Swing Hacks By Chris Adamson,Joshua Marinacci
Chapter 1. Basic JComponents
Section 1.1. Hacks 112: Introduction
Hack 1. Create Image-Themed Components
Hack 2. Don't Settle for Boring Text Labels
Hack 3. Fill Your Borders with Pretty Pictures
Hack 4. Display Dates in a Custom Calendar
Hack 5. Add a Watermark to a Text Component
Hack 6. Watermark Your Scroll Panes
Hack 7. Put a NASA Photo into the Background of a Text Area
Hack 8. Animate Transitions Between Tabs
Hack 9. Blur Disabled Components
Hack 10. Building a Drop-Down Menu Button
Hack 11. Create Menus with Drop Shadows
Hack 12. Add Translucence to Menus
Chapter 2. Lists and Combos
Section 2.1. Hacks 1320: Introduction
Hack 13. Filter JLists
Hack 14. Add a Filter History
Hack 15. Make JLists Checkable
Hack 16. Make Different List Items Look Different
Hack 17. Reorder a JList with Drag-and-Drop
Hack 18. Animate Your JList Selections
Hack 19. Turn Methods into List Renderers
Hack 20. Create a Collections-Aware JComboBox
Chapter 3. Tables and Trees
Section 3.1. Hacks 2127: Introduction
Hack 21. Size Your Columns to Suit Your JTable's Contents
Hack 22. Add Column Selection to JTables
Hack 23. Let Your JTables Do the Sorting
Hack 24. Create a JDBC Table Model
Hack 25. Export Table Data to an Excel Spreadsheet
Hack 26. Search Through JTables Easily
Hack 27. Animate JTree Drops
Chapter 4. File Choosers
Section 4.1. Hacks 2832: Introduction
Hack 28. Add a Right-Click Context Menu to the JFileChooser
Hack 29. Display Shortcuts in the JFileChooser
Hack 30. Real Windows Shortcut Support
Hack 31. Add Image Preview to File Choosers
Hack 32. Preview ZIP and JAR Files
Chapter 5. Windows, Dialogs, and Frames
Section 5.1. Hacks 3340: Introduction
Hack 33. Window Snapping
Hack 34. Make a Draggable Window
Hack 35. Add Windows Resize Icons
Hack 36. Add Status Bars to Windows
Hack 37. Save Window Settings
Hack 38. Earthquake Dialog
Hack 39. Spin Open a Detail Pane
Hack 40. Minimize to a Mini-Frame
Chapter 6. Transparent and Animated Windows
Section 6.1. Hacks 4147: Introduction
Hack 41. Transparent Windows
Hack 42. Make Your Frame Dissolve
Hack 43. Create Custom Tool Tips
Hack 44. Turn Dialogs into Frame-Anchored Sheets
Hack 45. Animating a Sheet Dialog
Hack 46. Slide Notes Out from the Taskbar
Hack 47. Indefinite Progress Indicator
Chapter 7. Text
Section 7.1. Hacks 4855: Introduction
Hack 48. Make Text Components Searchable
Hack 49. Force Text Input into Specific Formats
Hack 50. Auto-Completing Text Fields
Hack 51. Write Backward Text
Hack 52. Use HTML and CSS in Text Components
Hack 53. Use Global Anti-Aliased Fonts
Hack 54. Anti-Aliased Text Without Code
Hack 55. Anti-Aliased Text with a Custom Look and Feel
Chapter 8. Rendering
Section 8.1. Hacks 5664: Introduction
Hack 56. Create a Magnifying Glass Component
Hack 57. Create a Global Right-Click
Hack 58. Block a Window Without a Modal Dialog
Hack 59. Create a Color Eyedropper
Hack 60. Changing Fonts Throughout Your Application
Hack 61. Load New Fonts at Runtime
Hack 62. Build a Colorful Vector-Based Button
Hack 63. Add a Third Dimension to Swing
Hack 64. Turn the Spotlight on Swing
Chapter 9. Drag-and-Drop
Section 9.1. Hacks 6569: Introduction
Hack 65. Drag-and-Drop with Files
Hack 66. Handle Dropped URLs
Hack 67. Handle Dropped Images
Hack 68. Handling Dropped Picts on Mac OS X
Hack 69. Translucent Drag-and-Drop
Chapter 10. Audio
Section 10.1. Hacks 7078: Introduction
Hack 70. Play a Sound in an Applet
Hack 71. Play a Sound with JavaSound
Hack 72. Play a Sound with Java Media Framework
Hack 73. Play a Sound with QuickTime for Java
Hack 74. Add MP3 Support to JMF
Hack 75. Build an Audio Waveform Display
Hack 76. Play Non-Trivial Audio
Hack 77. Show Audio Information While Playing SoundHack
Hack 78. Provide Audio Controls During Playback
Chapter 11. Native Integration and Packaging
Section 11.1. Hacks 7987: Introduction
Hack 79. Launch External Programs on Windows
Hack 80. Open Files, Directories, and URLs on Mac OS X
Hack 81. Make Mac Applications Behave Normally
Hack 82. Control iTunes on Mac OS X
Hack 83. Control iTunes Under Windows
Hack 84. Construct Single-Launch Applications
Hack 85. Stuff Stuff in JARs
Hack 86. Make Quick Look and Feel Changes
Hack 87. Create an Inverse Black-and-White Theme
Chapter 12. Miscellany
Section 12.1. Hacks 88100: Introduction
Hack 88. Display a Busy Cursor
Hack 89. Fun with Keyboard Lights
Hack 90. Create Demonstrations with the Robot Class
Hack 91. Check Your Mail with Swing
Hack 92. Don't Block the GUI
Hack 93. Code Models That Don't Block
Hack 94. Fire Events and Stay Bug Free
Hack 95. Debug Your GUI
Hack 96. Debug Components with a Custom Glass Pane
Hack 97. Mirror an Application
Hack 98. Add Velocity for Dynamic HTML
Hack 99. Get Large File Icons
Hack 100. Make Frames Resize Dynamically .Download