Uses of Class java.awt.Menu (Java Platform SE 8 )
Date: 2026-03-29

## Uses of Class
java.awt.Menu

- Packages that use Menu
  Package | Description
  --- | ---
  java.awt | Contains all of the classes for creating user interfaces and for painting graphics and images.

- - ### Uses of Menu in java.awt

    Subclasses of Menu in java.awt
    Modifier and Type | Class and Description
    --- | ---
    `class` | `PopupMenu` A class that implements a menu which can be dynamically popped up at a specified position within a component.

    Methods in java.awt that return Menu
    Modifier and Type | Method and Description
    --- | ---
    `Menu` | MenuBar.`add(Menu m)` Adds the specified menu to the menu bar.
    `Menu` | MenuBar.`getHelpMenu()` Gets the help menu on the menu bar.
    `Menu` | MenuBar.`getMenu(int i)` Gets the specified menu.

    Methods in java.awt with parameters of type Menu
    Modifier and Type | Method and Description
    --- | ---
    `Menu` | MenuBar.`add(Menu m)` Adds the specified menu to the menu bar.
    `protected abstract java.awt.peer.MenuPeer` | Toolkit.`createMenu(Menu target)` Creates this toolkit's implementation of `Menu` using the specified peer interface.
    `void` | MenuBar.`setHelpMenu(Menu m)` Sets the specified menu to be this menu bar's help menu.

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