Using ItemListener on a JMenu

[Cory Twibell]

I have the following:


<code>
JMenu menu = new JMenu("File");
menu.addItemListener( new ItemListener()
{
public void itemStateChanged( ItemEvent e )
{
JMenu m = (JMenu)e.getItem();
if ( e.getStateChange() == ItemEvent.SELECTED )
{
if ( !valid() ) //error checks a text field
m.setPopupMenuVisible( false );
}
}
} );
</code>


The popup menu still shows. Is JMenu class overriding my call to the popup menu? Is there a different way to do this? Maybe using a different listener?
Thanks

[Layne Lund]

I'm not sure exactly what you are trying to do, but maybe you just need to use an ActionListener for each MenuItem rather than an ItemListener for the Menu.
HTH
Layne

[Cory Twibell]

I've tried an ActionListener, but the JMenu doesn't receive the ActionEvent. I am trying to hide the popup menu associated with the JMenu when there is invalid text in a certain text field, because I want the user to fix the text field before moving on.

[Layne Lund]

Perhaps you need to call repaint() to force your Frame to draw itself again?

[Nathan Pruett]

Sounds like you should put a listener on the field you are concerned with and toggle setEnabled() on the JMenu. Then the menu would grey out and the user couldn't click on it when there was not valid data in the textfield, and when there was valid data there, the menu would show and behave normally.

-Nate