Button Demo
The AWT does not provide picture buttons,
but the excellent book,
Mastering the AWT
by David Geary
shows how they can be implemented.
Here I provide some extensions to these classes,
and examples of their use.
This code uses the Java 1.1 (and later) event model.
It could be implemented for the 1.0.2 event model,
but I have not done so.
I also provide an animated drawn button class,
in which the button face is a custom drawing,
such as a clock face or gauge,
that is provided (and can be updated at any time)
by the application.
This ButtonDemo.java applet
demonstrates picture buttons,
including the drawn button feature.
It may take a minute to load everything.
Source
- ButtonDemo.java
- The demo applet.
- ImageButton.java
- By David Geary,
base class for image buttons.
- PushImageButton.java
- By David Geary,
image button extension with normal push behavior.
- CheckImageButton.java
- By David Geary,
image button extension with push-on push-off behavior.
- ImageButtonListener.java
- By David Geary,
base class state manager for button behaviors.
- SpringyImageButtonListener.java
- By David Geary,
state manager extension for normal push behavior.
- StickyImageButtonListener.java
- By David Geary,
state manager extension for push-on push-off behavior.
- DrawImage.java
- Base class for drawings as button faces.
- WhiteBar.java
- An example drawing as a button face,
showing animation of the image.
- ListenerAdder.java
- A helper class that connects all controls to their controlled code.
- BubbleHelper.java
- Class that manages bubble help or tooltips for AWT components.
- RadioGroup.java
- Class that manages a radio set containing
either CheckImageButtons or Checkboxes.
- ButtonLike.java
- The interface for ButtonLike classes,
- ButtonLikeListener.java
- The basic mouse listener for ButtonLike classes,
after the ImageButtonListener by David Geary.
- MomentaryButtonLikeListener.java
- extends ButtonLikeListener for momentary behavior.
- SpringyButtonLikeListener.java
- extends ButtonLikeListener for springy behavior.
- StickyButtonLikeListener.java
- extends ButtonLikeListener for sticky behavior.
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