Swing Hacks
Swing Hacks Tips and Tools for Killer GUIs By Joshua Marinacci, Chris Adamson
June 2005
Pages: 542

| Table of Contents | Index | Sample Hacks | Colophon

Table of Contents

  1. Chapter 1 Basic JComponents

    1. Hacks 1–12: Introduction

    2. Create Image-Themed Components

    3. Don't Settle for Boring Text Labels

    4. Fill Your Borders with Pretty Pictures

    5. Display Dates in a Custom Calendar

    6. Add a Watermark to a Text Component

    7. Watermark Your Scroll Panes

    8. Put a NASA Photo into the Background of a Text Area

    9. Animate Transitions Between Tabs

    10. Blur Disabled Components

    11. Building a Drop-Down Menu Button

    12. Create Menus with Drop Shadows

    13. Add Translucence to Menus

  2. Chapter 2 Lists and Combos

    1. Hacks 13–20: Introduction

    2. Filter JLists

    3. Add a Filter History

    4. Make JLists Checkable

    5. Make Different List Items Look Different

    6. Reorder a JList with Drag-and-Drop

    7. Animate Your JList Selections

    8. Turn Methods into List Renderers

    9. Create a Collections-Aware JComboBox

  3. Chapter 3 Tables and Trees

    1. Hacks 21–27: Introduction

    2. Size Your Columns to Suit Your JTable's Contents

    3. Add Column Selection to JTables

    4. Let Your JTables Do the Sorting

    5. Create a JDBC Table Model

    6. Export Table Data to an Excel Spreadsheet

    7. Search Through JTables Easily

    8. Animate JTree Drops

  4. Chapter 4 File Choosers

    1. Hacks 28–32: Introduction

    2. Add a Right-Click Context Menu to the JFileChooser

    3. Display Shortcuts in the JFileChooser

    4. Real Windows Shortcut Support

    5. Add Image Preview to File Choosers

    6. Preview ZIP and JAR Files

  5. Chapter 5 Windows, Dialogs, and Frames

    1. Hacks 33–40: Introduction

    2. Window Snapping

    3. Make a Draggable Window

    4. Add Windows Resize Icons

    5. Add Status Bars to Windows

    6. Save Window Settings

    7. Earthquake Dialog

    8. Spin Open a Detail Pane

    9. Minimize to a Mini-Frame

  6. Chapter 6 Transparent and Animated Windows

    1. Hacks 41–47: Introduction

    2. Transparent Windows

    3. Make Your Frame Dissolve

    4. Create Custom Tool Tips

    5. Turn Dialogs into Frame-Anchored Sheets

    6. Animating a Sheet Dialog

    7. Slide Notes Out from the Taskbar

    8. Indefinite Progress Indicator

  7. Chapter 7 Text

    1. Hacks 48–55: Introduction

    2. Make Text Components Searchable

    3. Force Text Input into Specific Formats

    4. Auto-Completing Text Fields

    5. Write Backward Text

    6. Use HTML and CSS in Text Components

    7. Use Global Anti-Aliased Fonts

    8. Anti-Aliased Text Without Code

    9. Anti-Aliased Text with a Custom Look and Feel

  8. Chapter 8 Rendering

    1. Hacks 56–64: Introduction

    2. Create a Magnifying Glass Component

    3. Create a Global Right-Click

    4. Block a Window Without a Modal Dialog

    5. Create a Color Eyedropper

    6. Changing Fonts Throughout Your Application

    7. Load New Fonts at Runtime

    8. Build a Colorful Vector-Based Button

    9. Add a Third Dimension to Swing

    10. Turn the Spotlight on Swing

  9. Chapter 9 Drag-and-Drop

    1. Hacks 65–69: Introduction

    2. Drag-and-Drop with Files

    3. Handle Dropped URLs

    4. Handle Dropped Images

    5. Handling Dropped Picts on Mac OS X

    6. Translucent Drag-and-Drop

  10. Chapter 10 Audio

    1. Hacks 70–78: Introduction

    2. Play a Sound in an Applet

    3. Play a Sound with JavaSound

    4. Play a Sound with Java Media Framework

    5. Play a Sound with QuickTime for Java

    6. Add MP3 Support to JMF

    7. Build an Audio Waveform Display

    8. Play Non-Trivial Audio

    9. Show Audio Information While Playing SoundHack

    10. Provide Audio Controls During Playback

  11. Chapter 11 Native Integration and Packaging

    1. Hacks 79–87: Introduction

    2. Launch External Programs on Windows

    3. Open Files, Directories, and URLs on Mac OS X

    4. Make Mac Applications Behave Normally

    5. Control iTunes on Mac OS X

    6. Control iTunes Under Windows

    7. Construct Single-Launch Applications

    8. Stuff Stuff in JARs

    9. Make Quick Look and Feel Changes

    10. Create an Inverse Black-and-White Theme

  12. Chapter 12 Miscellany

    1. Hacks 88–100: Introduction

    2. Display a Busy Cursor

    3. Fun with Keyboard Lights

    4. Create Demonstrations with the Robot Class

    5. Check Your Mail with Swing

    6. Don't Block the GUI

    7. Code Models That Don't Block

    8. Fire Events and Stay Bug Free

    9. Debug Your GUI

    10. Debug Components with a Custom Glass Pane

    11. Mirror an Application

    12. Add Velocity for Dynamic HTML

    13. Get Large File Icons

    14. Make Frames Resize Dynamically

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