Setting Icon for MenuItem

I wanted to set an icon image along with a label in MenuItem(AWT). I am not using swing component (JMenuItem). Could any one advice me how to do this.
Thanks in advance.

As far as I know you can't set an icon in a MenuItem object. MenuItem extends MenuComponent, which extends Object. None of which have a paint or paintComponent method which you can modify. Maybe you can extend MenuItem and create a class with a paintComponent method?
Sorry

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How to set icon on MenuItem, but not in JMenuItem?

saleemtol003 wrote:
You are right.It's not possible to set icon on menuItem.
I am talking about SystemTray in which I added PopupMenu with MenuItem.
but I need MenuItem with icon.Is there another way to solve this problem?Nope, just because you're adding a PopupMenu to a TrayIcon does not change the fact that MenuItems cannot have icons.

Setting icon for the JMenuItem

I am trying to set the Icon for the JMenuItem and not able to do so.
I have the Images directory in the classes which has all the images. Is this the way to give the dir path. When do I give '\' and when do I give '/' or'//' or'\\'? Thanks.
I gave
JMenuItem mnuitmFileNew = new JMenuItem(new ImageIcon("Images//new.jpg"));
and later in Jbinit() method I have this.
mnuitmFileNew.setMnemonic('N');
mnuitmFileNew.setText("New");
mnuitmFileNew.addActionListener(new java.awt.event.ActionListener() {
public void actionPerformed(ActionEvent e) {
mnuitmFileNew_actionPerformed(e);
});

Hi,
I'm not sure if you've seen this yet:
http://java.sun.com/docs/books/tutorial/uiswing/components/menu.html
If you still have any questions please post again.
Regards,
Matt
Java Developer Technical Support
Sun Microsystems

Setting icon for MII version 12.1.x custom action

Hi,
i tryed to set icon image for custom action for MII version 12.1.x but i did not achieve.
How can it be done?
Thanks.

Hello,
I have done it in 11.5. This is how I did it in 11.5. (I am hoping that it has not changed in 12.1)
//funciton for specifying icon
public String GetIconPath() {
return "com/path/to/icons/imagename.png";
Store your image file in the following way
com/path/to/icons and name that as imagename.png
There is also a blog on it
/people/rupesh.bajaj/blog/2007/12/04/beginners-guide-to-create-custom-action-block
I hope it helps.
Regards,
Musarrat
Edited by: Musarrat Husain on May 17, 2011 12:18 PM

Globally setting icon for a file type

I've been using LilyPond a lot recently. The .ly files it saves don't have their own icon, though, they just get the generic document icon. I know that I can manually set an icon for a single file using 'Get Info', but it's not practical now because I have so many .ly files. Is there a way I can tell OS X to use my own icon every time it sees a .ly file?
Thanks,
(- Steve -)

Hi, Stephen.
If by LilyPond you mean this application, it's the application's responsibility to assign the custom icon for files it creates, e.g. .ly files you edit and save in LilyPond. You might want to send feedback concerning this to the developers. However, as I understand the application based on a quick review of its manual, it can work with any plain-text (ASCII) file.
You can change the default application in which all .ly files open by using the instructions in "Mac OS X 10.4 Help: Changing the application that opens a document." That may result in those files bearing the same icon as the LilyPond application. That is also the mechanism by which a given icon is assigned to all files of a given type.
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Setting icon for buttons in labview 6i

Hi All,
Currently i am working on Labview 6i. i created two buttons in my vi one button is used to perform the test, another will be used to exit from the test. i would like to add icons for those buttons. can anyone tell me how to add icons for buttons.
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kalpana

You realize that LabVIEW 6.0 is at least 15 years old? That would be almost equivalent to working with a Windows 98 machine nowadays!
Yes your picture can't be imported in LabVIEW 6.0 on my machine either. I haven't checked about all the details, but the LabVIEW import in 6.0 doesn't seem to work for png and gif images but only for bmp. Newer versions do work for your png file including honoring the transparency at least since version 7.1.
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a division of Test & Measurement Solutions

[SOLVED] Set icons for applications in XFCE

Hi,
I was wondering if I can specify the icons for applications. Currently my gVim is using a "general" icon when in the panel but has the right icon when I create a launcher. This is how it looks like. Any suggestions?
Thanks!
Last edited by dsdeiz (2011-01-10 00:50:57)

Hi,
Yep, I have a gvim.desktop in /usr/share/applications. What it contains is:
Type=Application
TryExec=gvim
Exec=gvim
Icon=gvim
Terminal=false
Type=Application
TryExec=gvim
Exec=gvim
Icon=gvim
Terminal=false
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Set Icon for toggle button

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How I can remove the default togglebutton and use the my custom icon as a button?

Yes, they are icons and they are called "handles". The easiest way to change then is to use UIManager.
If you haven't done so before, look through the hash table UIManager.getLookAndFeelDefaults().
import java.awt.*;
import java.net.*;
import javax.swing.*;
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How to set icon for .lnk on PPC

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How to set icon for JTree

hi,
I have a JTree. For this JTree i have a DefaultJTreeCellRenderer.
i have done like this
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how to change the icons of the node when i click
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}this is the code which i was trying to execute.
here i want to explain you is
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null

Set icon for toggle control of JTree node.

hi.
Just a question.
I am looking towards setting the icons of the JTree by this i mean the icon that you click on
to open say a node .
I know you can set the icons of the nodes by setIcon inside your TreeCellRenderer but i doubt that
that will set the icon that is to the left ot your label.
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Hi,
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