Re: JMenuItem and Icons

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From: John P. McGrath
Date: Fri, 05 May 2000 00:00

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On Thu, 4 May 2000 12:43:50 -0400, Arjuna Chala wrote:

> I am trying to line up menu items with text only and menu
> items which have an icon. For example if you look at the
> JBuilder project menu all the text is aligned to the same
> margin.  It does not matter if they have an icon or not.
> 
> When I try to do the same thing, the left margin of the text
> on menu item with an icon is offset by the width of the icon.
> In the case where the menu item does not have an icon there
> is no consideration of an offset.

The easiest solution is to give every menu item in a menu an equal sized 
icon.  On the menu items for which you do not want to display an icon, 
just use a "blank" icon.  :o)

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John P. McGrath
<JPMcGrath@fast.net>
<jpm@nscs.fast.net>

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