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Utilities for GUI work.

 
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import java.awt.Dimension;
import java.awt.Toolkit;
import java.awt.Window;

/**
 * Utilities for GUI work.
 * 
 * @version $Id: UtilGUI.java,v 1.6 2003/07/12 23:28:01 ian Exp $
 */
public class UtilGUI {

  /** Centre a Window, Frame, JFrame, Dialog, etc. */
  public static void centre(Window w) {
    // After packing a Frame or Dialog, centre it on the screen.
    Dimension us = w.getSize(), them = Toolkit.getDefaultToolkit()
        .getScreenSize();
    int newX = (them.width - us.width) / 2;
    int newY = (them.height - us.height) / 2;
    w.setLocation(newX, newY);
  }

  /**
   * Center a Window, Frame, JFrame, Dialog, etc., but do it the American
   * Spelling Way :-)
   */
  public static void center(Window w) {
    UtilGUI.centre(w);
  }

  /** Maximize a window, the hard way. */
  public static void maximize(Window w) {
    Dimension us = w.getSize(), them = Toolkit.getDefaultToolkit()
        .getScreenSize();
    w.setBounds(0, 0, them.width, them.height);
  }
}

           
         
  








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