Example of Menu Events

import java.applet.*;
import java.awt.*;
import java.awt.event.*;
public class ActiveMenuTester extends Applet implements ActionListener {
  private TextField theChoice = new TextField(20); 
  public void init () {
    Frame f = new Frame("Simple Window");
    f.add("North", new Label("Look at the Menus", Label.CENTER));
    f.add("South", theChoice);
    f.setSize(300, 200);
    f.setLocation(220,240);
    MenuBar myMenuBar = new MenuBar();
    this.makeFileMenu(myMenuBar);
    this.makeEditMenu(myMenuBar);
    f.setMenuBar(myMenuBar);
    f.addWindowListener(new WindowCloser());
    f.show();
  }
  protected void addItem(Menu m, String s) {
    MenuItem mi = new MenuItem(s);
    mi.addActionListener(this);
    m.add(mi); 
  }
  protected void makeEditMenu(MenuBar mb) {
     Menu editMenu = new Menu("Edit");
    this.addItem(editMenu, "Undo");
    editMenu.addSeparator();
    this.addItem(editMenu, "Cut");
    this.addItem(editMenu, "Copy");
    this.addItem(editMenu, "Paste");
    this.addItem(editMenu, "Clear");
    mb.add(editMenu);
  }
  protected void makeFileMenu(MenuBar mb) {
      Menu fileMenu = new Menu("File");
    this.addItem(fileMenu, "New");
    this.addItem(fileMenu, "Open...");
    fileMenu.addSeparator();
    this.addItem(fileMenu, "Close");
    this.addItem(fileMenu, "Save");
    this.addItem(fileMenu, "Save As...");
    fileMenu.addSeparator();
    this.addItem(fileMenu, "Page Setup...");
    this.addItem(fileMenu, "Print");
    fileMenu.addSeparator();
    this.addItem(fileMenu, "Quit");
    mb.add(fileMenu);
    
  }
  public void actionPerformed(ActionEvent event) {
    theChoice.setText(event.getActionCommand());
  }
  class WindowCloser extends WindowAdapter {
    public void windowClosing(WindowEvent event) {
      Window w = (Window) event.getSource();
      w.setVisible(false);
      w.dispose();
    }
  }
}