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Grumblesaurus
Grumblesaurus

Reputation: 3119

Context Menu - Align some text left, and some text right

I have a context menu in my program. I would like to show the keys that perform the same function as the context menu. I would like to have the name of the menu left justified, and the key command right justified. I don't have a screenshot, but here is a drawing:

How things are now (Simplified)

Play (↵)
Stop (X)
Enqueue (Q)
Browse Folder (B)

How I'd like things to be

Play           (↵)
Stop           (X)
Enqueue        (Q)
Browse Folder  (B)

My code is just boilerplate javafx context menu code:

    ContextMenu contextMenu = new ContextMenu();
    MenuItem playMenuItem = new MenuItem( "Play (↵)" );
    MenuItem queueMenuItem = new MenuItem( "Enqueue (Q)" );
    MenuItem cropMenuItem = new MenuItem( "Crop (⇧␡)" );
    MenuItem deleteMenuItem = new MenuItem( "Delete (␡)" );
    MenuItem browseMenuItem = new MenuItem( "Browse Folder (B)" );

Is there any way to put two labels on a context menu, or have one float some text right?

Thanks!

Upvotes: 0

Views: 295

Answers (1)

n247s
n247s

Reputation: 1912

I think you can avoid this problem completely by using accelerators. (Which is what those are meant for I guese?) For example:

 ContextMenu contextMenu = new ContextMenu();
 MenuItem playMenuItem = new MenuItem( "Play" );
 playMenuItem.setAccelerator(new KeyCodeCombination(KeyCode.ENTER));
 //etc.

This wil not only take care of the acceleration for you, but it will also display the acceleration keys in a simular way you are trying to achieve at the moment with plain Strings.

Upvotes: 1

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