JMenu item spacing

[srcarter3]

It would be nice if all jmenu items were spaced evenly.
Currently, JCheckBoxMenuItems have more space than other items.

[vincenzopalazzo]

Can you try if this bug exists in the new jar demo?

Thanks

[vincenzopalazzo]

Hi @srcarter3,

This bus was fixed whit new jar?

Good day

[zanderson9]

Doesn't look like it was fixed. The spacing between JMenuCheckBox items is larger than between regular JMenu items. Please see attached image: the spacing between items "Next Place", "Recent" is smaller than between "Restore Zoom...", "Restore Projection..."

[vincenzopalazzo]

I think the problem is with the icon because now they have the same borders with the normal items, what do you say if I try to increase the clearance between the normal items so as to put them equal?

[zanderson9]

I'm OK with that. The goal is to look "same" for all items, so let's try what you suggest.

[vincenzopalazzo]

I will work on it, thanks for the help

[vincenzopalazzo]

I closing this issue because was fixed but I waiting a feedback

[zanderson9]

@vincenzopalazzo, I am using the latest jar which includes the fix for JMenu items spacing. But I am not seeing the change, i.e. the spacing between regular items is noticeably smaller than between checkbox items. Attached is the screenshot of a drop-down menu taken when using the latest jar:

[vincenzopalazzo]

Hi @zanderson9,
You have changed the UIManager and added different borders to it

RadioButtonMenuItem.border
CheckBoxMenuItem.border
MenuItem.border

If yes, these edges must be the same.

If you start the demo you can see that the borders and menu items are greater than those that appear on your screen.

Let's take a test, if you haven't changed the things in the UIDefault, try adding this border

BorderFactory.createEmptyBorder(5, 0, 5, 0)

if you change the effect I'll try to see if I find the problem of the difference between the demo and your project

[zanderson9]

Yes, now with the addition of the borders, I see the even spacing. Yeah!

[vincenzopalazzo]

Are was get the Older setting for border in your project or the bug in to my project?

[zanderson9]

I added Border settings, BorderFactory.createEmptyBorder(5, 0, 5, 0), explicitly into our project for each menu item: regular item, cgheckbox item and radiobutton item.

[vincenzopalazzo]

The same configuration as the project, I close the issue because it was solved in the 1.0 beta.

Thanks for your help @zanderson9