If you have ever wanted to create a panel in java with buttons that can be any shape, then here is your answer

Download the source and demo

implemented methods:

• setDefaultTextFont(Font a)
• setDefaultTextColor(Color a)
• setDefaultTextPosition(Point a)
• setButtonToolTip(int a,String b)
• setButtonActionCommand(int a,String b)
• setButtonText(int a,String b)
• setButtonTextPosition(int a,Point b)
• setButtonTextColor(int a,Color b)
• setButtonTextFont(Font a)
• setButtonEnable(int a,boolean b)
• setButtonSelected(int a,boolean b)

How it works

the pannel is laoded with 5 images:

• normal image
• highlight image
• pressed down image
• disabled image
• image map

these 5 images are all that is needed to be able to have a working panel. the way the panel works if by looking
at the last "image map" image, and if u tell the pannel u have 5 buttons, it will find all the areas on that image
with color equal to (0,0,0) to (4,4,4) and identify that area as the button, (ids 0-4)

Demo Applet

This example is based on a windows media player skin I once made, you can download it here.

Downloads

ButtonsDemo.jar

hell.zip

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