org.tentackle.swing.plaf

Interface TentackleLookAndFeel

All Known Implementing Classes:

TMetalLookAndFeel, TNimbusLookAndFeel, TOceanLookAndFeel, TPlasticLookAndFeel

public interface TentackleLookAndFeel

Interface all extended Tentackle look-and-feels must implement.

Tentackle provides wrappers for well known look and feels like metal or looks. The wrappers extend the swing look and feel by features such as:

• blinking or animated keyboard focus for *ALL* components (not only text fields)
• added vertical alignment for JTextField (necessary in autoheight tables)
• added functionality on JTable (dynamically merged cells, formatting, etc...)
• added popup renderer for comboboxes
• portable icon management
• etc...

Author:

harald

Method Summary

Modifier and Type	Method and Description
Color	getMandatoryColor() Gets the mandatory color for fields and selected table cells.
Color	getUnselectedMandatoryColor() Gets the mandatory color for unselected table cells.
boolean	isFocusAnimated() Retrievs the current setting for the focus animation.
ImageIcon	loadImageIcon(String name) Loads an image icon for the look and feel. It allows each look and feel to provide its own icon set.
void	loadTentackleExtraColors() Loads all tentackle-laf specific colors.
void	setFocusAnimated(boolean flag) Configures the animated keyboard focus for non-text components that can grab the keyboard focus, such as comboboxes, radio buttons or check boxes.
void	setMandatoryColor(Color mandatoryColor) Sets the mandatory color for fields and selected table cells.
void	setUnselectedMandatoryColor(Color unselectedMandatoryColor) Sets the mandatory color for unselected table cells.

Method Detail

loadImageIcon

ImageIcon loadImageIcon(String name)
                 throws MissingResourceException

Loads an image icon for the look and feel.
It allows each look and feel to provide its own icon set.

Parameters:

name - the icon's name (without extension like gif or png!)

Returns:

the loaded image icon

Throws:

MissingResourceException - if no such icon

setFocusAnimated

void setFocusAnimated(boolean flag)

Configures the animated keyboard focus for non-text components that can grab the keyboard focus, such as comboboxes, radio buttons or check boxes. By default, the animation is enabled.

Parameters:

flag - the boolean value which is true to enable the animation, false to turn it off

isFocusAnimated

boolean isFocusAnimated()

Retrievs the current setting for the focus animation.

Returns:

true if focus is animated

loadTentackleExtraColors

void loadTentackleExtraColors()

Loads all tentackle-laf specific colors.

getMandatoryColor

Color getMandatoryColor()

Gets the mandatory color for fields and selected table cells.

Returns:

the mandatory color

setMandatoryColor

void setMandatoryColor(Color mandatoryColor)

Sets the mandatory color for fields and selected table cells.

Parameters:

mandatoryColor - the mandatory color

getUnselectedMandatoryColor

Color getUnselectedMandatoryColor()

Gets the mandatory color for unselected table cells.

Returns:

the mandatory color

setUnselectedMandatoryColor

void setUnselectedMandatoryColor(Color unselectedMandatoryColor)

Sets the mandatory color for unselected table cells.

Parameters:

unselectedMandatoryColor - the mandatory color