MenuItem (and subclasses)

Swing components: JMenuItem, JItem, JCheckBoxMenuItem and JRadioButtonMenuItem
Swing tutorial: How to Use Menus

Following documentation describes MenuItem, but Menu, CheckBoxMenuItem and RadioButtonMenuItem have (nearly) same properties. For properties marked with MCR , replace MenuItem. with Menu., CheckBoxMenuItem. or RadioButtonMenuItem..

Properties

MenuItem Properties

For icon properties see: Menu Icons

Colors

UI Key	Style Key since v2	Description
MenuItem.foreground (*MCR*)	foreground	text color if enabled
MenuItem.disabledForeground (*MCR*)	disabledForeground	text color if disabled
MenuItem.background (*MCR*)	background	if component is opaque, used to fill background
MenuItem.selectionForeground (*MCR*)	selectionForeground	text color if selected (mouse is over menu item)
MenuItem.selectionBackground (*MCR*)	selectionBackground	background color if selected
MenuItem.acceleratorForeground (*MCR*)	acceleratorForeground	text color of accelerators
MenuItem.acceleratorSelectionForeground (*MCR*)	acceleratorSelectionForeground	text color of accelerators if selected
MenuItem.checkBackground	checkBackground	check indicator color; only used if CheckBoxMenuItem or RadioButtonMenuItem is checked (selected) and also has custom icon
MenuItem.underlineSelectionColor	underlineSelectionColor	underline selection mark color (for selection type `underline`)
MenuItem.underlineSelectionBackground	underlineSelectionBackground	background color if selected and selection type is `underline`
MenuItem.underlineSelectionCheckBackground	underlineSelectionCheckBackground	similar to MenuItem.checkBackground, but used if selection type is `underline`

Sizes

UI Key	Style Key since v2	Type	Description
MenuItem.margin (*MCR*)	margin	Insets	margin space between the component bounds and icon/text
MenuItem.selectionInsets since v3	selectionInsets	Insets	space between component bounds and selection
MenuItem.selectionArc since v3	selectionArc	int	arc diameter of the selection corners
MenuItem.minimumWidth	minimumWidth	int	minimum width of menu item
MenuItem.minimumIconSize	minimumIconSize	Dimension	minimum size of menu item icon
MenuItem.iconTextGap	iconTextGap	int	gap between icon and text
MenuItem.textAcceleratorGap	textAcceleratorGap	int	gap between text and accelerator
MenuItem.textNoAcceleratorGap	textNoAcceleratorGap	int	gap between text and arrow if menu item does not have an accelerator
MenuItem.acceleratorArrowGap	acceleratorArrowGap	int	gap between accelerator and arrow
MenuItem.checkMargins	checkMargins	Insets	margin space between check indicator bounds and menu item icon; only used if CheckBoxMenuItem or RadioButtonMenuItem is checked (selected) and also has custom icon
MenuItem.underlineSelectionHeight	underlineSelectionHeight	int	height of underline selection mark (for selection type `underline`)

Other

UI Key	Style Key since v2	Type	Description
MenuItem.font (*MCR*)	font	Font	font used to render text
MenuItem.acceleratorFont	acceleratorFont	Font	font used to render accelerator text (defaults to MenuItem.font)
MenuItem.acceleratorDelimiter	-	String	delimiter used in accelerator (e.g. `+` in `Ctrl+C`)
MenuItem.border (*MCR*)	border	Border	usually a `FlatMenuItemBorder`
MenuItem.opaque (*MCR*)	-	boolean	specifies whether component is opaque
MenuItem.arrowIcon (*MCR*)	-	Icon	arrow icon used for Menu; not used for MenuItem, CheckBoxMenuItem and RadioButtonMenuItem
MenuItem.checkIcon (*MCR*)	-	Icon	check icon used for CheckBoxMenuItem and RadioButtonMenuItem; not used for MenuItem and Menu
MenuItem.selectionType	-	String	selection type: if `underline`, underlines selected menu item (instead of filling background)