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com.eireneh.swing
Class GuiUtil  

java.lang.Object
  com.eireneh.swing.GuiUtil

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public class GuiUtil

extends java.lang.Object

Various Gui Utilities.

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Constructor Summary

GuiUtil()

 

Method Summary
static void	addAt(java.awt.Container pan, java.awt.Component com, int x, int y, int w, int h)           To add a component at a specific place.
static void	addConstrained(java.awt.Container pan, java.awt.Component com, java.awt.GridBagConstraints cons, int x, int y, int w, int h)           Convenience for adding a set of components with similar layout constraints to a grid.
static void	centerWindow(java.awt.Window win)           Move the specified window to the centre of the screen
static void	enforceMinimumSize(java.awt.Component comp, int min_width, int min_height)           Set the size of a component
static java.awt.GridBagConstraints	getConstraints(int gridx, int gridy, int gridwidth, int gridheight, double weightx, double weighty, int anchor, int fill, java.awt.Insets insets, int ipadx, int ipady)           The full constructor for GridBagConstraints is not available at JDK 1.1, so this is a shortcut.
static java.awt.Frame	getFrame(java.awt.Component com)           Find the parent window
static java.lang.String	getText(java.awt.Component comp)           Attempts to get the text from a generic Component.
static java.awt.Window	getWindow(java.awt.Component com)           Find the parent window.
static javax.swing.ImageIcon	loadImageIcon(java.lang.String name)           Load an Icon using an absolute class name.
static void	maximizeWindow(java.awt.Window win)           Maximize the specified window.
static void	restrainedPack(java.awt.Window win)           Do a pack, but don't let the window grow or shrink by more than 10%

 

Methods inherited from class java.lang.Object

clone, equals, finalize, getClass, hashCode, notify, notifyAll, toString, wait, wait, wait

 

Constructor Detail

GuiUtil

public GuiUtil()

Method Detail

loadImageIcon

public static javax.swing.ImageIcon loadImageIcon(java.lang.String name)

Load an Icon using an absolute class name. The normal method of using new ImageIcon(blah) is poor because is requires a relative URL

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addConstrained

public static void addConstrained(java.awt.Container pan,
                                  java.awt.Component com,
                                  java.awt.GridBagConstraints cons,
                                  int x,
                                  int y,
                                  int w,
                                  int h)

Convenience for adding a set of components with similar layout constraints to a grid.

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getConstraints

public static java.awt.GridBagConstraints getConstraints(int gridx,
                                                         int gridy,
                                                         int gridwidth,
                                                         int gridheight,
                                                         double weightx,
                                                         double weighty,
                                                         int anchor,
                                                         int fill,
                                                         java.awt.Insets insets,
                                                         int ipadx,
                                                         int ipady)

The full constructor for GridBagConstraints is not available at JDK 1.1, so this is a shortcut.

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addAt

public static void addAt(java.awt.Container pan,
                         java.awt.Component com,
                         int x,
                         int y,
                         int w,
                         int h)

To add a component at a specific place.

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getWindow

public static java.awt.Window getWindow(java.awt.Component com)

Find the parent window.

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getFrame

public static java.awt.Frame getFrame(java.awt.Component com)

Find the parent window

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centerWindow

public static void centerWindow(java.awt.Window win)

Move the specified window to the centre of the screen

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maximizeWindow

public static void maximizeWindow(java.awt.Window win)

Maximize the specified window. It would be good if we could detect where the taskbar was and not obscure it ...

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restrainedPack

public static void restrainedPack(java.awt.Window win)

Do a pack, but don't let the window grow or shrink by more than 10%

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enforceMinimumSize

public static void enforceMinimumSize(java.awt.Component comp,
                                      int min_width,
                                      int min_height)

Set the size of a component

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getText

public static java.lang.String getText(java.awt.Component comp)

Attempts to get the text from a generic Component. The Components that we can get some text from include:

JTextComponent

JLabel

AbstractButton

JComboBox

JToolTip

TextComponent

Button

Label

JScrollPane (recurse using the View) The others are done using toString()

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