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Demonstrates how to build button bars with a fixed button order
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import java.awt.Component;
import javax.swing.JButton;
import javax.swing.JComponent;
import javax.swing.JFrame;
import javax.swing.UIManager;
import javax.swing.WindowConstants;
import com.jgoodies.forms.builder.ButtonBarBuilder;
import com.jgoodies.forms.builder.DefaultFormBuilder;
import com.jgoodies.forms.layout.FormLayout;
/**
* Demonstrates how to build button bars with a fixed button order
* or with a button order that honors the platform's style.
*
* @author Karsten Lentzsch
* @version $Revision: 1.4 $
*
* @see ButtonBarBuilder
* @see com.jgoodies.forms.factories.ButtonBarFactory
*/
public class ButtonOrderExample {
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 Order");
frame.setDefaultCloseOperation(WindowConstants.EXIT_ON_CLOSE);
JComponent panel = new ButtonOrderExample().buildPanel();
frame.getContentPane().add(panel);
frame.pack();
frame.setVisible(true);
}
/**
* Builds and returns a panel that consists of three paragraphs
* that demonstrate different button orders. Each paragraph contains
* a button bar that is built from a button sequence, and another
* bar that is built from individual buttons.
*
* @return a panel that demonstrates button order
*/
public JComponent buildPanel() {
FormLayout layout = new FormLayout("right:pref:grow, 4dlu, pref");
DefaultFormBuilder rowBuilder = new DefaultFormBuilder(layout);
rowBuilder.setDefaultDialogBorder();
rowBuilder.appendSeparator("Left to Right");
rowBuilder.append("Ordered", buildButtonSequence(ButtonBarBuilder.createLeftToRightBuilder()));
rowBuilder.append("Fixed", buildIndividualButtons(ButtonBarBuilder.createLeftToRightBuilder()));
rowBuilder.appendSeparator("Right to Left");
rowBuilder.append("Ordered", buildButtonSequence(createRightToLeftBuilder()));
rowBuilder.append("Fixed", buildIndividualButtons(createRightToLeftBuilder()));
rowBuilder.appendSeparator("Platform Default Order");
rowBuilder.append("Ordered", buildButtonSequence(new ButtonBarBuilder()));
rowBuilder.append("Fixed", buildIndividualButtons(new ButtonBarBuilder()));
return rowBuilder.getPanel();
}
/**
* Builds and returns a button bar honoring the builder's button order.
*
* @param builder the builder used to build the bar
* @return a button bar that honors the builder's button order
*/
private Component buildButtonSequence(ButtonBarBuilder builder) {
builder.addGriddedButtons(new JButton[] {
new JButton("One"),
new JButton("Two"),
new JButton("Three")
});
return builder.getPanel();
}
/**
* Builds and returns a button bar ignoring the builder's button order.
* Instead a fixed left to right order is used.
*
* @param builder the builder used to build the bar
* @return a button bar with a fixed left to right button order
*/
private Component buildIndividualButtons(ButtonBarBuilder builder) {
builder.addGridded(new JButton("One"));
builder.addRelatedGap();
builder.addGridded(new JButton("Two"));
builder.addRelatedGap();
builder.addGridded(new JButton("Three"));
return builder.getPanel();
}
/**
* Creates and returns a button bar builder with a fixed
* right-to-left button order. Unlike the factory method
* {@link ButtonBarBuilder#createLeftToRightBuilder()}
* this method is useful for demonstration purposes only.
*
* @return a ButtonBarBuilder with right-to-left button order
*/
private static ButtonBarBuilder createRightToLeftBuilder() {
ButtonBarBuilder builder = new ButtonBarBuilder();
builder.setLeftToRightButtonOrder(false);
return builder;
}
}
forms.zip( 197 k)
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