Field Detail

• BORDER_PAINTED_FLAT_CHANGED_PROPERTY

  public static final String BORDER_PAINTED_FLAT_CHANGED_PROPERTY

  Identifies a change to the flat property.

  See Also:

  Constant Field Values

Constructor Detail

• JCheckBox

  public JCheckBox()

  Creates an initially unselected check box button with no text, no icon.

• JCheckBox

  public JCheckBox(Icon icon)

  Creates an initially unselected check box with an icon.

  Parameters:

  icon - the Icon image to display

• JCheckBox

  public JCheckBox(Icon icon,
           boolean selected)

  Creates a check box with an icon and specifies whether or not it is initially selected.

  Parameters:

  icon - the Icon image to display

  selected - a boolean value indicating the initial selection state. If true the check box is selected

• JCheckBox

  public JCheckBox(String text)

  Creates an initially unselected check box with text.

  Parameters:

  text - the text of the check box.

• JCheckBox

  public JCheckBox(Action a)

  Creates a check box where properties are taken from the Action supplied.

  Since:

  1.3

• JCheckBox

  public JCheckBox(String text,
           boolean selected)

  Creates a check box with text and specifies whether or not it is initially selected.

  Parameters:

  text - the text of the check box.

  selected - a boolean value indicating the initial selection state. If true the check box is selected

• JCheckBox

  public JCheckBox(String text,
           Icon icon)

  Creates an initially unselected check box with the specified text and icon.

  Parameters:

  text - the text of the check box.

  icon - the Icon image to display

• JCheckBox

  public JCheckBox(String text,
           Icon icon,
           boolean selected)

  Creates a check box with text and icon, and specifies whether or not it is initially selected.

  Parameters:

  text - the text of the check box.

  icon - the Icon image to display

  selected - a boolean value indicating the initial selection state. If true the check box is selected

Method Detail

• setBorderPaintedFlat

  public void setBorderPaintedFlat(boolean b)

  Sets the borderPaintedFlat property, which gives a hint to the look and feel as to the appearance of the check box border. This is usually set to true when a JCheckBox instance is used as a renderer in a component such as a JTable or JTree. The default value for the borderPaintedFlat property is false. This method fires a property changed event. Some look and feels might not implement flat borders; they will ignore this property.

  Parameters:

  b - true requests that the border be painted flat; false requests normal borders

  Since:

  1.3

  See Also:

  isBorderPaintedFlat()

• isBorderPaintedFlat

  public boolean isBorderPaintedFlat()

  Gets the value of the borderPaintedFlat property.

  Returns:

  the value of the borderPaintedFlat property

  Since:

  1.3

  See Also:

  setBorderPaintedFlat(boolean)

• updateUI

  public void updateUI()

  Resets the UI property to a value from the current look and feel.

  Overrides:

  updateUI in class JToggleButton

  See Also:

  JComponent.updateUI()

• getUIClassID

  public String getUIClassID()

  Returns a string that specifies the name of the L&F class that renders this component.

  Overrides:

  getUIClassID in class JToggleButton

  Returns:

  the string "CheckBoxUI"

  See Also:

  JComponent.getUIClassID(), UIDefaults.getUI(javax.swing.JComponent)

• paramString

  protected String paramString()

  Returns a string representation of this JCheckBox. This method is intended to be used only for debugging purposes, and the content and format of the returned string may vary between implementations. The returned string may be empty but may not be null. specific new aspects of the JFC components.

  Overrides:

  paramString in class JToggleButton

  Returns:

  a string representation of this JCheckBox.

• getAccessibleContext

  public AccessibleContext getAccessibleContext()

  Gets the AccessibleContext associated with this JCheckBox. For JCheckBoxes, the AccessibleContext takes the form of an AccessibleJCheckBox. A new AccessibleJCheckBox instance is created if necessary.

  Specified by:

  getAccessibleContext in interface Accessible

  Overrides:

  getAccessibleContext in class JToggleButton

  Returns:

  an AccessibleJCheckBox that serves as the AccessibleContext of this JCheckBox