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Re: NSBox subclassing JTabbedPane

KlunkyRobot <email@hidden> wrote:

>I did a search and cannot find how to do a NSBox in pure Java. the standard
>borders fall short. Has anyone been able to replicate this GUI element?
>
>Since a NSBox and a JTabbedPane visually are much the same just without the
>tab could I subclass the JTabbedPane to not show the tabs?

It would appear to be more tractable to create a custom Border. Doing so
would mean that you only have to figure out how to draw a rounded
rectangular border with some shading. Subclassing JTabbedPane and trying
to eliminate its tabs would be a far more complex undertaking, since the
first thing you'd have to do is figure out exactly what the Aqua TabbedPane
UI is doing.

With a rounded shadowed Border working, you could combine it with a
TitleBorder and a JPanel to create a single JComponent that also does the
internal shading of NSBox. You could call that class JBox.

-- GG
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