Re: Antwort: Re: macro dialog interface

Posted by ctrueden on May 07, 2008; 4:14pm
URL: http://imagej.273.s1.nabble.com/detect-motion-across-frames-tp3696278p3696288.html

Hi guys,

A couple of points:

1) If you use a Java plugin, you can do pretty much whatever you want.
Create your GenericDialog, add the components, then use the methods at the
java.awt level such as getComponents(), remove() and add() as well as your
own layout manager to reorganize things however you like. For an example,
check out this method I wrote for adding scroll bars to a GenericDialog: <
https://skyking.microscopy.wisc.edu/trac/java/browser/trunk/loci/plugins/Util.java#L343
>.

2) You can put Swing components in an AWT frame, so adding a JTable to a
Dialog should be no problem as long as it does not need to appear on top of
an overlapping AWT component. See Sun's venerable article for details: <
http://java.sun.com/products/jfc/tsc/articles/mixing/>.

-Curtis

On Wed, May 7, 2008 at 9:21 AM, Unruh, Jay <[hidden email]>
wrote:

> One option might be to use the JTable as sort of a spreadsheet entry table
> rather than a dialog with multiple components.  Unfortunately, that would
> require implementing the JDialog rather than the Dialog class.
>
> Jay
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: ImageJ Interest Group [mailto:[hidden email]] On Behalf Of
> Joachim Wesner
> Sent: Wednesday, May 07, 2008 3:23 AM
> To: [hidden email]
> Subject: Antwort: Re: macro dialog interface
>
> Hi Michael,
>
> 2 bad! I used addPanel on GenericDialog myself and know of it´s
> limitations.
>
> However, "intermediately complex" plugins easily have more configurable
> options so that GenericDialogs quickly become too high to fit on smaller
> screens.
>
> I also would find it VERY useful if one could come up with an updated
> version of GenericDialog that makes 2D placing the dialog elements (so at
> least on the Java level) more convenient without loosing the advantages of
> it. THAT WOULD BE GREAT!
>
> Joachim
>
> ImageJ Interest Group <[hidden email]> schrieb am 07.05.2008
> 10:13:12:
>
> > Hi Winnok,
> >
> > no, sorry, you can't. You could have several checkboxes in one line if
> > you write a PlugIn or PlugInFilter and use the addPanel method of
> > GenericDialog.
> > Or you completely write a java.awt.Dialog yourself.
> >
> > There is a disadvantage of having your own Panel with checkboxes -
> > ImageJ knows nothing about them.
> > - You cannot use the getNexBoolean() method to read the state
> >    of the checkbox
> > - The state of the checkbox cannot be set in a macro (and not
> >    recorded by the Macro Recorder)
> >
> > Michael
> > ________________________________________________________________
> >
> > On 7 May 2008, at 09:55, Winnok De Vos (ugent) wrote:
> >
> > > Dear all
> > >
> > > I have a small question of rather practical and esthetical nature:
> > > Is it possible to put options and checkboxes etc in a dialog next to
> > > instead of below each other with macro language?
> > > Many thanks in advance.
> > > Kind regards
> > > Winnok
>
>
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