JMenuItem text doesn't align properly

Question

Please look at the code below:
import javax.swing.*;
import java.awt.*;
public class TestJMenuItem extends JFrame {
    public TestJMenuItem() {
        setDefaultCloseOperation(JFrame.EXIT_ON_CLOSE);
        JMenuBar jmb = new JMenuBar();
        JMenu jm = new JMenu("File");
        JMenuItem jmi = new JMenuItem("New");
        jmi.setMaximumSize(new Dimension(80, 30));
        jmi.setMinimumSize(new Dimension(80, 30));
        jmi.setPreferredSize(new Dimension(80, 30));
        jmi.setHorizontalAlignment(SwingConstants.RIGHT);
        jm.add(jmi);
        jmb.add(jm);
        setJMenuBar(jmb);
        pack();
        setSize(new Dimension(400, 400));
        setVisible(true);
    public static void main(String[] args) {
        SwingUtilities.invokeLater(new Runnable() {
            public void run() {
                TestJMenuItem tjmi = new TestJMenuItem();
}If you click on "File" menu item, the "New" JMenuItem text seems to go out of the menu item's boudaries. As you can see, I've set the alignment to SwingConstants.RIGHTSetting it to SwingConstants.LEFT leaves a lot of gap from the left edge of the menu item. What am I doing wrong here?
Thanks,
Peeyush Garg

Answer 1

multi-post: http://forum.java.sun.com/thread.jspa?threadID=5143917&tstart=0