Making a JFrame with a JMenuBar open in fullscreen

Question

I have a JFrame that I want to add a menu bar to and then have that JFrame automatically open in fullscreen. If I just make a JFrame and set it to fullscreen with f.setExtendedState(f.getExtendedState()|JFrame.MAXIMIZED_BOTH ); that works fine:

import javax.swing.*;

public class testframe {
    private static JFrame f;

    public static void main(String[] args) {
        SwingUtilities.invokeLater(testframe::createAndShowGUI);
    }

    private static void createAndShowGUI() {
        f = new JFrame("Test");

        f.setExtendedState( f.getExtendedState()|JFrame.MAXIMIZED_BOTH );
        f.setDefaultCloseOperation(JFrame.EXIT_ON_CLOSE);;
        f.pack();
        f.setVisible(true);

    }
}

However, once I add a JMenuBar to that JFrame it will no longer open in fullscreen:

import javax.swing.*;

public class testframe {
    private static JFrame f;

    public static void main(String[] args) {
        SwingUtilities.invokeLater(testframe::createAndShowGUI);
    }

    private static void createAndShowGUI() {
        f = new JFrame("Test");

    JMenuBar menubar = new JMenuBar();
    JMenu j_menu = new JMenu("Test");
    JMenuItem j_menu_item = new JMenuItem("Test_item");
    j_menu.add(j_menu_item);
    menubar.add(j_menu);
    f.setJMenuBar(menubar);

    f.setExtendedState( f.getExtendedState()|JFrame.MAXIMIZED_BOTH );
    f.setDefaultCloseOperation(JFrame.EXIT_ON_CLOSE);;
    f.pack();
    f.setVisible(true);

    }
}

What could be the cause for this?

Update:

Switching to JDK11 solved the problem. I was on 15 before and also tried 14, both had the problem.

Answer 1

You need to call the JFrame methods in the correct order.

import javax.swing.JFrame;
import javax.swing.JMenu;
import javax.swing.JMenuBar;
import javax.swing.JMenuItem;
import javax.swing.SwingUtilities;

public class TestFrame {
    private static JFrame f;

    public static void main(String[] args) {
        SwingUtilities.invokeLater(TestFrame::createAndShowGUI);
    }

    private static void createAndShowGUI() {
        f = new JFrame("Test");
        f.setDefaultCloseOperation(JFrame.EXIT_ON_CLOSE);

        JMenuBar menubar = new JMenuBar();
        JMenu j_menu = new JMenu("Test");
        JMenuItem j_menu_item = new JMenuItem("Test_item");
        j_menu.add(j_menu_item);
        menubar.add(j_menu);
        f.setJMenuBar(menubar);

        f.pack();
        f.setExtendedState(f.getExtendedState() | JFrame.MAXIMIZED_BOTH);
        f.setVisible(true);
    }

}

Answer 2

once I add a JMenuBar to that JFrame it will no longer open in fullscreen:

Appears in full screen for me. I use JDK11 in Windows 10.

However, the menu doesn't work because you have a coding problem. You need to add the JMenu to the JMenubar.

//menubar.add(j_menu_item);
menubar.add(j_menu);

Also, I've always just used:

 f.setExtendedState( JFrame.MAXIMIZED_BOTH );