JavaFX Menu

Implementation

Now that we have read and hopefully understood all there is to know about the JavaFX Menu, let's not wait any more time and get to the nitty-gritty of it all.

We will now create a JavaFX menu of our own. Below are the fundamental steps we will follow to obtain the desired menu.

• We will Instantiate the Menu class.
• Then we will create the required number of menu items by instantiating the MenuItem class.
• Finally, we will add the menu items we just created items to the observable list of the menu.

Let's see it all unfold with an example. We will use the more specific codes as the sample codes from JavaFX Menu that we saw with different arguments.

Example

import javafx.application.Application;
import javafx.scene.Group;
import javafx.scene.Scene;
import javafx.scene.control.Menu;
import javafx.scene.control.MenuBar;
import javafx.scene.control.MenuItem;
import javafx.scene.paint.Color;
import javafx.stage.Stage;
public class MenuExample extends Application {
   public void start(Stage stage) {
      //Creating the menu
      Menu fileMenu = new Menu("Ninja Menu");
      
      //Creating our menu Items
      MenuItem item1 = new MenuItem("Coder");
      MenuItem item2 = new MenuItem("Junior Ninja Coder");
      MenuItem item3 = new MenuItem("Ninja Coder");
      MenuItem item4 = new MenuItem("Coding Ninja");
      MenuItem item5 = new MenuItem("Exit");
      
      //Adding all the defined menu items to the menu
      fileMenu.getItems().addAll(item1, item2, item3, item4, item5);
      
      //Creating a menu bar and adding our menu to it.
      MenuBar menuBar = new MenuBar(fileMenu);
      menuBar.setTranslateX(200);
      menuBar.setTranslateY(20);
      
      //Setting the stage of the application
      Group root = new Group(menuBar);
      Scene scene = new Scene(root, 595, 200, Color.ORANGE);
      stage.setTitle("Menu Example");
      stage.setScene(scene);
      stage.show();
   }
   public static void main(String args[]){
      launch(args);
   }
}

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Frequently Asked Question 

Which root control contains all the menus and Menuitems?

control.Menu class provides us with all the methods to deal with menus. You need to instantiate this class to create a Menu.

What are JavaFX controls?

Following are the controls JavaFX contains

• Button.
• Accordion.
• ChoiceBox.
• CheckBox.
• ComboBox.    
• ColorPicker.
• Label.    
• DatePicker.

Is JavaFX different from Java?

JavaFX and Java are different languages having different syntax. But JavaFX runs on a JVM and can use Java classes. They are mainly developed for Rich Internet Applications (RIA) across various devices.

What is the basic structure of JavaFX?

JavaFX application is hierarchically divided into three main components known as Stage, Scene, and Nodes.

Conclusion

This article is all you need to know about JavaFX Menus and its implementations.

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