Michael,
Go to the Apple Developer web site, they have plenty of articles on doing
this. One thing to consider is to use an application bundle for OS X; it
affords your user a more 'mac-like' environment - although you can do the
same with just a jar file.
Here is some sample code I use for cross platform customization:
Larry
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// set up platform UI specific stuff here...
if ( System.getProperty( "os.name" ).startsWith( "Mac OS" )) {
// Mac Java 1.3
System.setProperty( "com.apple.macos.useScreenMenuBar", "true" );
System.setProperty( "com.apple.mrj.application.growbox.intrudes", "true" );
System.setProperty( "com.apple.hwaccel", "true" ); // only needed for 1.3.1 on OS X 10.2
System.setProperty( "com.apple.mrj.application.apple.menu.about.name", "Visitour" );
// Mac Java 1.4
System.setProperty( "apple.laf.useScreenMenuBar", "true" );
System.setProperty( "apple.awt.showGrowBox", "true" );
}
try {
String s;
if ( vProps.getPropertyB( VTProps.NATIVELAF ))
s = UIManager.getSystemLookAndFeelClassName();
else
s = UIManager.getCrossPlatformLookAndFeelClassName();
if ( false )
s = "com.sun.java.swing.plaf.motif.MotifLookAndFeel";
UIManager.setLookAndFeel( s );
s = null;
} catch (Exception e) {
System.err.println( "Error Initializing Look and Feel: " + e);
e.printStackTrace();
}
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On Sat, 18 Dec 2004, Michael Banzon wrote:
| Hi,
|
| I'm developing an application for a cross platform env. and have a
| question about the menu bar.
|
| Normally (coming from Windows and Linux) I would do my code
| in Swing using a JFrame setting the JMenuBar, which would provide
| a menu for the window. Though, on MacOSX it's custom to make use
| of the Cocoa (correct me if I'm wrong here) style menus, that is places
| outside the program window in the top of the screen.
|
| I would like to make my program run ordinarily on Windows/Linux and
| use the feature described above when running on MacOSX. Any suggestions
| on how to come around this in a good manner???
|
| Thanks in advance ;-)
|
| --
| Michael Banzon
| http://michael.banzon.dk/
|
| I think, therefore iBook...
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