Mnemonics (UI Utilities API)

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java.lang.Object
- org.openide.awt.Mnemonics

```
public final class Mnemonics
extends Object
```
Support class for setting button, menu, and label text strings with mnemonics.

Since:

3.37

See Also:

Issue #26640

Method Summary

All Methods Static Methods Concrete Methods
Modifier and Type	Method and Description
`static int`	`findMnemonicAmpersand(String text)` Searches for an ampersand in a string which indicates a mnemonic.
`static void`	`setLocalizedText(AbstractButton item, String text)` Sets the text for a menu item or other subclass of AbstractButton.
`static void`	`setLocalizedText(JLabel item, String text)` Sets the text for the label or other subclass of JLabel.

Methods inherited from class java.lang.Object
clone, equals, finalize, getClass, hashCode, notify, notifyAll, toString, wait, wait, wait

Method Detail

setLocalizedText

public static void setLocalizedText(AbstractButton item,
                                    String text)

Sets the text for a menu item or other subclass of AbstractButton.

Examples:

Input String	View under JDK 1.4 or later
`Save &As`	Save As
`Rock & Roll`	Rock & Roll
`Drag & &Drop`	Drag & Drop
`&Файл`	Файл

Parameters:: item - a button whose text will be changed; text - new label

setLocalizedText
```
public static void setLocalizedText(JLabel item,
                                    String text)
```
Sets the text for the label or other subclass of JLabel. For details see Mnemonics.setLocalizedText(AbstractButton, String).

Parameters:

item - a label whose text will be set

text - new label

findMnemonicAmpersand
```
public static int findMnemonicAmpersand(String text)
```
Searches for an ampersand in a string which indicates a mnemonic. Recognizes the following cases:
- "Drag & Drop", "Ampersand ('&')" - don't have mnemonic ampersand. "&" is not found before " " (space), or if enclosed in "'" (single quotation marks).
- "&File", "Save &As..." - do have mnemonic ampersand.
- "Rock & Ro&ll", "Underline the '&' &character" - also do have mnemonic ampersand, but the second one.
- "<html><b>R&D</b> departmen&t" - has mnemonic ampersand before "t". Ampersands in HTML texts that are part of entity are ignored.
Parameters:

text - text to search

Returns:

the position of mnemonic ampersand in text, or -1 if there is none

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