JavaFX 2.0 Activating a Menu like a MenuItem

Question

I\'m making a MenuBar, and I wan\'t the functionality to press a Menu like: \"File\" and then execute a action. Such like opening an other fxml, or

Answer 1

Combining with the answer from our friend @Dota2, i built a helper class to trigger the Menu's onAction(Menu menu) event even if it does not have any MenuItem inside. Here is the static helper method:

public static void onAction(Menu menu)
{
    final MenuItem menuItem = new MenuItem();

    menu.getItems().add(menuItem);
    menu.addEventHandler(Menu.ON_SHOWN, event -> menu.hide());
    menu.addEventHandler(Menu.ON_SHOWING, event -> menu.fire());
}

Then you call:

YourHelperClass.onAction(myMenu);

And ready! I hope this helps.