JPopupMenu - setSelected (JMenuItem)

Question

Hi
I have a popup menu with a number of menu items which I add to the popupMenu. I call setSelected with one of them (not the first added) and then show. But it is always the first item that is shown as being selected, even though when I call getSelectionModel().getSelectedIndex it returns the index of the item I set to be selected.
I can see that others have had similar problems, but haven't been able to find anyone that could answer them.

Answer 1

Why do you want the menu item selected?
This works, but may not fully answer your question. ***************************************************************************************************
import java.awt.event.ActionEvent;
import java.awt.event.ActionListener;
import java.awt.BorderLayout;
import javax.swing.JButton;
import javax.swing.JFrame;
import javax.swing.JMenuItem;
import javax.swing.JPopupMenu;
import javax.swing.UIManager;
public class PopupTest extends JFrame implements ActionListener
public static void main( String[] args )
PopupTest test = new PopupTest();
test.pack();
test.show();
private JPopupMenu popup;
private JMenuItem menuItem1;
private JMenuItem menuItem2;
public PopupTest()
try
UIManager.setLookAndFeel(UIManager.getSystemLookAndFeelClassName());
catch( Exception e )
popup = new JPopupMenu();
menuItem1 = new JMenuItem( "Item 1");
menuItem1.setActionCommand( "Item 1");
menuItem1.addActionListener( this );
menuItem2 = new JMenuItem( "Item 2");
menuItem2.setActionCommand( "Item 2");
menuItem2.addActionListener( this );
popup.add( menuItem1 );
popup.add( menuItem2 );
JButton button = new JButton("Button 1");
button.setActionCommand("Button 1");
button.addActionListener( this );
this.getContentPane().add( button );
button = new JButton("Button 2");
button.setActionCommand("Button 2");
button.addActionListener( this );
this.getContentPane().add( button, BorderLayout.EAST );
public void actionPerformed(ActionEvent e)
          System.out.println(e.getActionCommand());
popup.show( this, 0,0 );
if( e.getActionCommand().equals( "Button 1" ) )
popup.setSelected( menuItem1 );
menuItem1.setArmed( true );
menuItem2.setArmed( false );
else if( e.getActionCommand().equals( "Button 2" ) )
popup.setSelected( menuItem2 );
menuItem1.setArmed( false );
menuItem2.setArmed( true );