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Build button stacks using the ButtonStackBuilder
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import java.awt.Component;
import java.awt.Insets;
import javax.swing.*;
import com.jgoodies.forms.builder.ButtonStackBuilder;
import com.jgoodies.forms.factories.Borders;
import com.jgoodies.forms.layout.CellConstraints;
import com.jgoodies.forms.layout.FormLayout;
/**
* Demonstrates how to build button stacks using the ButtonStackBuilder.
*
* @author Karsten Lentzsch
* @version $Revision: 1.12 $
*
* @see ButtonStackBuilder
*/
public class ButtonStacksExample {
public static void main(String[] args) {
try {
UIManager.setLookAndFeel("com.jgoodies.plaf.plastic.PlasticXPLookAndFeel");
} catch (Exception e) {
// Likely PlasticXP is not in the class path; ignore.
}
JFrame frame = new JFrame();
frame.setTitle("Forms Tutorial :: Button Stacks");
frame.setDefaultCloseOperation(WindowConstants.EXIT_ON_CLOSE);
JComponent panel = new ButtonStacksExample().buildPanel();
frame.getContentPane().add(panel);
frame.pack();
frame.setVisible(true);
}
public JComponent buildPanel() {
JTabbedPane tabbedPane = new JTabbedPane();
tabbedPane.putClientProperty("jgoodies.noContentBorder", Boolean.TRUE);
tabbedPane.add(buildButtonStackNoBuilder(), "No Builder");
tabbedPane.add(buildButtonStackWithBuilder(), "Builder");
tabbedPane.add(buildButtonStackRelated(), "Related");
tabbedPane.add(buildButtonStackUnrelated(), "Unrelated ");
tabbedPane.add(buildButtonStackMixedDefault(), "Mix");
tabbedPane.add(buildButtonStackMixedNarrow(), "Mix Narrow");
return tabbedPane;
}
private Component buildButtonStackNoBuilder() {
JPanel buttonStack = new JPanel(
new FormLayout("p", "p, 4px, p"));
buttonStack.add(new JButton("Yes"), "1, 1");
buttonStack.add(new JButton("No"), "1, 3");
return wrap(buttonStack,
"This stack has been built without a ButtonStackBuilder.\n" +
" o The buttons have no minimum width and\n" +
" o The gaps use pixel sizes and do not scale with the font\n" +
" o The gaps may become inconsisten in a team.");
}
private Component buildButtonStackWithBuilder() {
ButtonStackBuilder builder = new ButtonStackBuilder();
builder.addGridded(new JButton("Yes"));
builder.addRelatedGap();
builder.addGridded(new JButton("No"));
return wrap(builder.getPanel(),
"This stack has been built with a ButtonStackBuilder.\n" +
" o The buttons have a minimum width and\n" +
" o The gap uses a logical size that follows a style guide.");
}
private Component buildButtonStackRelated() {
ButtonStackBuilder builder = new ButtonStackBuilder();
builder.addGridded(new JButton("Related"));
builder.addRelatedGap();
builder.addGridded(new JButton("Related"));
builder.addRelatedGap();
builder.addGridded(new JButton("Related"));
return wrap(builder.getPanel(),
"This stack uses the logical gap for related buttons.\n");
}
private Component buildButtonStackUnrelated() {
ButtonStackBuilder builder = new ButtonStackBuilder();
builder.addGridded(new JButton("Unrelated"));
builder.addUnrelatedGap();
builder.addGridded(new JButton("Unrelated"));
builder.addUnrelatedGap();
builder.addGridded(new JButton("Unrelated"));
return wrap(builder.getPanel(),
"This stack uses the logical gap for unrelated buttons.\n");
}
private Component buildButtonStackMixedDefault() {
ButtonStackBuilder builder = new ButtonStackBuilder();
builder.addGridded(new JButton("OK"));
builder.addRelatedGap();
builder.addGridded(new JButton("Cancel"));
builder.addUnrelatedGap();
builder.addGridded(new JButton("Help"));
builder.addUnrelatedGap();
builder.addGlue();
builder.addFixed(new JButton("Copy to Clipboard"));
return wrap(builder.getPanel(),
"Demonstrates a glue (between Help and Copy),\n" +
"has related and unrelated buttons and\n" +
"a button with long label with the default margin.");
}
private Component buildButtonStackMixedNarrow() {
ButtonStackBuilder builder = new ButtonStackBuilder();
builder.addGridded(new JButton("OK"));
builder.addRelatedGap();
builder.addGridded(new JButton("Cancel"));
builder.addUnrelatedGap();
builder.addGridded(new JButton("Help"));
builder.addUnrelatedGap();
builder.addGlue();
builder.addGridded(new JButton("Copy to Clipboard"));
return wrap(builder.getPanel(),
"Demonstrates a glue (between Help and Copy),\n" +
"has related and unrelated buttons and\n" +
"a button with long label with a narrow margin.\n\n"+
"Note that some look&feels do not support\n" +
"the narrow margin feature, and conversely,\n" +
"others have only narrow margins.");
}
// Helper Code ************************************************************
private static Component wrap(Component buttonStack, String text) {
JTextArea textArea = new JTextArea(text);
textArea.setMargin(new Insets(6, 10, 4, 6));
Component textPane = new JScrollPane(textArea);
FormLayout layout = new FormLayout(
"fill:100dlu:grow, 6dlu, p",
"fill:56dlu:grow");
JPanel panel = new JPanel(layout);
CellConstraints cc = new CellConstraints();
panel.setBorder(Borders.DIALOG_BORDER);
panel.add(textPane, cc.xy(1, 1));
panel.add(buttonStack, cc.xy(3, 1));
return panel;
}
}
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