JMenuBar at the top in MacOSX

Question

In the Java Desktop Application template used by Netbeans, a menu bar is created with JMenuBar and JMenuItems.

How can I get that bar displayed at the top, where menu bars are displayed in MacOSX instead of in-window, like in Windows?

Answer 1

By adding something like this into your code:

if (System.getProperty("os.name").contains("Mac")) {
  System.setProperty("apple.laf.useScreenMenuBar", "true");
}

Answer 2

I had the same issue, but I realized that the MenuBar needs to be added to the frame as:

frame.setJMenuBar(menuBar);

instead of: frame.add(jMenuBar); along with: System.setProperty("apple.laf.useScreenMenuBar", "true"); in the main method.