Re: Preferences UI

Even with standard Swing components and GridLayout + FlowLayout you
can make pretty Mac alike preferences window for your Java software.
Several months ago I have posted to this list link to screenshots for
the software I've made with Preferences window that is done this way.
Here it is again, pure Java:

Best,
Michael

On Feb 12, 2008 1:13 PM, Jerry <email@hidden> wrote:

It's pretty easy to create a good-looking Mac-like preferences UI with

Swing, especially if you;re using Quaqua. Put all your pages into a

CardLayout, Put that into the Center of a BorderLayout. In the North of the

BorderLayout put a widget containing a JButton for each page, Wire them up

and you're done. I have some code somewhere, but not on this machine....

Jerry

On 11 Feb 2008, at 15:19, Tim Goeke wrote:

The XCode created PrefPane.java is just a JFrame with one label and one

button.  Nothing too fancy at all - and while it's nice, it's not all that

helpful.

The implementation seems to be pretty straight forward but tedious if you

are starting from scratch.

- Tim

On Feb 11, 2008, at 5:38 AM, Tom, BSc (Hons) wrote:

If you create a new project in Xcode, you will be given the Preferences

class for free. As I recall, it's a very basic template and doesn't have

tabs or anything fancy like that.

Once Xcode generates this file for you, you can get rid of the rest of the

project and simply transfer that file to where your other source files are

located – unless, of course, you want to use Xcode to develop your

application.

What's important about this class is that it sticks a Preferences menu item

in the Application Menu and even wires it up to the standard keyboard

shortcut for invoking the preferences pane: ⌘;

The only problem is that the pane isn't in full compliance with Apple's HIG

in that it has an active minimise control. You can get around this by

declaring the object as a JDialog, rather than a JFrame, but it might cause

the menu bar to screw up and suddenly become part of the window (like in

Windows and most Linux apps).

I hope this helps.

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An Apple a day keeps Microsoft away

Second Lt. Applemeister of the 68k Macintosh Liberation Army

On 11 Feb 2008, at 05:25, Alexei Svitkine wrote:

Has anyone ever implemented a preferences Swing component that mimics

closely the prefs windows expected in Aqua apps?

Is there such a component freely available for use somewhere? Or does

everyone roll their own?

-Alexei Svitkine

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