org.gjt.jclasslib.util

Class GUIHelper

java.lang.Object

org.gjt.jclasslib.util.GUIHelper

public class GUIHelper
extends Object

Collection of GUI utility methods.

Version:

$Revision: 1.3 $ $Date: 2006-03-02 11:42:39 $

Author:

Ingo Kegel

Field Summary

Fields

Modifier and Type	Field and Description
static Icon	ICON_EMPTY Empty icon 16x16.
static String	MESSAGE_TITLE The title for message boxes.
static String[]	YES_NO_OPTIONS "Yes" and "No" Options for showOptionDialog.

Constructor Summary

Constructors

Constructor and Description
GUIHelper()

Method Summary

Modifier and Type	Method and Description
static void	centerOnParentWindow(Window window, Window parentWindow) Center a window on another window.
static void	setDefaultScrollbarUnits(JScrollPane scrollPane) Set reasonable unit increments for a scroll pane that does not contain a Scrollable.
static void	showMessage(Component parent, String message, int messageType) Show a JOptionPane message dialog.
static int	showOptionDialog(Component parent, String message, String[] options, int messageType) Show a JOptionPane option dialog.
static void	showURL(String urlSpec) Show a URL in the browser

Methods inherited from class java.lang.Object

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

Field Detail

MESSAGE_TITLE

public static final String MESSAGE_TITLE

The title for message boxes.

See Also:

Constant Field Values

YES_NO_OPTIONS

public static final String[] YES_NO_OPTIONS

"Yes" and "No" Options for showOptionDialog.

ICON_EMPTY

public static final Icon ICON_EMPTY

Empty icon 16x16.

Constructor Detail

GUIHelper

public GUIHelper()

Method Detail

showOptionDialog

public static int showOptionDialog(Component parent,
                                   String message,
                                   String[] options,
                                   int messageType)

Show a JOptionPane option dialog.

Parameters:

parent - parent component

message - the message string

options - the array of option strings

messageType - the message type as defined in JOptionPane

Returns:

the result code of the dialog

showMessage

public static void showMessage(Component parent,
                               String message,
                               int messageType)

Show a JOptionPane message dialog.

Parameters:

parent - parent component

message - the message string

messageType - the message type as defined in JOptionPane

centerOnParentWindow

public static void centerOnParentWindow(Window window,
                                        Window parentWindow)

Center a window on another window.

Parameters:

window - the window to be centered.

parentWindow - the parent window on which the window is to be centered.

setDefaultScrollbarUnits

public static void setDefaultScrollbarUnits(JScrollPane scrollPane)

Set reasonable unit increments for a scroll pane that does not contain a Scrollable.

Parameters:

scrollPane -

showURL

public static void showURL(String urlSpec)

Show a URL in the browser

Parameters:

urlSpec - the URL as a string