ImageObserver, ItemSelectable, MenuContainer, Serializable, SwingConstants
JButton, JMenuItem, JToggleButton
@JavaBean(defaultProperty="UI") public abstract class AbstractButton extends JComponent implements ItemSelectable, SwingConstants
 Buttons can be configured, and to some degree controlled, by Actions. Using an Action with a button has many benefits beyond directly configuring a button. Refer to  Swing Components Supporting Action for more details, and you can find more information in How to Use Actions, a section in The Java Tutorial. 
For further information see How to Use Buttons, Check Boxes, and Radio Buttons, a section in The Java Tutorial.
 Warning: Serialized objects of this class will not be compatible with future Swing releases. The current serialization support is appropriate for short term storage or RMI between applications running the same version of Swing. As of 1.4, support for long term storage of all JavaBeans has been added to the java.beans package. Please see XMLEncoder.
| Modifier and Type | Class | Description | 
|---|---|---|
| protected class  | AbstractButton.AccessibleAbstractButton | This class implements accessibility support for the  AbstractButtonclass. | 
| protected class  | AbstractButton.ButtonChangeListener | Extends  ChangeListenerto be serializable. | 
JComponent.AccessibleJComponent
Container.AccessibleAWTContainer
Component.AccessibleAWTComponent, Component.BaselineResizeBehavior, Component.BltBufferStrategy, Component.FlipBufferStrategy
| Modifier and Type | Field | Description | 
|---|---|---|
| protected ActionListener | actionListener | The button model's  ActionListener. | 
| static final String | BORDER_PAINTED_CHANGED_PROPERTY | Identifies a change to having the border drawn, or having it not drawn. | 
| protected ChangeEvent | changeEvent | Only one  ChangeEventis needed per button instance since the event's only state is the source property. | 
| protected ChangeListener | changeListener | The button model's  changeListener. | 
| static final String | CONTENT_AREA_FILLED_CHANGED_PROPERTY | Identifies a change to having the button paint the content area. | 
| static final String | DISABLED_ICON_CHANGED_PROPERTY | Identifies a change to the icon used when the button has been disabled. | 
| static final String | DISABLED_SELECTED_ICON_CHANGED_PROPERTY | Identifies a change to the icon used when the button has been disabled and selected. | 
| static final String | FOCUS_PAINTED_CHANGED_PROPERTY | Identifies a change to having the border highlighted when focused, or not. | 
| static final String | HORIZONTAL_ALIGNMENT_CHANGED_PROPERTY | Identifies a change in the button's horizontal alignment. | 
| static final String | HORIZONTAL_TEXT_POSITION_CHANGED_PROPERTY | Identifies a change in the button's horizontal text position. | 
| static final String | ICON_CHANGED_PROPERTY | Identifies a change to the icon that represents the button. | 
| protected ItemListener | itemListener | The button model's  ItemListener. | 
| static final String | MARGIN_CHANGED_PROPERTY | Identifies a change in the button's margins. | 
| static final String | MNEMONIC_CHANGED_PROPERTY | Identifies a change to the button's mnemonic. | 
| protected ButtonModel | model | The data model that determines the button's state. | 
| static final String | MODEL_CHANGED_PROPERTY | Identifies a change in the button model. | 
| static final String | PRESSED_ICON_CHANGED_PROPERTY | Identifies a change to the icon used when the button has been pressed. | 
| static final String | ROLLOVER_ENABLED_CHANGED_PROPERTY | Identifies a change from rollover enabled to disabled or back to enabled. | 
| static final String | ROLLOVER_ICON_CHANGED_PROPERTY | Identifies a change to the icon used when the cursor is over the button. | 
| static final String | ROLLOVER_SELECTED_ICON_CHANGED_PROPERTY | Identifies a change to the icon used when the cursor is over the button and it has been selected. | 
| static final String | SELECTED_ICON_CHANGED_PROPERTY | Identifies a change to the icon used when the button has been selected. | 
| static final String | TEXT_CHANGED_PROPERTY | Identifies a change in the button's text. | 
| static final String | VERTICAL_ALIGNMENT_CHANGED_PROPERTY | Identifies a change in the button's vertical alignment. | 
| static final String | VERTICAL_TEXT_POSITION_CHANGED_PROPERTY | Identifies a change in the button's vertical text position. | 
listenerList, TOOL_TIP_TEXT_KEY, ui, UNDEFINED_CONDITION, WHEN_ANCESTOR_OF_FOCUSED_COMPONENT, WHEN_FOCUSED, WHEN_IN_FOCUSED_WINDOW
accessibleContext, BOTTOM_ALIGNMENT, CENTER_ALIGNMENT, LEFT_ALIGNMENT, RIGHT_ALIGNMENT, TOP_ALIGNMENT
ABORT, ALLBITS, ERROR, FRAMEBITS, HEIGHT, PROPERTIES, SOMEBITS, WIDTH
BOTTOM, CENTER, EAST, HORIZONTAL, LEADING, LEFT, NEXT, NORTH, NORTH_EAST, NORTH_WEST, PREVIOUS, RIGHT, SOUTH, SOUTH_EAST, SOUTH_WEST, TOP, TRAILING, VERTICAL, WEST
| Modifier | Constructor | Description | 
|---|---|---|
| protected  | Constructor for subclasses to call. | 
| Modifier and Type | Method | Description | 
|---|---|---|
| protected void | actionPropertyChanged | Updates the button's state in response to property changes in the associated action. | 
| void | addActionListener | Adds an  ActionListenerto the button. | 
| void | addChangeListener | Adds a  ChangeListenerto the button. | 
| protected void | addImpl | Adds the specified component to this container at the specified index, refer to  Container.addImpl(Component, Object, int)for a complete description of this method. | 
| void | addItemListener | Adds an  ItemListenerto thecheckbox. | 
| protected int | checkHorizontalKey | Verify that the  keyargument is a legal value for thehorizontalAlignmentandhorizontalTextPositionproperties. | 
| protected int | checkVerticalKey | Verify that the  keyargument is a legal value for the vertical properties. | 
| protected void | configurePropertiesFromAction | Sets the properties on this button to match those in the specified  Action. | 
| protected ActionListener | createActionListener() | Returns  ActionListenerthat is added to model. | 
| protected PropertyChangeListener | createActionPropertyChangeListener | Creates and returns a  PropertyChangeListenerthat is responsible for listening for changes from the specifiedActionand updating the appropriate properties. | 
| protected ChangeListener | createChangeListener() | Subclasses that want to handle  ChangeEventsdifferently can override this to return anotherChangeListenerimplementation. | 
| protected ItemListener | createItemListener() | Returns  ItemListenerthat is added to model. | 
| void | doClick() | Programmatically perform a "click". | 
| void | doClick | Programmatically perform a "click". | 
| protected void | fireActionPerformed | Notifies all listeners that have registered interest for notification on this event type. | 
| protected void | fireItemStateChanged | Notifies all listeners that have registered interest for notification on this event type. | 
| protected void | fireStateChanged() | Notifies all listeners that have registered interest for notification on this event type. | 
| Action | getAction() | Returns the currently set  Actionfor thisActionEventsource, ornullif noActionis set. | 
| String | getActionCommand() | Returns the action command for this button. | 
| ActionListener[] | getActionListeners() | Returns an array of all the  ActionListeners added to this AbstractButton with addActionListener(). | 
| ChangeListener[] | getChangeListeners() | Returns an array of all the  ChangeListeners added to this AbstractButton with addChangeListener(). | 
| Icon | getDisabledIcon() | Returns the icon used by the button when it's disabled. | 
| Icon | getDisabledSelectedIcon() | Returns the icon used by the button when it's disabled and selected. | 
| int | getDisplayedMnemonicIndex() | Returns the character, as an index, that the look and feel should provide decoration for as representing the mnemonic character. | 
| boolean | getHideActionText() | Returns the value of the  hideActionTextproperty, which determines whether the button displays text from theAction. | 
| int | getHorizontalAlignment() | Returns the horizontal alignment of the icon and text. | 
| int | getHorizontalTextPosition() | Returns the horizontal position of the text relative to the icon. | 
| Icon | getIcon() | Returns the default icon. | 
| int | getIconTextGap() | Returns the amount of space between the text and the icon displayed in this button. | 
| ItemListener[] | getItemListeners() | Returns an array of all the  ItemListeners added to this AbstractButton with addItemListener(). | 
| String | getLabel() | 
Deprecated.  | 
| Insets | getMargin() | Returns the margin between the button's border and the label. | 
| int | getMnemonic() | Returns the keyboard mnemonic from the current model. | 
| ButtonModel | getModel() | Returns the model that this button represents. | 
| long | getMultiClickThreshhold() | Gets the amount of time (in milliseconds) required between mouse press events for the button to generate the corresponding action events. | 
| Icon | getPressedIcon() | Returns the pressed icon for the button. | 
| Icon | getRolloverIcon() | Returns the rollover icon for the button. | 
| Icon | getRolloverSelectedIcon() | Returns the rollover selection icon for the button. | 
| Icon | getSelectedIcon() | Returns the selected icon for the button. | 
| Object[] | getSelectedObjects() | Returns an array (length 1) containing the label or  nullif the button is not selected. | 
| String | getText() | Returns the button's text. | 
| ButtonUI | getUI() | Returns the L&F object that renders this component. | 
| int | getVerticalAlignment() | Returns the vertical alignment of the text and icon. | 
| int | getVerticalTextPosition() | Returns the vertical position of the text relative to the icon. | 
| boolean | imageUpdate | If the button icon for the current button state is either  nullor not anImageIconwith anImageequal to the passed inImage, returnfalse; otherwise it will delegate to the super-class. | 
| protected void | init | Initialization of the  AbstractButton. | 
| boolean | isBorderPainted() | Gets the  borderPaintedproperty. | 
| boolean | isContentAreaFilled() | Gets the  contentAreaFilledproperty. | 
| boolean | isFocusPainted() | Gets the  paintFocusproperty. | 
| boolean | isRolloverEnabled() | Gets the  rolloverEnabledproperty. | 
| boolean | isSelected() | Returns the state of the button. | 
| protected void | paintBorder | Paint the button's border if  BorderPaintedproperty is true and the button has a border. | 
| protected String | paramString() | Returns a string representation of this  AbstractButton. | 
| void | removeActionListener | Removes an  ActionListenerfrom the button. | 
| void | removeChangeListener | Removes a ChangeListener from the button. | 
| void | removeItemListener | Removes an  ItemListenerfrom the button. | 
| void | removeNotify() | Notifies this component that it no longer has a parent component. | 
| void | setAction | Sets the  Action. | 
| void | setActionCommand | Sets the action command for this button. | 
| void | setBorderPainted | Sets the  borderPaintedproperty. | 
| void | setContentAreaFilled | Sets the  contentAreaFilledproperty. | 
| void | setDisabledIcon | Sets the disabled icon for the button. | 
| void | setDisabledSelectedIcon | Sets the disabled selection icon for the button. | 
| void | setDisplayedMnemonicIndex | Provides a hint to the look and feel as to which character in the text should be decorated to represent the mnemonic. | 
| void | setEnabled | Enables (or disables) the button. | 
| void | setFocusPainted | Sets the  paintFocusproperty, which must betruefor the focus state to be painted. | 
| void | setHideActionText | Sets the  hideActionTextproperty, which determines whether the button displays text from theAction. | 
| void | setHorizontalAlignment | Sets the horizontal alignment of the icon and text. | 
| void | setHorizontalTextPosition | Sets the horizontal position of the text relative to the icon. | 
| void | setIcon | Sets the button's default icon. | 
| void | setIconTextGap | If both the icon and text properties are set, this property defines the space between them. | 
| void | setLabel | 
Deprecated.  - Replaced by  setText(text) | 
| void | setLayout | Sets the layout manager for this container, refer to  Container.setLayout(LayoutManager)for a complete description of this method. | 
| void | setMargin | Sets space for margin between the button's border and the label. | 
| void | setMnemonic | This method is now obsolete, please use  setMnemonic(int)to set the mnemonic for a button. | 
| void | setMnemonic | Sets the keyboard mnemonic on the current model. | 
| void | setModel | Sets the model that this button represents. | 
| void | setMultiClickThreshhold | Sets the amount of time (in milliseconds) required between mouse press events for the button to generate the corresponding action events. | 
| void | setPressedIcon | Sets the pressed icon for the button. | 
| void | setRolloverEnabled | Sets the  rolloverEnabledproperty, which must betruefor rollover effects to occur. | 
| void | setRolloverIcon | Sets the rollover icon for the button. | 
| void | setRolloverSelectedIcon | Sets the rollover selected icon for the button. | 
| void | setSelected | Sets the state of the button. | 
| void | setSelectedIcon | Sets the selected icon for the button. | 
| void | setText | Sets the button's text. | 
| void | setUI | Sets the L&F object that renders this component. | 
| void | setVerticalAlignment | Sets the vertical alignment of the icon and text. | 
| void | setVerticalTextPosition | Sets the vertical position of the text relative to the icon. | 
| void | updateUI() | Resets the UI property to a value from the current look and feel. | 
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public static final String MODEL_CHANGED_PROPERTY
public static final String TEXT_CHANGED_PROPERTY
public static final String MNEMONIC_CHANGED_PROPERTY
public static final String MARGIN_CHANGED_PROPERTY
public static final String VERTICAL_ALIGNMENT_CHANGED_PROPERTY
public static final String HORIZONTAL_ALIGNMENT_CHANGED_PROPERTY
public static final String VERTICAL_TEXT_POSITION_CHANGED_PROPERTY
public static final String HORIZONTAL_TEXT_POSITION_CHANGED_PROPERTY
public static final String BORDER_PAINTED_CHANGED_PROPERTY
public static final String FOCUS_PAINTED_CHANGED_PROPERTY
public static final String ROLLOVER_ENABLED_CHANGED_PROPERTY
public static final String CONTENT_AREA_FILLED_CHANGED_PROPERTY
public static final String ICON_CHANGED_PROPERTY
public static final String PRESSED_ICON_CHANGED_PROPERTY
public static final String SELECTED_ICON_CHANGED_PROPERTY
public static final String ROLLOVER_ICON_CHANGED_PROPERTY
public static final String ROLLOVER_SELECTED_ICON_CHANGED_PROPERTY
public static final String DISABLED_ICON_CHANGED_PROPERTY
public static final String DISABLED_SELECTED_ICON_CHANGED_PROPERTY
protected ButtonModel model
protected ChangeListener changeListener
changeListener.protected ActionListener actionListener
ActionListener.protected ItemListener itemListener
ItemListener.protected transient ChangeEvent changeEvent
ChangeEvent is needed per button instance since the event's only state is the source property. The source of events generated is always "this".protected AbstractButton()
@BeanProperty(expert=true, description="Whether the text of the button should come from the <code>Action</code>.") public void setHideActionText(boolean hideActionText)
hideActionText property, which determines whether the button displays text from the Action. This is useful only if an Action has been installed on the button.hideActionText - true if the button's text property should not reflect that of the Action; the default is false
public boolean getHideActionText()
hideActionText property, which determines whether the button displays text from the Action. This is useful only if an Action has been installed on the button.true if the button's text property should not reflect that of the Action; the default is false
public String getText()
@BeanProperty(preferred=true, visualUpdate=true, description="The button\'s text.") public void setText(String text)
text - the string used to set the textpublic boolean isSelected()
public void setSelected(boolean b)
actionEvent. Call doClick to perform a programmatic action change.b - true if the button is selected, otherwise falsepublic void doClick()
public void doClick(int pressTime)
pressTime milliseconds.pressTime - the time to "hold down" the button, in milliseconds@BeanProperty(visualUpdate=true, description="The space between the button\'s border and the label.") public void setMargin(Insets m)
null will cause the button to use the default margin. The button's default Border object will use this value to create the proper margin. However, if a non-default border is set on the button, it is that Border object's responsibility to create the appropriate margin space (else this property will effectively be ignored).m - the space between the border and the labelpublic Insets getMargin()
Insets object specifying the margin between the botton's border and the labelpublic Icon getIcon()
Icon
@BeanProperty(visualUpdate=true, description="The button\'s default icon") public void setIcon(Icon defaultIcon)
defaultIcon - the icon used as the default imagepublic Icon getPressedIcon()
pressedIcon property@BeanProperty(visualUpdate=true, description="The pressed icon for the button.") public void setPressedIcon(Icon pressedIcon)
pressedIcon - the icon used as the "pressed" imagepublic Icon getSelectedIcon()
selectedIcon property@BeanProperty(visualUpdate=true, description="The selected icon for the button.") public void setSelectedIcon(Icon selectedIcon)
selectedIcon - the icon used as the "selected" imagepublic Icon getRolloverIcon()
rolloverIcon property@BeanProperty(visualUpdate=true, description="The rollover icon for the button.") public void setRolloverIcon(Icon rolloverIcon)
rolloverIcon - the icon used as the "rollover" imagepublic Icon getRolloverSelectedIcon()
rolloverSelectedIcon property@BeanProperty(visualUpdate=true, description="The rollover selected icon for the button.") public void setRolloverSelectedIcon(Icon rolloverSelectedIcon)
rolloverSelectedIcon - the icon used as the "selected rollover" imagepublic Icon getDisabledIcon()
Some look and feels might not render the disabled Icon, in which case they will ignore this.
disabledIcon property@BeanProperty(visualUpdate=true, description="The disabled icon for the button.") public void setDisabledIcon(Icon disabledIcon)
disabledIcon - the icon used as the disabled imagepublic Icon getDisabledSelectedIcon()
getDisabledIcon() otherwise. Some look and feels might not render the disabled selected Icon, in which case they will ignore this.
disabledSelectedIcon property@BeanProperty(visualUpdate=true, description="The disabled selection icon for the button.") public void setDisabledSelectedIcon(Icon disabledSelectedIcon)
disabledSelectedIcon - the icon used as the disabled selection imagepublic int getVerticalAlignment()
verticalAlignment property, one of the following values: SwingConstants.CENTER (the default) SwingConstants.TOP SwingConstants.BOTTOM @BeanProperty(visualUpdate=true, enumerationValues={"SwingConstants.TOP","SwingConstants.CENTER","SwingConstants.BOTTOM"}, description="The vertical alignment of the icon and text.") public void setVerticalAlignment(int alignment) alignment - one of the following values: SwingConstants.CENTER (the default) SwingConstants.TOP SwingConstants.BOTTOM IllegalArgumentException - if the alignment is not one of the legal values listed abovepublic int getHorizontalAlignment()
AbstractButton's default is SwingConstants.CENTER, but subclasses such as JCheckBox may use a different default.horizontalAlignment property, one of the following values: SwingConstants.RIGHT SwingConstants.LEFT SwingConstants.CENTER SwingConstants.LEADING SwingConstants.TRAILING @BeanProperty(visualUpdate=true, enumerationValues={"SwingConstants.LEFT","SwingConstants.CENTER","SwingConstants.RIGHT","SwingConstants.LEADING","SwingConstants.TRAILING"}, description="The horizontal alignment of the icon and text.") public void setHorizontalAlignment(int alignment) AbstractButton's default is SwingConstants.CENTER, but subclasses such as JCheckBox may use a different default.alignment - the alignment value, one of the following values: SwingConstants.RIGHT SwingConstants.LEFT SwingConstants.CENTER SwingConstants.LEADING SwingConstants.TRAILING IllegalArgumentException - if the alignment is not one of the valid valuespublic int getVerticalTextPosition()
verticalTextPosition property, one of the following values: SwingConstants.CENTER (the default) SwingConstants.TOP SwingConstants.BOTTOM @BeanProperty(visualUpdate=true, enumerationValues={"SwingConstants.TOP","SwingConstants.CENTER","SwingConstants.BOTTOM"}, description="The vertical position of the text relative to the icon.") public void setVerticalTextPosition(int textPosition) textPosition - one of the following values: SwingConstants.CENTER (the default) SwingConstants.TOP SwingConstants.BOTTOM public int getHorizontalTextPosition()
horizontalTextPosition property, one of the following values: SwingConstants.RIGHT SwingConstants.LEFT SwingConstants.CENTER SwingConstants.LEADING SwingConstants.TRAILING (the default) @BeanProperty(visualUpdate=true, enumerationValues={"SwingConstants.LEFT","SwingConstants.CENTER","SwingConstants.RIGHT","SwingConstants.LEADING","SwingConstants.TRAILING"}, description="The horizontal position of the text relative to the icon.") public void setHorizontalTextPosition(int textPosition) textPosition - one of the following values: SwingConstants.RIGHT SwingConstants.LEFT SwingConstants.CENTER SwingConstants.LEADING SwingConstants.TRAILING (the default) IllegalArgumentException - if textPosition is not one of the legal values listed abovepublic int getIconTextGap()
@BeanProperty(visualUpdate=true, description="If both the icon and text properties are set, this property defines the space between them.") public void setIconTextGap(int iconTextGap)
The default value of this property is 4 pixels.
This is a JavaBeans bound property.
iconTextGap - the space between icon and text if these properties are set.protected int checkHorizontalKey(int key, String exception)
key argument is a legal value for the horizontalAlignment and horizontalTextPosition properties. Valid values are: SwingConstants.RIGHT SwingConstants.LEFT SwingConstants.CENTER SwingConstants.LEADING SwingConstants.TRAILING key - the property value to checkexception - the message to use in the IllegalArgumentException that is thrown for an invalid valuekey argumentIllegalArgumentException - if key is not one of the legal values listed aboveprotected int checkVerticalKey(int key, String exception)
key argument is a legal value for the vertical properties. Valid values are: SwingConstants.CENTER SwingConstants.TOP SwingConstants.BOTTOM key - the property value to checkexception - the message to use in the IllegalArgumentException that is thrown for an invalid valuekey argumentIllegalArgumentException - if key is not one of the legal values listed abovepublic void removeNotify()
KeyboardActions set up in the chain of parent components are removed. This method is called by the toolkit internally and should not be called directly by programs.removeNotify in class JComponent
public void setActionCommand(String actionCommand)
actionCommand - the action command for this buttonpublic String getActionCommand()
@BeanProperty(visualUpdate=true, description="the Action instance connected with this ActionEvent source") public void setAction(Action a)
Action. The new Action replaces any previously set Action but does not affect ActionListeners independently added with addActionListener. If the Action is already a registered ActionListener for the button, it is not re-registered.  Setting the Action results in immediately changing all the properties described in  Swing Components Supporting Action. Subsequently, the button's properties are automatically updated as the Action's properties change. 
 This method uses three other methods to set and help track the Action's property values. It uses the configurePropertiesFromAction method to immediately change the button's properties. To track changes in the Action's property values, this method registers the PropertyChangeListener returned by createActionPropertyChangeListener. The default PropertyChangeListener invokes the actionPropertyChanged method when a property in the Action changes.
a - the Action for the AbstractButton, or null
public Action getAction()
Action for this ActionEvent source, or null if no Action is set.Action for this ActionEvent source, or null
protected void configurePropertiesFromAction(Action a)
Action. Refer to  Swing Components Supporting Action for more details as to which properties this sets.a - the Action from which to get the properties, or null
protected void actionPropertyChanged(Action action, String propertyName)
PropertyChangeListener returned from createActionPropertyChangeListener. Subclasses do not normally need to invoke this. Subclasses that support additional Action properties should override this and configurePropertiesFromAction.  Refer to the table at  Swing Components Supporting Action for a list of the properties this method sets.
action - the Action associated with this buttonpropertyName - the name of the property that changedprotected PropertyChangeListener createActionPropertyChangeListener(Action a)
PropertyChangeListener that is responsible for listening for changes from the specified Action and updating the appropriate properties.  Warning: If you subclass this do not create an anonymous inner class. If you do the lifetime of the button will be tied to that of the Action.
a - the button's actionPropertyChangeListener
public boolean isBorderPainted()
borderPainted property.borderPainted property@BeanProperty(visualUpdate=true, description="Whether the border should be painted.") public void setBorderPainted(boolean b)
borderPainted property. If true and the button has a border, the border is painted. The default value for the borderPainted property is true.  Some look and feels might not support the borderPainted property, in which case they ignore this.
b - if true and border property is not null, the border is paintedprotected void paintBorder(Graphics g)
BorderPainted property is true and the button has a border.paintBorder in class JComponent
g - the Graphics context in which to paintpublic boolean isFocusPainted()
paintFocus property.paintFocus property@BeanProperty(visualUpdate=true, description="Whether focus should be painted") public void setFocusPainted(boolean b)
paintFocus property, which must be true for the focus state to be painted. The default value for the paintFocus property is true. Some look and feels might not paint focus state; they will ignore this property.b - if true, the focus state should be paintedpublic boolean isContentAreaFilled()
contentAreaFilled property.contentAreaFilled property@BeanProperty(visualUpdate=true, description="Whether the button should paint the content area or leave it transparent.") public void setContentAreaFilled(boolean b)
contentAreaFilled property. If true the button will paint the content area. If you wish to have a transparent button, such as an icon only button, for example, then you should set this to false. Do not call setOpaque(false). The default value for the contentAreaFilled property is true. This function may cause the component's opaque property to change.
The exact behavior of calling this function varies on a component-by-component and L&F-by-L&F basis.
b - if true, the content should be filled; if false the content area is not filledpublic boolean isRolloverEnabled()
rolloverEnabled property.rolloverEnabled property@BeanProperty(visualUpdate=true, description="Whether rollover effects should be enabled.") public void setRolloverEnabled(boolean b)
rolloverEnabled property, which must be true for rollover effects to occur. The default value for the rolloverEnabled property is false. Some look and feels might not implement rollover effects; they will ignore this property.b - if true, rollover effects should be paintedpublic int getMnemonic()
@BeanProperty(visualUpdate=true, description="the keyboard character mnemonic") public void setMnemonic(int mnemonic)
 A mnemonic must correspond to a single key on the keyboard and should be specified using one of the VK_XXX keycodes defined in java.awt.event.KeyEvent. These codes and the wider array of codes for international keyboards may be obtained through java.awt.event.KeyEvent.getExtendedKeyCodeForChar. Mnemonics are case-insensitive, therefore a key event with the corresponding keycode would cause the button to be activated whether or not the Shift modifier was pressed. 
If the character defined by the mnemonic is found within the button's label string, the first occurrence of it will be underlined to indicate the mnemonic to the user.
mnemonic - the key code which represents the mnemonic@BeanProperty(visualUpdate=true, description="the keyboard character mnemonic") public void setMnemonic(char mnemonic)
setMnemonic(int) to set the mnemonic for a button. This method is only designed to handle character values which fall between 'a' and 'z' or 'A' and 'Z'.mnemonic - a char specifying the mnemonic value@BeanProperty(visualUpdate=true, description="the index into the String to draw the keyboard character mnemonic at") public void setDisplayedMnemonicIndex(int index) throws IllegalArgumentException
 The value of this is updated as the properties relating to the mnemonic change (such as the mnemonic itself, the text...). You should only ever have to call this if you do not wish the default character to be underlined. For example, if the text was 'Save As', with a mnemonic of 'a', and you wanted the 'A' to be decorated, as 'Save As', you would have to invoke setDisplayedMnemonicIndex(5) after invoking setMnemonic(KeyEvent.VK_A).
index - Index into the String to underlineIllegalArgumentException - will be thrown if index is >= length of the text, or < -1public int getDisplayedMnemonicIndex()
public void setMultiClickThreshhold(long threshold)
threshold - the amount of time required between mouse press events to generate corresponding action eventsIllegalArgumentException - if threshold < 0public long getMultiClickThreshhold()
public ButtonModel getModel()
model property@BeanProperty(description="Model that the Button uses.") public void setModel(ButtonModel newModel)
newModel - the new ButtonModel
public ButtonUI getUI()
getUI in class JComponent
@BeanProperty(hidden=true, visualUpdate=true, description="The UI object that implements the LookAndFeel.") public void setUI(ButtonUI ui)
ui - the ButtonUI L&F objectpublic void updateUI()
AbstractButton should override this to update the UI. For example, JButton might do the following: 
      setUI((ButtonUI)UIManager.getUI(
          "ButtonUI", "javax.swing.plaf.basic.BasicButtonUI", this));
 
updateUI in class JComponent
protected void addImpl(Component comp, Object constraints, int index)
Container.addImpl(Component, Object, int) for a complete description of this method.addImpl in class Container
comp - the component to be addedconstraints - an object expressing layout constraints for this componentindex - the position in the container's list at which to insert the component, where -1 means append to the endIllegalArgumentException - if index is invalidIllegalArgumentException - if adding the container's parent to itselfIllegalArgumentException - if adding a window to a containerpublic void setLayout(LayoutManager mgr)
Container.setLayout(LayoutManager) for a complete description of this method.public void addChangeListener(ChangeListener l)
ChangeListener to the button.l - the listener to be addedpublic void removeChangeListener(ChangeListener l)
l - the listener to be removed@BeanProperty(bound=false) public ChangeListener[] getChangeListeners()
ChangeListeners added to this AbstractButton with addChangeListener().ChangeListeners added or an empty array if no listeners have been addedprotected void fireStateChanged()
public void addActionListener(ActionListener l)
ActionListener to the button.l - the ActionListener to be addedpublic void removeActionListener(ActionListener l)
ActionListener from the button. If the listener is the currently set Action for the button, then the Action is set to null.l - the listener to be removed@BeanProperty(bound=false) public ActionListener[] getActionListeners()
ActionListeners added to this AbstractButton with addActionListener().ActionListeners added or an empty array if no listeners have been addedprotected ChangeListener createChangeListener()
ChangeEvents differently can override this to return another ChangeListener implementation.ChangeListener
protected void fireActionPerformed(ActionEvent event)
event parameter.event - the ActionEvent objectprotected void fireItemStateChanged(ItemEvent event)
event parameter.event - the ItemEvent objectprotected ActionListener createActionListener()
ActionListener that is added to model.ActionListener
protected ItemListener createItemListener()
ItemListener that is added to model.ItemListener
public void setEnabled(boolean b)
setEnabled in class JComponent
b - true to enable the button, otherwise false@Deprecated public String getLabel()
getText
String containing the label@Deprecated @BeanProperty(description="Replace by setText(text)") public void setLabel(String label)
setText(text)
label - a String containing the textpublic void addItemListener(ItemListener l)
ItemListener to the checkbox.addItemListener in interface ItemSelectable
l - the ItemListener to be addedpublic void removeItemListener(ItemListener l)
ItemListener from the button.removeItemListener in interface ItemSelectable
l - the ItemListener to be removed@BeanProperty(bound=false) public ItemListener[] getItemListeners()
ItemListeners added to this AbstractButton with addItemListener().ItemListeners added or an empty array if no listeners have been added@BeanProperty(bound=false) public Object[] getSelectedObjects()
null if the button is not selected.getSelectedObjects in interface ItemSelectable
null
protected void init(String text, Icon icon)
AbstractButton.text - the text of the buttonicon - the Icon image to display on the buttonpublic boolean imageUpdate(Image img, int infoflags, int x, int y, int w, int h)
null or not an ImageIcon with an Image equal to the passed in Image, return false; otherwise it will delegate to the super-class.imageUpdate in interface ImageObserver
imageUpdate in class Component
img - the Image to be comparedinfoflags - flags used to repaint the button when the image is updated and which determine how much is to be paintedx - the x coordinatey - the y coordinatew - the widthh - the heightfalse if the infoflags indicate that the image is completely loaded; true otherwise.protected String paramString()
AbstractButton. This method is intended to be used only for debugging purposes, and the content and format of the returned string may vary between implementations. The returned string may be empty but may not be null.  Overriding paramString to provide information about the specific new aspects of the JFC components.
paramString in class JComponent
AbstractButton
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