Java Utililty Methods JButton Settings

List of utility methods to do JButton Settings

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Method

voidequalizeButtonSizes(JPanel jPanelButtons)
Sets the JButtons inside a JPanelto be the same size. 
ArrayList<JButton> lbuttons = new ArrayList<JButton>();
for (int i = 0; i < jPanelButtons.getComponentCount(); i++) {
    Component c = jPanelButtons.getComponent(i);
    if (c instanceof JButton) {
        lbuttons.add((JButton) c);
Dimension maxSize = new Dimension(0, 0);
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StringfilterMnemonic(final String s, final AbstractButton b)
Filters the mnemonic definition from the given string. 
if (s != null) {
    String tmpS = s;
    final Matcher m = Pattern.compile("\\[(.)\\]").matcher(tmpS); 
    if (m.find()) {
        b.setMnemonic(m.group(1).charAt(0));
        tmpS = m.replaceFirst(m.group(1));
    return tmpS;
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JButtonfindButton(Container container, String text)
Traverse a container hierarchy and returns the button with the given text 
Component[] components = container.getComponents();
for (Component component : components) {
    if (component instanceof JButton) {
        JButton button = (JButton) component;
        if (button.getText().equals(text)) {
            return button;
    } else if (component instanceof Container) {
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JButtonfindButtonComponents(Container container, String label)
find Button Components 
for (Component c : container.getComponents()) {
    if (c instanceof JButton) {
        final JButton button = (JButton) c;
        if (button.getText().equalsIgnoreCase(label))
            return button;
return null;
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AbstractButtonfindDescendantButtonWithText(Container root, String desiredText)
Find a descendant button in the container root that has a getText() method that returns the given text. 
Component[] children = root.getComponents();
for (int i = 0; i < children.length; ++i) {
    if (children[i] instanceof AbstractButton) {
        AbstractButton button = (AbstractButton) children[i];
        if (button.getText().equals(desiredText)) {
            return button;
for (int i = 0; i < children.length; ++i) {
    if (children[i] instanceof Container) {
        AbstractButton button = findDescendantButtonWithText((Container) children[i], desiredText);
        if (button != null) {
            return button;
return null;
voidfixButtonUI(AbstractButton button)
Ensures that focus will be really painted if button is focused and fixes using custom border for JDK 1.5 & XP LaF 
if (button.getUI() instanceof com.sun.java.swing.plaf.windows.WindowsButtonUI) {
    button.setUI(new com.sun.java.swing.plaf.windows.WindowsButtonUI() {
        protected BasicButtonListener createButtonListener(AbstractButton b) {
            return new BasicButtonListener(b); 
        protected void paintFocus(Graphics g, AbstractButton b, Rectangle viewRect, Rectangle textRect,
                Rectangle iconRect) {
            int width = b.getWidth();
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JButtonformatButtonFromAction(Action a)
Creates a new button and formats it using settings from action. 
JButton button = new JButton();
button.setToolTipText((String) a.getValue(Action.SHORT_DESCRIPTION));
button.setIcon((Icon) a.getValue(Action.SMALL_ICON));
return button;
AbstractButtongetAbstractButton(Container owner, String text)
get Abstract Button 
for (Component c : owner.getComponents()) {
    if (c instanceof AbstractButton && ((AbstractButton) c).getText() != null
            && ((AbstractButton) c).getText().equals(text))
        return (AbstractButton) c;
    else if (c instanceof JComponent) {
        AbstractButton b = getAbstractButton((JComponent) c, text);
        if (b != null)
            return b;
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ListgetAllButtons(Component topComponent)
Returns an array with all JButton components contained in a top component. 
List<Component> components = getAllComponents(topComponent);
List<JButton> buttons = new ArrayList<>();
for (Component component : components) {
    if (component instanceof JButton) {
        buttons.add((JButton) component);
return buttons;
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JButtongetbtnButton(String iconpath, String rolloverIconpath, String pressIconpath)
getbtn Button 
JButton button = new JButton();
button.setIcon(new ImageIcon(iconpath));
button.setRolloverIcon(new ImageIcon(rolloverIconpath));
button.setPressedIcon(new ImageIcon(pressIconpath));
button.setBorder(null);
button.setFocusPainted(false);
button.setContentAreaFilled(false);
return button;
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