Module com.iamsoft.util.ui
Package com.iamsoft.util.ui.swing

Class FieldPanel

  • All Implemented Interfaces:
    ImageObserver, MenuContainer, Serializable, Accessible
    public class FieldPanel
extends JPanel
    Utility class for displaying fields in a dialog. Using this class should give a consistent appearance across dialogs. Labels and will be left justified. Fields will also be left justified unless they are resizeable, in which case they will consume excess horizontal space. Best practice: do not append colons to field labels. If we decide to use colons after field labels, we can apply the change to all fields by editing this class.

    Users should not manually add or remove components via standard JPanel calls. Instead, they should use Map methods. We can't make these methods throw UnsupportedOperationExceptions because superclasses end up calling the virtual methods.

    FieldPanel Example TODO: Add methods to set fill and weighty

    See Also:
    Serialized Form

    • Constructor Detail

      • FieldPanel

        public FieldPanel()

      • FieldPanel

        public FieldPanel​(String pLabelText,
                  Component pComponent)

      • FieldPanel

        public FieldPanel​(Map<String,​? extends Component> pStrToFieldMap)
        Populate panel with labels and fields.
        Parameters:
        pStrToFieldMap - map from label string to field.

    • Method Detail

      • getFieldToLabelMap

        public Map<Component,​JLabel> getFieldToLabelMap()
        Stores components and corresponding labels. Backed by panel. Edits to panel contents should be made through this map. We use a field to label map (rather than the reverse) so that multiple fields can use null as a label.

      • main

        public static void main​(String[] pArgs)