--- openide.awt/apichanges.xml	
+++ openide.awt/apichanges.xml	
@@ -50,6 +50,21 @@ 
 <apidef name="awt">AWT API</apidef>
 </apidefs>
 <changes>
+    <change id="ActionRegistration.menuOrPopupText">
+        <api name="awt"/>
+        <summary>New attributes (popupText, menuText) in @ActionRegistration annotation</summary>
+        <version major="7" minor="29"/>
+        <date day="7" month="4" year="2011"/>
+        <author login="tstupka"/>
+        <compatibility addition="yes" binary="compatible" deletion="no" semantic="compatible"/>
+        <description>
+            <p>
+                New annotation to register references to actions from layer.
+            </p>
+        </description>
+        <class package="org.openide.awt" name="ActionRegistration"/>
+        <issue number="197789"/>
+    </change>
     <change id="ActionReference">
         <api name="awt"/>
         <summary>New @ActionReference annotations</summary>
--- openide.awt/src/org/netbeans/modules/openide/awt/ActionProcessor.java	
+++ openide.awt/src/org/netbeans/modules/openide/awt/ActionProcessor.java	
@@ -191,6 +191,16 @@ 
             File f = layer(e).file("Actions/" + aid.category() + "/" + id + ".instance");
             f.bundlevalue("displayName", ar.displayName());
             
+            String menuText = ar.menuText();
+            if(!menuText.isEmpty()) {
+                f.bundlevalue("menuText", menuText);
+            }
+
+            String popupText = ar.popupText();
+            if (!popupText.isEmpty()) {
+                f.bundlevalue("popupText", popupText);
+            }
+            
             String key;
             boolean createDelegate = true;
             if (e.getKind() == ElementKind.FIELD) {
--- openide.awt/src/org/openide/awt/ActionRegistration.java	
+++ openide.awt/src/org/openide/awt/ActionRegistration.java	
@@ -65,6 +65,30 @@ 
      * @return display name for the action
      */
     String displayName();
+    
+    /** 
+     * Provides the text if one wants to use other text in a JMenuItem than 
+     * the name of the action taken from Action.NAME. Takes precedence 
+     * over standard Action.NAME.
+     * 
+     * @return display name for the action
+     * 
+     * @see Actions#connect(javax.swing.JMenuItem, javax.swing.Action, boolean) 
+     * @since 7.29
+     */    
+    String menuText() default "";
+    
+    /** 
+     * Provides the text if one wants to use other text in a JMenuItem popup 
+     * than the name of the action taken from Action.NAME. 
+     * 
+     * @return display name for the action in a popup menu
+     * 
+     * @see Actions#connect(javax.swing.JMenuItem, javax.swing.Action, boolean) 
+     * @since 7.29
+     */
+    String popupText() default "";
+    
     /** Path to image representing the action's icon.
      * @return "org/myproject/mypkg/Icon.png"
      */
--- openide.awt/test/unit/src/org/netbeans/modules/openide/awt/ActionProcessorTest.java	
+++ openide.awt/test/unit/src/org/netbeans/modules/openide/awt/ActionProcessorTest.java	
@@ -58,11 +58,13 @@ 
 import javax.swing.AbstractAction;
 import javax.swing.Action;
 import javax.swing.ActionMap;
+import javax.swing.JButton;
 import javax.swing.JSeparator;
 import org.netbeans.junit.NbTestCase;
 import org.openide.awt.ActionReference;
 import org.openide.awt.ActionReferences;
 import org.openide.awt.ActionRegistration;
+import org.openide.awt.Actions;
 import org.openide.awt.DynamicMenuContent;
 import org.openide.filesystems.FileObject;
 import org.openide.filesystems.FileUtil;
@@ -594,6 +596,37 @@ 
             return null;
         }
     }
+    
+    @ActionID(category="menutext", id="namedaction")
+    @ActionRegistration(displayName="This is an Action", menuText="This is a Menu Action", popupText="This is a Popup Action")
+    public static class NamedAction extends AbstractAction {
+        public NamedAction() { }
+        @Override
+        public void actionPerformed(ActionEvent e) { }
+    }
+
+    public void testPopupText() throws Exception {
+        FileObject fo = FileUtil.getConfigFile("Actions/menutext/namedaction.instance");
+        assertNotNull("Instance found", fo);
+        Object obj = fo.getAttribute("instanceCreate");
+        assertNotNull("Action created", obj);
+        
+        JMenuItem item = new JMenuItem();
+        Actions.connect(item, (Action) obj, true );
+        assertEquals( "This is a Popup Action", item.getText() );
+    }
+    
+    public void testMenuText() throws Exception {
+        FileObject fo = FileUtil.getConfigFile("Actions/menutext/namedaction.instance");
+        assertNotNull("Instance found", fo);
+        Object obj = fo.getAttribute("instanceCreate");
+        assertNotNull("Action created", obj);
+        
+        JMenuItem item = new JMenuItem();
+        Actions.connect(item, (Action) obj, false );
+        assertEquals( "This is a Menu Action", item.getText() );
+    }
+    
     public void testDirectInstanceIfImplementsMenuPresenter() throws Exception {
         FileObject fo = FileUtil.getConfigFile("Actions/eager/direct-one.instance");
         assertNotNull("Instance found", fo);