Animated Button
/**
* Arsenal Real-Time Collaboration Server Project
* Copyright (C) 2003 Michael Burnside, Arsenal Project
*
* This library is free software; you can redistribute it and/or
* modify it under the terms of the GNU Lesser General Public
* License as published by the Free Software Foundation; either
* version 2.1 of the License, or (at your option) any later version.
*
* This library is distributed in the hope that it will be useful,
* but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of
* MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE. See the GNU
* Lesser General Public License for more details.
*
* You should have received a copy of the GNU Lesser General Public
* License along with this library; if not, write to the Free Software
* Foundation, Inc., 59 Temple Place, Suite 330, Boston, MA 02111-1307 USA
*
* *****************************************************************
* $Header: /cvs/coolcollaborator/prod/coolcollaborator/prod/util/src/com/arsenal/util/AnimatedButton.java,v 1.1.1.1 2006/01/12 04:54:02 mburnside Exp $
*
* File: $Workfile: AnimatedButton.java $
*
* Description:
*
*
*
* @author michael@michaelburnside.com (arsenal-1)
* @author Michael Burnside
* @version %I%, %G%
* @since 1.0
*
*/
import java.io.File;
import java.awt.*;
import java.awt.event.*;
import javax.swing.*;
public class AnimatedButton extends JPanel {
Font font = new Font("Arial", Font.PLAIN, 10);
Color darkSlateGray = new Color(49,79,79);
Color dimGray = new Color(105,105,105);
Color slateGray = new Color(112,138,144);
Color lightSlateGray = new Color(119,136,153);
Color gray = new Color(190,190,190);
Color lightGray = new Color(211,211,211);
Color[] colors = { Color.black, darkSlateGray, dimGray, slateGray,
lightSlateGray, gray, lightGray, Color.white };
private JButton button = new JButton();
private int fadeSpeed = 50;
private boolean animate = false;
private boolean allowAnimate = true; // we will animate
private Color foreground = Color.black;
public void setDefaultForeground(Color foreground) { this.foreground = foreground; }
public AnimatedButton(String buttonText, boolean useBgImage, Color defaultForeground, boolean allowAnimate) {
this.setLayout(new BoxLayout(this, BoxLayout.LINE_AXIS));
button.setText(buttonText);
this.foreground = defaultForeground;
this.allowAnimate = allowAnimate;
setOpaque(false);
add(button);
if(allowAnimate)
runThread.start();
}
private Thread runThread = new Thread(
new Runnable() {
public void run() {
while(true) {
try { runThread.sleep(100); } catch(Exception e) { }
if(animate) {
for(int i = 0; i < colors.length; i++) {
button.setForeground(colors[i]);
try { runThread.sleep(fadeSpeed); } catch(Exception e) { }
}
try { runThread.sleep(100); } catch(Exception e) { }
for(int i = colors.length -1 ; i >= 0; i--) {
button.setForeground(colors[i]);
try { runThread.sleep(fadeSpeed); } catch(Exception le) { }
}
} // end if animate
} //end while
}
}
);
/**
*
* Sets the button's and panel's minimum size
*
* @param width width, in pixels
* @param height height, in pixels
*
*/
public void setMaximumSize(int width, int height) {
setMaximumSize(new Dimension(width, height));
button.setMaximumSize(new Dimension(width, height));
}
/**
*
* Sets the button's and panel's minimum size
*
* @param width width, in pixels
* @param height height, in pixels
*
*/
public void setMinimumSize(int width, int height) {
setMinimumSize(new Dimension(width, height));
button.setMinimumSize(new Dimension(width, height));
}
/**
*
* Sets the button's and panel's preferred size
*
* @param width width, in pixels
* @param height height, in pixels
*
*/
public void setPreferredSize(int width, int height) {
setPreferredSize(new Dimension(width, height));
button.setPreferredSize(new Dimension(width, height));
}
/**
*
* gets the button instance
*
* @return JButton component of this class
*
*/
public JButton getButton() {
return button;
}
public void setText(String text) {
button.setText(text);
}
public void setEnable(boolean animate) {
if(allowAnimate) {
this.animate = animate;
if(!animate)
button.setForeground(Color.black);
button.setEnabled(animate);
}
else {
button.setEnabled(animate);
}
}
}
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