Java Utililty Methods JButton Create

List of utility methods to do JButton Create

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Description

The list of methods to do JButton Create are organized into topic(s).

Method

JComponentcreateButtonRow(List buttons)
Takes the given list of buttons and creates a horizontal panel containing them, with standard spacing and size. 
equalizeSizes(buttons);
Box row = new Box(BoxLayout.X_AXIS);
row.setBorder(BorderFactory.createEmptyBorder(DEFAULT_BORDER, 0, DEFAULT_BORDER, 0));
Iterator buttonIt = buttons.iterator();
while (buttonIt.hasNext()) {
    row.add((JComponent) buttonIt.next());
    if (buttonIt.hasNext())
        row.add(Box.createRigidArea(new Dimension(DEFAULT_STRUT, 0))); 
...
JPanelcreateButtonsPanel(JComponent... components)
create Buttons Panel 
final JPanel buttonsPanel = new JPanel(new FlowLayout(FlowLayout.RIGHT));
buttonsPanel.setOpaque(false);
for (final JComponent component : components) {
    buttonsPanel.add(component);
return buttonsPanel;
JPanelcreateCheckbox(String boxlabel, String[] buttons, boolean[] checked, ActionListener al)
Create a panel containing a checkbox. 
JPanel jp = createPaletteJPanel(boxlabel);
for (int j = 0; j < buttons.length; j++) {
    JCheckBox jcb = new JCheckBox(buttons[j]);
    jcb.setActionCommand(Integer.toString(j));
    if (al != null)
        jcb.addActionListener(al);
    jcb.setSelected(checked[j]);
    jp.add(jcb);
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JButtoncreateCustomButton(Action a)
create Custom Button 
return (JButton) customize(new JButton(a));
JButtonCreateFlatButton()
Creates a new JButton with the flat appearance. 
JButton button = new JButton();
makeButtonFlat(button);
return button;
JRadioButtoncreateGameRadioButton(String answer, int fontSize)
create Game Radio Button 
JRadioButton btn = new JRadioButton(answer);
btn.setBackground(Color.GRAY);
btn.setForeground(Color.WHITE);
btn.setFont(new Font(" ", Font.BOLD, fontSize));
return btn;
JButtoncreateHyperlinkButton(String text, String tip, ActionListener action)
create Hyperlink Button 
JButton button = new JButton();
button.setText("<html><a href=\"#\">" + text + "</a></html>");
button.setHorizontalAlignment(SwingConstants.LEFT);
button.setBorderPainted(false);
button.setBorder(BorderFactory.createEmptyBorder());
button.setOpaque(false);
button.setCursor(Cursor.getPredefinedCursor(Cursor.HAND_CURSOR));
button.setBackground(new Color(0, 0, 0, 0));
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JButtoncreateIconButton(Class klass, String resource, String fallbackText)
Creates a JButton with an Icon from the named resource, which should be in the class loader jar file as klass. 
JButton result = new JButton();
try {
    Image image = ImageIO.read(klass.getResource(resource));
    result.setIcon(new ImageIcon(image));
} catch (Exception e) {
    result.setText(fallbackText);
result.setToolTipText(fallbackText);
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JButtoncreateIconButton(ImageIcon icon, int dimension, String tooltipText, java.awt.event.ActionListener action)
create Icon Button 
JButton btn = new JButton();
btn.setToolTipText(tooltipText);
btn.setIcon(icon);
btn.setMaximumSize(new Dimension(dimension, dimension));
btn.setMinimumSize(new Dimension(dimension, dimension));
btn.setPreferredSize(new Dimension(dimension, dimension));
btn.setMargin(new Insets(0, 0, 0, 0));
if (action != null)
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JButtoncreateJButton(Container c, String caption, int x, int y, int width, int height, ActionListener al)
This method makes it easy (and also neat) creating a JButton and adding it to its container class. 
JButton btn = new JButton(caption);
btn.setBounds(x, y, width, height);
if (al != null)
    btn.addActionListener(al);
c.add(btn);
return btn;