| Polygon
Button |
Image
Button |
Text
Button |
These
Polygon
buttons are created using the basic 3D colors. Jack package
has different styles of buttons and each of the buttons
generates AWT event
Arrow Button
resembles a directional arrow.This button is available in four
orientations
Bar
Button This button has a special type
of border which resembles a bar
Circle Button
has a circular shape Color
Button The width of the 3Dline can bechanged.
Double Button
gives a look as if one button is sitting ontop of the other
Triangleutton
This button isavailabe in four orientations |
The
Image Button is the most flexible and is
available with different options. The image buttons can be
of different shapes similar to the Polygon buttons.
Standard
Image button is a simple button having a image on
it..
Hidden
Image button t The difference between the Hidden and standard
image buttons is the way in which the button effect is displayed
In the hidden image button, the raised effect is visible only when the
mouse comes over the button. |
Shaded
Text is a simple text button. This button does
not use any image file. The raised and depressed effect is accmplished
by using simple drawString function of the Graphics class of java. The
colors of the Shadow and the text can be changed by invoking its member
functions. The shaded text generates a
ActionEvent
when the mouse is pressed on it. |
| Transparent
Button |
Panels |
Focus
Control |
| Transparent
Button displays abutton while still showing the background. |
Jack
Panels behave exactly same as the java.awt panel. Jack panels use 3D
colors to give the special effects. Layouts can be specified to a
jack panel. |
Focus
control is a very simple
and neat component. This control displays a simple string. The background
of the text illuminates when the mouse comes over the text. This component
generates a java.awt.Event when the mouse is pressed on the text. |
| Slider |
Spin
Control |
Tab
Folder |
| Sliders
is a component which displays a set of strings. A pointer can
be dragged on the set of strings using the mouse. This
class has memeber functions which can return the string which
has the pointer on it. The slider pointer can be modified to
point upwards/downwards on the slider bar. |
Spin
control can be used to display a integer data type which can
be incremented by just pressing a increment
or decrement
button. The incremental unit can be set as a parameter to the spin control
class. The incremental
buttons can
be made to dock on either East of West of the text component. |
Tabs
are avilable in different styles. The color of the tab control can also
be changed. Each tab is a panel and the layout of the tab can be
specicified using any of the java layout managers. The tab control allows
image icons to be placed in the tab. The special feature of the Jack tab
is that a particular tab can be either enabled or disabled. More than one
tab can be disabled at the same time.The tabs can be arranged in four
different corners of the center panel. |
| Toolbar |
Piano
Buttons |
Grid
Component |
| Tool
bar takes any of the java components. The buttons on the toolbar can
accept mages. The buttons can be made to toggle in two states. The
size of the tool bar changes automatically based on the size of the
components it contains.Toolbar's base line and border line can be set by
calling appropirate member functions. |
The
color of the Pianobuttons can be changed.
All the piano buttons generate awt events.
The actual
piano effect will be visible when a series of buttons are arranged in a
single column. See the demo for the real effect. The piano button generates
a sound when the mouse is switched between the buttons |
Grid
Component is used to represent tabular information. The jack Grid component
is a very flexible grid.This component allows the user to sort on a column.s.
The grid class fires a event when a row in the grid is selectedThe size
of the grid can increases dynamically when additional rows are added into
the grid. Each row can be edited ie. a row can be copied, deleted, and
modifed. |
| Calendar |
Tree
Component |
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Calendar
Component is a jack component which is used to display a calendar.This
calendar widget is onstructed
using the Gregorian
Calendar in the java.util. This widget takes care of the leap year. This
widget fires a event when a particular day, year or month is selected.
By default the calendar widget displays the currentday , month and year.
The user can make a selecteion explicitly by calling |
Tree
widget is a component which resembles the explorer's tree control.
Nodes can be added to any branch of the tree. All the nodes are light weight
components. Each on the node fires an awt event when mouse is clicked on
it. The event captures the entire path of the node relativive to the grand
parent. |
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