Java Utililty Methods JButton

List of utility methods to do JButton

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Method

voidreduceNimbusButtonMargin(final JButton button)
Reduce the margins around the content of a button for the Nimbus look and feel 
UIDefaults buttonDefaults = new UIDefaults();
buttonDefaults.put("Button.contentMargins", new Insets(6, 6, 6, 6));
button.putClientProperty("Nimbus.Overrides", buttonDefaults);
button.putClientProperty("Nimbus.Overrides.InheritDefaults", Boolean.FALSE);
voidregisterCancelButton(final JButton cancelButton)
Register the escape key so that it can be used to cancel the associated JDialog. 
KeyStroke stroke = KeyStroke.getKeyStroke(KeyEvent.VK_ESCAPE, 0);
JDialog dialog = (JDialog) SwingUtilities.getWindowAncestor(cancelButton);
dialog.getRootPane().registerKeyboardAction(new ActionListener() {
    @Override
    public void actionPerformed(ActionEvent ae) {
        cancelButton.doClick();
}, stroke, JComponent.WHEN_IN_FOCUSED_WINDOW);
...
voidremoveAllActionListeners(JButton button)
remove All Action Listeners 
ActionListener[] listeners = button.getActionListeners();
for (int i = 0; i < listeners.length; i++) {
    button.removeActionListener(listeners[i]);
voidremoveAllListeners(JButton bouton)
remove All Listeners 
for (ActionListener al : bouton.getActionListeners()) {
    bouton.removeActionListener(al);
voidremoveMargins(JButton button)
Removes all extra spacing around the button so other components are layed out right next to it. 
button.setBorder(null);
button.setBorderPainted(false);
button.setMargin(new Insets(0, 0, 0, 0));
voidrenderImageOnly(JButton button)
Changes style formatting of a button so that only the images will show; no additional drawing. 
button.setBorderPainted(false);
button.setContentAreaFilled(false);
button.setFocusPainted(false);
button.setOpaque(false);
voidsetButtonNo(JButton anButton)
setButtonOk 
anButton.setText(BUTTON_NO);
voidsetCancelButton(final JRootPane rp, final JButton b)
set Cancel Button 
rp.getInputMap(JComponent.WHEN_IN_FOCUSED_WINDOW).put(KeyStroke.getKeyStroke(KeyEvent.VK_ESCAPE, 0),
        "cancel");
rp.getActionMap().put("cancel", new AbstractAction() {
    private static final long serialVersionUID = 1L;
    public void actionPerformed(ActionEvent ev) {
        b.doClick();
});
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voidsetEmptyBorder(JButton button, int paddingTop, int paddingLeft, int paddingBottom, int paddingRight)
set Empty Border 
if (button != null) {
    Border emptyBorder = BorderFactory.createEmptyBorder(paddingTop, paddingLeft, paddingBottom,
            paddingRight);
    button.setBorder(emptyBorder);
voidsetEnable(boolean b, JButton... bs)
set Enable 
for (JButton button : bs) {
    button.setEnabled(b);