Please note that this documentation is not final and is subject to change.

javax.swing
Class AbstractButton

java.lang.Object
  java.awt.Component
      java.awt.Container
          javax.swing.JComponent
              javax.swing.AbstractButton

All Implemented Interfaces:

ImageObserver, ItemSelectable, MenuContainer, Serializable, SwingConstants

Direct Known Subclasses:

JButton, JMenuItem, JToggleButton

public abstract class AbstractButton
extends JComponent
implements ItemSelectable, SwingConstants

Defines common behaviors for buttons and menu items.

Buttons can be configured, and to some degree controlled, by Actions. Using an Action with a button has many benefits beyond directly configuring a button. Refer to Swing Components Supporting Action for more details, and you can find more information in How to Use Actions, a section in The Java Tutorial.

For further information see How to Use Buttons, Check Boxes, and Radio Buttons, a section in The Java Tutorial.

Warning: Serialized objects of this class will not be compatible with future Swing releases. The current serialization support is appropriate for short term storage or RMI between applications running the same version of Swing. As of 1.4, support for long term storage of all JavaBeans^TM has been added to the java.beans package. Please see XMLEncoder.

Nested Class Summary

protected class	AbstractButton.AccessibleAbstractButton This class implements accessibility support for the AbstractButton class.
protected class	AbstractButton.ButtonChangeListener Extends ChangeListener to be serializable.

Nested classes/interfaces inherited from class javax.swing.JComponent

JComponent.AccessibleJComponent

Nested classes/interfaces inherited from class java.awt.Container

Container.AccessibleAWTContainer

Nested classes/interfaces inherited from class java.awt.Component

Component.AccessibleAWTComponent, Component.BaselineResizeBehavior, Component.BltBufferStrategy, Component.FlipBufferStrategy

Field Summary

protected ActionListener	actionListener The button model's ActionListener.
static String	BORDER_PAINTED_CHANGED_PROPERTY Identifies a change to having the border drawn, or having it not drawn.
protected ChangeEvent	changeEvent Only one ChangeEvent is needed per button instance since the event's only state is the source property.
protected ChangeListener	changeListener The button model's changeListener.
static String	CONTENT_AREA_FILLED_CHANGED_PROPERTY Identifies a change to having the button paint the content area.
static String	DISABLED_ICON_CHANGED_PROPERTY Identifies a change to the icon used when the button has been disabled.
static String	DISABLED_SELECTED_ICON_CHANGED_PROPERTY Identifies a change to the icon used when the button has been disabled and selected.
static String	FOCUS_PAINTED_CHANGED_PROPERTY Identifies a change to having the border highlighted when focused, or not.
static String	HORIZONTAL_ALIGNMENT_CHANGED_PROPERTY Identifies a change in the button's horizontal alignment.
static String	HORIZONTAL_TEXT_POSITION_CHANGED_PROPERTY Identifies a change in the button's horizontal text position.
static String	ICON_CHANGED_PROPERTY Identifies a change to the icon that represents the button.
protected ItemListener	itemListener The button model's ItemListener.
static String	MARGIN_CHANGED_PROPERTY Identifies a change in the button's margins.
static String	MNEMONIC_CHANGED_PROPERTY Identifies a change to the button's mnemonic.
protected ButtonModel	model The data model that determines the button's state.
static String	MODEL_CHANGED_PROPERTY Identifies a change in the button model.
static String	PRESSED_ICON_CHANGED_PROPERTY Identifies a change to the icon used when the button has been pressed.
static String	ROLLOVER_ENABLED_CHANGED_PROPERTY Identifies a change from rollover enabled to disabled or back to enabled.
static String	ROLLOVER_ICON_CHANGED_PROPERTY Identifies a change to the icon used when the cursor is over the button.
static String	ROLLOVER_SELECTED_ICON_CHANGED_PROPERTY Identifies a change to the icon used when the cursor is over the button and it has been selected.
static String	SELECTED_ICON_CHANGED_PROPERTY Identifies a change to the icon used when the button has been selected.
static String	TEXT_CHANGED_PROPERTY Identifies a change in the button's text.
static String	VERTICAL_ALIGNMENT_CHANGED_PROPERTY Identifies a change in the button's vertical alignment.
static String	VERTICAL_TEXT_POSITION_CHANGED_PROPERTY Identifies a change in the button's vertical text position.

Fields inherited from class javax.swing.JComponent

accessibleContext, listenerList, TOOL_TIP_TEXT_KEY, ui, UNDEFINED_CONDITION, WHEN_ANCESTOR_OF_FOCUSED_COMPONENT, WHEN_FOCUSED, WHEN_IN_FOCUSED_WINDOW

Fields inherited from class java.awt.Component

BOTTOM_ALIGNMENT, CENTER_ALIGNMENT, LEFT_ALIGNMENT, RIGHT_ALIGNMENT, TOP_ALIGNMENT

Fields inherited from interface javax.swing.SwingConstants

BOTTOM, CENTER, EAST, HORIZONTAL, LEADING, LEFT, NEXT, NORTH, NORTH_EAST, NORTH_WEST, PREVIOUS, RIGHT, SOUTH, SOUTH_EAST, SOUTH_WEST, TOP, TRAILING, VERTICAL, WEST

Fields inherited from interface java.awt.image.ImageObserver

ABORT, ALLBITS, ERROR, FRAMEBITS, HEIGHT, PROPERTIES, SOMEBITS, WIDTH

Constructor Summary

AbstractButton()

Method Summary

protected void	actionPropertyChanged(Action action, String propertyName) Updates the button's state in response to property changes in the associated action.
void	addActionListener(ActionListener l) Adds an ActionListener to the button.
void	addChangeListener(ChangeListener l) Adds a ChangeListener to the button.
protected void	addImpl(Component comp, Object constraints, int index) Adds the specified component to this container at the specified index, refer to Container.addImpl(Component, Object, int) for a complete description of this method.
void	addItemListener(ItemListener l) Adds an ItemListener to the checkbox.
protected int	checkHorizontalKey(int key, String exception) Verify that the key argument is a legal value for the horizontalAlignment and horizontalTextPosition properties.
protected int	checkVerticalKey(int key, String exception) Verify that the key argument is a legal value for the vertical properties.
protected void	configurePropertiesFromAction(Action a) Sets the properties on this button to match those in the specified Action.
protected ActionListener	createActionListener()
protected PropertyChangeListener	createActionPropertyChangeListener(Action a) Creates and returns a PropertyChangeListener that is responsible for listening for changes from the specified Action and updating the appropriate properties.
protected ChangeListener	createChangeListener() Subclasses that want to handle ChangeEvents differently can override this to return another ChangeListener implementation.
protected ItemListener	createItemListener()
void	doClick() Programmatically perform a "click".
void	doClick(int pressTime) Programmatically perform a "click".
protected void	fireActionPerformed(ActionEvent event) Notifies all listeners that have registered interest for notification on this event type.
protected void	fireItemStateChanged(ItemEvent event) Notifies all listeners that have registered interest for notification on this event type.
protected void	fireStateChanged() Notifies all listeners that have registered interest for notification on this event type.
Action	getAction() Returns the currently set Action for this ActionEvent source, or null if no Action is set.
String	getActionCommand() Returns the action command for this button.
ActionListener[]	getActionListeners() Returns an array of all the ActionListeners added to this AbstractButton with addActionListener().
ChangeListener[]	getChangeListeners() Returns an array of all the ChangeListeners added to this AbstractButton with addChangeListener().
Icon	getDisabledIcon() Returns the icon used by the button when it's disabled.
Icon	getDisabledSelectedIcon() Returns the icon used by the button when it's disabled and selected.
int	getDisplayedMnemonicIndex() Returns the character, as an index, that the look and feel should provide decoration for as representing the mnemonic character.
boolean	getHideActionText() Returns the value of the hideActionText property, which determines whether the button displays text from the Action.
int	getHorizontalAlignment() Returns the horizontal alignment of the icon and text.
int	getHorizontalTextPosition() Returns the horizontal position of the text relative to the icon.
Icon	getIcon() Returns the default icon.
int	getIconTextGap() Returns the amount of space between the text and the icon displayed in this button.
ItemListener[]	getItemListeners() Returns an array of all the ItemListeners added to this AbstractButton with addItemListener().
String	getLabel() Deprecated. - Replaced by getText
Insets	getMargin() Returns the margin between the button's border and the label.
int	getMnemonic() Returns the keyboard mnemonic from the the current model.
ButtonModel	getModel() Returns the model that this button represents.
long	getMultiClickThreshhold() Gets the amount of time (in milliseconds) required between mouse press events for the button to generate the corresponding action events.
Icon	getPressedIcon() Returns the pressed icon for the button.
Icon	getRolloverIcon() Returns the rollover icon for the button.
Icon	getRolloverSelectedIcon() Returns the rollover selection icon for the button.
Icon	getSelectedIcon() Returns the selected icon for the button.
Object[]	getSelectedObjects() Returns an array (length 1) containing the label or null if the button is not selected.
String	getText() Returns the button's text.
ButtonUI	getUI() Returns the L&F object that renders this component.
int	getVerticalAlignment() Returns the vertical alignment of the text and icon.
int	getVerticalTextPosition() Returns the vertical position of the text relative to the icon.
boolean	imageUpdate(Image img, int infoflags, int x, int y, int w, int h) This is overridden to return false if the current Icon's Image is not equal to the passed in Image img.
protected void	init(String text, Icon icon)
boolean	isBorderPainted() Gets the borderPainted property.
boolean	isContentAreaFilled() Gets the contentAreaFilled property.
boolean	isFocusPainted() Gets the paintFocus property.
boolean	isRolloverEnabled() Gets the rolloverEnabled property.
boolean	isSelected() Returns the state of the button.
protected void	paintBorder(Graphics g) Paint the button's border if BorderPainted property is true and the button has a border.
protected String	paramString() Returns a string representation of this AbstractButton.
void	removeActionListener(ActionListener l) Removes an ActionListener from the button.
void	removeChangeListener(ChangeListener l) Removes a ChangeListener from the button.
void	removeItemListener(ItemListener l) Removes an ItemListener from the button.
void	removeNotify() Notifies this component that it no longer has a parent component.
void	setAction(Action a) Sets the Action.
void	setActionCommand(String actionCommand) Sets the action command for this button.
void	setBorderPainted(boolean b) Sets the borderPainted property.
void	setContentAreaFilled(boolean b) Sets the contentAreaFilled property.
void	setDisabledIcon(Icon disabledIcon) Sets the disabled icon for the button.
void	setDisabledSelectedIcon(Icon disabledSelectedIcon) Sets the disabled selection icon for the button.
void	setDisplayedMnemonicIndex(int index) Provides a hint to the look and feel as to which character in the text should be decorated to represent the mnemonic.
void	setEnabled(boolean b) Enables (or disables) the button.
void	setFocusPainted(boolean b) Sets the paintFocus property, which must be true for the focus state to be painted.
void	setHideActionText(boolean hideActionText) Sets the hideActionText property, which determines whether the button displays text from the Action.
void	setHorizontalAlignment(int alignment) Sets the horizontal alignment of the icon and text.
void	setHorizontalTextPosition(int textPosition) Sets the horizontal position of the text relative to the icon.
void	setIcon(Icon defaultIcon) Sets the button's default icon.
void	setIconTextGap(int iconTextGap) If both the icon and text properties are set, this property defines the space between them.
void	setLabel(String label) Deprecated. - Replaced by setText(text)
void	setLayout(LayoutManager mgr) Sets the layout manager for this container, refer to Container.setLayout(LayoutManager) for a complete description of this method.
void	setMargin(Insets m) Sets space for margin between the button's border and the label.
void	setMnemonic(char mnemonic) This method is now obsolete, please use setMnemonic(int) to set the mnemonic for a button.
void	setMnemonic(int mnemonic) Sets the keyboard mnemonic on the current model.
void	setModel(ButtonModel newModel) Sets the model that this button represents.
void	setMultiClickThreshhold(long threshhold) Sets the amount of time (in milliseconds) required between mouse press events for the button to generate the corresponding action events.
void	setPressedIcon(Icon pressedIcon) Sets the pressed icon for the button.
void	setRolloverEnabled(boolean b) Sets the rolloverEnabled property, which must be true for rollover effects to occur.
void	setRolloverIcon(Icon rolloverIcon) Sets the rollover icon for the button.
void	setRolloverSelectedIcon(Icon rolloverSelectedIcon) Sets the rollover selected icon for the button.
void	setSelected(boolean b) Sets the state of the button.
void	setSelectedIcon(Icon selectedIcon) Sets the selected icon for the button.
void	setText(String text) Sets the button's text.
void	setUI(ButtonUI ui) Sets the L&F object that renders this component.
void	setVerticalAlignment(int alignment) Sets the vertical alignment of the icon and text.
void	setVerticalTextPosition(int textPosition) Sets the vertical position of the text relative to the icon.
void	updateUI() Resets the UI property to a value from the current look and feel.

Methods inherited from class javax.swing.JComponent

addAncestorListener, addNotify, addVetoableChangeListener, computeVisibleRect, contains, createToolTip, disable, enable, firePropertyChange, firePropertyChange, firePropertyChange, fireVetoableChange, getAccessibleContext, getActionForKeyStroke, getActionMap, getAlignmentX, getAlignmentY, getAncestorListeners, getAutoscrolls, getBaseline, getBaselineResizeBehavior, getBorder, getBounds, getClientProperty, getComponentGraphics, getComponentPopupMenu, getConditionForKeyStroke, getDebugGraphicsOptions, getDefaultLocale, getFontMetrics, getGraphics, getHeight, getInheritsPopupMenu, getInputMap, getInputMap, getInputVerifier, getInsets, getInsets, getListeners, getLocation, getMaximumSize, getMinimumSize, getNextFocusableComponent, getPopupLocation, getPreferredSize, getRegisteredKeyStrokes, getRootPane, getSize, getToolTipLocation, getToolTipText, getToolTipText, getTopLevelAncestor, getTransferHandler, getUIClassID, getVerifyInputWhenFocusTarget, getVetoableChangeListeners, getVisibleRect, getWidth, getX, getY, grabFocus, isDoubleBuffered, isLightweightComponent, isManagingFocus, isOpaque, isOptimizedDrawingEnabled, isPaintingForPrint, isPaintingTile, isRequestFocusEnabled, isValidateRoot, paint, paintChildren, paintComponent, paintImmediately, paintImmediately, print, printAll, printBorder, printChildren, printComponent, processComponentKeyEvent, processKeyBinding, processKeyEvent, processMouseEvent, processMouseMotionEvent, putClientProperty, registerKeyboardAction, registerKeyboardAction, removeAncestorListener, removeVetoableChangeListener, repaint, repaint, requestDefaultFocus, requestFocus, requestFocus, requestFocusInWindow, requestFocusInWindow, resetKeyboardActions, reshape, revalidate, scrollRectToVisible, setActionMap, setAlignmentX, setAlignmentY, setAutoscrolls, setBackground, setBorder, setComponentPopupMenu, setDebugGraphicsOptions, setDefaultLocale, setDoubleBuffered, setFocusTraversalKeys, setFont, setForeground, setInheritsPopupMenu, setInputMap, setInputVerifier, setMaximumSize, setMinimumSize, setNextFocusableComponent, setOpaque, setPreferredSize, setRequestFocusEnabled, setToolTipText, setTransferHandler, setUI, setVerifyInputWhenFocusTarget, setVisible, unregisterKeyboardAction, update

Methods inherited from class java.awt.Container

add, add, add, add, add, addContainerListener, addPropertyChangeListener, addPropertyChangeListener, applyComponentOrientation, areFocusTraversalKeysSet, countComponents, deliverEvent, doLayout, findComponentAt, findComponentAt, getComponent, getComponentAt, getComponentAt, getComponentCount, getComponents, getComponentZOrder, getContainerListeners, getFocusTraversalKeys, getFocusTraversalPolicy, getLayout, getMousePosition, insets, invalidate, isAncestorOf, isFocusCycleRoot, isFocusCycleRoot, isFocusTraversalPolicyProvider, isFocusTraversalPolicySet, layout, list, list, locate, minimumSize, paintComponents, preferredSize, printComponents, processContainerEvent, processEvent, remove, remove, removeAll, removeContainerListener, setComponentZOrder, setFocusCycleRoot, setFocusTraversalPolicy, setFocusTraversalPolicyProvider, 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, createImage, createImage, createVolatileImage, createVolatileImage, disableEvents, dispatchEvent, enable, enableEvents, enableInputMethods, firePropertyChange, firePropertyChange, firePropertyChange, firePropertyChange, firePropertyChange, firePropertyChange, getBackground, getBounds, getColorModel, getComponentListeners, getComponentOrientation, getCursor, getDropTarget, getFocusCycleRootAncestor, getFocusListeners, getFocusTraversalKeysEnabled, getFont, getForeground, getGraphicsConfiguration, getHierarchyBoundsListeners, getHierarchyListeners, getIgnoreRepaint, getInputContext, getInputMethodListeners, getInputMethodRequests, getKeyListeners, getLocale, getLocation, getLocationOnScreen, getMouseListeners, getMouseMotionListeners, getMousePosition, getMouseWheelListeners, getName, getParent, getPeer, getPropertyChangeListeners, getPropertyChangeListeners, getSize, getToolkit, getTreeLock, gotFocus, handleEvent, hasFocus, hide, inside, isBackgroundSet, isCursorSet, isDisplayable, isEnabled, isFocusable, isFocusOwner, isFocusTraversable, isFontSet, isForegroundSet, isLightweight, isMaximumSizeSet, isMinimumSizeSet, isPreferredSizeSet, isShowing, isValid, isVisible, keyDown, keyUp, list, list, list, location, lostFocus, mouseDown, mouseDrag, mouseEnter, mouseExit, mouseMove, mouseUp, move, nextFocus, paintAll, postEvent, prepareImage, prepareImage, processComponentEvent, processFocusEvent, processHierarchyBoundsEvent, processHierarchyEvent, processInputMethodEvent, processMouseWheelEvent, remove, removeComponentListener, removeFocusListener, removeHierarchyBoundsListener, removeHierarchyListener, removeInputMethodListener, removeKeyListener, removeMouseListener, removeMouseMotionListener, removeMouseWheelListener, removePropertyChangeListener, removePropertyChangeListener, repaint, repaint, repaint, resize, resize, setBounds, setBounds, setComponentOrientation, setCursor, setDropTarget, setFocusable, setFocusTraversalKeysEnabled, setIgnoreRepaint, setLocale, setLocation, setLocation, setName, setSize, setSize, show, show, size, toString, transferFocus, transferFocusBackward, transferFocusUpCycle

Methods inherited from class java.lang.Object

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

Field Detail

MODEL_CHANGED_PROPERTY

public static final String MODEL_CHANGED_PROPERTY

Identifies a change in the button model.

See Also:

Constant Field Values

TEXT_CHANGED_PROPERTY

public static final String TEXT_CHANGED_PROPERTY

Identifies a change in the button's text.

See Also:

Constant Field Values

MNEMONIC_CHANGED_PROPERTY

public static final String MNEMONIC_CHANGED_PROPERTY

Identifies a change to the button's mnemonic.

See Also:

Constant Field Values

MARGIN_CHANGED_PROPERTY

public static final String MARGIN_CHANGED_PROPERTY

Identifies a change in the button's margins.

See Also:

Constant Field Values

VERTICAL_ALIGNMENT_CHANGED_PROPERTY

public static final String VERTICAL_ALIGNMENT_CHANGED_PROPERTY

Identifies a change in the button's vertical alignment.

See Also:

Constant Field Values

HORIZONTAL_ALIGNMENT_CHANGED_PROPERTY

public static final String HORIZONTAL_ALIGNMENT_CHANGED_PROPERTY

Identifies a change in the button's horizontal alignment.

See Also:

Constant Field Values

VERTICAL_TEXT_POSITION_CHANGED_PROPERTY

public static final String VERTICAL_TEXT_POSITION_CHANGED_PROPERTY

Identifies a change in the button's vertical text position.

See Also:

Constant Field Values

HORIZONTAL_TEXT_POSITION_CHANGED_PROPERTY

public static final String HORIZONTAL_TEXT_POSITION_CHANGED_PROPERTY

Identifies a change in the button's horizontal text position.

See Also:

Constant Field Values

BORDER_PAINTED_CHANGED_PROPERTY

public static final String BORDER_PAINTED_CHANGED_PROPERTY

Identifies a change to having the border drawn, or having it not drawn.

See Also:

Constant Field Values

FOCUS_PAINTED_CHANGED_PROPERTY

public static final String FOCUS_PAINTED_CHANGED_PROPERTY

Identifies a change to having the border highlighted when focused, or not.

See Also:

Constant Field Values

ROLLOVER_ENABLED_CHANGED_PROPERTY

public static final String ROLLOVER_ENABLED_CHANGED_PROPERTY

Identifies a change from rollover enabled to disabled or back to enabled.

See Also:

Constant Field Values

CONTENT_AREA_FILLED_CHANGED_PROPERTY

public static final String CONTENT_AREA_FILLED_CHANGED_PROPERTY

Identifies a change to having the button paint the content area.

See Also:

Constant Field Values

ICON_CHANGED_PROPERTY

public static final String ICON_CHANGED_PROPERTY

Identifies a change to the icon that represents the button.

See Also:

Constant Field Values

PRESSED_ICON_CHANGED_PROPERTY

public static final String PRESSED_ICON_CHANGED_PROPERTY

Identifies a change to the icon used when the button has been pressed.

See Also:

Constant Field Values

SELECTED_ICON_CHANGED_PROPERTY

public static final String SELECTED_ICON_CHANGED_PROPERTY

Identifies a change to the icon used when the button has been selected.

See Also:

Constant Field Values

ROLLOVER_ICON_CHANGED_PROPERTY

public static final String ROLLOVER_ICON_CHANGED_PROPERTY

Identifies a change to the icon used when the cursor is over the button.

See Also:

Constant Field Values

ROLLOVER_SELECTED_ICON_CHANGED_PROPERTY

public static final String ROLLOVER_SELECTED_ICON_CHANGED_PROPERTY

Identifies a change to the icon used when the cursor is over the button and it has been selected.

See Also:

Constant Field Values

DISABLED_ICON_CHANGED_PROPERTY

public static final String DISABLED_ICON_CHANGED_PROPERTY

Identifies a change to the icon used when the button has been disabled.

See Also:

Constant Field Values

DISABLED_SELECTED_ICON_CHANGED_PROPERTY

public static final String DISABLED_SELECTED_ICON_CHANGED_PROPERTY

Identifies a change to the icon used when the button has been disabled and selected.

See Also:

Constant Field Values

model

protected ButtonModel model

The data model that determines the button's state.

changeListener

protected ChangeListener changeListener

The button model's changeListener.

actionListener

protected ActionListener actionListener

The button model's ActionListener.

itemListener

protected ItemListener itemListener

The button model's ItemListener.

changeEvent

protected transient ChangeEvent changeEvent

Only one ChangeEvent is needed per button instance since the event's only state is the source property. The source of events generated is always "this".

Constructor Detail

AbstractButton

public AbstractButton()

Method Detail

setHideActionText

public void setHideActionText(boolean hideActionText)

Sets the hideActionText property, which determines whether the button displays text from the Action. This is useful only if an Action has been installed on the button.

Parameters:

hideActionText - true if the button's text property should not reflect that of the Action; the default is false

Since:

1.6

See Also:

Swing Components Supporting Action

getHideActionText

public boolean getHideActionText()

Returns the value of the hideActionText property, which determines whether the button displays text from the Action. This is useful only if an Action has been installed on the button.

Returns:

true if the button's text property should not reflect that of the Action; the default is false

Since:

1.6

getText

public String getText()

Returns the button's text.

Returns:

the buttons text

See Also:

setText(java.lang.String)

setText

public void setText(String text)

Sets the button's text.

Parameters:

text - the string used to set the text

See Also:

getText()

isSelected

public boolean isSelected()

Returns the state of the button. True if the toggle button is selected, false if it's not.

Returns:

true if the toggle button is selected, otherwise false

setSelected

public void setSelected(boolean b)

Sets the state of the button. Note that this method does not trigger an actionEvent. Call doClick to perform a programatic action change.

Parameters:

b - true if the button is selected, otherwise false

doClick

public void doClick()

Programmatically perform a "click". This does the same thing as if the user had pressed and released the button.

doClick

public void doClick(int pressTime)

Programmatically perform a "click". This does the same thing as if the user had pressed and released the button. The button stays visually "pressed" for pressTime milliseconds.

Parameters:

pressTime - the time to "hold down" the button, in milliseconds

setMargin

public void setMargin(Insets m)

Sets space for margin between the button's border and the label. Setting to null will cause the button to use the default margin. The button's default Border object will use this value to create the proper margin. However, if a non-default border is set on the button, it is that Border object's responsibility to create the appropriate margin space (else this property will effectively be ignored).

Parameters:

m - the space between the border and the label

getMargin

public Insets getMargin()

Returns the margin between the button's border and the label.

Returns:

an Insets object specifying the margin between the botton's border and the label

See Also:

setMargin(java.awt.Insets)

getIcon

public Icon getIcon()

Returns the default icon.

Returns:

the default Icon

See Also:

setIcon(javax.swing.Icon)

setIcon

public void setIcon(Icon defaultIcon)

Sets the button's default icon. This icon is also used as the "pressed" and "disabled" icon if there is no explicitly set pressed icon.

Parameters:

defaultIcon - the icon used as the default image

See Also:

getIcon(), setPressedIcon(javax.swing.Icon)

getPressedIcon

public Icon getPressedIcon()

Returns the pressed icon for the button.

Returns:

the pressedIcon property

See Also:

setPressedIcon(javax.swing.Icon)

setPressedIcon

public void setPressedIcon(Icon pressedIcon)

Sets the pressed icon for the button.

Parameters:

pressedIcon - the icon used as the "pressed" image

See Also:

getPressedIcon()

getSelectedIcon

public Icon getSelectedIcon()

Returns the selected icon for the button.

Returns:

the selectedIcon property

See Also:

setSelectedIcon(javax.swing.Icon)

setSelectedIcon

public void setSelectedIcon(Icon selectedIcon)

Sets the se