org.norvelle.textcite.gui
Class GUIUtils

java.lang.Object
  org.norvelle.textcite.gui.GUIUtils

public class GUIUtils
extends java.lang.Object

GUIUtils Provides a number of utility methods for managing the GUI aspects of the TextCite application. Utility functions for handling the data model are found in the Utils class

Author:

Erik Norvelle

See Also:

Utils

Constructor Summary

GUIUtils()

Method Summary

static void	centerWindow(javax.swing.JDialog dialog)
static void	centerWindow(javax.swing.JFrame frame)
static boolean	saveCurrentCitebook() A handy method for asking the user whether or not the current CiteBook should be saved before proceeding
static void	setUIFont(javax.swing.plaf.FontUIResource f) sets the default font for all Swing components. ex. setUIFont (new javax.swing.plaf.FontUIResource ("Serif",Font.ITALIC,12));

Methods inherited from class java.lang.Object

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

Constructor Detail

GUIUtils

public GUIUtils()

Method Detail

centerWindow

public static void centerWindow(javax.swing.JFrame frame)

centerWindow

public static void centerWindow(javax.swing.JDialog dialog)

saveCurrentCitebook

public static boolean saveCurrentCitebook()

A handy method for asking the user whether or not the current CiteBook should be saved before proceeding

Returns:

True if the user wants to save the Citebook.

setUIFont

public static void setUIFont(javax.swing.plaf.FontUIResource f)

sets the default font for all Swing components. ex. setUIFont (new javax.swing.plaf.FontUIResource ("Serif",Font.ITALIC,12));