idare.imagenode.Utilities

Class GUIUtils

java.lang.Object

idare.imagenode.Utilities.GUIUtils

public class GUIUtils
extends Object

Class proviing static utilitits for multiple GUI classes.

Author:

Thomas Pfau

Constructor Summary

Constructors

Constructor and Description
GUIUtils()

Method Summary

Modifier and Type	Method and Description
static JTextPane	createSelectionDescription(String DescriptionString, Color background, Font font) Create a JTextPane that is uneditable and uses background and font as desired.
static JPanel	createSelectionPanel(String SelectionName, JComboBox selector, Color background) Create a SelecionPanel, with a given String and a JCombobox as selector along with a given backrgound color.
static Dimension	getPreferredSize(JTextComponent comp, Dimension origDimension, int minwidth) Get the preferred size of a JTextComponent given a specific minimal width and its current dimension

Methods inherited from class java.lang.Object

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

Constructor Detail

GUIUtils

public GUIUtils()

Method Detail

createSelectionDescription

public static JTextPane createSelectionDescription(String DescriptionString,
                                                   Color background,
                                                   Font font)

Create a JTextPane that is uneditable and uses background and font as desired.

Parameters:

DescriptionString - The Text for the JTextPane

background - The background Color of the JTextPane

font - The Font to use.

Returns:

An uneditable Textpane with the given DescriptionString, background color and font.

getPreferredSize

public static Dimension getPreferredSize(JTextComponent comp,
                                         Dimension origDimension,
                                         int minwidth)

Get the preferred size of a JTextComponent given a specific minimal width and its current dimension

Parameters:

comp - the component to get the preferred size.

origDimension - The original Dimension of the component.

minwidth - The minimal width to use.

Returns:

the preferred height for the provided JTextComponent assuming the given minimum width and the actual width from the dimension.

createSelectionPanel

public static JPanel createSelectionPanel(String SelectionName,
                                          JComboBox selector,
                                          Color background)

Create a SelecionPanel, with a given String and a JCombobox as selector along with a given backrgound color.

Parameters:

SelectionName - - The Name for the panel

selector - - the JComboBox that represents the selection options.

background - The Color to use as background.

Returns:

a JPanel that contains the Descriptor and selector properly aligned.