How do I place two JMenuItems adjacent to each other?

Question

My Code:

JMenuBar bar = new JMenuBar();
JMenu menu = new JMenu("Edit circle");
JMenuItem help = new JMenuItem("Help");
JMenuItem exit = new JMenuItem("Exit");

bar.add(menu);
bar.add(help);
bar.add(exit);

Output of the JMenuBar :

I want the output to be something like this:

What do I need to do in order to get the expected output?

Answer 1

you cannot add JMenuItem in JMenuBar . so try this.. it'll work..

    JMenuBar bar = new JMenuBar();
    JMenu menu1 = new JMenu("Edit circle");
    JMenu help = new JMenu("Help");
    JMenu exit = new JMenu("Exit");
    bar.add(menu1);
    bar.add(help);
    bar.add(exit);
    exit.addMenuListener(new MenuListener() {

        @Override
        public void menuSelected(MenuEvent e) {
            System.out.println("Exiting");
        }

        @Override
        public void menuDeselected(MenuEvent e) {
        }

        @Override
        public void menuCanceled(MenuEvent e) {
        }
    });

you cannot add ActionListener to JMenu. use MenuListener ..

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