Table of Contents - Swing Hacks

Swing Hacks
By Chris Adamson, Joshua Marinacci
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Publisher: O'Reilly
Pub Date: June 2005
ISBN: 0-596-00907-0
Pages: 542

Table of Contents | Index

How This Book Is Organized

Conventions Used in This Book

Chapter 1. Basic JComponents

Section 1.1. Hacks 112: Introduction

Hack 1. Create Image-Themed Components

Hack 2. Don't Settle for Boring Text Labels

Hack 3. Fill Your Borders with Pretty Pictures

Hack 4. Display Dates in a Custom Calendar

Hack 5. Add a Watermark to a Text Component

Hack 6. Watermark Your Scroll Panes

Hack 7. Put a NASA Photo into the Background of a Text Area

Hack 8. Animate Transitions Between Tabs

Hack 9. Blur Disabled Components

Hack 10. Building a Drop-Down Menu Button

Hack 11. Create Menus with Drop Shadows

Hack 12. Add Translucence to Menus

Chapter 2. Lists and Combos

Section 2.1. Hacks 1320: Introduction

Hack 13. Filter JLists

Hack 14. Add a Filter History

Hack 15. Make JLists Checkable

Hack 16. Make Different List Items Look Different

Hack 17. Reorder a JList with Drag-and-Drop

Hack 18. Animate Your JList Selections

Hack 19. Turn Methods into List Renderers

Hack 20. Create a Collections-Aware JComboBox

Chapter 3. Tables and Trees

Section 3.1. Hacks 2127: Introduction

Hack 21. Size Your Columns to Suit Your JTable's Contents

Hack 22. Add Column Selection to JTables

Hack 23. Let Your JTables Do the Sorting

Hack 24. Create a JDBC Table Model

Hack 25. Export Table Data to an Excel Spreadsheet

Hack 26. Search Through JTables Easily

Hack 27. Animate JTree Drops

Chapter 4. File Choosers

Section 4.1. Hacks 2832: Introduction

Hack 28. Add a Right-Click Context Menu to the JFileChooser

Hack 29. Display Shortcuts in the JFileChooser

Hack 30. Real Windows Shortcut Support

Hack 31. Add Image Preview to File Choosers

Hack 32. Preview ZIP and JAR Files

Chapter 5. Windows, Dialogs, and Frames

Section 5.1. Hacks 3340: Introduction

Hack 33. Window Snapping

Hack 34. Make a Draggable Window

Hack 35. Add Windows Resize Icons

Hack 36. Add Status Bars to Windows

Hack 37. Save Window Settings

Hack 38. Earthquake Dialog

Hack 39. Spin Open a Detail Pane

Hack 40. Minimize to a Mini-Frame

Chapter 6. Transparent and Animated Windows

Section 6.1. Hacks 4147: Introduction

Hack 41. Transparent Windows

Hack 42. Make Your Frame Dissolve

Hack 43. Create Custom Tool Tips

Hack 44. Turn Dialogs into Frame-Anchored Sheets

Hack 45. Animating a Sheet Dialog

Hack 46. Slide Notes Out from the Taskbar

Hack 47. Indefinite Progress Indicator

Chapter 7. Text

Section 7.1. Hacks 4855: Introduction

Hack 48. Make Text Components Searchable

Hack 49. Force Text Input into Specific Formats

Hack 50. Auto-Completing Text Fields

Hack 51. Write Backward Text

Hack 52. Use HTML and CSS in Text Components

Hack 53. Use Global Anti-Aliased Fonts

Hack 54. Anti-Aliased Text Without Code

Hack 55. Anti-Aliased Text with a Custom Look and Feel

Chapter 8. Rendering

Section 8.1. Hacks 5664: Introduction

Hack 56. Create a Magnifying Glass Component

Hack 57. Create a Global Right-Click

Hack 58. Block a Window Without a Modal Dialog

Hack 59. Create a Color Eyedropper

Hack 60. Changing Fonts Throughout Your Application

Hack 61. Load New Fonts at Runtime

Hack 62. Build a Colorful Vector-Based Button

Hack 63. Add a Third Dimension to Swing

Hack 64. Turn the Spotlight on Swing

Chapter 9. Drag-and-Drop

Section 9.1. Hacks 6569: Introduction

Hack 65. Drag-and-Drop with Files

Hack 66. Handle Dropped URLs

Hack 67. Handle Dropped Images

Hack 68. Handling Dropped Picts on Mac OS X

Hack 69. Translucent Drag-and-Drop

Chapter 10. Audio

Section 10.1. Hacks 7078: Introduction

Hack 70. Play a Sound in an Applet

Hack 71. Play a Sound with JavaSound

Hack 72. Play a Sound with Java Media Framework

Hack 73. Play a Sound with QuickTime for Java

Hack 74. Add MP3 Support to JMF

Hack 75. Build an Audio Waveform Display

Hack 76. Play Non-Trivial Audio

Hack 77. Show Audio Information While Playing SoundHack

Hack 78. Provide Audio Controls During Playback

Chapter 11. Native Integration and Packaging

Section 11.1. Hacks 7987: Introduction

Hack 79. Launch External Programs on Windows

Hack 80. Open Files, Directories, and URLs on Mac OS X

Hack 81. Make Mac Applications Behave Normally

Hack 82. Control iTunes on Mac OS X

Hack 83. Control iTunes Under Windows

Hack 84. Construct Single-Launch Applications

Hack 85. Stuff Stuff in JARs

Hack 86. Make Quick Look and Feel Changes

Hack 87. Create an Inverse Black-and-White Theme

Chapter 12. Miscellany

Section 12.1. Hacks 88100: Introduction

Hack 88. Display a Busy Cursor

Hack 89. Fun with Keyboard Lights

Hack 90. Create Demonstrations with the Robot Class

Hack 91. Check Your Mail with Swing

Hack 92. Don't Block the GUI

Hack 93. Code Models That Don't Block

Hack 94. Fire Events and Stay Bug Free

Hack 95. Debug Your GUI

Hack 96. Debug Components with a Custom Glass Pane

Hack 97. Mirror an Application

Hack 98. Add Velocity for Dynamic HTML

Hack 99. Get Large File Icons

Hack 100. Make Frames Resize Dynamically

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