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Make ZoomBox around cursor disappear when JCheckBox unchecked

I used the first answer of Zoom box for area around mouse location on screen to create a Zoom Box Window around mouse location that would zoom into images as the mouse moves.
Now, I wanna know how to activate this Zoom Box View when a JCheckBox is checked and desactivate it if it's unchecked.
I modified the classes ZoomBoxWindow and ZoomPane written by #MadProgrammer by adding the lines of code for activating and desactivating the ZoomBoxView, but this doesn't seem to work. Could you please tell me what am I doing wrong?
Here is the code:
import java.awt.BorderLayout;
import java.awt.Color;
import java.awt.Dimension;
import java.awt.EventQueue;
import java.awt.Graphics;
import java.awt.Graphics2D;
import java.awt.Point;
import java.awt.event.MouseAdapter;
import java.awt.event.MouseEvent;
import java.awt.geom.AffineTransform;
import java.awt.image.BufferedImage;
import java.io.File;
import java.io.IOException;
import javax.imageio.ImageIO;
import javax.swing.JComponent;
import javax.swing.JFrame;
import javax.swing.JPanel;
import javax.swing.JWindow;
import javax.swing.UIManager;
import javax.swing.UnsupportedLookAndFeelException;
import javax.swing.JCheckBox;
import java.awt.event.ItemListener;
import java.awt.event.ItemEvent;
import java.awt.event.KeyEvent;
public class ZoomPane extends JPanel {
protected static final int ZOOM_AREA = 40;
private JComponent parent;
private JWindow popup;
private Boolean zoomBoxActivated = false;
private BufferedImage buffer;
private float zoomLevel = 2f;
public ZoomPane(JComponent parent, Boolean zba) {
this.parent = parent;
this.zoomBoxActivated=zba;
popup = new JWindow();
popup.setLayout(new BorderLayout());
popup.add(this);
popup.pack();
popup.setAlwaysOnTop(true);
MouseAdapter ma = new MouseAdapter() {
#Override
public void mouseMoved(MouseEvent e) {
Point p = e.getPoint();
Point pos = e.getLocationOnScreen();
updateBuffer(p);
popup.setLocation(pos.x - 20, pos.y + 20);
repaint();
}
#Override
public void mouseEntered(MouseEvent e) {
if(zoomBoxActivated){
popup.setVisible(true);
}
else {
popup.setVisible(false);
}
}
#Override
public void mouseExited(MouseEvent e) {
popup.setVisible(false);
}
};
parent.addMouseListener(ma);
parent.addMouseMotionListener(ma);
}
protected void updateBuffer(Point p) {
int width = Math.round(ZOOM_AREA);
int height = Math.round(ZOOM_AREA);
buffer = new BufferedImage(width, height, BufferedImage.TYPE_INT_ARGB);
Graphics2D g2d = buffer.createGraphics();
AffineTransform at = new AffineTransform();
int xPos = (ZOOM_AREA / 2) - p.x;
int yPos = (ZOOM_AREA / 2) - p.y;
if (xPos > 0) {
xPos = 0;
}
if (yPos > 0) {
yPos = 0;
}
if ((xPos * -1) + ZOOM_AREA > parent.getWidth()) {
xPos = (parent.getWidth() - ZOOM_AREA) * -1;
}
if ((yPos * -1) + ZOOM_AREA > parent.getHeight()) {
yPos = (parent.getHeight()- ZOOM_AREA) * -1;
}
at.translate(xPos, yPos);
g2d.setTransform(at);
parent.paint(g2d);
g2d.dispose();
}
#Override
public Dimension getPreferredSize() {
return new Dimension(Math.round(ZOOM_AREA * zoomLevel), Math.round(ZOOM_AREA * zoomLevel));
}
#Override
protected void paintComponent(Graphics g) {
super.paintComponent(g);
Graphics2D g2d = (Graphics2D) g.create();
if (buffer != null) {
AffineTransform at = g2d.getTransform();
g2d.setTransform(AffineTransform.getScaleInstance(zoomLevel, zoomLevel));
g2d.drawImage(buffer, 0, 0, this);
g2d.setTransform(at);
}
g2d.setColor(Color.RED);
g2d.drawRect(0, 0, getWidth() - 1, getHeight() - 1);
g2d.dispose();
}
}
public class TestPane extends JPanel {
private BufferedImage img;
public TestPane() {
try {
img = ImageIO.read(new File("satellite-image-of-spain.jpg"));
} catch (IOException ex) {
ex.printStackTrace();
}
}
#Override
public Dimension getPreferredSize() {
return img == null ? new Dimension(200, 200) : new Dimension(img.getWidth(), img.getHeight());
}
#Override
protected void paintComponent(Graphics g) {
super.paintComponent(g);
if (img != null) {
Graphics2D g2d = (Graphics2D) g.create();
int x = (getWidth() - img.getWidth()) / 2;
int y = (getHeight() - img.getHeight()) / 2;
g2d.drawImage(img, x, y, this);
g2d.dispose();
}
}
}
public class ZoomBoxWindow {
ZoomPane zoomPane;
public static void main(String[] args) {
new ZoomBoxWindow();
}
public ZoomBoxWindow() {
EventQueue.invokeLater(new Runnable() {
#Override
public void run() {
try {
UIManager.setLookAndFeel(UIManager.getSystemLookAndFeelClassName());
} catch (ClassNotFoundException | InstantiationException | IllegalAccessException | UnsupportedLookAndFeelException ex) {
ex.printStackTrace();
}
TestPane pane = new TestPane();
zoomPane = new ZoomPane(pane, false);
JPanel buttonPanel = new JPanel(new BorderLayout());
JCheckBox zoomBoxChkBox = new JCheckBox("Zoom Box");
zoomBoxChkBox.setMnemonic(KeyEvent.VK_Z);
zoomBoxChkBox.setSelected(false);
zoomBoxChkBox.addItemListener(new ItemListener() {
#Override
public void itemStateChanged(ItemEvent e) {
// TODO Auto-generated method stub
if ( e.getStateChange() == ItemEvent.SELECTED) {
zoomPane = new ZoomPane(pane,true);
}
else {
zoomPane = new ZoomPane(pane,false);
}
}
});
buttonPanel.add(zoomBoxChkBox);
JFrame frame = new JFrame("Testing");
frame.setDefaultCloseOperation(JFrame.EXIT_ON_CLOSE);
frame.add(pane,BorderLayout.CENTER);
frame.add(buttonPanel, BorderLayout.PAGE_START);
frame.pack();
frame.setLocationRelativeTo(null);
frame.setVisible(true);
}
});
}
}
Thank you for your answer.

So,
zoomBoxChkBox.addItemListener(new ItemListener() {
#Override
public void itemStateChanged(ItemEvent e) {
// TODO Auto-generated method stub
if (e.getStateChange() == ItemEvent.SELECTED) {
zoomPane = new ZoomPane(pane, true);
} else {
zoomPane = new ZoomPane(pane, false);
}
}
});
Isn't really doing anything, you're just create a new instance of ZoomPane. Apart from adding a bunch of MouseListeners to the parent component, which could cause you no end of issues.
Instead, I'd add a new method to ZoomPane
public class ZoomPane extends JPanel {
private boolean isAutoDisplayEnabled = false;
//...
public void setShowZoomPopup(boolean show) {
popup.setVisible(show);
isAutoDisplayEnabled = show;
}
This now allows you to control the visibility state of the popup externally.
Now, the isAutoDisplayEnabled flag is simply used to determine if the popup should be displayed when the mouseEntered event is triggered, for example...
MouseAdapter ma = new MouseAdapter() {
//...
#Override
public void mouseEntered(MouseEvent e) {
if (isAutoDisplayEnabled) {
popup.setVisible(true);
}
}
Now your ItemListener can control the state of the popup
zoomBoxChkBox.addItemListener(new ItemListener() {
#Override
public void itemStateChanged(ItemEvent e) {
// TODO Auto-generated method stub
if (e.getStateChange() == ItemEvent.SELECTED) {
zoomPane.setShowZoomPopup(true);
} else {
zoomPane.setShowZoomPopup(false);
}
}
});
You could also add a check to see if the mouse is currently within the bounds of the image pane, so you don't show it needlessly, but I'll leave that to you to try and figure out ;)
the popup is flickering as it is being moved
This is, because every time the popup is displayed, it triggers a mouseExit event, which triggers the popup to be hidden, which then triggers a mouseEnter event and so on and so forth...
This is a slightly different take on the same idea, but, instead of a separate window, this paints the zoom as part of the image pane itself.
This does mean that, if the zoom falls beyond the bounds of the panel, it will be truncated, but I've spent some time so that you can resize the panel larger than the image and the zoom effect will still work
import java.awt.Color;
import java.awt.Dimension;
import java.awt.EventQueue;
import java.awt.Graphics;
import java.awt.Graphics2D;
import java.awt.Image;
import java.awt.Point;
import java.awt.Rectangle;
import java.awt.event.MouseAdapter;
import java.awt.event.MouseEvent;
import java.awt.geom.AffineTransform;
import java.awt.geom.Area;
import java.awt.image.BufferedImage;
import java.io.File;
import java.io.IOException;
import javax.imageio.ImageIO;
import javax.swing.JFrame;
import javax.swing.JPanel;
import javax.swing.UIManager;
import javax.swing.UnsupportedLookAndFeelException;
public class ZoomBoxWindow {
public static void main(String[] args) {
new ZoomBoxWindow();
}
public ZoomBoxWindow() {
EventQueue.invokeLater(new Runnable() {
#Override
public void run() {
try {
UIManager.setLookAndFeel(UIManager.getSystemLookAndFeelClassName());
} catch (ClassNotFoundException | InstantiationException | IllegalAccessException | UnsupportedLookAndFeelException ex) {
ex.printStackTrace();
}
TestPane pane = new TestPane();
JFrame frame = new JFrame("Testing");
frame.setDefaultCloseOperation(JFrame.EXIT_ON_CLOSE);
frame.add(pane);
frame.pack();
frame.setLocationRelativeTo(null);
frame.setVisible(true);
}
});
}
public class TestPane extends JPanel {
private BufferedImage img;
private Point zoomPoint;
private boolean zoomEnabled = true;
private int zoomArea = 80;
private float zoom = 2.0f;
public TestPane() {
try {
img = ImageIO.read(new File("/Volumes/Big Fat Extension/Dropbox/MegaTokyo/_cg_1009___Afraid___by_Serena_Clearwater.png"));
} catch (IOException ex) {
ex.printStackTrace();
}
addMouseMotionListener(new MouseAdapter() {
#Override
public void mouseMoved(MouseEvent e) {
zoomPoint = e.getPoint();
repaint();
}
});
addMouseListener(new MouseAdapter() {
#Override
public void mouseEntered(MouseEvent e) {
repaint();
}
#Override
public void mouseExited(MouseEvent e) {
zoomPoint = null;
repaint();
}
});
}
public float getZoom() {
return zoom;
}
public void setZoom(float zoom) {
this.zoom = zoom;
repaint();
}
public int getZoomArea() {
return zoomArea;
}
public void setZoomArea(int zoomArea) {
this.zoomArea = zoomArea;
repaint();
}
public boolean isZoomEnabled() {
return zoomEnabled;
}
public void setZoomEnabled(boolean zoomEnabled) {
this.zoomEnabled = zoomEnabled;
repaint();
}
#Override
public Dimension getPreferredSize() {
return img == null ? new Dimension(200, 200) : new Dimension(img.getWidth(), img.getHeight());
}
protected Point getOffset() {
if (img == null) {
return new Point(0, 0);
}
int x = (getWidth() - img.getWidth()) / 2;
int y = (getHeight() - img.getHeight()) / 2;
return new Point(x, y);
}
protected Rectangle getImageBounds() {
Rectangle bounds = new Rectangle(0, 0, 0, 0);
if (img != null) {
bounds.setLocation(getOffset());
bounds.setSize(img.getWidth(), img.getHeight());
}
return bounds;
}
#Override
protected void paintComponent(Graphics g) {
super.paintComponent(g);
if (img != null) {
Graphics2D g2d = (Graphics2D) g.create();
Point offset = getOffset();
g2d.drawImage(img, offset.x, offset.y, this);
if (zoomPoint != null) {
BufferedImage zoomBuffer = updateBuffer(zoomPoint);
if (zoomBuffer != null) {
Rectangle bounds = getZoomBounds();
g2d.drawImage(zoomBuffer, bounds.x, bounds.y, this);
g2d.setColor(Color.RED);
g2d.draw(bounds);
}
}
g2d.dispose();
}
}
protected Rectangle getZoomBounds() {
Rectangle bounds = null;
if (zoomPoint != null && img != null) {
int zoomArea = getZoomArea();
int xPos = zoomPoint.x - (zoomArea / 2);
int yPos = zoomPoint.y - (zoomArea / 2);
Rectangle zoomBounds = new Rectangle(xPos, yPos, zoomArea, zoomArea);
Rectangle imageBounds = getImageBounds();
bounds = imageBounds.intersection(zoomBounds);
System.out.println(bounds);
}
return bounds;
}
protected BufferedImage updateBuffer(Point p) {
if (zoomPoint == null) {
return null;
}
Rectangle bounds = getZoomBounds();
Point offset = getOffset();
bounds.translate(-offset.x, -offset.y);
if (bounds.x < 0 || bounds.y < 0 || bounds.width <= 0 || bounds.height <= 0) {
return null;
}
BufferedImage zoomBuffer = new BufferedImage(bounds.width, bounds.height, BufferedImage.TYPE_INT_ARGB);
Graphics2D g2d = zoomBuffer.createGraphics();
BufferedImage sample = img.getSubimage(bounds.x, bounds.y, bounds.width, bounds.height);
double zoom = getZoom();
Image scaled = sample.getScaledInstance((int) (bounds.width * zoom), (int) (bounds.height * zoom), Image.SCALE_SMOOTH);
g2d.drawImage(scaled, 0, 0, this);
g2d.dispose();
return zoomBuffer;
}
}
}

Assigning a new ZoomPane to the zoomPane field will do nothing on the actual displayed ZoomPane.
What you want is to tell the existing ZoomPane to switch its zoom policy.
You could do that by adding the following method to ZoomPane :
void switchZoomBoxActivated() {
zoomBoxActivated = !zoomBoxActivated;
}
Then in the ItemListener, just call it this way :
#Override
public void itemStateChanged(final ItemEvent e) {
zoomPane.switchZoomBoxActivated();
}

Java (swing) gif partly transparent when it's not supposed to be

I'm trying to display an animated gif inside a java application. So far it displays and animates, but where it's supposed to be either entirely black or entirely white it appears to become transparent and I can see the colour of the rectangle drawn underneath. For example, here's one of the gifs I'm using:
On a black background it's not noticeable, however when I change it to cyan:
What's really strange is that it seems like it's displaying correctly for the very first frame and then only messes up afterwards. This is the method I'm using to get and draw the image:
//Draw title
img = new ImageIcon(Display.class.getResource(titlePath)).getImage();
g.drawImage(img, 404, 430, this);
I'm overriding paintcomponent in a class that extends JPanel, and I'm only calling repaint on that class once.
What could be causing this, is it a known issue or am I making a mistake in the way I'm going about actually drawing the image? I haven't been able to find any sort of documentation about this issue.
Thanks in advance!
Here are two of the original gif files.
EDIT: Here's a sample of the code I wrote. I removed any unnecessary code to keep it short but kept everything related to the issue. It also may be worth noting that when I draw a png file (which is one of the frames used to create the gif) with the same method there's no issue. The gif was made on http://gifmaker.me/ in case it's relevant.
public class Display extends JPanel implements Constants{
private GameData GD;
private String currentImagePath;
public Display(GameData gd){
GD = gd;
this.setPreferredSize(screenDimension);
this.repaint();
}
public void draw(Location loc){
currentImagePath = loc.getCurrentImagePath();
this.repaint();
}
#Override
public void paintComponent(Graphics g){
super.paintComponent(g);
g.setColor(CYAN);
g.fillRect(0, 0, screenW, screenH);
Image img;
if(OtherWorlds.isOnTitle == true){ //Title screen
//Draw image
img = new ImageIcon(Display.class.getResource(currentImagePath)).getImage();
g.drawImage(img, 10, 10, this);
//Draw other stuff
{
else{ //Regular location
//Draw image
img = new ImageIcon(Display.class.getResource(currentImagePath)).getImage();
g.drawImage(img, 10, 10, this);
//Other images and stuff in different areas
//Drawn using the exact same method as above
}
//Random other lines and stuff
}
}
}

When ever you have these types of problems, you want to start playing around with the disposalMethod of the frames.
I ran your gif through some inspection code and found the disposalMethod to be set to RESTORE_TO_BACKGROUND
So, basically, I took your gif and ran it through the following code, which created a new gif with the disposalMethod of none
So your original image is on top and the "fixed" image is on the bottom. The background is colored red to highlight the difference
import java.awt.BorderLayout;
import java.awt.Dimension;
import java.awt.EventQueue;
import java.awt.Graphics;
import java.awt.Graphics2D;
import java.awt.GraphicsConfiguration;
import java.awt.GraphicsEnvironment;
import java.awt.geom.AffineTransform;
import java.awt.image.BufferedImage;
import java.awt.image.RenderedImage;
import java.io.File;
import java.io.IOException;
import java.util.ArrayList;
import java.util.HashMap;
import java.util.Iterator;
import java.util.List;
import java.util.Map;
import javax.imageio.IIOException;
import javax.imageio.IIOImage;
import javax.imageio.ImageIO;
import javax.imageio.ImageReader;
import javax.imageio.ImageTypeSpecifier;
import javax.imageio.ImageWriteParam;
import javax.imageio.ImageWriter;
import javax.imageio.metadata.IIOMetadata;
import javax.imageio.metadata.IIOMetadataNode;
import javax.imageio.stream.FileImageOutputStream;
import javax.imageio.stream.ImageInputStream;
import javax.imageio.stream.ImageOutputStream;
import javax.swing.ImageIcon;
import javax.swing.JFrame;
import javax.swing.JPanel;
import javax.swing.UIManager;
import javax.swing.UnsupportedLookAndFeelException;
import org.w3c.dom.NamedNodeMap;
import org.w3c.dom.Node;
import org.w3c.dom.NodeList;
public class MirrorImage {
public static void main(String[] args) {
new MirrorImage();
}
public MirrorImage() {
EventQueue.invokeLater(new Runnable() {
#Override
public void run() {
try {
UIManager.setLookAndFeel(UIManager.getSystemLookAndFeelClassName());
} catch (ClassNotFoundException | InstantiationException | IllegalAccessException | UnsupportedLookAndFeelException ex) {
}
JFrame frame = new JFrame("Testing");
frame.setDefaultCloseOperation(JFrame.EXIT_ON_CLOSE);
frame.setLayout(new BorderLayout());
frame.add(new TestPane());
frame.pack();
frame.setLocationRelativeTo(null);
frame.setVisible(true);
}
});
}
public class TestPane extends JPanel {
private ImageIcon orig;
private ImageIcon mirror;
public TestPane() {
mirror(new File("Qzlxj.gif"), new File("Test.gif"));
orig = new ImageIcon("Qzlxj.gif");
mirror = new ImageIcon("Test.gif");
}
#Override
public Dimension getPreferredSize() {
return mirror == null ? new Dimension(200, 200) : new Dimension(orig.getIconWidth(), orig.getIconHeight() * 2);
}
#Override
protected void paintComponent(Graphics g) {
super.paintComponent(g);
if (orig != null) {
Graphics2D g2d = (Graphics2D) g.create();
int x = (getWidth() - orig.getIconWidth()) / 2;
int y = (getHeight() - (orig.getIconHeight() * 2)) / 2;
g2d.drawImage(orig.getImage(), x, y, this);
// AffineTransform at = new AffineTransform();
// at.setToScale(1, -1);
// at.translate(0, -mirror.getIconHeight());
// g2d.setTransform(at);
g2d.drawImage(mirror.getImage(), x, y + mirror.getIconHeight(), this);
g2d.dispose();
}
}
}
public static void mirror(File source, File dest) {
List<BufferedImage> images = new ArrayList<>(25);
List<Integer> delays = new ArrayList<>(25);
int delay = 0;
ImageOutputStream output = null;
GifSequenceWriter writer = null;
try {
String[] imageatt = new String[]{
"imageLeftPosition",
"imageTopPosition",
"imageWidth",
"imageHeight"
};
ImageReader reader = (ImageReader) ImageIO.getImageReadersByFormatName("gif").next();
ImageInputStream ciis = ImageIO.createImageInputStream(source);
reader.setInput(ciis, false);
int noi = reader.getNumImages(true);
BufferedImage master = null;
for (int i = 0; i < noi; i++) {
BufferedImage image = reader.read(i);
IIOMetadata metadata = reader.getImageMetadata(i);
Node tree = metadata.getAsTree("javax_imageio_gif_image_1.0");
NodeList children = tree.getChildNodes();
for (int j = 0; j < children.getLength(); j++) {
Node nodeItem = children.item(j);
System.out.println(nodeItem.getNodeName());
if (nodeItem.getNodeName().equals("ImageDescriptor")) {
Map<String, Integer> imageAttr = new HashMap<String, Integer>();
NamedNodeMap attr = nodeItem.getAttributes();
// for (int index = 0; index < attr.getLength(); index++) {
// Node node = attr.item(index);
// System.out.println("----> " + node.getNodeName() + "=" + node.getNodeValue());
// }
for (int k = 0; k < imageatt.length; k++) {
Node attnode = attr.getNamedItem(imageatt[k]);
imageAttr.put(imageatt[k], Integer.valueOf(attnode.getNodeValue()));
}
if (master == null) {
master = new BufferedImage(imageAttr.get("imageWidth"), imageAttr.get("imageHeight"), BufferedImage.TYPE_INT_ARGB);
}
Graphics2D g2d = master.createGraphics();
g2d.drawImage(image, imageAttr.get("imageLeftPosition"), imageAttr.get("imageTopPosition"), null);
g2d.dispose();
// BufferedImage frame = mirror(copyImage(master));
BufferedImage frame = copyImage(master);
ImageIO.write(frame, "png", new File("img" + i + ".png"));
images.add(frame);
} else if (nodeItem.getNodeName().equals("GraphicControlExtension")) {
NamedNodeMap attr = nodeItem.getAttributes();
Node delayNode = attr.getNamedItem("delayTime");
if (delayNode != null) {
delay = Math.max(delay, Integer.valueOf(delayNode.getNodeValue()));
delays.add(delay);
}
}
}
}
output = new FileImageOutputStream(dest);
writer = new GifSequenceWriter(output, images.get(0).getType(), delay * 10, true);
for (int i = 0; i < images.size(); i++) {
BufferedImage nextImage = images.get(i);
writer.writeToSequence(nextImage);
}
} catch (IOException e) {
// TODO Auto-generated catch block
e.printStackTrace();
} finally {
try {
writer.close();
} catch (Exception e) {
}
try {
output.close();
} catch (Exception e) {
}
}
}
public static BufferedImage mirror(BufferedImage img) {
BufferedImage mirror = createCompatibleImage(img);
Graphics2D g2d = mirror.createGraphics();
AffineTransform at = new AffineTransform();
at.setToScale(1, -1);
at.translate(0, -img.getHeight());
g2d.setTransform(at);
g2d.drawImage(img, 0, 0, null);
g2d.dispose();
return mirror;
}
public static BufferedImage copyImage(BufferedImage img) {
int width = img.getWidth();
int height = img.getHeight();
BufferedImage newImage = createCompatibleImage(img);
Graphics graphics = newImage.createGraphics();
int x = (width - img.getWidth()) / 2;
int y = (height - img.getHeight()) / 2;
graphics.drawImage(img, x, y, img.getWidth(), img.getHeight(), null);
graphics.dispose();
return newImage;
}
public static BufferedImage createCompatibleImage(BufferedImage image) {
return getGraphicsConfiguration().createCompatibleImage(image.getWidth(), image.getHeight(), image.getTransparency());
}
public static GraphicsConfiguration getGraphicsConfiguration() {
return GraphicsEnvironment.getLocalGraphicsEnvironment().getDefaultScreenDevice().getDefaultConfiguration();
}
public static class GifSequenceWriter {
protected ImageWriter gifWriter;
protected ImageWriteParam imageWriteParam;
protected IIOMetadata imageMetaData;
/**
* Creates a new GifSequenceWriter
*
* #param outputStream the ImageOutputStream to be written to
* #param imageType one of the imageTypes specified in BufferedImage
* #param timeBetweenFramesMS the time between frames in miliseconds
* #param loopContinuously wether the gif should loop repeatedly
* #throws IIOException if no gif ImageWriters are found
*
* #author Elliot Kroo (elliot[at]kroo[dot]net)
*/
public GifSequenceWriter(
ImageOutputStream outputStream,
int imageType,
int timeBetweenFramesMS,
boolean loopContinuously) throws IIOException, IOException {
// my method to create a writer
gifWriter = getWriter();
imageWriteParam = gifWriter.getDefaultWriteParam();
ImageTypeSpecifier imageTypeSpecifier
= ImageTypeSpecifier.createFromBufferedImageType(imageType);
imageMetaData
= gifWriter.getDefaultImageMetadata(imageTypeSpecifier,
imageWriteParam);
String metaFormatName = imageMetaData.getNativeMetadataFormatName();
IIOMetadataNode root = (IIOMetadataNode) imageMetaData.getAsTree(metaFormatName);
IIOMetadataNode graphicsControlExtensionNode = getNode(
root,
"GraphicControlExtension");
//restoreToBackgroundColor
//restoreToPrevious
graphicsControlExtensionNode.setAttribute("disposalMethod", "none");
graphicsControlExtensionNode.setAttribute("userInputFlag", "FALSE");
graphicsControlExtensionNode.setAttribute(
"transparentColorFlag",
"FALSE");
graphicsControlExtensionNode.setAttribute(
"delayTime",
Integer.toString(timeBetweenFramesMS / 10));
graphicsControlExtensionNode.setAttribute(
"transparentColorIndex",
"0");
IIOMetadataNode commentsNode = getNode(root, "CommentExtensions");
commentsNode.setAttribute("CommentExtension", "Created by MAH");
IIOMetadataNode appEntensionsNode = getNode(
root,
"ApplicationExtensions");
IIOMetadataNode child = new IIOMetadataNode("ApplicationExtension");
child.setAttribute("applicationID", "NETSCAPE");
child.setAttribute("authenticationCode", "2.0");
int loop = loopContinuously ? 0 : 1;
child.setUserObject(new byte[]{0x1, (byte) (loop & 0xFF), (byte) ((loop >> 8) & 0xFF)});
appEntensionsNode.appendChild(child);
imageMetaData.setFromTree(metaFormatName, root);
gifWriter.setOutput(outputStream);
gifWriter.prepareWriteSequence(null);
}
public void writeToSequence(RenderedImage img) throws IOException {
gifWriter.writeToSequence(
new IIOImage(
img,
null,
imageMetaData),
imageWriteParam);
}
/**
* Close this GifSequenceWriter object. This does not close the
* underlying stream, just finishes off the GIF.
*/
public void close() throws IOException {
gifWriter.endWriteSequence();
}
/**
* Returns the first available GIF ImageWriter using
* ImageIO.getImageWritersBySuffix("gif").
*
* #return a GIF ImageWriter object
* #throws IIOException if no GIF image writers are returned
*/
private static ImageWriter getWriter() throws IIOException {
Iterator<ImageWriter> iter = ImageIO.getImageWritersBySuffix("gif");
if (!iter.hasNext()) {
throw new IIOException("No GIF Image Writers Exist");
} else {
return iter.next();
}
}
/**
* Returns an existing child node, or creates and returns a new child
* node (if the requested node does not exist).
*
* #param rootNode the <tt>IIOMetadataNode</tt> to search for the child
* node.
* #param nodeName the name of the child node.
*
* #return the child node, if found or a new node created with the given
* name.
*/
private static IIOMetadataNode getNode(
IIOMetadataNode rootNode,
String nodeName) {
int nNodes = rootNode.getLength();
for (int i = 0; i < nNodes; i++) {
if (rootNode.item(i).getNodeName().compareToIgnoreCase(nodeName)
== 0) {
return ((IIOMetadataNode) rootNode.item(i));
}
}
IIOMetadataNode node = new IIOMetadataNode(nodeName);
rootNode.appendChild(node);
return (node);
}
}
}
And finally, the "fixed" gif
The above is based on the investigations from Mirroring animated gif on load in Java - ImageIcon

Add visibility effect to images in Java JFrame

I'm using Java's JFrame to show a .jpeg image. I need to start horizontal sliding effect to an image when a checkbox is selected. So basically when the checkbox is selected, the image will start sliding from left to right, taking a few seconds and when finished, start again forever until the checkbox is unchecked. How can I add I this feature?
EDIT: Actually I do not mean the picture itself is moving; I mean the picture is stable and static, but the image will start to get visible with a horizontal sliding effect, from left to right and restart. I hope it is clear enough.
Assume here is my code to show images and checkboxes (got from Java tutorial):
import java.awt.*;
import java.awt.event.*;
import javax.swing.*;
/*
* CheckBoxDemo.java requires 16 image files in the images/geek
* directory:
* geek-----.gif, geek-c---.gif, geek--g--.gif, geek---h-.gif, geek----t.gif,
* geek-cg--.gif, ..., geek-cght.gif.
*/
public class CheckBoxDemo extends JPanel
implements ItemListener {
JCheckBox chinButton;
JCheckBox glassesButton;
JCheckBox hairButton;
JCheckBox teethButton;
/*
* Four accessory choices provide for 16 different
* combinations. The image for each combination is
* contained in a separate image file whose name indicates
* the accessories. The filenames are "geek-XXXX.gif"
* where XXXX can be one of the following 16 choices.
* The "choices" StringBuffer contains the string that
* indicates the current selection and is used to generate
* the file name of the image to display.
---- //zero accessories
c--- //one accessory
-g--
--h-
---t
cg-- //two accessories
c-h-
c--t
-gh-
-g-t
--ht
-ght //three accessories
c-ht
cg-t
cgh-
cght //all accessories
*/
StringBuffer choices;
JLabel pictureLabel;
public CheckBoxDemo() {
super(new BorderLayout());
//Create the check boxes.
chinButton = new JCheckBox("Chin");
chinButton.setMnemonic(KeyEvent.VK_C);
chinButton.setSelected(true);
glassesButton = new JCheckBox("Glasses");
glassesButton.setMnemonic(KeyEvent.VK_G);
glassesButton.setSelected(true);
hairButton = new JCheckBox("Hair");
hairButton.setMnemonic(KeyEvent.VK_H);
hairButton.setSelected(true);
teethButton = new JCheckBox("Teeth");
teethButton.setMnemonic(KeyEvent.VK_T);
teethButton.setSelected(true);
//Register a listener for the check boxes.
chinButton.addItemListener(this);
glassesButton.addItemListener(this);
hairButton.addItemListener(this);
teethButton.addItemListener(this);
//Indicates what's on the geek.
choices = new StringBuffer("cght");
//Set up the picture label
pictureLabel = new JLabel();
pictureLabel.setFont(pictureLabel.getFont().deriveFont(Font.ITALIC));
updatePicture();
//Put the check boxes in a column in a panel
JPanel checkPanel = new JPanel(new GridLayout(0, 1));
checkPanel.add(chinButton);
checkPanel.add(glassesButton);
checkPanel.add(hairButton);
checkPanel.add(teethButton);
add(checkPanel, BorderLayout.LINE_START);
add(pictureLabel, BorderLayout.CENTER);
setBorder(BorderFactory.createEmptyBorder(20,20,20,20));
}
/** Listens to the check boxes. */
public void itemStateChanged(ItemEvent e) {
int index = 0;
char c = '-';
Object source = e.getItemSelectable();
if (source == chinButton) {
index = 0;
c = 'c';
} else if (source == glassesButton) {
index = 1;
c = 'g';
} else if (source == hairButton) {
index = 2;
c = 'h';
} else if (source == teethButton) {
index = 3;
c = 't';
}
//Now that we know which button was pushed, find out
//whether it was selected or deselected.
if (e.getStateChange() == ItemEvent.DESELECTED) {
c = '-';
}
//Apply the change to the string.
choices.setCharAt(index, c);
updatePicture();
}
protected void updatePicture() {
//Get the icon corresponding to the image.
ImageIcon icon = createImageIcon(
"images/geek/geek-"
+ choices.toString()
+ ".gif");
pictureLabel.setIcon(icon);
pictureLabel.setToolTipText(choices.toString());
if (icon == null) {
pictureLabel.setText("Missing Image");
} else {
pictureLabel.setText(null);
}
}
/** Returns an ImageIcon, or null if the path was invalid. */
protected static ImageIcon createImageIcon(String path) {
java.net.URL imgURL = CheckBoxDemo.class.getResource(path);
if (imgURL != null) {
return new ImageIcon(imgURL);
} else {
System.err.println("Couldn't find file: " + path);
return null;
}
}
/**
* Create the GUI and show it. For thread safety,
* this method should be invoked from the
* event-dispatching thread.
*/
private static void createAndShowGUI() {
//Create and set up the window.
JFrame frame = new JFrame("CheckBoxDemo");
frame.setDefaultCloseOperation(JFrame.EXIT_ON_CLOSE);
//Create and set up the content pane.
JComponent newContentPane = new CheckBoxDemo();
newContentPane.setOpaque(true); //content panes must be opaque
frame.setContentPane(newContentPane);
//Display the window.
frame.pack();
frame.setVisible(true);
}
public static void main(String[] args) {
//Schedule a job for the event-dispatching thread:
//creating and showing this application's GUI.
javax.swing.SwingUtilities.invokeLater(new Runnable() {
public void run() {
createAndShowGUI();
}
});
}
}

The simplest solution would be to roll your own using something like a javax.swing.Timer, for example...
import java.awt.Dimension;
import java.awt.EventQueue;
import java.awt.Graphics;
import java.awt.Graphics2D;
import java.awt.event.ActionEvent;
import java.awt.event.ActionListener;
import java.awt.image.BufferedImage;
import java.io.File;
import java.io.IOException;
import javax.imageio.ImageIO;
import javax.swing.JFrame;
import javax.swing.JPanel;
import javax.swing.Timer;
import javax.swing.UIManager;
import javax.swing.UnsupportedLookAndFeelException;
public class SlidingAnimation {
public static void main(String[] args) {
new SlidingAnimation();
}
public SlidingAnimation() {
EventQueue.invokeLater(new Runnable() {
#Override
public void run() {
try {
UIManager.setLookAndFeel(UIManager.getSystemLookAndFeelClassName());
} catch (ClassNotFoundException | InstantiationException | IllegalAccessException | UnsupportedLookAndFeelException ex) {
ex.printStackTrace();
}
JFrame frame = new JFrame("Testing");
frame.setDefaultCloseOperation(JFrame.EXIT_ON_CLOSE);
frame.add(new TestPane());
frame.pack();
frame.setLocationRelativeTo(null);
frame.setVisible(true);
}
});
}
public class TestPane extends JPanel {
private BufferedImage img;
private int x = 0;
private Timer timer;
private long startTime = -1;
private int playTime = 4000;
public TestPane() {
try {
img = ImageIO.read(new File("..."));
} catch (IOException ex) {
ex.printStackTrace();
}
timer = new Timer(40, new ActionListener() {
#Override
public void actionPerformed(ActionEvent e) {
float progress = 0f;
if (startTime == -1) {
startTime = System.currentTimeMillis();
} else {
long currentTime = System.currentTimeMillis();
long diff = currentTime - startTime;
if (diff >= playTime) {
diff = 0;
startTime = -1;
}
progress = diff / (float)playTime;
}
x = (int)((getWidth() - img.getWidth()) * progress);
repaint();
}
});
timer.start();
}
#Override
public Dimension getPreferredSize() {
return img == null ? new Dimension(200, 200) : new Dimension(img.getWidth() * 2, img.getHeight());
}
#Override
protected void paintComponent(Graphics g) {
super.paintComponent(g);
if (img != null) {
Graphics2D g2d = (Graphics2D) g.create();
int y = (getHeight() - img.getHeight()) / 2;
g2d.drawImage(img, x, y, this);
g2d.dispose();
}
}
}
}
This is a two second loop, which calculates the current position based on the difference between a start time and the current time and the total area that the animation needs to move. This does make it flexible, but it is a straight linear animation, it does not have the nice ease-in and ease-out which gives animation a more realistic movement...
For more advanced animation effects, I would strongly encourage you have a look at
The Timing Framework. Provides good access to the core to do unusual things, but also has the ability to change an objects properties over time
Trident. Provides the ability to change the properties of objects over time
Universal Tween Engine which I haven't used but looks really good.
You might also want to take a look at Performing Custom Painting for more details about how custom painting is done in Swing
Updated
So, if I understand your comments, you want to do a cross fade effect. Now there are a few ways to do this, you could use BufferedImage#subImage to get a "cropped" version of the original image and show that, but that, IMHO, doesn't produce such a nice effect...
Instead, you could use a masking technique which allows you to produce a fading effect...
import java.awt.AlphaComposite;
import java.awt.Color;
import java.awt.Dimension;
import java.awt.EventQueue;
import java.awt.Graphics;
import java.awt.Graphics2D;
import java.awt.LinearGradientPaint;
import java.awt.Rectangle;
import java.awt.event.ActionEvent;
import java.awt.event.ActionListener;
import java.awt.geom.Point2D;
import java.awt.image.BufferedImage;
import java.io.File;
import java.io.IOException;
import javax.imageio.ImageIO;
import javax.swing.JFrame;
import javax.swing.JPanel;
import javax.swing.Timer;
import javax.swing.UIManager;
import javax.swing.UnsupportedLookAndFeelException;
public class SlidingAnimation {
public static void main(String[] args) {
new SlidingAnimation();
}
public SlidingAnimation() {
EventQueue.invokeLater(new Runnable() {
#Override
public void run() {
try {
UIManager.setLookAndFeel(UIManager.getSystemLookAndFeelClassName());
} catch (ClassNotFoundException | InstantiationException | IllegalAccessException | UnsupportedLookAndFeelException ex) {
ex.printStackTrace();
}
JFrame frame = new JFrame("Testing");
frame.setDefaultCloseOperation(JFrame.EXIT_ON_CLOSE);
frame.add(new TestPane());
frame.pack();
frame.setLocationRelativeTo(null);
frame.setVisible(true);
}
});
}
public class TestPane extends JPanel {
private BufferedImage img;
private Timer timer;
private long startTime = -1;
private int playTime = 4000;
private float progress;
public TestPane() {
try {
img = ImageIO.read(new File("..."));
} catch (IOException ex) {
ex.printStackTrace();
}
timer = new Timer(40, new ActionListener() {
#Override
public void actionPerformed(ActionEvent e) {
if (startTime == -1) {
startTime = System.currentTimeMillis();
} else {
long currentTime = System.currentTimeMillis();
long diff = currentTime - startTime;
if (diff >= playTime) {
diff = 0;
startTime = -1;
}
progress = diff / (float) playTime;
}
repaint();
}
});
timer.start();
}
#Override
public Dimension getPreferredSize() {
return img == null ? new Dimension(200, 200) : new Dimension(img.getWidth(), img.getHeight());
}
protected BufferedImage generateImage() {
BufferedImage buffer = new BufferedImage(img.getWidth(), img.getHeight(), BufferedImage.TYPE_INT_ARGB);
Graphics2D g2d = buffer.createGraphics();
g2d.setBackground(new Color(0, 0, 0, 0));
g2d.clearRect(0, 0, buffer.getWidth(), buffer.getHeight());
g2d.drawImage(img, 0, 0, this);
float startAt = progress - 0.05f;
float endAt = progress + 0.05f;
if (endAt <= 0.1f) {
startAt = 0;
endAt = Math.max(0.1f, progress);
} else if (endAt >= 1f) {
endAt = 1f;
startAt = progress;
}
LinearGradientPaint lgp = new LinearGradientPaint(
new Point2D.Float(0, 0),
new Point2D.Float(img.getWidth(), 0),
new float[]{startAt, endAt},
new Color[]{new Color(0, 0, 0, 0), Color.RED});
g2d.setPaint(lgp);
g2d.setComposite(AlphaComposite.DstOut.derive(1f));
g2d.fill(new Rectangle(0, 0, img.getWidth(), img.getHeight()));
g2d.dispose();
return buffer;
}
#Override
protected void paintComponent(Graphics g) {
super.paintComponent(g);
if (img != null) {
Graphics2D g2d = (Graphics2D) g.create();
int y = (getHeight() - img.getHeight()) / 2;
int x = (getWidth() - img.getWidth()) / 2;
g2d.drawImage(generateImage(), x, y, this);
g2d.dispose();
}
}
}
}

How do I implement Java swing GUI start screen for a game with drawString and drawImage?

I'm not sure how I would fix the errors in my program and how I would highlight the option the user is hovering on. I want it to highlight the code for each position, i.e position 1 would be highlighted(as a different color) to start game,etc. and up/down would change position and I would change the position with up ,down, left, right. This is what I have so far. At the moment its bugged and when compiled with my window it comes out as:
Which works for the main game and altered for this titleboard, what am I doing wrong and how do I fix it?
TitleBoard class
import javax.swing.*;
import java.awt.*;
import java.awt.event.*;
import java.awt.geom.*;
import java.util.ArrayList;
//sound + file opening
import java.io.*;
import javax.sound.sampled.*;
public class TitleBoard extends JPanel implements ActionListener{
private ArrayList<String> OptionList;
private Image background;
private ImageIcon bgImageIcon;
private String cheatString;
private int position;
private Timer timer;
public TitleBoard(){
setFocusable(true);
addKeyListener(new TAdapter());
bgImageIcon = new ImageIcon("");
background = bgImageIcon.getImage();
String[] options = {"Start Game","Options","Quit"};
OptionList = new ArrayList<String>();
optionSetup(options);
position = 1;
timer = new Timer(8, this);
timer.start();
/*
1 mod 3 =>1 highlight on start
2 mod 3 =>2 highlight on options
3 mod 3 =>0 highlight on quit
*/
try{
Font numFont = Font.createFont(Font.TRUETYPE_FONT,new File("TwistedStallions.ttf"));
GraphicsEnvironment ge = GraphicsEnvironment.getLocalGraphicsEnvironment();
ge.registerFont(numFont);
setFont(numFont.deriveFont(24f)); //adjusthislater
}catch(IOException|FontFormatException e){
e.printStackTrace();
}
}
private void optionSetup(String[] s){
for(int i=0; i<s.length;i++) {
OptionList.add(s[i]);
}
}
public void paint(Graphics g){
super.paint(g);
Graphics g2d = (Graphics2D)g;
g2d.drawImage(background,0,0,this);
for (int i=0;i<OptionList.size();i++){
g2d.drawString(OptionList.get(i),200,120+120*i);
}/*
g2d.drawString(OptionList.get(1),400,240);
g2d.drawString(OptionList.get(2),400,360);
//instructions on start screen maybe??
//800x500
//highlighting*/
Toolkit.getDefaultToolkit().sync();
g.dispose();
}
public void actionPerformed(ActionEvent e){
repaint();
}
public class TAdapter extends KeyAdapter {
public void keyPressed(KeyEvent e){
if(e.getKeyCode() == KeyEvent.VK_UP||
e.getKeyCode() == KeyEvent.VK_RIGHT){
position++;
}
if(e.getKeyCode() == KeyEvent.VK_DOWN||
e.getKeyCode() == KeyEvent.VK_LEFT){
position--;
}
}
}
}
Window Class
import javax.swing.*;
import java.awt.*;
import java.awt.event.*;
public class Window extends JFrame{
public Window(){
int width = 800, height = 600;
//TO DO: make a panel in TITLE MODE
///////////////////////////////////
//panel in GAME MODE.
add(new TitleBoard());
//set default close
setDefaultCloseOperation(JFrame.EXIT_ON_CLOSE);
setSize(width,height);
//centers window
setLocationRelativeTo(null);
setTitle("Title");
setResizable(false);
setVisible(true);
}
public static void main(String[] args){
new Window();
}
}

There are any number of ways you might achieve this, for example, you could use some kind of delegation model.
That is, rather then trying to mange of each element in a single method (or methods), you could devise a delegate which provide a simple interface method that the paint method would call and it would know how to do the rest.
For example, Swing uses this type of concept with it's cell renderers for JList, JTable and JTree.
For example...
import java.awt.Color;
import java.awt.Dimension;
import java.awt.EventQueue;
import java.awt.FontMetrics;
import java.awt.Graphics;
import java.awt.Graphics2D;
import java.awt.Rectangle;
import java.awt.event.ActionEvent;
import java.awt.event.KeyEvent;
import java.awt.event.MouseAdapter;
import java.awt.event.MouseEvent;
import java.util.ArrayList;
import java.util.HashMap;
import java.util.List;
import java.util.Map;
import javax.swing.AbstractAction;
import javax.swing.ActionMap;
import javax.swing.InputMap;
import javax.swing.JFrame;
import javax.swing.JPanel;
import javax.swing.KeyStroke;
import javax.swing.UIManager;
import javax.swing.UnsupportedLookAndFeelException;
public class MyAwesomeMenu {
public static void main(String[] args) {
new MyAwesomeMenu();
}
public MyAwesomeMenu() {
EventQueue.invokeLater(new Runnable() {
#Override
public void run() {
try {
UIManager.setLookAndFeel(UIManager.getSystemLookAndFeelClassName());
} catch (ClassNotFoundException | InstantiationException | IllegalAccessException | UnsupportedLookAndFeelException ex) {
ex.printStackTrace();
}
JFrame frame = new JFrame("Testing");
frame.setDefaultCloseOperation(JFrame.EXIT_ON_CLOSE);
frame.add(new TestPane());
frame.pack();
frame.setLocationRelativeTo(null);
frame.setVisible(true);
}
});
}
public class TestPane extends JPanel {
private List<String> menuItems;
private String selectMenuItem;
private String focusedItem;
private MenuItemPainter painter;
private Map<String, Rectangle> menuBounds;
public TestPane() {
setBackground(Color.BLACK);
painter = new SimpleMenuItemPainter();
menuItems = new ArrayList<>(25);
menuItems.add("Start Game");
menuItems.add("Options");
menuItems.add("Exit");
selectMenuItem = menuItems.get(0);
MouseAdapter ma = new MouseAdapter() {
#Override
public void mouseClicked(MouseEvent e) {
String newItem = null;
for (String text : menuItems) {
Rectangle bounds = menuBounds.get(text);
if (bounds.contains(e.getPoint())) {
newItem = text;
break;
}
}
if (newItem != null && !newItem.equals(selectMenuItem)) {
selectMenuItem = newItem;
repaint();
}
}
#Override
public void mouseMoved(MouseEvent e) {
focusedItem = null;
for (String text : menuItems) {
Rectangle bounds = menuBounds.get(text);
if (bounds.contains(e.getPoint())) {
focusedItem = text;
repaint();
break;
}
}
}
};
addMouseListener(ma);
addMouseMotionListener(ma);
InputMap im = getInputMap(WHEN_IN_FOCUSED_WINDOW);
ActionMap am = getActionMap();
im.put(KeyStroke.getKeyStroke(KeyEvent.VK_DOWN, 0), "arrowDown");
im.put(KeyStroke.getKeyStroke(KeyEvent.VK_UP, 0), "arrowUp");
am.put("arrowDown", new MenuAction(1));
am.put("arrowUp", new MenuAction(-1));
}
#Override
public void invalidate() {
menuBounds = null;
super.invalidate();
}
#Override
public Dimension getPreferredSize() {
return new Dimension(200, 200);
}
#Override
protected void paintComponent(Graphics g) {
super.paintComponent(g);
Graphics2D g2d = (Graphics2D) g.create();
if (menuBounds == null) {
menuBounds = new HashMap<>(menuItems.size());
int width = 0;
int height = 0;
for (String text : menuItems) {
Dimension dim = painter.getPreferredSize(g2d, text);
width = Math.max(width, dim.width);
height = Math.max(height, dim.height);
}
int x = (getWidth() - (width + 10)) / 2;
int totalHeight = (height + 10) * menuItems.size();
totalHeight += 5 * (menuItems.size() - 1);
int y = (getHeight() - totalHeight) / 2;
for (String text : menuItems) {
menuBounds.put(text, new Rectangle(x, y, width + 10, height + 10));
y += height + 10 + 5;
}
}
for (String text : menuItems) {
Rectangle bounds = menuBounds.get(text);
boolean isSelected = text.equals(selectMenuItem);
boolean isFocused = text.equals(focusedItem);
painter.paint(g2d, text, bounds, isSelected, isFocused);
}
g2d.dispose();
}
public class MenuAction extends AbstractAction {
private final int delta;
public MenuAction(int delta) {
this.delta = delta;
}
#Override
public void actionPerformed(ActionEvent e) {
int index = menuItems.indexOf(selectMenuItem);
if (index < 0) {
selectMenuItem = menuItems.get(0);
}
index += delta;
if (index < 0) {
selectMenuItem = menuItems.get(menuItems.size() - 1);
} else if (index >= menuItems.size()) {
selectMenuItem = menuItems.get(0);
} else {
selectMenuItem = menuItems.get(index);
}
repaint();
}
}
}
public interface MenuItemPainter {
public void paint(Graphics2D g2d, String text, Rectangle bounds, boolean isSelected, boolean isFocused);
public Dimension getPreferredSize(Graphics2D g2d, String text);
}
public class SimpleMenuItemPainter implements MenuItemPainter {
public Dimension getPreferredSize(Graphics2D g2d, String text) {
return g2d.getFontMetrics().getStringBounds(text, g2d).getBounds().getSize();
}
#Override
public void paint(Graphics2D g2d, String text, Rectangle bounds, boolean isSelected, boolean isFocused) {
FontMetrics fm = g2d.getFontMetrics();
if (isSelected) {
paintBackground(g2d, bounds, Color.BLUE, Color.WHITE);
} else if (isFocused) {
paintBackground(g2d, bounds, Color.MAGENTA, Color.BLACK);
} else {
paintBackground(g2d, bounds, Color.DARK_GRAY, Color.LIGHT_GRAY);
}
int x = bounds.x + ((bounds.width - fm.stringWidth(text)) / 2);
int y = bounds.y + ((bounds.height - fm.getHeight()) / 2) + fm.getAscent();
g2d.setColor(isSelected ? Color.WHITE : Color.LIGHT_GRAY);
g2d.drawString(text, x, y);
}
protected void paintBackground(Graphics2D g2d, Rectangle bounds, Color background, Color foreground) {
g2d.setColor(background);
g2d.fill(bounds);
g2d.setColor(foreground);
g2d.draw(bounds);
}
}
}
For here, you could add ActionListener

When a GUI needs a button, use a JButton! The JButton API allows the possibility to add icons for many different circumstances. This example shows different icons for the standard icon, the hover icon, and the pressed icon. Your GUI would obviously use icons with text on them for the required effect.
The icons are pulled directly (hot-linked) from Example images for code and mark-up Q&As.
Standard
Hover over triangle
Press triangle
Code
import java.awt.*;
import java.awt.image.BufferedImage;
import javax.imageio.ImageIO;
import javax.swing.*;
import javax.swing.border.EmptyBorder;
import java.net.URL;
public class IconHoverFocusIndication {
// the GUI as seen by the user (without frame)
// swap the 1 and 0 for single column
JPanel gui = new JPanel(new GridLayout(1,0,50,50));
public static final int GREEN = 0, YELLOW = 1, RED = 2;
String[][] urls = {
{
"http://i.stack.imgur.com/T5uTa.png",
"http://i.stack.imgur.com/IHARa.png",
"http://i.stack.imgur.com/wCF8S.png"
},
{
"http://i.stack.imgur.com/gYxHm.png",
"http://i.stack.imgur.com/8BGfi.png",
"http://i.stack.imgur.com/5v2TX.png"
},
{
"http://i.stack.imgur.com/1lgtq.png",
"http://i.stack.imgur.com/6ZXhi.png",
"http://i.stack.imgur.com/F0JHK.png"
}
};
IconHoverFocusIndication() throws Exception {
// adjust to requirement..
gui.setBorder(new EmptyBorder(15, 30, 15, 30));
gui.setBackground(Color.BLACK);
Insets zeroMargin = new Insets(0,0,0,0);
for (int ii = 0; ii < 3; ii++) {
JButton b = new JButton();
b.setBorderPainted(false);
b.setMargin(zeroMargin);
b.setContentAreaFilled(false);
gui.add(b);
URL url1 = new URL(urls[ii][GREEN]);
BufferedImage bi1 = ImageIO.read(url1);
b.setIcon(new ImageIcon(bi1));
URL url2 = new URL(urls[ii][YELLOW]);
BufferedImage bi2 = ImageIO.read(url2);
b.setRolloverIcon(new ImageIcon(bi2));
URL url3 = new URL(urls[ii][RED]);
BufferedImage bi3 = ImageIO.read(url3);
b.setPressedIcon(new ImageIcon(bi3));
}
}
public JComponent getGUI() {
return gui;
}
public static void main(String[] args) {
Runnable r = new Runnable() {
#Override
public void run() {
try {
IconHoverFocusIndication ihfi =
new IconHoverFocusIndication();
JFrame f = new JFrame("Button Icons");
f.add(ihfi.getGUI());
// Ensures JVM closes after frame(s) closed and
// all non-daemon threads are finished
f.setDefaultCloseOperation(JFrame.DISPOSE_ON_CLOSE);
// See https://stackoverflow.com/a/7143398/418556 for demo.
f.setLocationByPlatform(true);
// ensures the frame is the minimum size it needs to be
// in order display the components within it
f.pack();
// should be done last, to avoid flickering, moving,
// resizing artifacts.
f.setVisible(true);
} catch (Exception ex) {
ex.printStackTrace();
}
}
};
// Swing GUIs should be created and updated on the EDT
// http://docs.oracle.com/javase/tutorial/uiswing/concurrency
SwingUtilities.invokeLater(r);
}
}

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Is there any way to create a dynamic Zoom Box in Java which will include e. g. 20x20pix area around the cursor (but even when cursor will move beyond the Frame of app) and which will be shown for example in a small JPanel?
I'm asking in context of a Color Chooser program. The last functionality need to be implemented is just that Zoom Box.

I'm sure there are a number of different ways that this could be achieved.
This basically uses a separate component, which acts as the "zoom box". You supply it a component that you want to "zoom" on. It adds a mouse listener so it can monitor mouse motion events and enter and exit events.
These are used to determine when the "popup" window should be shown, where the popup window should be shown and the area that should be "painted".
This uses the "component to be zoomed" paint method to paint a region to of it to a backing buffer, which is then scaled and painted to the "zoom box"...simple
I've not played around with the zoom factor, so there may still be some quirks, but you should get the basic idea...
While I've presented a image to act as the background, this should work on any component
import java.awt.BorderLayout;
import java.awt.Color;
import java.awt.Dimension;
import java.awt.EventQueue;
import java.awt.Graphics;
import java.awt.Graphics2D;
import java.awt.Point;
import java.awt.event.MouseAdapter;
import java.awt.event.MouseEvent;
import java.awt.geom.AffineTransform;
import java.awt.image.BufferedImage;
import java.io.File;
import java.io.IOException;
import javax.imageio.ImageIO;
import javax.swing.JComponent;
import javax.swing.JFrame;
import javax.swing.JPanel;
import javax.swing.JWindow;
import javax.swing.UIManager;
import javax.swing.UnsupportedLookAndFeelException;
public class ZoomBoxWindow {
public static void main(String[] args) {
new ZoomBoxWindow();
}
public ZoomBoxWindow() {
EventQueue.invokeLater(new Runnable() {
#Override
public void run() {
try {
UIManager.setLookAndFeel(UIManager.getSystemLookAndFeelClassName());
} catch (ClassNotFoundException | InstantiationException | IllegalAccessException | UnsupportedLookAndFeelException ex) {
ex.printStackTrace();
}
TestPane pane = new TestPane();
ZoomPane zoomPane = new ZoomPane(pane);
JFrame frame = new JFrame("Testing");
frame.setDefaultCloseOperation(JFrame.EXIT_ON_CLOSE);
frame.add(pane);
frame.pack();
frame.setLocationRelativeTo(null);
frame.setVisible(true);
}
});
}
public static class ZoomPane extends JPanel {
protected static final int ZOOM_AREA = 40;
private JComponent parent;
private JWindow popup;
private BufferedImage buffer;
private float zoomLevel = 2f;
public ZoomPane(JComponent parent) {
this.parent = parent;
popup = new JWindow();
popup.setLayout(new BorderLayout());
popup.add(this);
popup.pack();
MouseAdapter ma = new MouseAdapter() {
#Override
public void mouseMoved(MouseEvent e) {
Point p = e.getPoint();
Point pos = e.getLocationOnScreen();
updateBuffer(p);
popup.setLocation(pos.x + 16, pos.y + 16);
repaint();
}
#Override
public void mouseEntered(MouseEvent e) {
popup.setVisible(true);
}
#Override
public void mouseExited(MouseEvent e) {
popup.setVisible(false);
}
};
parent.addMouseListener(ma);
parent.addMouseMotionListener(ma);
}
protected void updateBuffer(Point p) {
int width = Math.round(ZOOM_AREA);
int height = Math.round(ZOOM_AREA);
buffer = new BufferedImage(width, height, BufferedImage.TYPE_INT_ARGB);
Graphics2D g2d = buffer.createGraphics();
AffineTransform at = new AffineTransform();
int xPos = (ZOOM_AREA / 2) - p.x;
int yPos = (ZOOM_AREA / 2) - p.y;
if (xPos > 0) {
xPos = 0;
}
if (yPos > 0) {
yPos = 0;
}
if ((xPos * -1) + ZOOM_AREA > parent.getWidth()) {
xPos = (parent.getWidth() - ZOOM_AREA) * -1;
}
if ((yPos * -1) + ZOOM_AREA > parent.getHeight()) {
yPos = (parent.getHeight()- ZOOM_AREA) * -1;
}
at.translate(xPos, yPos);
g2d.setTransform(at);
parent.paint(g2d);
g2d.dispose();
}
#Override
public Dimension getPreferredSize() {
return new Dimension(Math.round(ZOOM_AREA * zoomLevel), Math.round(ZOOM_AREA * zoomLevel));
}
#Override
protected void paintComponent(Graphics g) {
super.paintComponent(g);
Graphics2D g2d = (Graphics2D) g.create();
if (buffer != null) {
AffineTransform at = g2d.getTransform();
g2d.setTransform(AffineTransform.getScaleInstance(zoomLevel, zoomLevel));
g2d.drawImage(buffer, 0, 0, this);
g2d.setTransform(at);
}
g2d.setColor(Color.RED);
g2d.drawRect(0, 0, getWidth() - 1, getHeight() - 1);
g2d.dispose();
}
}
public class TestPane extends JPanel {
private BufferedImage img;
public TestPane() {
try {
img = ImageIO.read(new File("/path/to/your/image"));
} catch (IOException ex) {
ex.printStackTrace();
}
}
#Override
public Dimension getPreferredSize() {
return img == null ? new Dimension(200, 200) : new Dimension(img.getWidth(), img.getHeight());
}
#Override
protected void paintComponent(Graphics g) {
super.paintComponent(g);
if (img != null) {
Graphics2D g2d = (Graphics2D) g.create();
int x = (getWidth() - img.getWidth()) / 2;
int y = (getHeight() - img.getHeight()) / 2;
g2d.drawImage(img, x, y, this);
g2d.dispose();
}
}
}
}
Updated with "screen" version
This version will allow you to display a "zoom window" any where on the screen.
This has a minor issue in the fact that you need to hide the zoom window before you capture the screen, then re-show it.
I might be tempted to change the process so that when the updateBuffer method detected that the mouse position hadn't changed, it updated the buffer and showed the zoom window. When the mouse position changes, it would hide the window again...but that's me ;)
import java.awt.AWTException;
import java.awt.BorderLayout;
import java.awt.Color;
import java.awt.Dimension;
import java.awt.EventQueue;
import java.awt.Graphics;
import java.awt.Graphics2D;
import java.awt.MouseInfo;
import java.awt.Point;
import java.awt.PointerInfo;
import java.awt.Rectangle;
import java.awt.Robot;
import java.awt.event.ActionEvent;
import java.awt.event.ActionListener;
import java.awt.geom.AffineTransform;
import java.awt.image.BufferedImage;
import javax.swing.Action;
import javax.swing.JPanel;
import javax.swing.JWindow;
import javax.swing.Timer;
import javax.swing.UIManager;
import javax.swing.UnsupportedLookAndFeelException;
import static zoomboxwindow.ZoomBoxWindow.ZoomPane.ZOOM_AREA;
public class GlobalZoomBox {
public static void main(String[] args) {
new GlobalZoomBox();
}
public GlobalZoomBox() {
EventQueue.invokeLater(new Runnable() {
#Override
public void run() {
try {
UIManager.setLookAndFeel(UIManager.getSystemLookAndFeelClassName());
} catch (ClassNotFoundException | InstantiationException | IllegalAccessException | UnsupportedLookAndFeelException ex) {
ex.printStackTrace();
}
Zoomer zoomer = new Zoomer();
zoomer.setZoomWinodwVisible(true);
}
});
}
public class Zoomer extends JPanel {
protected static final int ZOOM_AREA = 40;
private JWindow popup;
private BufferedImage buffer;
private Robot bot;
private float zoomLevel = 2f;
private Point lastPoint;
private final Timer timer;
public Zoomer() {
popup = new JWindow();
popup.setLayout(new BorderLayout());
popup.add(this);
popup.pack();
try {
bot = new Robot();
} catch (AWTException ex) {
ex.printStackTrace();
}
timer = new Timer(125, new ActionListener() {
#Override
public void actionPerformed(ActionEvent e) {
updateBuffer();
}
});
timer.setCoalesce(true);
timer.setInitialDelay(0);
}
public void setZoomWinodwVisible(boolean value) {
if (value && !popup.isVisible()) {
timer.start();
popup.setVisible(true);
} else {
timer.stop();
popup.setVisible(false);
}
}
#Override
public Dimension getPreferredSize() {
return new Dimension(Math.round(ZOOM_AREA * zoomLevel), Math.round(ZOOM_AREA * zoomLevel));
}
protected void updateBuffer() {
if (bot != null) {
PointerInfo info = MouseInfo.getPointerInfo();
Point p = info.getLocation();
if (lastPoint == null || !lastPoint.equals(p)) {
int x = p.x - (ZOOM_AREA / 2);
int y = p.y - (ZOOM_AREA / 2);
popup.setLocation(p.x + 16, p.y + 16);
popup.setVisible(false);
buffer = bot.createScreenCapture(new Rectangle(x, y, ZOOM_AREA, ZOOM_AREA));
popup.setVisible(true);
lastPoint = p;
repaint();
}
}
}
#Override
protected void paintComponent(Graphics g) {
super.paintComponent(g);
Graphics2D g2d = (Graphics2D) g.create();
if (buffer != null) {
AffineTransform at = g2d.getTransform();
g2d.setTransform(AffineTransform.getScaleInstance(zoomLevel, zoomLevel));
g2d.drawImage(buffer, 0, 0, this);
g2d.setTransform(at);
}
g2d.setColor(Color.RED);
g2d.drawRect(0, 0, getWidth() - 1, getHeight() - 1);
g2d.dispose();
}
}
}
Updated with "tooltip" style popup
The main problems with the second example is the fact that you need to hide the popup in order to grab a screen shoot. This is done to prevent the popup from begin captured as well. This makes the popup "flash" every time the mouse is moved.
You "could" get around this ensuring the popup is positioned out side the range of the capture, but as you increase the capture area, the popup will move further away from the cursor.
This would, of course, be a great solution for fixed position display (ie, you had a panel fixed on a JFrame instead of a floating box)
This is an additional update that uses a second timer to display the zoom box after the user has stopped moving the mouse.
import java.awt.AWTException;
import java.awt.BorderLayout;
import java.awt.Color;
import java.awt.Dimension;
import java.awt.EventQueue;
import java.awt.Graphics;
import java.awt.Graphics2D;
import java.awt.MouseInfo;
import java.awt.Point;
import java.awt.PointerInfo;
import java.awt.Rectangle;
import java.awt.Robot;
import java.awt.event.ActionEvent;
import java.awt.event.ActionListener;
import java.awt.geom.AffineTransform;
import java.awt.image.BufferedImage;
import javax.swing.Action;
import javax.swing.JPanel;
import javax.swing.JWindow;
import javax.swing.Timer;
import javax.swing.UIManager;
import javax.swing.UnsupportedLookAndFeelException;
import static zoomboxwindow.ZoomBoxWindow.ZoomPane.ZOOM_AREA;
public class GlobalZoomBox {
public static void main(String[] args) {
new GlobalZoomBox();
}
public GlobalZoomBox() {
EventQueue.invokeLater(new Runnable() {
#Override
public void run() {
try {
UIManager.setLookAndFeel(UIManager.getSystemLookAndFeelClassName());
} catch (ClassNotFoundException | InstantiationException | IllegalAccessException | UnsupportedLookAndFeelException ex) {
ex.printStackTrace();
}
Zoomer zoomer = new Zoomer();
zoomer.setZoomWinodwVisible(true);
}
});
}
public class Zoomer extends JPanel {
protected static final int ZOOM_AREA = 80;
private JWindow popup;
private BufferedImage buffer;
private Robot bot;
private float zoomLevel = 2f;
private Point lastPoint;
private final Timer timer;
private final Timer popupTimer;
public Zoomer() {
popup = new JWindow();
popup.setLayout(new BorderLayout());
popup.add(this);
popup.pack();
try {
bot = new Robot();
} catch (AWTException ex) {
ex.printStackTrace();
}
timer = new Timer(125, new ActionListener() {
#Override
public void actionPerformed(ActionEvent e) {
updateBuffer();
}
});
timer.setCoalesce(true);
timer.setInitialDelay(0);
popupTimer = new Timer(250, new ActionListener() {
#Override
public void actionPerformed(ActionEvent e) {
if (lastPoint != null) {
System.out.println("lastPoint = " + lastPoint);
popup.setVisible(false);
Point p = lastPoint;
int x = p.x - (ZOOM_AREA / 2);
int y = p.y - (ZOOM_AREA / 2);
popup.setLocation(p.x + 16, p.y + 16);
buffer = bot.createScreenCapture(new Rectangle(x, y, ZOOM_AREA, ZOOM_AREA));
repaint();
popup.setVisible(true);
}
}
});
popupTimer.setRepeats(false);
}
public void setZoomWinodwVisible(boolean value) {
if (value && !popup.isVisible()) {
timer.start();
popup.setVisible(true);
} else {
timer.stop();
popup.setVisible(false);
}
}
#Override
public Dimension getPreferredSize() {
return new Dimension(Math.round(ZOOM_AREA * zoomLevel), Math.round(ZOOM_AREA * zoomLevel));
}
protected void updateBuffer() {
if (bot != null) {
PointerInfo info = MouseInfo.getPointerInfo();
Point p = info.getLocation();
if (lastPoint == null || !lastPoint.equals(p)) {
lastPoint = p;
popupTimer.stop();
popup.setVisible(false);
} else {
if (!popup.isVisible()) {
popupTimer.start();
}
}
}
}
#Override
protected void paintComponent(Graphics g) {
super.paintComponent(g);
Graphics2D g2d = (Graphics2D) g.create();
if (buffer != null) {
AffineTransform at = g2d.getTransform();
g2d.setTransform(AffineTransform.getScaleInstance(zoomLevel, zoomLevel));
g2d.drawImage(buffer, 0, 0, this);
g2d.setTransform(at);
}
g2d.setColor(Color.RED);
g2d.drawRect(0, 0, getWidth() - 1, getHeight() - 1);
g2d.dispose();
}
}
}

import java.awt.*;
import java.awt.event.ActionEvent;
import java.awt.event.ActionListener;
import java.awt.image.BufferedImage;
import javax.swing.*;
class ZoomOnMouse {
public static void main(String[] args) throws AWTException {
final Robot robot = new Robot();
Runnable r = new Runnable() {
#Override
public void run() {
final int size = 256;
final BufferedImage bi = new BufferedImage(
size, size, BufferedImage.TYPE_INT_RGB);
final JLabel gui = new JLabel(new ImageIcon(bi));
ActionListener zoomListener = new ActionListener() {
#Override
public void actionPerformed(ActionEvent e) {
PointerInfo pi = MouseInfo.getPointerInfo();
Point p = pi.getLocation();
BufferedImage temp = robot.createScreenCapture(
new Rectangle(p.x-(size/4), p.y-(size/4),
(size/2), (size/2)));
Graphics g = bi.getGraphics();
g.drawImage(temp, 0, 0, size, size, null);
g.dispose();
gui.repaint();
}
};
Timer t = new Timer(40, zoomListener);
t.start();
JOptionPane.showMessageDialog(null, gui);
t.stop();
}
};
// Swing GUIs should be created and updated on the EDT
// http://docs.oracle.com/javase/tutorial/uiswing/concurrency/initial.html
SwingUtilities.invokeLater(r);
}
}