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SwingHelperProcessing
A library for using swing components with Processing.
Adding swing components to processing is hard this library makes this process easier by adding a few classes and annotations that allow to merge a processing content with swing components. The library adds a few classes to do that in various ways and allow including custom ways with just a few lines of code. The library also includes utility to format buttons by e.g. edit their color or strap methods onto them along with a few other QOL functions.
(under construction) Here is a small example using my library that allows using swing components with Processing:
<details><summary>Example</summary> import swinghelper.*;
import swinghelper.util.*;
import java.awt.*;
import java.awt.event.*;
import javax.swing.*;
//defines to looks of the buttons
@ColorScheme(background="white",border="black",thickness=1)
//defines the method to be called when a button is pressed
@MethodButton(method="action")
JButton jbtns[]={new JButton("Reset"), new JButton("Randomize")};
JTextField props[]=new JTextField[11];
String outputs[]=new String[props.length];
int outputsInt[]=new int[props.length];
@PFormat(width=150,load_merger="SidePlacement",where=LEFT)
Container prompt;
void setup() {
size(200, 200);
for (int i=0; i<props.length; i++) props[i]=new JTextField(10);
JPanel description_added[]=new JPanel[props.length];
//Joins components vertically
description_added[0]=SwingUtils.list_col(new JLabel("x:"), props[0]);
description_added[1]=SwingUtils.list_col(new JLabel("y:"), props[1]);
description_added[2]=SwingUtils.list_col(new JLabel("r1:"), props[2]);
description_added[3]=SwingUtils.list_col(new JLabel("r2:"), props[3]);
description_added[4]=SwingUtils.list_col(new JLabel("r:"), props[4]);
description_added[5]=SwingUtils.list_col(new JLabel("g:"), props[5]);
description_added[6]=SwingUtils.list_col(new JLabel("b:"), props[6]);
description_added[7]=SwingUtils.list_col(new JLabel("r:"), props[7]);
description_added[8]=SwingUtils.list_col(new JLabel("g:"), props[8]);
description_added[9]=SwingUtils.list_col(new JLabel("b:"), props[9]);
description_added[10]=SwingUtils.list_col(new JLabel("w:"), props[10]);
//Joins components horizonaly
prompt=SwingUtils.list_row(new JLabel("Setting:"), description_added[0], description_added[1], description_added[2], description_added[3],
SwingUtils.list_col(new JLabel("Color inside:")), description_added[4], description_added[5], description_added[6],
SwingUtils.list_col(new JLabel("Outside line:")), description_added[7], description_added[8], description_added[9], description_added[10],
SwingUtils.list_col(jbtns[0], jbtns[1]));
prompt=SwingUtils.scrollable(prompt,150,height);
Settings.loadAnnotations(this);
//Adds the method reset to the button when using it you should load your desired merger before or use the loaded_merger setting
//in the annotation
reset();
}
void draw() {
background(255);
updateOutputsInt();
strokeWeight(outputsInt[10]);
stroke(outputsInt[7], outputsInt[8], outputsInt[9]);
fill(outputsInt[4], outputsInt[5], outputsInt[6]);
ellipse(outputsInt[0], outputsInt[1], outputsInt[2], outputsInt[3]);
}
//this method is called when a button is pressed. Since the buttons are in a 1d array
//the index of the button pressed will be put in the method
void action(int i) {
if (i==0)reset();
if (i==1)randomize();
}
void reset() {
props[0].setText(""+(width/2));
props[1].setText(""+(height/2));
props[2].setText("30");
props[3].setText("20");
props[4].setText("255");
props[5].setText("255");
props[6].setText("255");
props[7].setText("0");
props[8].setText("0");
props[9].setText("0");
props[10].setText("1");
}
void randomize() {
props[0].setText(""+(int)random(0, width));
props[1].setText(""+(int)random(0, width));
props[2].setText(""+(int)random(0, 50));
props[3].setText(""+(int)random(0, 50));
props[4].setText(""+(int)random(0, 255));
props[5].setText(""+(int)random(0, 255));
props[6].setText(""+(int)random(0, 255));
props[7].setText(""+(int)random(0, 255));
props[8].setText(""+(int)random(0, 255));
props[9].setText(""+(int)random(0, 255));
props[10].setText(""+(int)random(0, 10));
}
void updateOutputs() {
for (int i=0; i<props.length; i++) outputs[i]=props[i].getText();
}
void updateOutputsInt() {
updateOutputs();
for (int i=0; i<props.length; i++) outputsInt[i]=int(outputs[i]);
}
This is an example using just normal swing without my library:
<details><summary>Example</summary>import javax.swing.*;
import java.awt.event.*;
import java.awt.*;
void setup() {
setupFrame();
//The background of a JComponent is the background only edits the background nothing else
editor.setBackground(Color.BLACK);
//The foreground of a JComponent is the color of the text
editor.setForeground(Color.WHITE);
setToDarkTheme(menubar);
setToDarkTheme(general);
setToDarkTheme(edit);
//you could manually update the theme of the MenuItems however you can do it faster using this
UIManager.put("MenuItem.acceleratorForeground", new Color(255,100,0));
UIManager.put("MenuItem.background", Color.BLACK);
UIManager.put("MenuItem.foreground", Color.WHITE);
//You can also change the font and fontsize of the text:
Font f=new Font("arial",Font.PLAIN,14);
editor.setFont(f);
menubar.setFont(f);
general.setFont(f);
edit.setFont(f);
UIManager.put("MenuItem.acceleratorFont", f);
UIManager.put("MenuItem.font",f);
//You can also add borders to your components using the BorderFactory:
editor.setBorder(BorderFactory.createLineBorder(Color.WHITE,3));
//you can now update the TreeUI to implement these changes made by there UIManager
SwingUtilities.updateComponentTreeUI(frame);
//You can also have the sketch exit when the window is closed
frame.setDefaultCloseOperation(JFrame.EXIT_ON_CLOSE);
frame.setVisible(true);
}
void setToDarkTheme(JComponent c) {
c.setBackground(Color.BLACK);
c.setForeground(Color.WHITE);
}
JFrame frame=new JFrame();
JEditorPane editor=new JEditorPane();
JMenuBar menubar=new JMenuBar();
JMenu general=new JMenu("General");
JMenu edit=new JMenu("Edit");
//Like JButtons JMenuItems (and JMenus) can also use ActionListeners
JMenuItem button=new JMenuItem("Duplicate");
JMenuItem button2=new JMenuItem("Delete Text");
JMenuItem button3=new JMenuItem("ALL CAPS");
JMenuItem button4=new JMenuItem("Exit");
void setupFrame() {
frame.setSize(500, 500);
frame.setTitle("Example");
frame.setResizable(true);
ImageIcon iconMain=new ImageIcon(sketchPath("data/Icon.png"));
frame.setIconImage(iconMain.getImage());
frame.getContentPane().add(editor, "Center");
ActionListener dupe=new ActionListener() {
@Override
public void actionPerformed(ActionEvent e) {
dupeText();
}
};
button.addActionListener(dupe);
button2.addActionListener(
new ActionListener() {
@Override
public void actionPerformed(ActionEvent e) {
editor.setText("");
}
}
);
button3.addActionListener(
new ActionListener() {
@Override
public void actionPerformed(ActionEvent e) {
editor.setText(editor.getText().toUpperCase());
}
}
);
button4.addActionListener(
new ActionListener() {
@Override
public void actionPerformed(ActionEvent e) {
exit();
}
}
);
//add the submenus to the bar
menubar.add(general);
menubar.add(edit);
//adds the options to the submenu
general.add(button2);
general.add(button4);
edit.add(button);
//You can also use a dividing line to separate different sections
edit.addSeparator();
edit.add(button3);
//You can also add an accellerator that makes a button go off when a key is pressed
button.setAccelerator(KeyStroke.getKeyStroke("control D"));
button2.setAccelerator(KeyStroke.getKeyStroke("control N"));
button3.setAccelerator(KeyStroke.getKeyStroke("control alt C"));
button4.setAccelerator(KeyStroke.getKeyStroke("control alt E"));
//adds the MenuBar to the frame
frame.setJMenuBar(menubar);
}
void dupeText() {
editor.setText(editor.getText()+"\n"+editor.getText());
}
import swinghelper.*;
import swinghelper.util.*;
import javax.swing.*;
import java.awt.event.*;
import java.awt.*;
void setup() {
//processes the annotations
ButtonManager.readSettings(this);
setupFrame();
@SuppressWarnings("unused")
SwingManager sm=new SwingManager() {
//allows a custon name and icon
@RestrictedMerger(transfer_name=false, transfer_icon=false)
//generates a resizable window with set size and title
@GenerationSettings(width=500, height=500, name="Example",auto_add=false)
public void merge()
{
ImageIcon iconMain=new ImageIcon(sketchPath("data/Icon.png"));
generated.setIconImage(iconMain.getImage());
generated.add(editor, "Center");
generated.setJMenuBar(menubar);
}
};
}
//define custom styling for the editor
@ColorScheme(text="white", background="black", fontSize=14, border="255", thickness=3)
JEditorPane editor=new JEditorPane();
JMenuBar menubar=new JMenuBar();
JMenu general=new JMenu("General");
JMenu edit=new JMenu("Edit");
//These Annotations determin the method to be called on button press
@MethodButton(method="dupeText")
JMenuItem button=new JMenuItem("Duplicate");
@MethodButton(method="deleteText")
JMenuItem button2=new JMenuItem("Delete Text");
@MethodButton(method="allCaps")
JMenuItem button3=new JMenuItem("ALL CAPS");
@MethodButton(method="exitProgram")
JMenuItem button4=new JMenuItem("Exit");
//To save space the color scheme will be applied to an array
@ColorScheme(text="white", background="black", fontSize=14)
JComponent colorschemapplied[]={button, button2, button3, button4,menubar,general,edit};
void setupFrame() {
//add the submenus to the bar
menubar.add(general);
menubar.add(edit);
//adds the options to the submenu
general.add(button2);
general.add(button4);
edit.add(button);
//You can also use a dividing line to separate different sections
edit.addSeparator();
edit.add(button3);
//You can also add an accellerator that makes a button go off when a key is pressed
button.setAccelerator(KeyStroke.getKeyStroke("control D"));
button2.setAccelerator(KeyStroke.getKeyStroke("control N"));
button3.setAccelerator(KeyStroke.getKeyStroke("control alt C"));
button4.setAccelerator(KeyStroke.getKeyStroke("control alt E"));
}
void dupeText() {
editor.setText(editor.getText()+"\n"+editor.getText());
}
void deleteText() {
editor.setText("");
}
void allCaps() {
editor.setText(editor.getText().toUpperCase());
}
void exitProgram() {
exit();
}