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Aligning JMenu on the right corner of JMenuBar in Java Swing

So if i have a JMenu & JMenuBar defined such that: 

jMenuBar1 = new javax.swing.JMenuBar();
jMenu1 = new javax.swing.JMenu();
jMenu1.setText("About");
jMenuBar1.add(jMenu1);

// Finally
setJMenuBar(jMenuBar1);

and with this the Menu "About" is aligned to the left most side of the menu bar. Is there anyway that i can align this menu on the right most side of the menu bar?

Solution

  • There is a patch available for this:

    jMenuBar.add(Box.createHorizontalGlue());

    Add this line before adding menu to menubar and your menu will come on right side of menubar. Something like:

    .....
jMenu1.setText("About");
jMenuBar1.add(Box.createHorizontalGlue()); <-- horizontal glue
jMenuBar1.add(jMenu1);
.....