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1. Find the classname of a UI control    stackoverflow.com

I need a tool which tells the classname of the UI control on which my mouse pointer is. My GUI is in Swing. Does such a tool exist?

2. How to get a "ribbon" UI component, like in Office 2007, in a Java program?    stackoverflow.com

I want to create a ribbon-based GUI. I am pretty much a newbie when it comes to Java interfaces, I have used the basic Swing toolkit, but that's it. Can anyone point ...

3. Really quick and dirty solution for embedding webkit in a Swing UI?    stackoverflow.com

I am looking for a really quick and dirty solution for embedding webkit in a Swing application. What I am looking for is a way to implement a panel that contains a ...

4. Build Java UI to run on all platforms    stackoverflow.com

I am really confused over what to use. Options I see are awt, Swing and swt. My question is which should be best for Desktop Java app on all platforms( Mac,Windows and ...

5. taking the Swing UI to next level?    stackoverflow.com

i have designed an application using java swing, how to improve the look and feel and User interface?

6. Synchronize with Swing: Wait for the UI    stackoverflow.com

Usually one is looking for a way to update the UI while something in the background is still working. My approach there would be either use a new thread or simply ...

7. Using Netbeans Swing UI Builder with an eclipse project    stackoverflow.com

I have an eclipse based Swing project and want to import that in Netbeans. the latest version 6.9 of netbeans does provide import of eclipse project, however the GUI builder does ...

8. Swing: programatically modifying the UI without triggering callbacks    stackoverflow.com

If it is taken for granted that you need to modify programatically an element of the UI, like, say, a JComboBox's selected item without triggering any modification/notification event, then how to ...

9. how do I create a Java swing UI like this?    stackoverflow.com

Below UI is something I'd like to aim for. But I have no idea, how they have the "skin" of the app. On my end, the Java application looks like it ...





10. How to make iGoogle like UI using java swing    stackoverflow.com

I am developing desktop GUI application using java swing. And I want to show several "subwindow" on the same window(JFrame). And I want the layout is similar to iGoogle such that ...

11. TweetDeck like UI in Java    stackoverflow.com

Can anyone guide me how can I create GUI like TweetDeck in Java(Desktop programming). Using Java swing packages, I get simple looks. How can I make it more eye catchy? :) ...

12. Java UI development for newbie    stackoverflow.com

I'm a newbie as far as Java UI development is concerned. I was initially of the conception that Java UIs can be easily and efficiently developed by Netbeans or any other ...

13. How do you make a Java app with a Cocoa UI?    stackoverflow.com

I have to use a Java API for a project, but since I'm not a fan of Java UIs and I have a Mac, I want to build a native Cocoa ...

14. [platform-dev] Using BizLaf L&F yields "Could not load a UI for EditorTabDisplayerUI - missing class?"    forums.netbeans.org

Posted: Fri Feb 18, 2011 1:13 pm Post subject: [platform-dev] Using BizLaf L&F yields "Could not load a UI for EditorTabDisplayerUI - missing class?" I'm trying to integrate the wonderful BizLaf L&F into my Maven based NetBeans RCP app (see http://www.centigrade.de/en/products/bizlaf-stock-look-and-feel to get blown away The Centrigrade guys have created a support package for NetBeans RCP apps, so ...

15. Swing UI builder    forums.netbeans.org

Horstmann and Cornell describe the functionality of Matisse that seems to have been previously implemented within Netbeans, since tutorial referred to Matisse UI on page 436, which was located at http://www.netbeans.org/kb/articles/matisse.html, seems to have been replaced, and, by Swing UI Builder (url=http://netbeans.org/features/java/swing.html). Has the underlying framework within the Java API changed, since, as Horstmann and Cornell state, the MatisseGUI builder seems ...

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17. Sync between Swing UI and work process    coderanch.com

Swing and threads don't get a long very well. Especially when it comes to I/O. The only thing you can do is put the File read in the Thread. But it probably won't work. I/O is a processor hog. And so it Swing to an extent. you could try this though. Create your Dialog, then call your thread, but call a ...

18. Configurable UI    coderanch.com

In X-Motif, the UI Components can be configured dynamically with a resource file. Is this possible in Java??? For example, I can have a UI today which has two buttons and a text field. Tomorrow if i need to add a new component, i will just need to declare the component & associate functionality to it in the code. The location, ...

19. question about UI delegate,help    coderanch.com

20. Persisting Swing UI's location and Size    coderanch.com

I am in the stages of writing a Swing UI that will be launched through Java Web Start. Not clearly understanding the limitations of Java Web Start, i was wondering if there was a way to persist the x,y,width,height of the JFrame. So that if the user went back into that UI screen, it would retain the previous x,y,width,height. If so, ...

21. UI Confusion    coderanch.com

22. Static UI components    coderanch.com

Hi Kejal, I guess the answer would largely depend on whether your components are the "same" or of the "same type". Let's say you currently have two "OK buttons". If both of these perform exactly the same actions on exactly the same objects, then maybe you could try. But, generally I don't think it is a good idea, because when you ...

23. UI troubles    coderanch.com

Hello, I have a problem with my UI app that I cannot seem to resolve. I've tried a couple solutions from previous posts but still have not resolved this issue. Here is the scenario. I have a class that processes a file called Processor. The method that processes the file is called loadFile(file). The class has a thread called processThread that ...

24. RepaintManager V. UI Delegate    coderanch.com

I'm a little confused about the role of the repaint manager and UI delegate in painting Swing Components. It seems like they might do some of the same tasks. Which one handles a call that results in the painting or repainting of a Swing component? Does the UI dlegate recieve the call initially and pass the look and feel information to ...

25. java look and feel UI guideline    coderanch.com

26. Finding subsystems and Helper classes in swing UI    coderanch.com

Any one give the guidlines of finding subsystems in swing based User Interface application. Where exactly Helper classes can used in GUI Application? My Application have two screen which inludes 4 tables and one Tree and some Buttons. Action may be user click, drag and drop and processing (filtering the data) etc Thanks for your time

27. UI Best Practices    coderanch.com

Well I remember from my university days that this type of thing was covered under HCI (Human-Computer Interaction). It covered things like consistency of the design, being forgiving to the user, providing feedback, and so on. I've just tried Google and there are dozens of links on these topics. [ September 11, 2005: Message edited by: Stuart Gray ]

28. moveable resizable UI components in Java Swing    coderanch.com

Hi there, I am a complete newbie here. I am developing a GUI builder using Java Swing. As for the purpose, I'd like to be able to put components (such as JTextfield, JTextarea, etc) in a fix position on JPanel. And later on the user can drag and move the components. In short, I'm wondering how to make a Visual Basic ...

29. Disposing a Swing UI    coderanch.com

30. Bean to UI Mapping    coderanch.com

31. How to load custom UI using L&F?    coderanch.com

32. process of installing UI delegate    coderanch.com

33. How do i set up the ui manager??    coderanch.com

34. UI's and Look-And-Feels    coderanch.com

Hi all, I'm kind of hoping that this is a stupid question, and I'm just missing something glaringly obvious but... Basically, I want a combobox where the editor is one size, and the popup is larger, so I can have a nice, neat combo box when it's closed, but with plenty of room to see the options when it opens. (It's ...

35. Want to create a UI using Swings    coderanch.com

Hi everybody, Please advise how to place components (labels, text fields and buttons) in an orderly manner. I am developing a small tool with a simple UI with just labels, text fields and a button but I am not getting the alignment right. I need a simple design as following :- Label1 TextField1 Label2 TextField2 Label3 TextField3 Label4 TextField4 and so ...

36. Recognizing OS UI    coderanch.com

37. Comments over Declarative UI like XUL/SwixML/XSWt etc.    coderanch.com

I have been doing some work over Declarative UI lately. I see that most discussion about the topic revolves around XUL/Luxor. There are host of others like SwixML,XSWT,Thinlet,XUI etc... I also observed that development in almost all of them stopped around 2005. So the trend graph was high only between 2003-2005. Is the craze over declarative UI over(or was there any ...

38. Building a UI Builder?    coderanch.com

Sometimes happened that I figured out how to build a UI builder, like a jasper report or a netbeans matisse are. As harder is to implementing something like that, a builder to create UI. Im trying to find out some infos but not found. My idea is to create for example a JForm (or something similar), create some dots (to represents ...

39. UI is hanging    coderanch.com

I am calling a method "isYesNoPopUpButton" from an Event dispatching thread.In that method I tried to open a confirm dialog.but the UI is hanging in JRE 1.6 but it is working in JRE 1.5 fine. But If I call the same method from non event dispatching thread then it works fine for both JREs. [color=blue] code is as bellow.... public boolean ...

40. Look and feel with Custom UI delegate    coderanch.com

Hi all, I am unable to understand how Swing works when you have look and feel and you are having a custom ComponentUI for a component. Here is the sample code: public class TabbedPaneExample extends JFrame { /** * */ private static final long serialVersionUID = 1L; private JTabbedPane tabbedPane; private JPanel panel1; private JPanel panel2; public TabbedPaneExample() { try { ...

41. when is the UI object created    coderanch.com

42. setLookAndFeel UI issue    coderanch.com

I'm sorry but I think you need to stop talking down to those that ultimately have been trying to help you. If it was my choice I would rather have working along side me, the person with less experience but is motivated to research, test and work things out themselves rather than just talking the talk.

43. best ui wireframe designing software    coderanch.com

hi guys, i want to create some UI wireframes for my client, what is software best that can be used to create these wireframes quickly. are there any best open source software for this as well and i wont mind buying good one even if its commercial ? any suggestion would be much appreciated. thanks a lot.

44. Getting input from voice in swings UI    coderanch.com

45. Problem editing existing UI    java-forums.org

Hello Everyone, I am new to this forum, and I am fairly new to Java. Brief background... I have been taking Java for several months from an online university. We have finally just broken into client/server applications with GUI components. My new instructor is all about reusing code... I have always written my own. Herein lies the problem. We were provided ...

46. Add a Swing UI in a WebPage    java-forums.org

47. Create UI based on HashTable    java-forums.org

Hi, For development of an application, i have to create a stub for another application. The interface for this application is predefined, so can't touch that. Everything has to run in a Windows environment, i use Eclipse as an IDE. What have is the following. On several places in my application, the stub is to be called. Data-transfer between the applications ...

48. How should I create a swing UI that can be consumed by a variety of apps?    forums.oracle.com

Hi, I have written a few different swing based java applications that could use a similar user interface class. I would like to create user interface that opens in a popup window, allows the user to do some work, and then returns a resulting object to the parent UI. My needs are too cusomtized to use a standard dialog object. So, ...

49. Look and Feel Not updated after the UI starts    forums.oracle.com

Hi, I have a JFrame which comprises of many components.I used the following code thinking all my inside component will get updated.However, I see only few getting updated.Is there any criteria depending on which a UI component gets updated ? LookAndFeel alloyLnF = new AlloyLookAndFeel(theme); UIManager.setLookAndFeel(alloyLnF); mainFrame.invalidate(); mainFrame.validate(); SwingUtilities.updateComponentTreeUI(mainFrame); mainFrame.repaint(); I came across few sites where they mention to fire a ...

50. Swing UI: caret is gray    forums.oracle.com

It's not a bug, that's just common sense. If your graphics card is somehow forcing AA on a one pixel wide caret, then yes... it's going to appear off. AA is meant to improve the edge of something. For a caret, the whole thing is the edge. You probaly should set your AA setting to "Application-controlled" instead of disabling entirely in ...

51. droppable UI element in Java Swing    forums.oracle.com

Hi, I want to develop an application in Java Swing. The application I am going to develop is an application for developing other applications. I want my application to include a button which also acts as a drag and drop UI element. For example, I want my application to include a button for adding a picture. There are 4 buttons of ...

52. Migration Swing UI from Java 1.4 to 1.5    forums.oracle.com

When migrating Swing UI from Java 1.4 to 1.5, the below issues are noticed... 1.Look and Feel even after setting Metal is not changing. Still shows Ocean when print the Look and Feel show Metal but the UI shows Ocean. 2.How to remove the Panels color Variation. For Ex If there are 2 Panels in a single Panel and all the ...