorKit.BoldAction();
        action.putValue(Action.NAME, "Bold");
        subMenu.add(action);
        action = new StyledEditorKit.ItalicAction();
        action.putValue(Action.NAME, "Italic");
        subMenu.add(action);
        action = new StyledEditorKit.UnderlineAction();
        action.putValue(Action.NAME, "Underline");
        subMenu.add(action);
          menu.add(subMenu);
        menu.addSeparator();
        JMenu subMenu2 = new JMenu ("Marime ");
        subMenu2.add(new StyledEditorKit.FontSizeAction("12", 12));
        subMenu2.add(new StyledEditorKit.FontSizeAction("14", 14));
        subMenu2.add(new StyledEditorKit.FontSizeAction("16", 16));
        subMenu2.add(new StyledEditorKit.FontSizeAction("18", 18));
        subMenu2.add(new StyledEditorKit.FontSizeAction("20", 20));
        subMenu2.add(new StyledEditorKit.FontSizeAction("22", 22));
        subMenu2.add(new StyledEditorKit.FontSizeAction("24", 24));
        subMenu2.add(new StyledEditorKit.FontSizeAction("36", 36));
        subMenu2.add(new StyledEditorKit.FontSizeAction("48", 48));
        menu.add(subMenu2);
        menu.addSeparator();
        JMenu subMenu3 = new JMenu ("Familie ");
        subMenu3.add(new StyledEditorKit.FontFamilyAction("Arial", "Arial"));
        subMenu3.add(new StyledEditorKit.FontFamilyAction("Arial Black", "Arial Black"));
        subMenu3.add(new StyledEditorKit.FontFamilyAction("Comic Sans MS", "Comic Sans MS"));
        subMenu3.add(new StyledEditorKit.FontFamilyAction("Georgia", "Georgia"));
        subMenu3.add(new StyledEditorKit.FontFamilyAction("Serif", "Serif"));
        subMenu3.add(new StyledEditorKit.FontFamilyAction("SansSerif", "SansSerif"));
        subMenu3.add(new StyledEditorKit.FontFamilyAction("Times New Roman", "Times New Roman"));
        subMenu3.add(new StyledEditorKit.FontFamilyAction("Trebuchet MS", "Trebuchet MS"));
        subMenu3.add(new StyledEditorKit.FontFamilyAction("Verdana", "Verdana"));
        menu.add(subMenu3);
        menu.addSeparator();
        JMenu subMenu4 = new JMenu ("Culoare ");
        subMenu4.add(new StyledEditorKit.ForegroundAction("Rosu", Color.red));
        subMenu4.add(new StyledEditorKit.ForegroundAction("Verde", Color.green));
        subMenu4.add(new StyledEditorKit.ForegroundAction("Albastru", Color.blue));
        subMenu4.add(new StyledEditorKit.ForegroundAction("Galben", Color.yellow));
        subMenu4.add(new StyledEditorKit.ForegroundAction("Gri", Color.gray));
        subMenu4.add(new StyledEditorKit.ForegroundAction("Gri inchis", Color.darkGray));
        subMenu4.add(new StyledEditorKit.ForegroundAction("Negru", Color.black));
        menu.add(subMenu4);
        return menu;
    protected JMenu createAjutorMenu() {
         JMenu menu = new JMenu("Ajutor");
        menu.setMnemonic(KeyEvent.VK_J);
        return menu;
    private void createActionTable(JTextComponent textComponent) {
        actions = new HashMap<Object, Action>();
        Action[] actionsArray = textComponent.getActions();
        for (int i = 0; i < actionsArray.length; i++) {
            Action a = actionsArray;
actions.put(a.getValue(Action.NAME), a);
private Action getActionByName(String name) {
return actions.get(name);
class UndoAction extends AbstractAction {
public UndoAction() {
super("Undo");
setEnabled(false);
public void actionPerformed(ActionEvent e) {
try {
undo.undo();
} catch (CannotUndoException ex) {
System.out.println("Unable to undo: " + ex);
ex.printStackTrace();
updateUndoState();
redoAction.updateRedoState();
protected void updateUndoState() {
if (undo.canUndo()) {
setEnabled(true);
putValue(Action.NAME, undo.getUndoPresentationName());
} else {
setEnabled(false);
putValue(Action.NAME, "Undo");
class RedoAction extends AbstractAction {
public RedoAction() {
super("Redo");
setEnabled(false);
public void actionPerformed(ActionEvent e) {
try {
undo.redo();
} catch (CannotRedoException ex) {
System.out.println("Unable to redo: " + ex);
ex.printStackTrace();
updateRedoState();
undoAction.updateUndoState();
protected void updateRedoState() {
if (undo.canRedo()) {
setEnabled(true);
putValue(Action.NAME, undo.getRedoPresentationName());
} else {
setEnabled(false);
putValue(Action.NAME, "Redo");
private static void createAndShowGUI() {
final TextComponentDemo frame = new TextComponentDemo();
frame.setDefaultCloseOperation(JFrame.EXIT_ON_CLOSE);
frame.pack();
frame.setVisible(true);
public static void main(String[] args) {
SwingUtilities.invokeLater(new Runnable() {
public void run() {
UIManager.put("swing.boldMetal", Boolean.FALSE);
     createAndShowGUI();
class JavaFilter extends javax.swing.filechooser.FileFilter
public boolean accept (File f) {
return f.getName ().toLowerCase ().endsWith (".txt")
|| f.isDirectory ();
public String getDescription () {
return "Fisiere text (*.txt)";

Hi,
unfortunatly you cannot change the properties of Action object as you would do with JavaBeans. Instead you have to use the 'put' method.
eg.:
myAction.put(Action.SMALL_ICON, new ImageIcon(...));IMHO this was a bad decision, because it's not like the JavaBeans standard and you loose static type information. :-/
-Puce
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Puce

Iconic menu-items like in ms-office

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