import javax.swing.*; import java.awt.*; import java.awt.event.*; /** * Use this modal dialog to let the user choose one string from a long * list. See the main method for an example of using ListDialog. The * basics: *
String[] choices = {"A", "long", "array", "of", "strings"}; ListDialog.initialize(componentInControllingFrame, choices, "Dialog Title", "A description of the list:"); String selectedName = ListDialog.showDialog(locatorComponent, initialSelection); **/ public class ListDialog extends JDialog { private static ListDialog dialog; private static String value = ""; private JList list; /** * Set up the dialog. The first argument can be null, * but it really should be a component in the dialog's * controlling frame. */ public static void initialize(Component comp, String[] possibleValues, String title, String labelText) { Frame frame = JOptionPane.getFrameForComponent(comp); dialog = new ListDialog(frame, possibleValues, title, labelText); } /** * Show the initialized dialog. The first argument should * be null if you want the dialog to come up in the center * of the screen. Otherwise, the argument should be the * component on top of which the dialog should appear. */ public static String showDialog(Component comp, String initialValue) { if (dialog != null) { dialog.setValue(initialValue); dialog.setLocationRelativeTo(comp); dialog.setVisible(true); } else { System.err.println("ListDialog requires you to call initialize " + "before calling showDialog."); } return value; } private void setValue(String newValue) { value = newValue; list.setSelectedValue(value, true); } private ListDialog(Frame frame, Object[] data, String title, String labelText) { super(frame, title, true); //buttons JButton cancelButton = new JButton("Cancel"); final JButton setButton = new JButton("Set"); cancelButton.addActionListener(new ActionListener() { public void actionPerformed(ActionEvent e) { ListDialog.dialog.setVisible(false); } }); setButton.addActionListener(new ActionListener() { public void actionPerformed(ActionEvent e) { ListDialog.value = (String)(list.getSelectedValue()); ListDialog.dialog.setVisible(false); } }); getRootPane().setDefaultButton(setButton); //main part of the dialog list = new JList(data); list.setSelectionMode(ListSelectionModel.SINGLE_INTERVAL_SELECTION); list.addMouseListener(new MouseAdapter() { public void mouseClicked(MouseEvent e) { if (e.getClickCount() == 2) { setButton.doClick(); } } }); JScrollPane listScroller = new JScrollPane(list); listScroller.setPreferredSize(new Dimension(250, 80)); //XXX: Must do the following, too, or else the scroller thinks //XXX: it's taller than it is: listScroller.setMinimumSize(new Dimension(250, 80)); listScroller.setAlignmentX(LEFT_ALIGNMENT); //Create a container so that we can add a title around //the scroll pane. Can't add a title directly to the //scroll pane because its background would be white. //Lay out the label and scroll pane from top to button. JPanel listPane = new JPanel(); listPane.setLayout(new BoxLayout(listPane, BoxLayout.Y_AXIS)); JLabel label = new JLabel(labelText); label.setLabelFor(list); listPane.add(label); listPane.add(Box.createRigidArea(new Dimension(0,5))); listPane.add(listScroller); listPane.setBorder(BorderFactory.createEmptyBorder(10,10,10,10)); //Lay out the buttons from left to right. JPanel buttonPane = new JPanel(); buttonPane.setLayout(new BoxLayout(buttonPane, BoxLayout.X_AXIS)); buttonPane.setBorder(BorderFactory.createEmptyBorder(0, 10, 10, 10)); buttonPane.add(Box.createHorizontalGlue()); buttonPane.add(cancelButton); buttonPane.add(Box.createRigidArea(new Dimension(10, 0))); buttonPane.add(setButton); //Put everything together, using the content pane's BorderLayout. Container contentPane = getContentPane(); contentPane.add(listPane, BorderLayout.CENTER); contentPane.add(buttonPane, BorderLayout.SOUTH); pack(); } /** * This is here so that you can view ListDialog even if you * haven't written the code to include it in a program. */ public static void main(String[] args) { String[] names = {"Arlo", "Cosmo", "Elmo", "Hugo", "Jethro", "Laszlo", "Milo", "Nemo", "Otto", "Ringo", "Rocco", "Rollo"}; JFrame f = new JFrame("Name That Baby"); f.addWindowListener(new WindowAdapter() { public void windowClosing(WindowEvent e) { System.exit(0); } }); JLabel intro = new JLabel("The chosen name:"); final JLabel name = new JLabel("Cosmo"); intro.setLabelFor(name); name.setForeground(Color.black); JButton button = new JButton("Pick a new name..."); ListDialog.initialize(f, names, "Name Chooser", "Baby names ending in O:"); button.addActionListener(new ActionListener() { public void actionPerformed(ActionEvent e) { String selectedName = ListDialog.showDialog(null, name.getText()); name.setText(selectedName); } }); JPanel contentPane = new JPanel(); f.setContentPane(contentPane); contentPane.setLayout(new BoxLayout(contentPane, BoxLayout.Y_AXIS)); contentPane.setBorder(BorderFactory.createEmptyBorder(20,20,20,20)); contentPane.add(intro); contentPane.add(name); contentPane.add(Box.createRigidArea(new Dimension(0,10))); contentPane.add(button); intro.setAlignmentX(JComponent.CENTER_ALIGNMENT); name.setAlignmentX(JComponent.CENTER_ALIGNMENT); button.setAlignmentX(JComponent.CENTER_ALIGNMENT); f.pack(); f.setVisible(true); } }