Too many menu items

Question

i have a menu that routinely (depending on the nubmer of a certain type of object) has too many items to display. the menu gets so big, it scrolls off hte page.
is there some way to mimick the Windows behaviour wher ehte menu splits itself in seveal panels when it gets too long?
thanks

Answer 1

import javax.swing.*;
import java.awt.event.*;
public class LongMenu extends JFrame
     public LongMenu()
          super("Displaying Long Menus");
          JMenuBar menuBar = new JMenuBar();
          this.setJMenuBar(menuBar);
          JMenu bigMenu = new JMenu("bigMenu");
          menuBar.add(bigMenu);
          // specify a layout manager for the menu
//          GridLayout menuGrid = new GridLayout(25,0);
          VerticalGridLayout menuGrid = new VerticalGridLayout(25,0);
          bigMenu.getPopupMenu().setLayout(menuGrid);
          // add items to the menu
          for (int i = 0; i < 90; i++)
               JMenuItem bigMenuItem = new JMenuItem("bigMenu" + i);
                  bigMenu.add(bigMenuItem);
     public static void main(String[] args)
          LongMenu frame = new LongMenu();
          frame.setSize(250, 200);
          frame.setLocationRelativeTo(null);
          frame.setVisible(true);
}VerticalGridLayout is found here:
http://forum.java.sun.com/thread.jspa?forumID=57&threadID=645173