edu.cmu.cs.cs214.hw5.util

Class GUIUtilities

java.lang.Object

edu.cmu.cs.cs214.hw5.util.GUIUtilities

public final class GUIUtilities
extends java.lang.Object

A suite of utility methods that may be useful for constructing Swing components in a style consistent with the rest of the framework. See also the JKeyValuePanel for easy form-based layouts, and the Utilities class for more general utilities.

Method Summary

Modifier and Type	Method and Description
static javax.swing.JLabel	createFieldLabel(java.lang.String label) Create a JLabel that serves as a (semantic) label for an input widget.

Methods inherited from class java.lang.Object

clone, equals, finalize, getClass, hashCode, notify, notifyAll, toString, wait, wait, wait

Method Detail

createFieldLabel

public static javax.swing.JLabel createFieldLabel(java.lang.String label)

Create a JLabel that serves as a (semantic) label for an input widget. For example, if you have a text field that is supposed to hold some number of watermelons, and you want a label next to it that says "Number of watermelons", then you should use this method to create that label so that it will be formatted consistently with the rest of the framework.

If you're making a whole bunch of these, you might consider using a JKeyValuePanel to do the job for you.

Parameters:

label - the text of the label

Returns:

a new JLabel properly formatted to label a field