How to create a SplitMenuButton in JavaFX?

A menu is a list of options or commands presented to the user, typically menus contain items that perform some action. The contents of a menu are known as menu items and a menu bar holds multiple menus.

A button controls in user interface applications, in general, on clicking the button it performs the respective action.

A SplitMenuButton provides the functionality of both buttons and a Menu. It is divided into two areas − action area and, menu area. On clicking either of these areas it shows the respective functionality.

You can create a split menu button by instantiating the javafx.scene.control.SplitMenuButton class.

Example

The following Example demonstrates the creation of a SplitMenuButton.

import javafx.application.Application; import javafx.geometry.Insets; import javafx.scene.Scene; import javafx.scene.control.Label; import javafx.scene.control.MenuItem; import javafx.scene.control.SplitMenuButton; import javafx.scene.image.ImageView; import javafx.scene.layout.HBox; import javafx.scene.text.Font; import javafx.scene.text.FontPosture; import javafx.scene.text.FontWeight; import javafx.stage.Stage; public class SplitMenuButtonExample extends Application {    public void start(Stage stage) {       //Creating an ImageView       ImageView img = new ImageView("UIControls/globe.png");       img.setFitWidth(20);       img.setFitHeight(20);       //Creating a label       Label label = new Label("Select A Language");       Font font = Font.font("verdana", FontWeight.BOLD, FontPosture.REGULAR, 12);       label.setFont(font);       //Creating a menu       SplitMenuButton menu = new SplitMenuButton();       //Setting text to the SplitMenuButton       menu.setText("Language");       //Setting an image to the button       menu.setGraphic(img);       //Creating menu Items       menu.setMnemonicParsing(true);       MenuItem item1 = new MenuItem("Telugu");       MenuItem item2 = new MenuItem("Hindi");       MenuItem item3 = new MenuItem("English");       MenuItem item4 = new MenuItem("Tamil");       MenuItem item5 = new MenuItem("Malayalam");       //Adding all the menu items to the menu       menu.getItems().addAll(item1, item2, item3, item4, item5);       //Adding the choice box to the scene       HBox layout = new HBox(25);       layout.getChildren().addAll(label, menu);       layout.setPadding(new Insets(15, 50, 50, 130));       layout.setStyle("-fx-background-color: BEIGE");       //Setting the stage       Scene scene = new Scene(layout, 595, 200);       stage.setTitle("Split Menu Button");       stage.setScene(scene);       stage.show();    }    public static void main(String args[]){       launch(args);    } }

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