scrollbars. I love that, although I notice that it isn't an
> I think from the previous comments that there is minimal interest in
> an MDI version, especially for Mac users of this app. However I do
> think that the swing UI would be a valuable future feature of the core
> version of ImageJ and Bob's solution seems a pretty good one. I don't
> like the tabbed panes version myself, but as he said, it provides the
> flexibility needed to allow users to customize their user interface.
>
> Damien
>
> Bob Curley wrote:
>
>> I have also made some changes to ImageJ to allow a single pane for
>> all windows, although I used a tabbed pane instead of MDI. Also, I
>> tried to minimally change the base ImageJ classes such that the jdk
>> 1.1 AWT UI still works.
>> Key changes I made to ImageJ:
>> * Add/Use IJ.getAppFrame() instead of IJ.getInstance() as the frame
>> showing isn't the ImageJ instance for Swing (it's a JFrame).
>> * A few changes to Toolbar,ImageWindow,ImageCanvas,ImageJ to use
>> another UI framework for display (don't show the AWT UI).
>> * Menus -- static methods need to be wrapped to call the singleton
>> Menus instance (which may be a derived class, i.e. another UI
>> framework).
>>
>> I'm not sure what the interest might be, but you can have a look
>> (applet links) at
>>
http://home.blarg.net/~bobcat/ImageJ/index.html>>
>> Note I used the swixml XUL engine to create much of the Swing UI
>> (e.g. menus, toolbar), meaning you could create your own customized
>> UI by using a different XML file.
>>
>> If there is interest in making the core ImageJ changes I could merge
>> in the latest ImageJ version and provide my changes to Wayne.
>>
>> Thanks,
>> Bob Curley
>>
>> Damien Farrell wrote:
>>
>>> Hi
>>>
>>> Anyone interested in the development of a version of ImageJ that
>>> uses a single Swing desktop pane for all windows. Thought it might
>>> be a useful alternative that could eventually be integrated into
>>> ImageJ proper in some future version.
>>> Anyone interested in this being developed further? I don't see any
>>> major obstacles to it as yet. I made a preliminary version that
>>> seems to work for most purposes, though many plugins will not
>>> currently work.The ij.jar file and further info can be found at
>>>
http://homepage.ntlworld.com/jfarrell/imagejmdi/>>>
>>> PS. If trying this out don't overwrite your old ij.jar, make a
>>> backup copy first.
>>>
>>>
>>> regards
>>>
>>> Damien Farrell
>>>
>>>
>>
>>
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