how to provide input hints
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package com.jgoodies.validation.tutorial.basics;
import java.awt.Component;
import java.awt.KeyboardFocusManager;
import java.beans.PropertyChangeEvent;
import java.beans.PropertyChangeListener;
import javax.swing.*;
import com.jgoodies.binding.value.ValueHolder;
import com.jgoodies.forms.builder.PanelBuilder;
import com.jgoodies.forms.layout.CellConstraints;
import com.jgoodies.forms.layout.FormLayout;
import com.jgoodies.validation.tutorial.util.ExampleComponentFactory;
import com.jgoodies.validation.tutorial.util.TutorialUtils;
import com.jgoodies.validation.view.ValidationComponentUtils;
import com.jgoodies.validation.view.ValidationResultViewFactory;
/**
* Demonstrates a style how to provide input hints,
* so that users can avoid entering invalid data.
*
* @author Karsten Lentzsch
* @version $Revision: 1.4 $
*/
public class InfoOnFocusExample {
private JLabel infoLabel;
private JTextArea infoArea;
private JComponent infoAreaPane;
private JTextField orderNoField;
private JTextField orderDateField;
private JTextField deliveryDateField;
private JTextArea deliveryNotesArea;
public static void main(String[] args) {
try {
UIManager.setLookAndFeel("com.jgoodies.looks.plastic.PlasticXPLookAndFeel");
} catch (Exception e) {
// Likely Plastic is not in the classpath; ignore it.
}
JFrame frame = new JFrame();
frame.setTitle("Basics :: Hints on Focus");
frame.setDefaultCloseOperation(WindowConstants.EXIT_ON_CLOSE);
JComponent panel = new InfoOnFocusExample().buildPanel();
frame.getContentPane().add(panel);
frame.pack();
TutorialUtils.locateOnScreenCenter(frame);
frame.setVisible(true);
}
// Component Creation and Initialization **********************************
/**
* Creates and intializes the UI components.
*/
private void initComponents() {
orderNoField = new JTextField();
orderDateField = ExampleComponentFactory.createDateField(new ValueHolder());
deliveryDateField = ExampleComponentFactory.createDateField(new ValueHolder());
deliveryNotesArea = new JTextArea();
}
private void initComponentAnnotations() {
ValidationComponentUtils.setInputHint(orderNoField, "Mandatory, length in [5, 10]");
ValidationComponentUtils.setInputHint(orderDateField, "Mandatory, before delivery date");
ValidationComponentUtils.setInputHint(deliveryDateField, "After delivery date");
ValidationComponentUtils.setInputHint(deliveryNotesArea, "Length <= 30");
}
private void initEventHandling() {
KeyboardFocusManager.getCurrentKeyboardFocusManager()
.addPropertyChangeListener(new FocusChangeHandler());
}
// Building ***************************************************************
/**
* Builds and returns the whole editor.
*/
public JComponent buildPanel() {
initComponents();
initComponentAnnotations();
initEventHandling();
FormLayout layout = new FormLayout(
"fill:default:grow",
"max(14dlu;pref), 6dlu, pref, 3dlu, pref");
PanelBuilder builder = new PanelBuilder(layout);
builder.setDefaultDialogBorder();
CellConstraints cc = new CellConstraints();
builder.add(buildInfoAreaPane(), cc.xy(1, 1));
builder.addSeparator("Order", cc.xy(1, 3));
builder.add(buildEditorPanel(), cc.xy(1, 5));
return builder.getPanel();
}
private JComponent buildEditorPanel() {
FormLayout layout = new FormLayout(
"right:max(65dlu;pref), 4dlu, 40dlu, 2dlu, 40dlu, 80dlu:grow",
"p, 3dlu, p, 3dlu, p, 3dlu, p, 2px"); // extra bottom space for icons
layout.setRowGroups(new int[][]{{1, 3, 5, 7}});
PanelBuilder builder = new PanelBuilder(layout);
CellConstraints cc = new CellConstraints();
builder.addLabel("Order No", cc.xy (1, 1));
builder.add(orderNoField, cc.xyw (3, 1, 3));
builder.addLabel("Order-/Delivery Date", cc.xy (1, 3));
builder.add(orderDateField, cc.xy (3, 3));
builder.add(deliveryDateField, cc.xy (5, 3));
builder.addLabel("Notes", cc.xy (1, 5));
builder.add(new JScrollPane(deliveryNotesArea),
cc.xywh(3, 5, 4, 3));
return builder.getPanel();
}
private JComponent buildInfoAreaPane() {
infoLabel = new JLabel(ValidationResultViewFactory.getInfoIcon());
infoArea = new JTextArea(1, 38);
infoArea.setEditable(false);
infoArea.setOpaque(false);
FormLayout layout = new FormLayout("pref, 2dlu, default", "pref");
PanelBuilder builder = new PanelBuilder(layout);
CellConstraints cc = new CellConstraints();
builder.add(infoLabel, cc.xy(1, 1));
builder.add(infoArea, cc.xy(3, 1));
infoAreaPane = builder.getPanel();
infoAreaPane.setVisible(false);
return infoAreaPane;
}
// Validation Handler *****************************************************
/**
* Displays an input hint for components that get the focus permanently.
*/
private class FocusChangeHandler implements PropertyChangeListener {
public void propertyChange(PropertyChangeEvent evt) {
String propertyName = evt.getPropertyName();
if (!"permanentFocusOwner".equals(propertyName))
return;
Component focusOwner = KeyboardFocusManager
.getCurrentKeyboardFocusManager().getFocusOwner();
String focusHint = (focusOwner instanceof JComponent)
? (String) ValidationComponentUtils
.getInputHint((JComponent) focusOwner)
: null;
infoArea.setText(focusHint);
infoAreaPane.setVisible(focusHint != null);
}
}
}
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