MenuContainer (Java Platform SE 8 )
Keywords: java.awt.MenuContainer interface
Date: 2026-03-29

java.awt

## Interface MenuContainer

- All Known Implementing Classes:
    AbstractButton, AbstractColorChooserPanel, Applet, BasicArrowButton, BasicComboBoxRenderer, BasicComboBoxRenderer.UIResource, BasicComboPopup, BasicInternalFrameTitlePane, BasicInternalFrameTitlePane.SystemMenuBar, BasicSplitPaneDivider, BasicToolBarUI.DragWindow, Box, Box.Filler, Button, Canvas, CellRendererPane, Checkbox, Choice, Component, Container, DefaultListCellRenderer, DefaultListCellRenderer.UIResource, DefaultTableCellRenderer, DefaultTableCellRenderer.UIResource, DefaultTreeCellEditor.DefaultTextField, DefaultTreeCellEditor.EditorContainer, DefaultTreeCellRenderer, Dialog, FileDialog, Frame, JApplet, JButton, JCheckBox, JCheckBoxMenuItem, JColorChooser, JComboBox, JComponent, JDesktopPane, JDialog, JEditorPane, JFileChooser, JFormattedTextField, JFrame, JInternalFrame, JInternalFrame.JDesktopIcon, JLabel, JLayer, JLayeredPane, JList, JMenu, JMenuBar, JMenuItem, JOptionPane, JPanel, JPasswordField, JPopupMenu, JPopupMenu.Separator, JProgressBar, JRadioButton, JRadioButtonMenuItem, JRootPane, JScrollBar, JScrollPane, JScrollPane.ScrollBar, JSeparator, JSlider, JSpinner, JSpinner.DateEditor, JSpinner.DefaultEditor, JSpinner.ListEditor, JSpinner.NumberEditor, JSplitPane, JTabbedPane, JTable, JTableHeader, JTextArea, JTextComponent, JTextField, JTextPane, JToggleButton, JToolBar, JToolBar.Separator, JToolTip, JTree, JViewport, JWindow, Label, List, Menu, MenuBar, MetalComboBoxButton, MetalComboBoxUI.MetalComboPopup, MetalFileChooserUI.FileRenderer, MetalFileChooserUI.FilterComboBoxRenderer, MetalInternalFrameTitlePane, MetalScrollButton, Panel, PopupMenu, Scrollbar, ScrollPane, TextArea, TextComponent, TextField, Window

      public interface MenuContainer

  The super class of all menu related containers.

- - ### Method Summary

    All Methods Instance Methods Abstract Methods Deprecated Methods
    Modifier and Type | Method and Description
    --- | ---
    `Font` | `getFont()`
    `boolean` | `postEvent(Event evt)` Deprecated. As of JDK version 1.1 replaced by dispatchEvent(AWTEvent).
    `void` | `remove(MenuComponent comp)`

- - ### Method Detail

    - #### getFont

          Font getFont()

    - #### remove

          void remove(MenuComponent comp)

    - #### postEvent

          @Deprecated
          boolean postEvent(Event evt)

      Deprecated. As of JDK version 1.1 replaced by dispatchEvent(AWTEvent).

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