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Sohan Mendis <sohan@maxtrak.com> wrote in message
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>
> Normally in VB , we can set text to appear on button like  'New' ( N
> underlined). where we set button property as &New in the designer .
>
> How can we make that happen in JButton.

The setMnemonic method accomplishes this, though in a slightly different
way.  You do a setText("New") and then a setMnemonic('N').  I have always
liked the Delphi/VB method of setting the accelerator key, so I overrode the
setText property of the button class that I always use.  Here is the code I
use, though keep in mind that it doesn't allow the && to display an
ampersand in the button text (could be modified easily to do that, though):

    public void setText(String value)
    {
        String newValue;
        int index = value.indexOf('&');  // find the ampersand
        if (index > -1)
        {
            setMnemonic(value.charAt(index + 1));  // set the hot key
            if (index > 0)
                newValue = value.substring(0, index) + value.substring(index
+ 1);  // get the text before and after the ampersand
            else
                newValue = value.substring(index + 1);  // get the text
after the ampersand only
        }
        else
            newValue = value;  // no ampersand passed in - set the text to
the value passed in
        super.setText(newValue);
    }

HTH,
Jason