ImageObserver
, MenuContainer
, Serializable
, Accessible
@JavaBean(defaultProperty="accessibleContext") public class Box extends JComponent implements Accessible
The Box
class can create several kinds of invisible components that affect layout: glue, struts, and rigid areas. If all the components your Box
contains have a fixed size, you might want to use a glue component (returned by createGlue
) to control the components' positions. If you need a fixed amount of space between two components, try using a strut (createHorizontalStrut
or createVerticalStrut
). If you need an invisible component that always takes up the same amount of space, get it by invoking createRigidArea
.
If you are implementing a BoxLayout
you can find further information and examples in How to Use BoxLayout, 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 |
Box.AccessibleBox |
This class implements accessibility support for the Box class. |
static class |
Box.Filler |
An implementation of a lightweight component that participates in layout but has no view. |
JComponent.AccessibleJComponent
Container.AccessibleAWTContainer
Component.AccessibleAWTComponent, Component.BaselineResizeBehavior, Component.BltBufferStrategy, Component.FlipBufferStrategy
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
Constructor | Description |
---|---|
Box |
Creates a Box that displays its components along the specified axis. |
Modifier and Type | Method | Description |
---|---|---|
static Component |
createGlue() |
Creates an invisible "glue" component that can be useful in a Box whose visible components have a maximum width (for a horizontal box) or height (for a vertical box). |
static Box |
createHorizontalBox() |
Creates a Box that displays its components from left to right. |
static Component |
createHorizontalGlue() |
Creates a horizontal glue component. |
static Component |
createHorizontalStrut |
Creates an invisible, fixed-width component. |
static Component |
createRigidArea |
Creates an invisible component that's always the specified size. |
static Box |
createVerticalBox() |
Creates a Box that displays its components from top to bottom. |
static Component |
createVerticalGlue() |
Creates a vertical glue component. |
static Component |
createVerticalStrut |
Creates an invisible, fixed-height component. |
AccessibleContext |
getAccessibleContext() |
Gets the AccessibleContext associated with this Box. |
protected void |
paintComponent |
Paints this Box . |
void |
setLayout |
Throws an AWTError, since a Box can use only a BoxLayout. |
addAncestorListener, addNotify, addVetoableChangeListener, computeVisibleRect, contains, createToolTip, disable, enable, firePropertyChange, firePropertyChange, fireVetoableChange, getActionForKeyStroke, getActionMap, getAlignmentX, getAlignmentY, getAncestorListeners, getAutoscrolls, getBaseline, getBaselineResizeBehavior, getBorder, getBounds, getClientProperty, getComponentGraphics, getComponentPopupMenu, getConditionForKeyStroke, getDebugGraphicsOptions, getDefaultLocale, getFontMetrics, getGraphics, getHeight, getInheritsPopupMenu, getInputMap, getInputMap, getInputVerifier, getInsets, getInsets, getListeners, getLocation, getMaximumSize, getMinimumSize, getNextFocusableComponent, getPopupLocation, getPreferredSize, getRegisteredKeyStrokes, getRootPane, getSize, getToolTipLocation, getToolTipText, getToolTipText, getTopLevelAncestor, getTransferHandler, getUI, getUIClassID, getVerifyInputWhenFocusTarget, getVetoableChangeListeners, getVisibleRect, getWidth, getX, getY, grabFocus, hide, isDoubleBuffered, isLightweightComponent, isManagingFocus, isOpaque, isOptimizedDrawingEnabled, isPaintingForPrint, isPaintingOrigin, isPaintingTile, isRequestFocusEnabled, isValidateRoot, paint, paintBorder, paintChildren, paintImmediately, paintImmediately, paramString, print, printAll, printBorder, printChildren, printComponent, processComponentKeyEvent, processKeyBinding, processKeyEvent, processMouseEvent, processMouseMotionEvent, putClientProperty, registerKeyboardAction, registerKeyboardAction, removeAncestorListener, removeNotify, removeVetoableChangeListener, repaint, repaint, requestDefaultFocus, requestFocus, requestFocus, requestFocusInWindow, requestFocusInWindow, resetKeyboardActions, reshape, revalidate, scrollRectToVisible, setActionMap, setAlignmentX, setAlignmentY, setAutoscrolls, setBackground, setBorder, setComponentPopupMenu, setDebugGraphicsOptions, setDefaultLocale, setDoubleBuffered, setEnabled, setFocusTraversalKeys, setFont, setForeground, setInheritsPopupMenu, setInputMap, setInputVerifier, setMaximumSize, setMinimumSize, setNextFocusableComponent, setOpaque, setPreferredSize, setRequestFocusEnabled, setToolTipText, setTransferHandler, setUI, setVerifyInputWhenFocusTarget, setVisible, unregisterKeyboardAction, update, updateUI
add, add, add, add, add, addContainerListener, addImpl, addPropertyChangeListener, addPropertyChangeListener, applyComponentOrientation, areFocusTraversalKeysSet, countComponents, deliverEvent, doLayout, findComponentAt, findComponentAt, getComponent, getComponentAt, getComponentAt, getComponentCount, getComponents, getComponentZOrder, getContainerListeners, getFocusTraversalKeys, getFocusTraversalPolicy, getLayout, getMousePosition, insets, invalidate, isAncestorOf, isFocusCycleRoot, isFocusCycleRoot, isFocusTraversalPolicyProvider, isFocusTraversalPolicySet, layout, list, list, locate, minimumSize, paintComponents, preferredSize, printComponents, processContainerEvent, processEvent, remove, remove, removeAll, removeContainerListener, setComponentZOrder, setFocusCycleRoot, setFocusTraversalPolicy, setFocusTraversalPolicyProvider, transferFocusDownCycle, validate, validateTree
action, add, addComponentListener, addFocusListener, addHierarchyBoundsListener, addHierarchyListener, addInputMethodListener, addKeyListener, addMouseListener, addMouseMotionListener, addMouseWheelListener, bounds, checkImage, checkImage, coalesceEvents, contains, createImage, createImage, createVolatileImage, createVolatileImage, disableEvents, dispatchEvent, enable, enableEvents, enableInputMethods, firePropertyChange, firePropertyChange, firePropertyChange, firePropertyChange, firePropertyChange, firePropertyChange, firePropertyChange, getBackground, getBounds, getColorModel, getComponentListeners, getComponentOrientation, getCursor, getDropTarget, getFocusCycleRootAncestor, getFocusListeners, getFocusTraversalKeysEnabled, getFont, getForeground, getGraphicsConfiguration, getHierarchyBoundsListeners, getHierarchyListeners, getIgnoreRepaint, getInputContext, getInputMethodListeners, getInputMethodRequests, getKeyListeners, getLocale, getLocation, getLocationOnScreen, getMouseListeners, getMouseMotionListeners, getMousePosition, getMouseWheelListeners, getName, getParent, getPropertyChangeListeners, getPropertyChangeListeners, getSize, getToolkit, getTreeLock, gotFocus, handleEvent, hasFocus, imageUpdate, inside, isBackgroundSet, isCursorSet, isDisplayable, isEnabled, isFocusable, isFocusOwner, isFocusTraversable, isFontSet, isForegroundSet, isLightweight, isMaximumSizeSet, isMinimumSizeSet, isPreferredSizeSet, isShowing, isValid, isVisible, keyDown, keyUp, list, list, list, location, lostFocus, mouseDown, mouseDrag, mouseEnter, mouseExit, mouseMove, mouseUp, move, nextFocus, paintAll, postEvent, prepareImage, prepareImage, processComponentEvent, processFocusEvent, processHierarchyBoundsEvent, processHierarchyEvent, processInputMethodEvent, processMouseWheelEvent, remove, removeComponentListener, removeFocusListener, removeHierarchyBoundsListener, removeHierarchyListener, removeInputMethodListener, removeKeyListener, removeMouseListener, removeMouseMotionListener, removeMouseWheelListener, removePropertyChangeListener, removePropertyChangeListener, repaint, repaint, repaint, requestFocus, requestFocus, requestFocusInWindow, resize, resize, setBounds, setBounds, setComponentOrientation, setCursor, setDropTarget, setFocusable, setFocusTraversalKeysEnabled, setIgnoreRepaint, setLocale, setLocation, setLocation, setMixingCutoutShape, setName, setSize, setSize, show, show, size, toString, transferFocus, transferFocusBackward, transferFocusUpCycle
public Box(int axis)
Box
that displays its components along the specified axis.axis
- can be BoxLayout.X_AXIS
, BoxLayout.Y_AXIS
, BoxLayout.LINE_AXIS
or BoxLayout.PAGE_AXIS
.AWTError
- if the axis
is invalidpublic static Box createHorizontalBox()
Box
that displays its components from left to right. If you want a Box
that respects the component orientation you should create the Box
using the constructor and pass in BoxLayout.LINE_AXIS
, eg: Box lineBox = new Box(BoxLayout.LINE_AXIS);
public static Box createVerticalBox()
Box
that displays its components from top to bottom. If you want a Box
that respects the component orientation you should create the Box
using the constructor and pass in BoxLayout.PAGE_AXIS
, eg: Box lineBox = new Box(BoxLayout.PAGE_AXIS);
public static Component createRigidArea(Dimension d)
d
- the dimensions of the invisible componentpublic static Component createHorizontalStrut(int width)
width
- the width of the invisible component, in pixels >= 0public static Component createVerticalStrut(int height)
height
- the height of the invisible component, in pixels >= 0public static Component createGlue()
For example, suppose you have a horizontal box that contains two fixed-size components. If the box gets extra space, the fixed-size components won't become larger, so where does the extra space go? Without glue, the extra space goes to the right of the second component. If you put glue between the fixed-size components, then the extra space goes there. If you put glue before the first fixed-size component, the extra space goes there, and the fixed-size components are shoved against the right edge of the box. If you put glue before the first fixed-size component and after the second fixed-size component, the fixed-size components are centered in the box.
To use glue, call Box.createGlue
and add the returned component to a container. The glue component has no minimum or preferred size, so it takes no space unless excess space is available. If excess space is available, then the glue component takes its share of available horizontal or vertical space, just like any other component that has no maximum width or height.
public static Component createHorizontalGlue()
public static Component createVerticalGlue()
public void setLayout(LayoutManager l)
protected void paintComponent(Graphics g)
Box
. If this Box
has a UI this method invokes super's implementation, otherwise if this Box
is opaque the Graphics
is filled using the background.paintComponent
in class JComponent
g
- the Graphics
to paint toNullPointerException
- if g
is null@BeanProperty(bound=false) public AccessibleContext getAccessibleContext()
getAccessibleContext
in interface Accessible
getAccessibleContext
in class Component
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