Merge branch 'develop' into features/mchmmer

[jalview.git] / src / jalview / gui / JvSwingUtils.java

diff --git a/src/jalview/gui/JvSwingUtils.java b/src/jalview/gui/JvSwingUtils.java
index ef96fa6..190eda1 100644 (file)
--- a/src/jalview/gui/JvSwingUtils.java
+++ b/src/jalview/gui/JvSwingUtils.java
@@ -22,12 +22,10 @@ package jalview.gui;
 
 import jalview.util.MessageManager;
 
-import java.awt.BorderLayout;
 import java.awt.Color;
 import java.awt.Component;
+import java.awt.Container;
 import java.awt.Font;
-import java.awt.GridLayout;
-import java.awt.Rectangle;
 import java.awt.event.ActionListener;
 import java.awt.event.MouseAdapter;
 import java.awt.event.MouseEvent;
@@ -35,15 +33,16 @@ import java.util.List;
 import java.util.Objects;
 
 import javax.swing.AbstractButton;
+import javax.swing.BorderFactory;
 import javax.swing.JButton;
 import javax.swing.JComboBox;
 import javax.swing.JComponent;
-import javax.swing.JLabel;
 import javax.swing.JMenu;
 import javax.swing.JMenuItem;
-import javax.swing.JPanel;
 import javax.swing.JScrollBar;
 import javax.swing.SwingConstants;
+import javax.swing.border.Border;
+import javax.swing.border.TitledBorder;
 
 /**
  * useful functions for building Swing GUIs
@@ -141,54 +140,23 @@ public final class JvSwingUtils
   }
 
   /**
+   * A convenience method that that adds a component with label to a container,
+   * sets a tooltip on both component and label, and optionally specifies layout
+   * constraints for the added component (but not the label)
    * 
-   * @param panel
+   * @param container
    * @param tooltip
    * @param label
-   * @param valBox
-   * @return the GUI element created that was added to the layout so it's
-   *         attributes can be changed.
+   * @param comp
+   * @param constraints
    */
-  public static JPanel addtoLayout(JPanel panel, String tooltip,
-          JComponent label, JComponent valBox)
+  public static void addtoLayout(Container container, String tooltip,
+          JComponent label, JComponent comp, String constraints)
   {
-    JPanel laypanel = new JPanel(new GridLayout(1, 2));
-    JPanel labPanel = new JPanel(new BorderLayout());
-    JPanel valPanel = new JPanel();
-    labPanel.setBounds(new Rectangle(7, 7, 158, 23));
-    valPanel.setBounds(new Rectangle(172, 7, 270, 23));
-    labPanel.add(label, BorderLayout.WEST);
-    valPanel.add(valBox);
-    laypanel.add(labPanel);
-    laypanel.add(valPanel);
-    valPanel.setToolTipText(tooltip);
-    labPanel.setToolTipText(tooltip);
-    valBox.setToolTipText(tooltip);
-    panel.add(laypanel);
-    panel.validate();
-    return laypanel;
-  }
-
-  public static void mgAddtoLayout(JPanel cpanel, String tooltip,
-          JLabel jLabel, JComponent name)
-  {
-    mgAddtoLayout(cpanel, tooltip, jLabel, name, null);
-  }
-
-  public static void mgAddtoLayout(JPanel cpanel, String tooltip,
-          JLabel jLabel, JComponent name, String params)
-  {
-    cpanel.add(jLabel);
-    if (params == null)
-    {
-      cpanel.add(name);
-    }
-    else
-    {
-      cpanel.add(name, params);
-    }
-    name.setToolTipText(tooltip);
-    jLabel.setToolTipText(tooltip);
+    container.add(label);
+    container.add(comp, constraints);
+    comp.setToolTipText(tooltip); // this doesn't seem to show?
+    label.setToolTipText(tooltip);
   }
 
   /**
@@ -351,4 +319,29 @@ public final class JvSwingUtils
     return combo;
   }
 
+  /**
+   * Adds a titled border to the component in the default font and position (top
+   * left), optionally with italic text
+   * 
+   * @param comp
+   * @param title
+   * @param italic
+   */
+  public static TitledBorder createTitledBorder(JComponent comp,
+          String title, boolean italic)
+  {
+    Font font = comp.getFont();
+    if (italic)
+    {
+      font = new Font(font.getName(), Font.ITALIC, font.getSize());
+    }
+    Border border = BorderFactory.createTitledBorder("");
+    TitledBorder titledBorder = BorderFactory.createTitledBorder(border,
+            title, TitledBorder.LEADING, TitledBorder.DEFAULT_POSITION,
+            font);
+    comp.setBorder(titledBorder);
+
+    return titledBorder;
+  }
+
 }