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Multiple column in JComboBox in java swing

how to create jcomboBox with two /multiple columns in the drop down let but when we select only one selected value show in Jcombobox
please give me any solution for this .

You might be able to use JList#setLayoutOrientation(JList.VERTICAL_WRAP):
import java.awt.*;
import javax.accessibility.Accessible;
import javax.swing.*;
import javax.swing.plaf.basic.ComboPopup;
public class TwoColumnsDropdownTest {
private Component makeUI() {
DefaultComboBoxModel<String> model = new DefaultComboBoxModel<>();
model.addElement("111");
model.addElement("2222");
model.addElement("3");
model.addElement("44444");
model.addElement("55555");
model.addElement("66");
model.addElement("777");
model.addElement("8");
model.addElement("9999");
int rowCount = (model.getSize() + 1) / 2;
JComboBox<String> combo = new JComboBox<String>(model) {
#Override public Dimension getPreferredSize() {
Insets i = getInsets();
Dimension d = super.getPreferredSize();
int w = Math.max(100, d.width);
int h = d.height;
int buttonWidth = 20; // ???
return new Dimension(buttonWidth + w + i.left + i.right, h + i.top + i.bottom);
}
#Override public void updateUI() {
super.updateUI();
setMaximumRowCount(rowCount);
setPrototypeDisplayValue("12345");
Accessible o = getAccessibleContext().getAccessibleChild(0);
if (o instanceof ComboPopup) {
JList<?> list = ((ComboPopup) o).getList();
list.setLayoutOrientation(JList.VERTICAL_WRAP);
list.setVisibleRowCount(rowCount);
list.setFixedCellWidth((getPreferredSize().width - 2) / 2);
}
}
};
JPanel p = new JPanel();
p.add(combo);
return p;
}
public static void main(String[] args) {
EventQueue.invokeLater(() -> {
JFrame frame = new JFrame();
frame.setDefaultCloseOperation(WindowConstants.EXIT_ON_CLOSE);
frame.getContentPane().add(new TwoColumnsDropdownTest().makeUI());
frame.setSize(320, 240);
frame.setLocationRelativeTo(null);
frame.setVisible(true);
});
}
}

You need to do a few things.
By default, what is displayed in the JComboBox, as the selected item, is the value returned by method toString of the items in the ComboBoxModel. Based on your comment I wrote an Item class and overrode the toString method.
In order to display something different in the drop-down list, you need a custom ListCellRenderer.
In order for the drop-down list to display the entire details of each item, the drop-down list needs to be wider than the JComboBox. I used code from the following SO question to achieve that:
How can I change the width of a JComboBox dropdown list?
import java.awt.Component;
import java.awt.Dimension;
import java.awt.EventQueue;
import java.awt.Point;
import java.math.BigDecimal;
import java.text.NumberFormat;
import javax.accessibility.Accessible;
import javax.accessibility.AccessibleContext;
import javax.swing.BorderFactory;
import javax.swing.JComboBox;
import javax.swing.JFrame;
import javax.swing.JLabel;
import javax.swing.JList;
import javax.swing.JPanel;
import javax.swing.JScrollPane;
import javax.swing.ListCellRenderer;
import javax.swing.event.PopupMenuEvent;
import javax.swing.event.PopupMenuListener;
import javax.swing.plaf.basic.BasicComboPopup;
public class MultiColumnCombo implements PopupMenuListener {
private JComboBox<Item> combo;
public void popupMenuCanceled(PopupMenuEvent event) {
// Do nothing.
}
public void popupMenuWillBecomeInvisible(PopupMenuEvent event) {
// Do nothing.
}
public void popupMenuWillBecomeVisible(PopupMenuEvent event) {
AccessibleContext comboAccessibleContext = combo.getAccessibleContext();
int comboAccessibleChildrenCount = comboAccessibleContext.getAccessibleChildrenCount();
if (comboAccessibleChildrenCount > 0) {
Accessible comboAccessibleChild0 = comboAccessibleContext.getAccessibleChild(0);
if (comboAccessibleChild0 instanceof BasicComboPopup) {
EventQueue.invokeLater(() -> {
BasicComboPopup comboPopup = (BasicComboPopup) comboAccessibleChild0;
JScrollPane scrollPane = (JScrollPane) comboPopup.getComponent(0);
Dimension d = setCurrentDimension(scrollPane.getPreferredSize());
scrollPane.setPreferredSize(d);
scrollPane.setMaximumSize(d);
scrollPane.setMinimumSize(d);
scrollPane.setSize(d);
Point location = combo.getLocationOnScreen();
int height = combo.getPreferredSize().height;
comboPopup.setLocation(location.x, location.y + height - 1);
comboPopup.setLocation(location.x, location.y + height);
});
}
}
}
private void createAndDisplayGui() {
JFrame frame = new JFrame();
frame.setDefaultCloseOperation(JFrame.EXIT_ON_CLOSE);
frame.add(createCombo());
frame.setSize(450, 300);
frame.setLocationByPlatform(true);
frame.setVisible(true);
}
private JPanel createCombo() {
JPanel panel = new JPanel();
Item[] items = new Item[]{new Item("A", "Item A", new BigDecimal(1.99d), new BigDecimal(2.99d)),
new Item("B", "Item B", new BigDecimal(7.5d), new BigDecimal(9.0d)),
new Item("C", "Item C", new BigDecimal(0.25d), new BigDecimal(3.15d))};
combo = new JComboBox<>(items);
AccessibleContext comboAccessibleContext = combo.getAccessibleContext();
int comboAccessibleChildrenCount = comboAccessibleContext.getAccessibleChildrenCount();
if (comboAccessibleChildrenCount > 0) {
Accessible comboAccessibleChild0 = comboAccessibleContext.getAccessibleChild(0);
if (comboAccessibleChild0 instanceof BasicComboPopup) {
BasicComboPopup comboPopup = (BasicComboPopup) comboAccessibleChild0;
comboPopup.getList().setCellRenderer(new MultiColumnRenderer());
}
}
combo.addPopupMenuListener(this);
panel.add(combo);
return panel;
}
private Dimension setCurrentDimension(Dimension dim) {
Dimension d = new Dimension(dim);
d.width = 120;
return d;
}
public static void main(String[] args) {
EventQueue.invokeLater(() -> new MultiColumnCombo().createAndDisplayGui());
}
}
class Item {
private String code;
private String name;
private BigDecimal price;
private BigDecimal salePrice;
public Item(String code, String name, BigDecimal price, BigDecimal salePrice) {
this.code = code;
this.name = name;
this.price = price;
this.salePrice = salePrice;
}
public String displayString() {
return String.format("%s %s %s %s",
code,
name,
NumberFormat.getCurrencyInstance().format(price),
NumberFormat.getCurrencyInstance().format(salePrice));
}
public String toString() {
return name;
}
}
class MultiColumnRenderer implements ListCellRenderer<Object> {
/** Component returned by method {#link #getListCellRendererComponent}. */
private JLabel cmpt;
public MultiColumnRenderer() {
cmpt = new JLabel();
cmpt.setOpaque(true);
cmpt.setBorder(BorderFactory.createEmptyBorder(1, 1, 1, 1));
}
public Component getListCellRendererComponent(JList<? extends Object> list,
Object value,
int index,
boolean isSelected,
boolean cellHasFocus) {
String text;
if (value == null) {
text = "";
}
else {
if (value instanceof Item) {
text = ((Item) value).displayString();
}
else {
text = value.toString();
}
}
cmpt.setText(text);
if (isSelected) {
cmpt.setBackground(list.getSelectionBackground());
cmpt.setForeground(list.getSelectionForeground());
}
else {
cmpt.setBackground(list.getBackground());
cmpt.setForeground(list.getForeground());
}
cmpt.setFont(list.getFont());
return cmpt;
}
}

Unable to resize JPanel in java Swing

I just started using Java Swing, and I was going through the following post: Dynamic fields addition in java/swing form.
I implement the code in this post with some modification, and it worked fine. As mentioned in the post, JPanel is not resizing itself when we add more rows. Can someone throw more light on this issue with easy to understand explanation that how can we resize JPanel as soon as we hit +/- button? Here is the code :
Row class
import java.awt.event.ActionEvent;
import javax.swing.AbstractAction;
import javax.swing.JButton;
import javax.swing.JPanel;
import javax.swing.JTextField;
#SuppressWarnings("serial")
public class Row extends JPanel {
private JTextField quantity;
private JTextField item;
private JTextField price;
private JButton plus;
private JButton minus;
private RowList parent;
public Row(String initialQuantity, String initalPrice, String initialItem, RowList list) {
this.parent = list;
this.plus = new JButton(new AddRowAction());
this.minus = new JButton(new RemoveRowAction());
this.quantity = new JTextField(10);
this.item = new JTextField(10);
this.price = new JTextField(10);
this.quantity.setText(initialQuantity);
this.price.setText(initalPrice);
this.item.setText(initialItem);
add(this.plus);
add(this.minus);
add(this.quantity);
add(this.item);
add(this.price);
}
public class AddRowAction extends AbstractAction {
public AddRowAction() {
super("+");
}
public void actionPerformed(ActionEvent e) {
parent.cloneRow(Row.this);
}
}
public class RemoveRowAction extends AbstractAction {
public RemoveRowAction() {
super("-");
}
public void actionPerformed(ActionEvent e) {
parent.removeItem(Row.this);
}
}
public void enableAdd(boolean enabled) {
this.plus.setEnabled(enabled);
}
public void enableMinus(boolean enabled) {
this.minus.setEnabled(enabled);
}
}
RowList class
import java.util.ArrayList;
import java.util.List;
import javax.swing.JButton;
import javax.swing.JLabel;
import javax.swing.JPanel;
#SuppressWarnings("serial")
public class RowList extends JPanel{
private List<Row> rows;
public RowList() {
this.rows = new ArrayList<Row>();
Row initial = new Row("1","0.00","", this);
//addHeaders();
//addGenerateBillButton();
addItem(initial);
}
public void addHeaders(){
JLabel qty = new JLabel("Quantity");
//qty.setBounds(10, 0, 80, 25);
add(qty);
JLabel item = new JLabel("Item");
//item.setBounds(70, 0, 80, 25);
add(item);
JLabel price = new JLabel("Price");
//price.setBounds(120, 0, 80, 25);
add(price);
}
public void addGenerateBillButton(){
JButton billGenerationButton = new JButton("Generate Bill");
add(billGenerationButton);
}
public void cloneRow(Row row) {
Row theClone = new Row("1","0.00","", this);
addItem(theClone);
}
private void addItem(Row row) {
rows.add(row);
add(row);
refresh();
}
public void removeItem(Row entry) {
rows.remove(entry);
remove(entry);
refresh();
}
private void refresh() {
revalidate();
repaint();
if (rows.size() == 1) {
rows.get(0).enableMinus(false);
}
else {
for (Row e : rows) {
e.enableMinus(true);
}
}
}
}
Main class
import javax.swing.JFrame;
public class Main {
public static void main(String[] args) {
JFrame frame = new JFrame("Enter Items");
RowList panel = new RowList();
frame.getContentPane().add(panel);
frame.pack();
frame.setVisible(true);
frame.setDefaultCloseOperation(JFrame.EXIT_ON_CLOSE);
}
}

You can call the pack() of the frame again.
Try this: Add this in your Row class
public class AddRowAction extends AbstractAction
{
public AddRowAction()
{
super("+");
}
public void actionPerformed(ActionEvent e)
{
parent.cloneRow(Row.this);
((JFrame) SwingUtilities.getRoot(parent)).pack(); // <--- THIS LINE
}
}
public class RemoveRowAction extends AbstractAction
{
public RemoveRowAction()
{
super("-");
}
public void actionPerformed(ActionEvent e)
{
parent.removeItem(Row.this);
((JFrame) SwingUtilities.getRoot(parent)).pack(); // <--- THIS LINE
}
}
You can get the root component (JFrame) using the SwingUtilities.getRoot(comp) from the child component and call the pack() method after your new Row is added to your RowList.
This would resize your JPanel. But your RowList will be horizontal. This is where LayoutManager comes into play.
You can know more about different LayoutManagers here.
To fix this problem, in your RowList panel, set your layout to:
setLayout(new BoxLayout(this, BoxLayout.Y_AXIS));

Within your refresh method call doLayout() method after revalidate()

How to implement checkbox list java

Probably a noob question, but im new to java. I have a need for a checkbox list which I found is not supported in swing, but I found this custom control here
http://www.devx.com/tips/Tip/5342
So I created a class file named CheckBoxList, and copied the code from the link into it:
import javax.swing.*;
import javax.swing.border.*;
import java.awt.*;
import java.awt.event.*;
public class CheckBoxList extends JList
{
protected static Border noFocusBorder =
new EmptyBorder(1, 1, 1, 1);
public CheckBoxList()
{
setCellRenderer(new CellRenderer());
addMouseListener(new MouseAdapter()
{
public void mousePressed(MouseEvent e)
{
int index = locationToIndex(e.getPoint());
if (index != -1) {
JCheckBox checkbox = (JCheckBox)
getModel().getElementAt(index);
checkbox.setSelected(
!checkbox.isSelected());
repaint();
}
}
}
);
setSelectionMode(ListSelectionModel.SINGLE_SELECTION);
}
protected class CellRenderer implements ListCellRenderer
{
public Component getListCellRendererComponent(
JList list, Object value, int index,
boolean isSelected, boolean cellHasFocus)
{
JCheckBox checkbox = (JCheckBox) value;
checkbox.setBackground(isSelected ?
getSelectionBackground() : getBackground());
checkbox.setForeground(isSelected ?
getSelectionForeground() : getForeground());
checkbox.setEnabled(isEnabled());
checkbox.setFont(getFont());
checkbox.setFocusPainted(false);
checkbox.setBorderPainted(true);
checkbox.setBorder(isSelected ?
UIManager.getBorder(
"List.focusCellHighlightBorder") : noFocusBorder);
return checkbox;
}
}
}
The problem is I don't know how to implement it in my GUI file. I tried a lot of code, but they never showed an example. Just
To use the class, simply instantiate it, then pass it an array of
JCheckBox objects (or subclasses of JCheckBox objects) by calling
setListData
So does that mean that I will not see the control in the Graphical Design view? My client wants to be able to edit it himself and add stuff so I want it to be easy and graphical if possible. If someone could show an example of instantiating it or give a good hint I would appreciate it. Thanks!

Can you just tell me how?
Use a one column JTable and an appropriate renderer and editor. Based on this example, the code below relies on the default renderer for a data value of type Boolean.Class. A more general example is cited here.
import java.awt.Component;
import java.awt.Dimension;
import java.awt.EventQueue;
import java.awt.GridLayout;
import java.util.ArrayList;
import java.util.List;
import java.util.Set;
import java.util.TreeSet;
import javax.swing.BorderFactory;
import javax.swing.DefaultListModel;
import javax.swing.JCheckBox;
import javax.swing.JFrame;
import javax.swing.JList;
import javax.swing.JPanel;
import javax.swing.JScrollPane;
import javax.swing.JTable;
import javax.swing.event.TableModelEvent;
import javax.swing.event.TableModelListener;
import javax.swing.table.AbstractTableModel;
import javax.swing.table.TableCellRenderer;
/** #see https://stackoverflow.com/a/13919878/230513 */
public class CheckTable {
private static final CheckModel model = new CheckModel(5000);
private static final JTable table = new JTable(model) {
#Override
public Dimension getPreferredScrollableViewportSize() {
return new Dimension(150, 300);
}
#Override
public Component prepareRenderer(TableCellRenderer renderer, int row, int column) {
JCheckBox jcb = (JCheckBox) super.prepareRenderer(renderer, row, column);
jcb.setHorizontalTextPosition(JCheckBox.LEADING);
jcb.setText(String.valueOf(row));
return jcb;
}
};
public static void main(String[] args) {
EventQueue.invokeLater(new Runnable() {
#Override
public void run() {
JFrame f = new JFrame("CheckTable");
f.setDefaultCloseOperation(JFrame.EXIT_ON_CLOSE);
f.setLayout(new GridLayout(1, 0));
f.add(new JScrollPane(table));
f.add(new DisplayPanel(model));
f.pack();
f.setLocationRelativeTo(null);
f.setVisible(true);
}
});
}
private static class DisplayPanel extends JPanel {
private DefaultListModel dlm = new DefaultListModel();
private JList list = new JList(dlm);
public DisplayPanel(final CheckModel model) {
super(new GridLayout());
this.setBorder(BorderFactory.createTitledBorder("Checked"));
this.add(new JScrollPane(list));
model.addTableModelListener(new TableModelListener() {
#Override
public void tableChanged(TableModelEvent e) {
dlm.removeAllElements();
for (Integer integer : model.checked) {
dlm.addElement(integer);
}
}
});
}
}
private static class CheckModel extends AbstractTableModel {
private final int rows;
private List<Boolean> rowList;
private Set<Integer> checked = new TreeSet<Integer>();
public CheckModel(int rows) {
this.rows = rows;
rowList = new ArrayList<Boolean>(rows);
for (int i = 0; i < rows; i++) {
rowList.add(Boolean.FALSE);
}
}
#Override
public int getRowCount() {
return rows;
}
#Override
public int getColumnCount() {
return 1;
}
#Override
public String getColumnName(int col) {
return "Column " + col;
}
#Override
public Object getValueAt(int row, int col) {
return rowList.get(row);
}
#Override
public void setValueAt(Object aValue, int row, int col) {
boolean b = (Boolean) aValue;
rowList.set(row, b);
if (b) {
checked.add(row);
} else {
checked.remove(row);
}
fireTableRowsUpdated(row, row);
}
#Override
public Class<?> getColumnClass(int col) {
return getValueAt(0, col).getClass();
}
#Override
public boolean isCellEditable(int row, int col) {
return true;
}
}
}

The code is expecting a list of JCheckBox objects - so this works
CheckBoxList cbList = new CheckBoxList(); // the class you have
JCheckBox check1 = new JCheckBox("One");
JCheckBox check2 = new JCheckBox("two");
JCheckBox[] myList = { check1, check2}; list of checkbox object
cbList.setListData(myList); // set the list data for the object
Small Swing program using your class below
util;
import javax.swing.*;
public class HelloWorldSwing {
private static void createAndShowGUI() {
//Create and set up the window.
JFrame frame = new JFrame("HelloWorldSwing");
frame.setDefaultCloseOperation(JFrame.EXIT_ON_CLOSE);
CheckBoxList cbList = new CheckBoxList();
JCheckBox check1 = new JCheckBox("One");
JCheckBox check2 = new JCheckBox("two");
JCheckBox[] myList = { check1, check2};
cbList.setListData(myList);
frame.getContentPane().add(cbList);
//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();
}
});
}
}

Choosing a file in-pane with Swing

I'm writing a GUI in Swing where I want to do a file chooser that is in the main window, looking something like the image below:
while there seem to be quite a few tutorials on how to write a popup file chooser, i don't see much information on how this type of chooser might be accomplished in swing.
also sorry if this has been asked before, i did a good bit of searching around and wan't able to find anything else..

PanelBrowser, shown below, is a basic prototype that functions similarly to the Mac OS X Finder column view illustrated in your question.
Update: Added horizontal scrolling and more file information.
import java.awt.Color;
import java.awt.Component;
import java.awt.Dimension;
import java.awt.EventQueue;
import java.awt.GridLayout;
import java.io.File;
import java.text.DateFormat;
import java.util.ArrayList;
import java.util.Date;
import java.util.List;
import javax.swing.Box;
import javax.swing.BoxLayout;
import javax.swing.DefaultListCellRenderer;
import javax.swing.DefaultListModel;
import javax.swing.JFrame;
import javax.swing.JLabel;
import javax.swing.JList;
import javax.swing.JPanel;
import javax.swing.JScrollPane;
import javax.swing.ListSelectionModel;
import javax.swing.event.ListSelectionEvent;
import javax.swing.event.ListSelectionListener;
import javax.swing.filechooser.FileSystemView;
/**
* #see http://stackoverflow.com/a/15104660/230513
*/
public class PanelBrowser extends Box {
private static final Dimension SIZE = new Dimension(200, 300);
private List<FilePanel> list = new ArrayList<FilePanel>();
public PanelBrowser(File root) {
super(BoxLayout.LINE_AXIS);
setBackground(Color.red);
FilePanel panel = new FilePanel(this, root);
list.add(panel);
this.add(panel);
}
private void update(FilePanel fp, File file) {
int index = list.indexOf(fp);
int i = list.size() - 1;
while (i > index) {
list.remove(i);
this.remove(i);
i--;
}
final FilePanel panel = new FilePanel(this, file);
list.add(panel);
this.add(panel);
revalidate();
EventQueue.invokeLater(new Runnable() {
#Override
public void run() {
scrollRectToVisible(panel.getBounds());
}
});
}
private static class FilePanel extends Box {
private static FileSystemView fsv = FileSystemView.getFileSystemView();
private static DateFormat df = DateFormat.getDateTimeInstance(
DateFormat.SHORT, DateFormat.DEFAULT);
private PanelBrowser parent;
private JList list;
public FilePanel(PanelBrowser parent, File file) {
super(BoxLayout.PAGE_AXIS);
this.parent = parent;
DefaultListModel model = new DefaultListModel();
if (file.isFile()) {
JLabel name = new JLabel(file.getName());
name.setIcon(fsv.getSystemIcon(file));
this.add(name);
Date d = new Date(file.lastModified());
JLabel mod = new JLabel("Date: " + df.format(d));
this.add(mod);
final String v = String.valueOf(file.length());
JLabel length = new JLabel("Size: " + v);
this.add(length);
}
if (file.isDirectory()) {
for (File f : file.listFiles()) {
model.addElement(f);
}
list = new JList(model);
list.setSelectionMode(ListSelectionModel.SINGLE_SELECTION);
list.setCellRenderer(new FileRenderer());
list.addListSelectionListener(new SelectionHandler());
this.add(new JScrollPane(list) {
#Override
public int getVerticalScrollBarPolicy() {
return JScrollPane.VERTICAL_SCROLLBAR_ALWAYS;
}
});
}
}
private static class FileRenderer extends DefaultListCellRenderer {
#Override
public Component getListCellRendererComponent(JList list, Object value,
int index, boolean isSelected, boolean cellHasFocus) {
JLabel label = (JLabel) super.getListCellRendererComponent(
list, value, index, isSelected, cellHasFocus);
File f = (File) value;
setText(f.getName());
setIcon(fsv.getSystemIcon(f));
return label;
}
}
private class SelectionHandler implements ListSelectionListener {
#Override
public void valueChanged(ListSelectionEvent e) {
if (!e.getValueIsAdjusting()) {
File f = (File) list.getSelectedValue();
parent.update(FilePanel.this, f);
}
}
}
#Override
public Dimension getMinimumSize() {
return new Dimension(SIZE);
}
#Override
public Dimension getPreferredSize() {
return new Dimension(SIZE);
}
#Override
public Dimension getMaximumSize() {
return new Dimension(SIZE.width, Short.MAX_VALUE);
}
}
private static void display() {
String path = System.getProperty("user.dir");
PanelBrowser browser = new PanelBrowser(new File(path));
JFrame f = new JFrame(path);
f.setDefaultCloseOperation(JFrame.EXIT_ON_CLOSE);
f.add(new JScrollPane(browser) {
#Override
public int getVerticalScrollBarPolicy() {
return JScrollPane.VERTICAL_SCROLLBAR_NEVER;
}
});
f.pack();
f.setSize(4 * SIZE.width, SIZE.height);
f.setLocationRelativeTo(null);
f.setVisible(true);
}
public static void main(String[] args) {
EventQueue.invokeLater(new Runnable() {
#Override
public void run() {
display();
}
});
}
}

JFileChooser actually extends JComponent, so you can use like any other component. Here is an example with two in-pane file choosers:
public class TestInPaneChoosers {
public static void main(String[] args) {
EventQueue.invokeLater(new Runnable() {
#Override
public void run() {
buildFrame();
}
});
}
private static void buildFrame() {
JFrame f = new JFrame("Test");
f.setDefaultCloseOperation(WindowConstants.EXIT_ON_CLOSE);
f.setLayout(new FlowLayout());
f.add(new JFileChooser());
f.add(new JFileChooser());
f.pack();
f.setLocationRelativeTo(null);
f.setVisible(true);
}
}

Custom button not working on mac (ButtonUI)

I've got an application that uses custom buttons all over the place for text and icons. Works great for windows and linux, but now OSX users are complaining. Text doesn't display on the mac, just '...'. The code seems simple enough, but I'm clueless when it comes to macs. How can I fix this?
Test case:
package example.swingx;
import example.utils.ResourceLoader;
import com.xduke.xlayouts.XTableLayout;
import javax.swing.*;
import javax.swing.plaf.ComponentUI;
import java.awt.*;
import java.awt.event.ActionEvent;
public class SmallButton extends JButton {
private static ComponentUI ui = new SmallButtonUI();
public SmallButton() {
super();
/* final RepaintManager repaintManager = RepaintManager.currentManager(this);
repaintManager.setDoubleBufferingEnabled(false);
setDebugGraphicsOptions(DebugGraphics.FLASH_OPTION);*/
}
public SmallButton(AbstractAction action) {
super(action);
}
public SmallButton(String text) {
super(text);
}
public SmallButton(Icon icon) {
super(icon);
}
public void updateUI() {
setUI(ui);
}
public static void main(String[] args) {
JFrame frame = new JFrame();
frame.setDefaultCloseOperation(JFrame.EXIT_ON_CLOSE);
final JPanel buttonPanel = new JPanel(new XTableLayout());
SmallButton firstSmallButton = new SmallButton("One");
SmallButton secondSmallButton = new SmallButton("Two");
SmallButton thirdSmallButton = new SmallButton();
ImageIcon cameraIcon = (ImageIcon) ResourceLoader.getIcon("camera");
SmallButton fourth = new SmallButton();
fourth.setAction(new AbstractAction() {
public void actionPerformed(ActionEvent e) {
System.out.println("Fourth button pressed!");
}
});
fourth.setIcon(cameraIcon);
buttonPanel.add(firstSmallButton, "+");
buttonPanel.add(secondSmallButton, "+");
buttonPanel.add(thirdSmallButton, "+");
buttonPanel.add(fourth, "+");
final Container container = frame.getContentPane();
container.add(buttonPanel);
frame.pack();
frame.setVisible(true);
}
}
UI:
package example.swingx;
import javax.swing.*;
import javax.swing.plaf.ComponentUI;
import javax.swing.plaf.basic.BasicButtonUI;
import java.awt.*;
public class SmallButtonUI extends BasicButtonUI {
private static final Color FOCUS_COLOR = new Color(0, 0, 0);
private static final Color BACKGROUND_COLOR = new Color(173, 193, 226);
private static final Color SELECT_COLOR = new Color(102, 132, 186);
private static final Color DISABLE_TEXT_COLOR = new Color(44, 44, 61);
private static final Insets DEFAULT_SMALLBUTTON_MARGIN = new Insets(2, 4, 2, 4);
private final static SmallButtonUI smallButtonUI = new SmallButtonUI();
public static ComponentUI createUI(JComponent component) {
return smallButtonUI;
}
protected Color getSelectColor() {
return SELECT_COLOR;
}
protected Color getDisabledTextColor() {
return DISABLE_TEXT_COLOR;
}
protected Color getFocusColor() {
return FOCUS_COLOR;
}
public void paint(Graphics g, JComponent c) {
((Graphics2D) g).setRenderingHint(RenderingHints.KEY_ANTIALIASING, RenderingHints.VALUE_ANTIALIAS_ON);
super.paint(g, c);
}
protected void paintButtonPressed(Graphics graphics, AbstractButton button) {
if (button.isContentAreaFilled()) {
Dimension size = button.getSize();
graphics.setColor(getSelectColor());
graphics.fillRect(0, 0, size.width, size.height);
}
}
public Dimension getMinimumSize(JComponent component) {
final AbstractButton button = ((AbstractButton) component);
// Handle icon buttons:
Icon buttonIcon = button.getIcon();
if (buttonIcon != null) {
return new Dimension(
buttonIcon.getIconWidth(),
buttonIcon.getIconHeight()
);
}
// Handle text buttons:
final Font fontButton = button.getFont();
final FontMetrics fontMetrics = button.getFontMetrics(fontButton);
final String buttonText = button.getText();
if (buttonText != null) {
final int buttonTextWidth = fontMetrics.stringWidth(buttonText);
return new Dimension(buttonTextWidth + 15,
fontMetrics.getHeight() + 5);
}
return null;
}
protected void installDefaults(AbstractButton button) {
super.installDefaults(button);
button.setMargin(DEFAULT_SMALLBUTTON_MARGIN);
button.setBackground(getBackgroundColor());
}
private Color getBackgroundColor() {
return BACKGROUND_COLOR;
}
public Dimension getPreferredSize(JComponent component) {
return getMinimumSize(component);
}
public Dimension getMaximumSize(JComponent component) {
return super.getMinimumSize(component);
}
public SmallButtonUI() {
super();
}
}
EDIT: After debugging, it seems getMinimumSize() is the same on both platforms. Also, when I stop on anywhere Graphics is used, it seems that the mac has a transY value of 47, while linux has 0. This 47 seems to feed into the clipping regions as well. Where could that be getting set?\

Your calculation of preferred size is incorrect.
BasicButtonUI uses SwingUtilities.layoutCompoundLabel, examined here. In a label, the ellipsis is added if the string is too long, but a button is typically sized to fit its entire text.
Absent a better understanding of your context, I would use a sizeVariant, shown below. I've also shown a simple BasicButtonUI example using a smaller, derived Font. The UI menu can be used in conjunction with Quaqua for testing.
import java.awt.Color;
import java.awt.Component;
import java.awt.EventQueue;
import java.awt.FlowLayout;
import java.awt.Graphics;
import java.awt.GridLayout;
import java.awt.Rectangle;
import java.awt.event.ActionEvent;
import java.awt.event.ActionListener;
import java.util.ArrayList;
import java.util.List;
import javax.swing.AbstractButton;
import javax.swing.JButton;
import javax.swing.JComboBox;
import javax.swing.JFrame;
import javax.swing.JPanel;
import javax.swing.JToolBar;
import javax.swing.SwingUtilities;
import javax.swing.UIManager;
import javax.swing.plaf.basic.BasicButtonUI;
/**
* #see https://stackoverflow.com/a/14599176/230513
* #see https://stackoverflow.com/a/11949899/230513
*/
public class Test {
private void display() {
JFrame f = new JFrame("Test");
f.setDefaultCloseOperation(JFrame.EXIT_ON_CLOSE);
f.setBackground(new Color(0xfff0f0f0));
f.setLayout(new GridLayout(0, 1));
f.add(createToolBar(f));
f.add(variantPanel("mini"));
f.add(variantPanel("small"));
f.add(variantPanel("regular"));
f.add(variantPanel("large"));
JPanel customPanel = new JPanel();
customPanel.add(createCustom("One"));
customPanel.add(createCustom("Two"));
customPanel.add(createCustom("Three"));
f.add(customPanel);
f.pack();
f.setLocationRelativeTo(null);
f.setVisible(true);
}
private static JPanel variantPanel(String size) {
JPanel variantPanel = new JPanel();
variantPanel.add(createVariant("One", size));
variantPanel.add(createVariant("Two", size));
variantPanel.add(createVariant("Three", size));
return variantPanel;
}
private static JButton createVariant(String name, String size) {
JButton b = new JButton(name);
b.putClientProperty("JComponent.sizeVariant", size);
return b;
}
private static JButton createCustom(String name) {
JButton b = new JButton(name) {
#Override
public void updateUI() {
super.updateUI();
setUI(new CustomButtonUI());
}
};
return b;
}
public static void main(String[] args) {
EventQueue.invokeLater(new Runnable() {
#Override
public void run() {
new Test().display();
}
});
}
private static class CustomButtonUI extends BasicButtonUI {
private static final Color BACKGROUND_COLOR = new Color(173, 193, 226);
private static final Color SELECT_COLOR = new Color(102, 132, 186);
#Override
protected void paintText(Graphics g, AbstractButton b, Rectangle r, String t) {
super.paintText(g, b, r, t);
g.setColor(SELECT_COLOR);
g.drawRect(r.x, r.y, r.width, r.height);
}
#Override
protected void paintFocus(Graphics g, AbstractButton b,
Rectangle viewRect, Rectangle textRect, Rectangle iconRect) {
super.paintFocus(g, b, viewRect, textRect, iconRect);
g.setColor(Color.blue.darker());
g.drawRect(viewRect.x, viewRect.y, viewRect.width, viewRect.height);
}
#Override
protected void paintButtonPressed(Graphics g, AbstractButton b) {
if (b.isContentAreaFilled()) {
g.setColor(SELECT_COLOR);
g.fillRect(0, 0, b.getWidth(), b.getHeight());
}
}
#Override
protected void installDefaults(AbstractButton b) {
super.installDefaults(b);
b.setFont(b.getFont().deriveFont(11f));
b.setBackground(BACKGROUND_COLOR);
}
public CustomButtonUI() {
super();
}
}
private static JToolBar createToolBar(final Component parent) {
final UIManager.LookAndFeelInfo[] available =
UIManager.getInstalledLookAndFeels();
List<String> names = new ArrayList<String>();
for (UIManager.LookAndFeelInfo info : available) {
names.add(info.getName());
}
final JComboBox combo = new JComboBox(names.toArray());
String current = UIManager.getLookAndFeel().getName();
combo.setSelectedItem(current);
combo.addActionListener(new ActionListener() {
#Override
public void actionPerformed(ActionEvent ae) {
int index = combo.getSelectedIndex();
try {
UIManager.setLookAndFeel(
available[index].getClassName());
SwingUtilities.updateComponentTreeUI(parent);
} catch (Exception e) {
e.printStackTrace(System.err);
}
}
});
JToolBar bar = new JToolBar("L&F");
bar.setLayout(new FlowLayout(FlowLayout.LEFT));
bar.add(combo);
return bar;
}
}