How to use

setHorizontalTextPosition

method

in

javax.swing.JCheckBoxMenuItem

 JCheckBoxMenuItem cbmi = new JCheckBoxMenuItem("Check Me", null, true);
cbmi.setMargin(new java.awt.Insets(5, 25, 5, 5));
cbmi.setIconTextGap(15);
cbmi.setHorizontalTextPosition(javax.swing.SwingConstants.LEFT);
helpMenu.add(cbmi);

public JCheckBoxMenuItem createCheckedMenuItem(final String name, final JMenu parent, boolean state) {
  final JCheckBoxMenuItem item = new JCheckBoxMenuItem(name);
  item.setHorizontalTextPosition(JMenuItem.RIGHT);
  item.addActionListener(this);
  item.setState(state);
  parent.add(item);
  return item;
}

public final JMenuItem addMenuItem(final String _s, final String _cmd, final boolean _enabled, final boolean _value) {
 // BuIcon icon=BuLib.loadCommandIcon(_cmd);
 final JCheckBoxMenuItem r = new JCheckBoxMenuItem();
 r.setName("cb" + _cmd);
 r.setActionCommand(_cmd);
 r.setText(_s);
 // r.setIcon(icon);
 r.setHorizontalTextPosition(SwingConstants.RIGHT);
 r.addActionListener(this);
 r.setEnabled(_enabled);
 r.setSelected(_value);
 this.add(r);
 return r;
}