How to use

doClick

method

in

javax.swing.JCheckBoxMenuItem

  /**
   * Overridden to reopen the menu.
   *
   * @param pressTime the time to "hold down" the button, in milliseconds
   */
  @Override
  public void doClick(int pressTime) {
    super.doClick(pressTime);
    MenuSelectionManager.defaultManager().setSelectedPath(path);
  }
}

frame.pack();
   frame.setLocationRelativeTo(null);
   frame.setVisible(true);
   SwingUtilities.invokeLater(new Runnable() {
     public void run() {
      for (int i = 0; i < menuBar.getMenuCount(); i++) {
        JMenu menu = menuBar.getMenu(i);
        if ("View".equals(menu.getText())) {
         int componentCount = menu.getMenuComponentCount();
         for (int j = 0; j < componentCount; j++) {
           Component c = menu.getMenuComponent(j);
           if (c instanceof JCheckBoxMenuItem) {
            JCheckBoxMenuItem chkBoxMenuItem = (JCheckBoxMenuItem) c;
            String text = chkBoxMenuItem.getText();
            if ("Show SearchPanel".equals(text)) {
              chkBoxMenuItem.doClick();
            }
           }
         }
        }
      }
     }
   });

checkboxes[i].doClick();

  public void testSimple() {
    assertFalse(model.isState());
    assertFalse(menuItem.isSelected());
    model.setState(true);
    assertTrue(menuItem.isSelected());
    assertTrue(model.isState());
    menuItem.doClick();
    assertFalse(model.isState());
    assertFalse(menuItem.isSelected());
  }
}