2 * Jalview - A Sequence Alignment Editor and Viewer (Version 2.8)
3 * Copyright (C) 2012 J Procter, AM Waterhouse, LM Lui, J Engelhardt, G Barton, M Clamp, S Searle
5 * This file is part of Jalview.
7 * Jalview is free software: you can redistribute it and/or
8 * modify it under the terms of the GNU General Public License
9 * as published by the Free Software Foundation, either version 3 of the License, or (at your option) any later version.
11 * Jalview is distributed in the hope that it will be useful, but
12 * WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty
13 * of MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR
14 * PURPOSE. See the GNU General Public License for more details.
16 * You should have received a copy of the GNU General Public License along with Jalview. If not, see <http://www.gnu.org/licenses/>.
20 import java.awt.Color;
22 import java.awt.Rectangle;
23 import java.awt.event.ActionListener;
25 import javax.swing.JButton;
26 import javax.swing.JComponent;
27 import javax.swing.JLabel;
28 import javax.swing.JMenu;
29 import javax.swing.JMenuItem;
30 import javax.swing.JPanel;
31 import javax.swing.SwingConstants;
34 * useful functions for building Swing GUIs
39 public final class JvSwingUtils
42 * wrap a bare html safe string to around 60 characters per line using a
50 public static String wrapTooltip(String ttext)
52 if (ttext.length() < 60)
58 return "<table width=350 border=0><tr><td>" + ttext
59 + "</td></tr></table>";
62 public static JButton makeButton(String label, String tooltip,
63 ActionListener action)
65 JButton button = new JButton();
66 button.setText(label);
67 // TODO: get the base font metrics for the Jalview gui from somewhere
68 button.setFont(new java.awt.Font("Verdana", Font.PLAIN, 10));
69 button.setForeground(Color.black);
70 button.setHorizontalAlignment(SwingConstants.CENTER);
71 button.setToolTipText(tooltip);
72 button.addActionListener(action);
77 * find or add a submenu with the given title in the given menu
81 * @return the new or existing submenu
83 public static JMenu findOrCreateMenu(JMenu menu, String submenu)
85 JMenu submenuinstance = null;
86 for (int i = 0, iSize = menu.getMenuComponentCount(); i < iSize; i++)
88 if (menu.getMenuComponent(i) instanceof JMenu
89 && ((JMenu) menu.getMenuComponent(i)).getText().equals(
92 submenuinstance = (JMenu) menu.getMenuComponent(i);
95 if (submenuinstance == null)
97 submenuinstance = new JMenu(submenu);
98 menu.add(submenuinstance);
100 return submenuinstance;
110 * @return the GUI element created that was added to the layout so it's
111 * attributes can be changed.
113 public static JPanel addtoLayout(JPanel panel, String tooltip,
114 JComponent label, JComponent valBox)
116 JPanel laypanel = new JPanel(), labPanel = new JPanel(), valPanel = new JPanel();
117 // laypanel.setSize(panel.getPreferredSize());
118 // laypanel.setLayout(null);
119 labPanel.setBounds(new Rectangle(7, 7, 158, 23));
120 valPanel.setBounds(new Rectangle(172, 7, 270, 23));
121 // labPanel.setLayout(new GridLayout(1,1));
122 // valPanel.setLayout(new GridLayout(1,1));
124 valPanel.add(valBox);
125 laypanel.add(labPanel);
126 laypanel.add(valPanel);
127 valPanel.setToolTipText(tooltip);
128 labPanel.setToolTipText(tooltip);
129 valBox.setToolTipText(tooltip);
135 public static void mgAddtoLayout(JPanel cpanel, String tooltip,
136 JLabel jLabel, JComponent name)
138 mgAddtoLayout(cpanel, tooltip, jLabel, name, null);
141 public static void mgAddtoLayout(JPanel cpanel, String tooltip,
142 JLabel jLabel, JComponent name, String params)
151 cpanel.add(name, params);
153 name.setToolTipText(tooltip);
154 jLabel.setToolTipText(tooltip);
158 * standard font for labels and check boxes in dialog boxes
163 public static Font getLabelFont()
165 return getLabelFont(false, false);
168 public static Font getLabelFont(boolean bold, boolean italic)
170 return new java.awt.Font("Verdana", (!bold && !italic) ? Font.PLAIN
171 : (bold ? Font.BOLD : 0) + (italic ? Font.ITALIC : 0), 11);
175 * standard font for editable text areas
179 public static Font getTextAreaFont()
181 return getLabelFont(false, false);
185 * clean up a swing menu. Removes any empty submenus without selection
190 public static void cleanMenu(JMenu webService)
192 for (int i = 0; i < webService.getItemCount();)
194 JMenuItem item = webService.getItem(i);
195 if (item instanceof JMenu && ((JMenu) item).getItemCount() == 0)
197 webService.remove(i);