Java JButton Create createSimpleTextButton(String caption, Action action)

Description

Create simple JButton .

License

Apache License

Parameter

Parameter	Description
caption	caption on the button
action	action

Declaration

public static JButton createSimpleTextButton(String caption, Action action) 

Method Source Code

//package com.java2s;
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import java.awt.Color;

import java.awt.event.ActionEvent;
import java.awt.event.ActionListener;
import java.awt.event.FocusAdapter;
import java.awt.event.FocusEvent;
import java.awt.event.MouseAdapter;
import java.awt.event.MouseEvent;

import javax.swing.AbstractButton;
import javax.swing.Action;
import javax.swing.JButton;

import javax.swing.JToggleButton;
import javax.swing.border.Border;
import javax.swing.border.CompoundBorder;
import javax.swing.border.EmptyBorder;
import javax.swing.border.LineBorder;

public class Main {
    /**
     * Create simple {@link JButton}.
     * 
     * @param caption
     *            caption on the button
     * @param action
     *            action
     * @return {@link JButton}
     */
    public static JButton createSimpleTextButton(String caption, Action action) {
        JButton button = decoratedToSimpleButton(new JButton(caption));
        button.addActionListener(action);
        return button;
    }

    /**
     * Set the button to have simplified UI.
     * 
     * @param button
     *            button to be modified
     * @param <T>
     *            type of button
     * @return button
     */
    public static <T extends AbstractButton> T decoratedToSimpleButton(final T button) {

        button.setForeground(Color.BLACK);
        button.setBackground(Color.LIGHT_GRAY);
        button.setBorderPainted(true);
        button.setFocusPainted(true);
        button.setContentAreaFilled(false);
        button.setOpaque(true);

        if (button instanceof JToggleButton) {
            ((JToggleButton) button).addActionListener(new ActionListener() {
                @Override
                public void actionPerformed(ActionEvent e) {
                    if (button.isSelected()) {
                        button.setBackground(Color.WHITE);
                    }
                }
            });
        }
        button.addMouseListener(new MouseAdapter() {
            @Override
            public void mouseEntered(MouseEvent e) {
                super.mouseEntered(e);
                button.setBackground(Color.WHITE);
            }

            @Override
            public void mouseExited(MouseEvent e) {
                super.mouseExited(e);
                if (!button.isSelected()) {
                    button.setBackground(Color.LIGHT_GRAY);
                }
            }
        });

        button.addFocusListener(new FocusAdapter() {
            @Override
            public void focusLost(FocusEvent e) {
                if (!button.isSelected()) {
                    button.setBackground(Color.LIGHT_GRAY);
                }
            }
        });
        Border line = new LineBorder(Color.BLACK);
        Border margin = new EmptyBorder(5, 15, 5, 15);
        Border compound = new CompoundBorder(line, margin);
        button.setBorder(compound);
        return button;
    }
}

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