Joshua Marinacci, Chris Adamson

Swing Hacks

Tips and Tools for Killer GUIs

• Broschiertes Buch

Produktbeschreibung

Swing Hacks helps Java developers move beyond the basics of Swing, the graphical user interface (GUI) standard since Java 2. If you're a Java developer looking to build enterprise applications with a first-class look and feel, Swing is definitely one skill you need to master. This latest title from O'Reilly is a reference to the cool stuff in Swing. It's about the interesting things you learn over the years--creative, original, even weird hacks--the things that make you say, "I didn't know you could even do that with Swing!"
Swing Hacks will show you how to extend Swing's rich component set in advanced and sometimes non-obvious ways. The book touches upon the entire Swing gamut-tables, trees, sliders, spinners, progress bars, internal frames, and text components. Detail is also provided on JTable/JTree, threaded component models, and translucent windows. You'll learn how to filter lists, power-up trees and tables, and add drag-and-drop support.
Swing Hacks will show you how to do fun things that will directly enhance your own applications. Some are visual enhancements to make your software look better. Some are functional improvements to make your software do something it couldn't do before. Some are even just plain silly, in print only to prove it could be done. The book will also give you give you a small glimpse of the applications coming in the future. New technology is streaming into the Java community at a blistering rate, and it gives application developers a whole new set of blocks to play with.
With its profusion of tips and tricks, Swing Hacks isn't just for the developer who wants to build a better user interface. It's also ideally suited for client-side Java developers who want to deliver polished applications, enthusiasts who want to push Java client application boundaries, and coders who want to bring powerful techniques to their own applications.
Whatever your programming needs, Swing Hacks is packed with programming lessons that increase your competency with interface-building tools.

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Produktdetails

• Verlag: O'Reilly Media
• Seitenzahl: 542
• Erscheinungstermin: 5. Juli 2005
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 229mm x 153mm x 24mm
• Gewicht: 718g
• ISBN-13: 9780596009076
• ISBN-10: 0596009070
• Artikelnr.: 14119858

Autorenporträt

Joshua Marinacci is the author of "The Java Sketchbook" column for java.net, covering topics in Java client-side and web development. A Java programmer since 1995, he's currently working on enterprise document management software. Joshua earned his BS from Georgia Tech in 1997, and has been a professional programmer for over a decade. Chris Adamson is the Associate Online Editor for the O'Reilly web sites ONJava.com and java.net, and is the author of O'Reilly's QuickTime for Java: A Developer's Notebook. His consulting company, Subsequently & Furthermore, Inc., specializes in Java media development. Chris has a BA and BS from Stanford University and an MA from Michigan State University.

Inhaltsangabe

Copyright
Credits
About the Authors
Contributors
Acknowledgments
Preface
Why Swing Hacks?
How to Use This Book
How This Book Is Organized
Conventions Used in This Book
Using Code Examples
How to Contact Us
Got a Hack?
Safari Enabled
Chapter 1: Basic JComponents
1.1 Hacks 1-12: Introduction
1 Create Image-Themed Components
2 Don't Settle for Boring Text Labels
3 Fill Your Borders with Pretty Pictures
4 Display Dates in a Custom Calendar
5 Add a Watermark to a Text Component
6 Watermark Your Scroll Panes
7 Put a NASA Photo into the Background of a Text Area
8 Animate Transitions Between Tabs
9 Blur Disabled Components
10 Building a Drop-Down Menu Button
11 Create Menus with Drop Shadows
12 Add Translucence to Menus
Chapter 2: Lists and Combos
2.1 Hacks 13-20: Introduction
13 Filter JLists
14 Add a Filter History
15 Make JLists Checkable
16 Make Different List Items Look Different
17 Reorder a JList with Drag-and-Drop
18 Animate Your JList Selections
19 Turn Methods into List Renderers
20 Create a Collections-Aware JComboBox
Chapter 3: Tables and Trees
3.1 Hacks 21-27: Introduction
21 Size Your Columns to Suit Your JTable's Contents
22 Add Column Selection to JTables
23 Let Your JTables Do the Sorting
24 Create a JDBC Table Model
25 Export Table Data to an Excel Spreadsheet
26 Search Through JTables Easily
27 Animate JTree Drops
Chapter 4: File Choosers
4.1 Hacks 28-32: Introduction
28 Add a Right-Click Context Menu to the JFileChooser
29 Display Shortcuts in the JFileChooser
30 Real Windows Shortcut Support
31 Add Image Preview to File Choosers
32 Preview ZIP and JAR Files
Chapter 5: Windows, Dialogs, and Frames
5.1 Hacks 33-40: Introduction
33 Window Snapping
34 Make a Draggable Window
35 Add Windows Resize Icons
36 Add Status Bars to Windows
37 Save Window Settings
38 Earthquake Dialog
39 Spin Open a Detail Pane
40 Minimize to a Mini-Frame
Chapter 6: Transparent and Animated Windows
6.1 Hacks 41-47: Introduction
41 Transparent Windows
42 Make Your Frame Dissolve
43 Create Custom Tool Tips
44 Turn Dialogs into Frame-Anchored Sheets
45 Animating a Sheet Dialog
46 Slide Notes Out from the Taskbar
47 Indefinite Progress Indicator
Chapter 7: Text
7.1 Hacks 48-55: Introduction
48 Make Text Components Searchable
49 Force Text Input into Specific Formats
50 Auto-Completing Text Fields
51 Write Backward Text
52 Use HTML and CSS in Text Components
53 Use Global Anti-Aliased Fonts
54 Anti-Aliased Text Without Code
55 Anti-Aliased Text with a Custom Look and Feel
Chapter 8: Rendering
8.1 Hacks 56-64: Introduction
56 Create a Magnifying Glass Component
57 Create a Global Right-Click
58 Block a Window Without a Modal Dialog
59 Create a Color Eyedropper
60 Changing Fonts Throughout Your Application
61 Load New Fonts at Runtime
62 Build a Colorful Vector-Based Button
63 Add a Third Dimension to Swing
64 Turn the Spotlight on Swing
Chapter 9: Drag-and-Drop
9.1 Hacks 65-69: Introduction
65 Drag-and-Drop with Files
66 Handle Dropped URLs
67 Handle Dropped Images
68 Handling Dropped Picts on Mac OS X
69 Translucent Drag-and-Drop
Chapter 10: Audio
10.1 Hacks 70-78: Introduction
70 Play a Sound in an Applet
71 Play a Sound with JavaSound
72 Play a Sound with Java Media Framework
73 Play a Sound with QuickTime for Java
74 Add MP3 Support to JMF
75 Build an Audio Waveform Display
76 Play Non-Trivial Audio
77 Show Audio Information While Playing SoundHack
78 Provide Audio Controls During Playback
Chapter 11: Native Integration and Packaging
11.1 Hacks 79-87: Introduction
79 Launch External Programs on Windows
80 Open Files, Directories, and URLs on Mac OS X
81 Make Mac Applications Behave Normally
82 Control iTunes on Mac OS X
83 Control iTunes Under Windows
84 Construct Single-Launch Applications
85 Stuff Stuff in JARs
86 Make Quick Look and Feel Changes
87 Create an Inverse Black-and-White Theme
Chapter 12: Miscellany
12.1 Hacks 88-100: Introduction
88 Display a Busy Cursor
89 Fun with Keyboard Lights
90 Create Demonstrations with the Robot Class
91 Check Your Mail with Swing
92 Don't Block the GUI
93 Code Models That Don't Block
94 Fire Events and Stay Bug Free
95 Debug Your GUI
96 Debug Components with a Custom Glass Pane
97 Mirror an Application
98 Add Velocity for Dynamic HTML
99 Get Large File Icons
100 Make Frames Resize Dynamically
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Rezensionen

"In seiner umfangreichen Hacks-Reihe offeriert der US-amerikanische Verlag O'Reilly unkonventionelle und trickreiche Lösungen für gängige Probleme des Computer-Alltags. Jeder Band enthält etwa 100 so genannte Hacks, das sind kleine in sich geschlossene Artikel, die sich jeweils mit einem speziellen Problem beschäftigen und hierzu eine kurze, schlüssige und zumeist pfiffige Lösung anbieten. Mit ihrer jüngst erschienenen Ausgabe Swing Hacks möchten Joshua Marinacci und Chris Adamson Java-Anwendungen unter anderem zu einem zeitgemäßen und gefälligen Äußeren verhelfen. [...]Beim Prüfen des Inhaltsverzeichnisses neigt der unbefangene Leser zunächst vielleicht spontan dazu, den einen oder anderen Hack als bloße Spielerei abzutun [...]. Dennoch erschließt sich beim Schmökern ein beachtliches Potenzial, weil es den Autoren auch gelingt, scheinbar bekanntes Terrain auf amüsante und lehrreiche Art neu zu erschließen. Deshalb kann dieses Buch getrost jedem Java-Entwickler [...] ans Herz gelegt werden." - Thomas Künneth, c't Heft 20, 09/2005