Demonstrates how to build button bars using a ButtonBarBuilder
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import java.awt.Component;
import java.awt.Insets;
import javax.swing.*;
import com.jgoodies.forms.builder.ButtonBarBuilder;
import com.jgoodies.forms.factories.Borders;
import com.jgoodies.forms.layout.CellConstraints;
import com.jgoodies.forms.layout.FormLayout;
/**
* Demonstrates how to build button bars using a ButtonBarBuilder.
*
* @author Karsten Lentzsch
* @version $Revision: 1.16 $
*
* @see ButtonBarBuilder
* @see com.jgoodies.forms.factories.ButtonBarFactory
*/
public class ButtonBarsExample {
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 Bars");
frame.setDefaultCloseOperation(WindowConstants.EXIT_ON_CLOSE);
JComponent panel = new ButtonBarsExample().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(buildButtonBar1Panel(), "No Builder");
tabbedPane.add(buildButtonBar2Panel(), "Builder");
tabbedPane.add(buildButtonBar3Panel(), "Related");
tabbedPane.add(buildButtonBar4Panel(), "Unrelated ");
tabbedPane.add(buildButtonMixedBar1Panel(), "Mix");
tabbedPane.add(buildButtonMixedBar2Panel(), "Mix Narrow");
return tabbedPane;
}
private Component buildButtonBar1Panel() {
JPanel buttonBar = new JPanel(
new FormLayout("0:grow, p, 4px, p", "p"));
buttonBar.add(new JButton("Yes"), "2, 1");
buttonBar.add(new JButton("No"), "4, 1");
return wrap(buttonBar,
"This bar has been built without a ButtonBarBuilder:\n" + " o buttons have no minimum widths,\n" +
" o the button order is fixed left-to-right,\n" + " o gaps may be inconsistent between team members.");
}
private Component buildButtonBar2Panel() {
ButtonBarBuilder builder = new ButtonBarBuilder();
builder.addGlue();
builder.addGriddedButtons(new JButton[] {
new JButton("Yes"),
new JButton("No")
});
return wrap(builder.getPanel(),
"This bar has been built with a ButtonBarBuilder:\n" +
" o buttons have a minimum widths,\n" +
" o the button order honors the platform default,\n" +
" o the button gap is a logical size that follows a style guide.");
}
private Component buildButtonBar3Panel() {
ButtonBarBuilder builder = new ButtonBarBuilder();
builder.addGlue();
builder.addGriddedButtons(new JButton[] {
new JButton("One"),
new JButton("Two"),
new JButton("Three")
});
return wrap(builder.getPanel(),
"This bar uses the logical gap for related buttons.\n");
}
private Component buildButtonBar4Panel() {
ButtonBarBuilder builder = new ButtonBarBuilder();
builder.addGlue();
builder.addGridded(new JButton("One"));
builder.addUnrelatedGap();
builder.addGridded(new JButton("Two"));
builder.addUnrelatedGap();
builder.addGridded(new JButton("Three"));
return wrap(builder.getPanel(),
"This bar uses the logical gap for unrelated buttons.\n" +
"It is a little bit wider than the related gap.");
}
private Component buildButtonMixedBar1Panel() {
ButtonBarBuilder builder = new ButtonBarBuilder();
builder.addGridded(new JButton("Help"));
builder.addGlue();
builder.addUnrelatedGap();
builder.addFixed(new JButton("Copy to Clipboard"));
builder.addUnrelatedGap();
builder.addGriddedButtons(new JButton[] {
new JButton("OK"),
new JButton("Cancel")
});
return wrap(builder.getPanel(),
"Demonstrates a glue (between Help and the rest),\n" +
"has related and unrelated buttons and an ungridded button\n" +
"with a default margin (Copy to Clipboard).");
}
private Component buildButtonMixedBar2Panel() {
ButtonBarBuilder builder = new ButtonBarBuilder();
builder.addGridded(new JButton("Help"));
builder.addGlue();
builder.addUnrelatedGap();
builder.addFixedNarrow(new JButton("Copy to Clipboard"));
builder.addUnrelatedGap();
builder.addGriddedButtons(new JButton[] {
new JButton("OK"),
new JButton("Cancel")
});
return wrap(builder.getPanel(),
"Demonstrates a glue (between Help and the rest),\n" +
"has related and unrelated buttons and an ungridded button\n" +
"with a narrow margin (Copy to Clipboard).\n\n"+
"Note that some look&feels do not support the narrow margin\n" +
"feature, and conversely, others have only narrow margins.");
}
// Helper Code ************************************************************
private static Component wrap(Component buttonBar, 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",
"fill:56dlu:grow, 4dlu, p");
JPanel panel = new JPanel(layout);
CellConstraints cc = new CellConstraints();
panel.setBorder(Borders.DIALOG_BORDER);
panel.add(textPane, cc.xy(1, 1));
panel.add(buttonBar, cc.xy(1, 3));
return panel;
}
}
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