Swing Hacks

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Index

Symbols

& (AND) operator, 159

% (mod) operator, 445

Numbers

3D components, 316–321

changing background, 320

faking transparency, 319

A

absolute layouts, 3

AbstractBorder class, 14, 50

AbstractListModel class, 60

AbstractTableModel class, 113

getColumnCount( ), 123

getRowCount( ), 123

getValueAt( ), 123

acceptDrop( ), 339

Action class, 65

ActionListener interface, 64, 243, 258

updateProgressBar( ), 471

actionPerformed( ), 45, 65, 98, 100, 151

animated sheet dialog, 237

cursor animation, 445

earthquake dialog component, 201

mini application frame, 210

addAWTEventListener( )

(Toolkit), 448, 489

addDirtyRegion( )

(RepaintManager), 280

addItem( ), 60

addMovieAndStart( ), 374

AffineTransform class, 254, 256

mirror image text, 273

AIFF audio files, playing, 390

alpha levels

fade-in and fade-out

animations, 255, 256

shadow for vector-based button, 312

AlphaComposite class, 222

getInstance( ), 54

AND (&) operator, 159

animations

busy cursor, displaying, 443–446

earthquake dialog, 197–202

frame dissolves, 219–224

glass pane as indefinite progress

indicator, 251–256

JList selections, 87–92

JTree drops, 139–147

mouse animation, 450–454

picture as indefinite progress bar

indicator, 249–251

sheet dialog, 233–239

slide-in window, 241–245

spotlights, 325

transitions between tabs, 32–39

drawing the animation, 35

scheduling animation, 33

venetian blinds effect, 37

Ant, 433

anti-aliased text

global anti-aliased fonts, 278–282

with custom Look and Feel, 285

without code, 283–285

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Apple Events, 419

Apple System Properties, 414

AppleScript, 419

applets, playing sound, 359–364

restrictive applet security, 363

applications

Mac OS X, names of, 416

mirroring, 486–492

Aqua Look and Feel, 414

Area, 328

ArrayList class, 60

Arrays class, sort( ), 114

arrow for drop-down menu button, 43

ascent (fonts), 11

audio

controls for JavaSound

playback, 401–407

factory to generate, 402–407

MP3 support, adding to

JMF, 376–378

playing a sound with

JavaSound, 364–368

playing non-trivial with

JavaSound, 386–391

uncompressed PCM files of

arbitrary length, 387–390

uncompressed WAV or AIFF files

of arbitrary length, 390–391

playing sound in an applet, 359–364

playing sound with QTJ, 371–376

playing sounds with JMF, 368–371

showing information while

playing, 392–401

audio format information, 393

level information

calculations, 397–401

waveform displays, 378–386

basic audio term definitions, 379

container, creating, 384

converting raw data to samples

and channels, 380–382

creating single display, 382

loading raw data, 380

running the simulator, 385

AudioClip class, 359–364

playing in an applet, 359–361

supported audio formats, 364

AudioFormat class, 392

AudioInputStream class, 366, 380

AudioSystem class, 366

getAudioInputStream( ), 433

auto-completing text fields, 265–272

AWT, 317

AWTEventListener interface, 448, 486,

489

B

Background class, 320

background property (List), 69

BackgroundLoader class (example), 30

backgrounds

default, turning off for TextField, 24

drawing for custom tool tip, 225

image-themed component, 2

label, 4

text area, putting NASA photo

in, 29–32

backward text, writing, 272–275

BasicMenuItemUI class, 53

BasicPopupMenuUI class, 50, 55

big-endian, 392

binding to a port, 425

bit shifting, 160, 382

bitmaps, blurring pixel-by-pixel, 39

blocking a window, 296–299

blocking Load buttons, 464

blurring

disabled components, 39–42

spotlight borders, 325

BooleanControl class, 401

BorderLayout class, 189

borders

drawing for custom tool tip, 225

image-based, creating, 14–19

insets, 15

removing from transparent

window, 217

setting for button, 5

shadow border, creating, 50

text components and menu

items, 437

vector-based button, 313

BoxLayout class, 204

brightness of a picture as indefinite

progress indicator, 249–251

brushed metal Look and Feel, 418

BufferedImage class, 15, 40

3D scenes, using in, 320

file icons, 332

getSubimage( ), 233, 239, 244

Index | 505

buffers, rendering to

intermediate, 40–42

buildIndex( ), 100

build.xml file (Ant), 433

buttons

building colorful

vector-based, 309–315

creating image-based, 5

custom tool tip, 227

HTML, using, 275

bytes, endianness, 392

bytes2short( ), 160

C

calendar, custom, 19–22

Canvas3D class, 318

faking transparency, 319

Caps Lock, Num Lock, and Scroll Lock

keys, flashing light

on, 446–449

cell renderers

animated list cells, 91

animating potential drops on

reorderable list, 84

for checkbox list, 69

header cells, table columns, 106

JFileChooser, 154

JList with multiple layouts, 71–76

PolyRenderer class (example), 78–79

table cells, 113

figuring cell size, 103

renderer for colors, 119

tree cell, 144

turning methods into list

renderers, 92–95

ChangeListener interface, 33

channel (audio), 379

checkboxes, 7

making JLists checkable, 66–70

circular shape for indefinite progress

indicator, 253

ClassLoader class, 429

classpaths

loading image and sound as

resources, 429–431

resources on, 429

running application from JAR

file, 432

client, mirrored application, 487

Clip interface, 366, 386

close boxes, dialog, 229

code models, non-blocking, 465–471

collections

creating List-based

JComboBox, 95–99

creating Map-based

JComboBox, 99–101

Collections class, sort( ), 114

colorizeSelections( ), 90

colors

eyedropper tool, 300–304

list cell foreground and

background, 69

selection panel for drop-down

component, 46–49

system, using, 437

vector-based button, 312

columnAtPoint( ) (JTableHeader), 109

columns, table

adding column selection, 107–109

sizing to suit content, 102–107

com4j package, downloading, 422

combo boxes

collections-aware

JComboBox, 95–101

drop-down menu button, 43–49

color selection panel, 46–49

menus with drop shadows, 49–52

Comparable interface, 114

Comparator class, 113

delegated sorting, 116

resorting based on current

comparator, 114

sorting color values, 119

compare( ), 116

Component class

createImage( ), 349

dispatchEvent( ), 295

Component Object Model (COM), 422

iTunes track information, 423

component references, 490

ComponentAdapter class, 176

ComponentListener interface, 176, 216

componentMoved( ), 177

components

associating events via component

name, 490

debugging with custom glass

pane, 481–486

disabled, blurring, 39–42