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package org.valkyriercp.util;
import com.jgoodies.forms.builder.ButtonStackBuilder;
import com.jgoodies.forms.factories.Borders;
import com.jgoodies.forms.factories.ButtonBarFactory;
import com.jgoodies.forms.layout.ConstantSize;
import com.jgoodies.forms.layout.Sizes;
import javax.swing.*;
import javax.swing.border.Border;
import javax.swing.text.JTextComponent;
import java.awt.*;
/**
* Utility functions that help enforce a standard look and feel in accordance
* with the Java Look and Feel Design Guidelines.
*
* @author Keith Donald
*/
public class GuiStandardUtils {
private GuiStandardUtils() {
}
public static JComponent attachBorder(JComponent c, Border border) {
c.setBorder(border);
return c;
}
public static JComponent attachBorder(JComponent c) {
return attachDialogBorder(c);
}
public static JComponent attachDialogBorder(JComponent c) {
if (c instanceof JTabbedPane) {
c.setBorder(Borders.TABBED_DIALOG_BORDER);
}
else {
c.setBorder(Borders.DIALOG_BORDER);
}
return c;
}
public static Border getStandardDialogBorder() {
return Borders.DIALOG_BORDER;
}
public static Border createEvenlySpacedBorder(int spacePx) {
return createEvenlySpacedBorder(Sizes.pixel(spacePx));
}
public static Border createEvenlySpacedBorder(ConstantSize space) {
return Borders.createEmptyBorder(space, space, space, space);
}
public static Border createLeftAndRightBorder(int spacePx) {
return createLeftAndRightBorder(Sizes.pixel(spacePx));
}
public static Border createLeftAndRightBorder(ConstantSize space) {
return Borders.createEmptyBorder(Sizes.ZERO, space, Sizes.ZERO, space);
}
public static Border createTopAndBottomBorder(int spacePx) {
return createTopAndBottomBorder(Sizes.pixel(spacePx));
}
public static Border createTopAndBottomBorder(ConstantSize space) {
return Borders.createEmptyBorder(space, Sizes.ZERO, space, Sizes.ZERO);
}
/**
* Return text which conforms to the Look and Feel Design Guidelines for the
* title of a dialog : the application name, a colon, then the name of the
* specific dialog.
*
* @param dialogName
* the short name of the dialog.
*/
public static String createDialogTitle(String appName, String dialogName) {
if (appName != null) {
StringBuffer buf = new StringBuffer(appName);
buf.append(": ");
buf.append(dialogName);
return buf.toString();
}
return dialogName;
}
/**
* Make a horizontal row of buttons of equal size, whch are equally spaced,
* and aligned on the right.
*
*
* The returned component has border spacing only on the top (of the size
* recommended by the Look and Feel Design Guidelines). All other spacing
* must be applied elsewhere ; usually, this will only mean that the
* dialog's top-level panel should use {@link #buildStandardBorder}.
*
* @param buttons
* contains JButton objects.
* @return A row displaying the buttons horizontally.
*/
public static JComponent createCommandButtonRow(JButton[] buttons) {
return ButtonBarFactory.buildRightAlignedBar(buttons);
}
/**
* Make a vertical row of buttons of equal size, whch are equally spaced,
* and aligned on the right.
*
*
* The returned component has border spacing only on the left (of the size
* recommended by the Look and Feel Design Guidelines). All other spacing
* must be applied elsewhere ; usually, this will only mean that the
* dialog's top-level panel should use {@link #buildStandardBorder}.
*
* @param buttons
* contains JButton objects.
* @return A column displaying the buttons vertically.
*/
public static JComponent createCommandButtonColumn(JButton[] buttons) {
ButtonStackBuilder builder = new ButtonStackBuilder();
for (int i = 0; i < buttons.length; i++) {
if (i > 0) {
builder.addRelatedGap();
}
builder.addGridded(buttons[i]);
}
return builder.getPanel();
}
/**
* Sets the items in aComponents to the same size.
*
* Sets each component's preferred and maximum sizes. The actual size is
* determined by the layout manager, which adjusts for locale-specific
* strings and customized fonts. (See this Sun doc
* for more information.)
*
* @param components
* contains JComponent objects.
*/
public static void equalizeSizes(JComponent[] components) {
Dimension targetSize = new Dimension(0, 0);
for (int i = 0; i < components.length; i++) {
JComponent comp = components[i];
Dimension compSize = comp.getPreferredSize();
double width = Math.max(targetSize.getWidth(), compSize.getWidth());
double height = Math.max(targetSize.getHeight(), compSize.getHeight());
targetSize.setSize(width, height);
}
setSizes(components, targetSize);
}
private static void setSizes(JComponent[] components, final Dimension dimension) {
for (int i = 0; i < components.length; i++) {
JComponent comp = components[i];
// shouldn't have to clone these (hopefully awt does it for us)
comp.setPreferredSize(dimension);
comp.setMaximumSize(dimension);
}
}
public static JTextArea createStandardTextArea(int rows, int columns) {
JTextArea area = createStandardTextArea("");
area.setRows(rows);
area.setColumns(columns);
return area;
}
/**
* An alternative to multi-line labels, for the presentation of several
* lines of text, and for which the line breaks are determined solely by the
* control.
*
* @param text
* text that does not contain newline characters or html.
* @return JTextArea which is not editable, has improved
* spacing over the supplied default (placing
* {@link UIConstants#ONE_SPACE}on the left and right), and which
* wraps lines on word boundarie.
*/
public static JTextArea createStandardTextArea(String text) {
JTextArea result = new JTextArea(text);
return configureStandardTextArea(result);
}
public static JTextArea configureStandardTextArea(JTextArea textArea) {
textArea.setEditable(false);
textArea.setWrapStyleWord(true);
textArea.setLineWrap(true);
textArea.setMargin(new Insets(0, UIConstants.ONE_SPACE, 0, UIConstants.ONE_SPACE));
return textArea;
}
/**
* An alternative to multi-line labels, for the presentation of several
* lines of text, and for which line breaks are determined solely by
* aText, and not by the control.
*
* @param text
* the text to be placed in the text area.
* @return JTextArea which is not editable and has improved
* spacing over the supplied default (placing
* {@link UIConstants#ONE_SPACE}on the left and right).
*/
public static JTextArea createStandardTextAreaHardNewLines(String text) {
JTextArea result = new JTextArea(text);
result.setEditable(false);
result.setMargin(new Insets(0, UIConstants.ONE_SPACE, 0, UIConstants.ONE_SPACE));
return result;
}
/**
* If aLabel has text which is longer than MAX_LABEL_LENGTH, then truncate
* the label text and place an ellipsis at the end; the original text is
* placed in a tooltip.
*
* This is particularly useful for displaying file names, whose length can
* vary widely between deployments.
*
* @param label
* The label to truncate if length() > MAX_LABEL_LENGTH.
*/
public static void truncateLabelIfLong(JLabel label) {
String originalText = label.getText();
if (originalText.length() > UIConstants.MAX_LABEL_LENGTH) {
label.setToolTipText(originalText);
String truncatedText = originalText.substring(0, UIConstants.MAX_LABEL_LENGTH) + "...";
label.setText(truncatedText);
}
}
/**
* This will allow selection and copy to work but still retain the label
* look
*/
public static JTextArea textAreaAsLabel(JTextArea textArea) {
// Turn on word wrap
textArea.setLineWrap(true);
textArea.setWrapStyleWord(true);
// Perform the other changes to complete the look
textComponentAsLabel(textArea);
return textArea;
}
/**
* This will allow selection and copy to work but still retain the label
* look
*/
public static JTextComponent textComponentAsLabel(JTextComponent textcomponent) {
// Make the text component non editable
textcomponent.setEditable(false);
// Make the text area look like a label
textcomponent.setBackground((Color)UIManager.get("Label.background"));
textcomponent.setForeground((Color)UIManager.get("Label.foreground"));
textcomponent.setBorder(null);
return textcomponent;
}
/**
* Useful debug function to place a colored, line border around a component
* for layout management debugging.
*
* @param c
* the component
* @param color
* the border color
*/
public static void createDebugBorder(JComponent c, Color color) {
if (color == null) {
color = Color.BLACK;
}
c.setBorder(BorderFactory.createLineBorder(color));
}
}