wahdam-amar/kcontrols

Java Swing Custom Controls

KControls

These a bunch of components made for Java Swing to beautify user interfaces and give UI’s a modern look. They include :

• KButton
• KKGradientPanel
• Drag Utility

How to install KControl(s)

• Open Netbeans Create your Swing application, head to Palette right click and select Palette Manager select Add from Jar and browse to the location of the downloaded jar file.
• Select and proceed, select KControls [KButton, KGradientPanel.. ] components proceed to select the category and hit Finish.
• Open your JFrame drag KGradientPanel/KButton to it and set the properties in the properties window.

Note: Custom properties starts with K eg KStartColor

1. KButton

KButton is an extended version of JButton – it has basically everything else a JButton has, that said we will look only the custom properties.

Custom Properties

• kAllowGradient(Boolean) Enables or disables gradient property of the button.
• kBackgroundColor(Color) Gets or sets the background color of the button.
• kBorderRadius(int) Gets or sets the radius of a button (recommended 0 to 30).
• kEndColor(Color) Gets or sets the button’s gradient end color to the right.
• kFillButton(boolean) Allows the button to be filled or not with color/gradient
• kForeGround(Color) Gets or sets the component’s label.
• kHoverColor(Color) Gets or sets the color of the control when a mouse is hovered over it.
• kHoverEndColor(Color) Gets or sets the button’s gradient end color when it receives a mouse hover event.
• kHoverForeGround(Color) Gets or sets the button’s label color when it receives a mouse hover event.
• kHoverStartColor(Color) Gets or sets the button’s gradient start color when it receives a mouse hover event.
• kPressedColor(Color) Gets or sets the button’s color when it receives a mouse click event.
• kStartcolor(Color) Gets or sets the button’s gradient end color to the left.
• kAllowTab(boolean) Gets or sets the button’s tab property by making kButtons have a tab–like feature.
• kIndicatorColor(Color) Gets or sets the button’s indicator color.
• kIndicatorThickness(int) Gets or sets the button’s indicator thickness.

States & Properties

(Properties to watch out for quicker UI designing)

Hover State

• kHoverColor(Color)
• kHoverEndColor(Color)
• kHoverForeGround(Color)
• kHoverStartColor(Color

Normal State

• kAllowGradient(Boolean)
• kBackgroundColor(Color)
• kAllowTab(Boolean)
• kBorderRadius(int)
• kEndColor(Color)
• kFillButton(boolean)
• kForeGround(Color)
• kStartColor(Color)
• kPressedColor(Color)

2. KGradientPanel

This is an extended version of JPanel with awesome gradient effect. Custom properties

• kEndColor(Color) Gets or sets the button’s gradient end color to the right.
• kGradientFocus(int) Gets or sets the location to which the gradient should focus (accepts negative value)
• kStartcolor(Color) Gets or sets the button’s gradient end color to the left.
• kBorderRadius(int) Gets or sets the radius of a KGradientPanel(recommended 0 to 30).

Drag Utility

What drag utility does is, it allows you to drag around your undecorated JFrame. So how to use it.

• Select the component you want to drag.

• Go to properties window

• Select Events Tab

• Identify mousePressed event and click to auto-generate your event after that insert the following code new Drag(yourComponent).onPress(evt);

• Next identify mouseDragged event and click to auto-generate your event after that insert the following code new Drag(yourComponent).moveWindow(evt);

Complete code will be as follows

private void yourComponentMouseDragged(java.awt.event.MouseEvent evt) {

//drags the component

new Drag(yourComponent).moveWindow(evt);

}

private void yourComponentMousePressed(java.awt.event.MouseEvent evt) {

//grabs the component

new Drag(yourComponent).onPress(evt);

}

Download Jar Here Thank you.