Code Samples from the Java Developers Almanac 2000

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Setting a Keyboard Accelerator for a Menu Item

At least one menu in a menu bar should have a mnemonic. This makes all the menus and menu items accessible.

    
 JMenuItem item = new JMenuItem("Item");
 
 //The next two lines should be in one line.
 item.setAccelerator(KeyStroke.getKeyStroke(KeyEvent.
   VK_I, KeyEvent.SHIFT_MASK));