fwpUtil
Class FontChooser

java.lang.Object
  extended by java.awt.Component
      extended by java.awt.Container
          extended by java.awt.Window
              extended by java.awt.Dialog
                  extended by javax.swing.JDialog
                      extended by fwpUtil.FontChooser
All Implemented Interfaces:
java.awt.event.ActionListener, java.awt.image.ImageObserver, java.awt.MenuContainer, java.io.Serializable, java.util.EventListener, javax.accessibility.Accessible, javax.swing.RootPaneContainer, javax.swing.WindowConstants

public class FontChooser
extends javax.swing.JDialog
implements java.awt.event.ActionListener

Title: Font chooser dialog.

Description: A font chooser dialog which suports setting the size, bold and italic properties of the font.

Copyright: Copyright (c) 2011

See Also:
Serialized Form

Nested Class Summary
 
Nested classes/interfaces inherited from class javax.swing.JDialog
javax.swing.JDialog.AccessibleJDialog
 
Nested classes/interfaces inherited from class java.awt.Dialog
java.awt.Dialog.AccessibleAWTDialog
 
Nested classes/interfaces inherited from class java.awt.Window
java.awt.Window.AccessibleAWTWindow
 
Nested classes/interfaces inherited from class java.awt.Container
java.awt.Container.AccessibleAWTContainer
 
Nested classes/interfaces inherited from class java.awt.Component
java.awt.Component.AccessibleAWTComponent, java.awt.Component.BltBufferStrategy, java.awt.Component.FlipBufferStrategy
 
Field Summary
 
Fields inherited from class javax.swing.JDialog
accessibleContext, rootPane, rootPaneCheckingEnabled
 
Fields inherited from class java.awt.Component
BOTTOM_ALIGNMENT, CENTER_ALIGNMENT, LEFT_ALIGNMENT, RIGHT_ALIGNMENT, TOP_ALIGNMENT
 
Fields inherited from interface javax.swing.WindowConstants
DISPOSE_ON_CLOSE, DO_NOTHING_ON_CLOSE, EXIT_ON_CLOSE, HIDE_ON_CLOSE
 
Fields inherited from interface java.awt.image.ImageObserver
ABORT, ALLBITS, ERROR, FRAMEBITS, HEIGHT, PROPERTIES, SOMEBITS, WIDTH
 
Constructor Summary
FontChooser(java.awt.Frame parent)
          Displays a dialog in which the user can select a font.
 
Method Summary
 void actionPerformed(java.awt.event.ActionEvent ae)
           
 java.awt.Font getNewFont()
          Returns the font and settings selected by the user.
 java.lang.String toString()
          Returns the font attributes.
protected  void updatePreviewFont()
           
 
Methods inherited from class javax.swing.JDialog
addImpl, createRootPane, dialogInit, getAccessibleContext, getContentPane, getDefaultCloseOperation, getGlassPane, getJMenuBar, getLayeredPane, getRootPane, isDefaultLookAndFeelDecorated, isRootPaneCheckingEnabled, paramString, processWindowEvent, remove, setContentPane, setDefaultCloseOperation, setDefaultLookAndFeelDecorated, setGlassPane, setJMenuBar, setLayeredPane, setLayout, setRootPane, setRootPaneCheckingEnabled, update
 
Methods inherited from class java.awt.Dialog
addNotify, getTitle, hide, isModal, isResizable, isUndecorated, setModal, setResizable, setTitle, setUndecorated, show
 
Methods inherited from class java.awt.Window
addPropertyChangeListener, addPropertyChangeListener, addWindowFocusListener, addWindowListener, addWindowStateListener, applyResourceBundle, applyResourceBundle, createBufferStrategy, createBufferStrategy, dispose, finalize, getBufferStrategy, getFocusableWindowState, getFocusCycleRootAncestor, getFocusOwner, getFocusTraversalKeys, getGraphicsConfiguration, getInputContext, getListeners, getLocale, getMostRecentFocusOwner, getOwnedWindows, getOwner, getToolkit, getWarningString, getWindowFocusListeners, getWindowListeners, getWindowStateListeners, isActive, isAlwaysOnTop, isFocusableWindow, isFocusCycleRoot, isFocused, isLocationByPlatform, isShowing, pack, postEvent, processEvent, processWindowFocusEvent, processWindowStateEvent, removeWindowFocusListener, removeWindowListener, removeWindowStateListener, setAlwaysOnTop, setBounds, setCursor, setFocusableWindowState, setFocusCycleRoot, setLocationByPlatform, setLocationRelativeTo, toBack, toFront
 
Methods inherited from class java.awt.Container
add, add, add, add, add, addContainerListener, applyComponentOrientation, areFocusTraversalKeysSet, countComponents, deliverEvent, doLayout, findComponentAt, findComponentAt, getAlignmentX, getAlignmentY, getComponent, getComponentAt, getComponentAt, getComponentCount, getComponents, getComponentZOrder, getContainerListeners, getFocusTraversalPolicy, getInsets, getLayout, getMaximumSize, getMinimumSize, getMousePosition, getPreferredSize, insets, invalidate, isAncestorOf, isFocusCycleRoot, isFocusTraversalPolicyProvider, isFocusTraversalPolicySet, layout, list, list, locate, minimumSize, paint, paintComponents, preferredSize, print, printComponents, processContainerEvent, remove, removeAll, removeContainerListener, removeNotify, setComponentZOrder, setFocusTraversalKeys, setFocusTraversalPolicy, setFocusTraversalPolicyProvider, setFont, transferFocusBackward, transferFocusDownCycle, validate, validateTree
 
Methods inherited from class java.awt.Component
action, add, addComponentListener, addFocusListener, addHierarchyBoundsListener, addHierarchyListener, addInputMethodListener, addKeyListener, addMouseListener, addMouseMotionListener, addMouseWheelListener, bounds, checkImage, checkImage, coalesceEvents, contains, contains, createImage, createImage, createVolatileImage, createVolatileImage, disable, disableEvents, dispatchEvent, enable, enable, enableEvents, enableInputMethods, firePropertyChange, firePropertyChange, firePropertyChange, firePropertyChange, firePropertyChange, firePropertyChange, firePropertyChange, firePropertyChange, firePropertyChange, getBackground, getBounds, getBounds, getColorModel, getComponentListeners, getComponentOrientation, getCursor, getDropTarget, getFocusListeners, getFocusTraversalKeysEnabled, getFont, getFontMetrics, getForeground, getGraphics, getHeight, getHierarchyBoundsListeners, getHierarchyListeners, getIgnoreRepaint, getInputMethodListeners, getInputMethodRequests, getKeyListeners, getLocation, getLocation, getLocationOnScreen, getMouseListeners, getMouseMotionListeners, getMousePosition, getMouseWheelListeners, getName, getParent, getPeer, getPropertyChangeListeners, getPropertyChangeListeners, getSize, getSize, getTreeLock, getWidth, getX, getY, gotFocus, handleEvent, hasFocus, imageUpdate, inside, isBackgroundSet, isCursorSet, isDisplayable, isDoubleBuffered, isEnabled, isFocusable, isFocusOwner, isFocusTraversable, isFontSet, isForegroundSet, isLightweight, isMaximumSizeSet, isMinimumSizeSet, isOpaque, isPreferredSizeSet, isValid, isVisible, keyDown, keyUp, list, list, list, location, lostFocus, mouseDown, mouseDrag, mouseEnter, mouseExit, mouseMove, mouseUp, move, nextFocus, paintAll, prepareImage, prepareImage, printAll, processComponentEvent, processFocusEvent, processHierarchyBoundsEvent, processHierarchyEvent, processInputMethodEvent, processKeyEvent, processMouseEvent, processMouseMotionEvent, processMouseWheelEvent, remove, removeComponentListener, removeFocusListener, removeHierarchyBoundsListener, removeHierarchyListener, removeInputMethodListener, removeKeyListener, removeMouseListener, removeMouseMotionListener, removeMouseWheelListener, removePropertyChangeListener, removePropertyChangeListener, repaint, repaint, repaint, repaint, requestFocus, requestFocus, requestFocusInWindow, requestFocusInWindow, reshape, resize, resize, setBackground, setBounds, setComponentOrientation, setDropTarget, setEnabled, setFocusable, setFocusTraversalKeysEnabled, setForeground, setIgnoreRepaint, setLocale, setLocation, setLocation, setMaximumSize, setMinimumSize, setName, setPreferredSize, setSize, setSize, setVisible, show, size, transferFocus, transferFocusUpCycle
 
Methods inherited from class java.lang.Object
clone, equals, getClass, hashCode, notify, notifyAll, wait, wait, wait
 

Constructor Detail

FontChooser

public FontChooser(java.awt.Frame parent)
Displays a dialog in which the user can select a font.

A font chooser that allows users to pick a font by name, set the size and select whether the font should be bold and/or italic.

It can be called with FontChooser fc = new FontChooser(this); if a frame is avialable or it can be called with: FontChooser fc = new FontChooser(null); if a frame is not available.

This dialog is an adaptation of the font chooser presented in Java Swing by Robert Eckstein, Marc Loy & Dave Wood, O'Reilly, Sebastopol, CA 1998, ISBN 1-56592-455-X. See pages 381-387. The fixed list of fonts approach used by the O'Reilly example was replaced by the more general getting a list of all available fonts as described on pages 788-791 of Java for Dummies by Doug Lowe and Barry Burd, Wiley Publishing, Inc. 2007.

Parameters:
parent - The parent Frame from which this dialog was called. If the dialod is called with a valid parent the dialog will be positioned over the center of the parent. If a null is passed instead of a parent then the dialog will be located at the upper left of the screen.
Method Detail

actionPerformed

public void actionPerformed(java.awt.event.ActionEvent ae)
Specified by:
actionPerformed in interface java.awt.event.ActionListener

getNewFont

public java.awt.Font getNewFont()
Returns the font and settings selected by the user.

Returns:
Font object

Usage example: FontChooser dlg = new FontChooser(this); Font font = dlg.getNewFont(); System.out.println("font=" + font);


toString

public java.lang.String toString()
Returns the font attributes.

Overrides:
toString in class java.awt.Component
Returns:
new font attributes. For example:

javax.swing.plaf.FontUIResource[family=Tahoma,name=Tahoma,style=plain,size=13]


updatePreviewFont

protected void updatePreviewFont()