# Creating a Choice Menu

Use the Choice component to display a menu of options that drops down from a button.

To add a choice menu to the layout:

1. Click on the Choice component in the AWT palette tab.
2. Click in the cell where you want to place the component.
3. Open the attribute editor by clicking on its button in the main toolbar.
4. Type a unique component ID in the name box.
5. Type the names of the menu options in the items box. Each name should be separated by a comma.

See also:

  Laying Out the Interface
  Generating Java Source Code
  Adding Operations to Components
  GUI Builder Palette

  Visual Java GUI Builder API Documentation
    Visual Java GUI Builder Runtime Packages
    Class Hierarchy
    Index of All Fields and Methods