McVGuiUtils (McIDAS-V 1.6 Developer Documentation)

java.lang.Object
- edu.wisc.ssec.mcidasv.util.McVGuiUtils

All Implemented Interfaces:

Constants, IdvConstants
```
public class McVGuiUtils
extends Object
implements Constants
```
McIDAS-V's collection of GUI utility methods

Nested Class Summary

Nested Classes
Modifier and Type	Class and Description
`static class`	`McVGuiUtils.IconPanel` Use this class to create a panel with a background image
`static class`	`McVGuiUtils.Position`
`static class`	`McVGuiUtils.Prefer`
`static class`	`McVGuiUtils.TextColor`
`static class`	`McVGuiUtils.Width`

Field Summary

Fields
Modifier and Type	Field and Description
`private static int`	`ESTIMATED_VM_COUNT` Estimated number of `ViewManagers`.
`(package private) static Set<String>`	`setExclude` Exclude methods that return values that are meaningless to the user

Fields inherited from interface edu.wisc.ssec.mcidasv.Constants
BLANK_COMP_GROUP, COMP_MONITORPANEL, DATASELECTOR_NAME, DEFAULT_DOCPATH, DEFAULT_SERVERSTATE, DISPLAY_NAME, DISPLAYCONTROLLER_NAME, ELEMENT_DOUBLE_WIDTH, ELEMENT_DOUBLEDOUBLE_WIDTH, ELEMENT_HALF_WIDTH, ELEMENT_ONEHALF_WIDTH, ELEMENT_WIDTH, EVENT_FILECHOOSER_START, EVENT_FILECHOOSER_STOP, FILTER_MCV, FILTER_MCVMCVZ, FILTER_MCVZ, GAP_RELATED, GAP_UNRELATED, HOMEPAGE_URL, ICON_ACCEPT_SMALL, ICON_ADD_SMALL, ICON_APPLY_SMALL, ICON_BACKGROUND_SMALL, ICON_CANCEL, ICON_CANCEL_SMALL, ICON_CHECKVERSION_SMALL, ICON_COLORTABLE_SMALL, ICON_CONNECT_SMALL, ICON_CONSOLE_SMALL, ICON_DATAEXPLORER_SMALL, ICON_DEFAULTLAYOUT_SMALL, ICON_DEFAULTLAYOUTADD_SMALL, ICON_DEFAULTLAYOUTDELETE_SMALL, ICON_DELETE_SMALL, ICON_DISCONNECT_SMALL, ICON_ERROR_SMALL, ICON_EXCLAMATION_SMALL, ICON_FAVORITE_SMALL, ICON_FAVORITEMANAGE_SMALL, ICON_FAVORITESAVE_SMALL, ICON_FORUMS_SMALL, ICON_GETTINGSTARTED_SMALL, ICON_HELP, ICON_HELP_SMALL, ICON_HELPTIPS_SMALL, ICON_INFORMATION_SMALL, ICON_LAYOUTEDIT_SMALL, ICON_LOCALDATA_SMALL, ICON_LOCATION_SMALL, ICON_MCIDASV_SMALL, ICON_NEWTAB_SMALL, ICON_NEWWINDOW_SMALL, ICON_NEXT_SMALL, ICON_NOTE_SMALL, ICON_OPEN, ICON_OPEN_SMALL, ICON_PREFERENCES_SMALL, ICON_PREVIOUS_SMALL, ICON_RANDOM_SMALL, ICON_RANGEANDBEARING_SMALL, ICON_REDO_SMALL, ICON_REFRESH, ICON_REFRESH_SMALL, ICON_REMOVE_SMALL, ICON_REMOVEDATA_SMALL, ICON_REMOVELAYERS_SMALL, ICON_REMOVELAYERSDATA_SMALL, ICON_SAVE, ICON_SAVE_SMALL, ICON_SAVEAS_SMALL, ICON_SUPPORT_SMALL, ICON_UNDO_SMALL, ICON_UPDATE, ICON_USERSGUIDE_SMALL, LOCAL_ADDE_PORT, MACRO_BUILDDATE, MACRO_COPYRIGHT_YEAR, MACRO_GRANULE_COUNT, MACRO_IDV_VERSION, MACRO_VERSION, MACRO_VISAD_VERSION, MAX_MEMORY_32BIT, MCV_BLUE, MCV_BLUE_DARK, NOTICE_URL, OS_OSX, PANEL_NAME, PREF_AUTO_SAVE_DEFAULT_LAYOUT, PREF_CONFIRM_REMOVE_BOTH, PREF_CONFIRM_REMOVE_DATA, PREF_CONFIRM_REMOVE_LAYERS, PREF_IMAGE_PREVIEW, PREF_LIST_ADDE_SERVERS, PREF_LIST_ADVANCED, PREF_LIST_AVAILABLE_DISPLAYS, PREF_LIST_DATA_CHOOSERS, PREF_LIST_FORMATS_DATA, PREF_LIST_GENERAL, PREF_LIST_LOCAL_ADDE, PREF_LIST_NAV_CONTROLS, PREF_LIST_TOOLBAR, PREF_LIST_VIEW, PREF_OPEN_LIMIT_WIN, PREF_PRERELEASE_CHECK, PREF_SAVE_DASHBOARD_VIZ, PREF_SERVERSTATE, PREF_SHOW_SYSTEM_BUNDLES, PREF_SYSTEMSERVERSIMG, PREF_TBM_SIZE, PREF_VERSION_CHECK, PREF_VIIRS_PLUGIN, PRERELEASE_URL, PROP_ABOUTTEXT, PROP_APP_ICON, PROP_BUILD_DATE, PROP_CHAN, PROP_COPYRIGHT_YEAR, PROP_DASHBOARD_BOUNDS, PROP_GRANULE_COUNT, PROP_HOMEPAGE, PROP_HYDRA_360, PROP_RECENT_COLORS, PROP_SERVERS, PROP_SERVERS_ALL, PROP_SYSMEM, PROP_TABBED_UI, PROP_VERSION_MAJOR, PROP_VERSION_MINOR, PROP_VERSION_RELEASE, PROP_VERSIONFILE, PROP_VISAD_DATE, PROP_VISAD_ORIGINAL, PROP_VISAD_PARSE_FAIL, PROP_VISAD_REVISION, PROP_VP_CATOPEN, PROP_VP_SHOWCATS, PROP_VP_SHOWPOPUP, PROPERTIES_FILE, SCRUB_STRINGS_FILE, SUFFIX_MCV, SUFFIX_MCVZ, TOOLTIP_PROGRESSIVE_RESOLUTION, USER_DIRECTORY_NAME, VERSION_HANDLER_URL, VERSION_URL, VIIRS_PLUGIN_VERSION_NUMBER

Fields inherited from interface ucar.unidata.idv.IdvConstants
ARG_B64BUNDLE, ARG_B64ISL, ARG_BUNDLE, ARG_CATALOG, ARG_CHOOSER, ARG_CLEARDEFAULT, ARG_CODE, ARG_CONNECT, ARG_CURRENTTIME, ARG_DATA, ARG_DEBUG, ARG_DEFAULT, ARG_DISPLAY, ARG_DXML, ARG_FIXEDTIME, ARG_HELP, ARG_IMAGE, ARG_IMAGESERVER, ARG_INSTALLPLUGIN, ARG_ISLFILE, ARG_ISLINTERACTIVE, ARG_LISTRESOURCES, ARG_MAINCLASS, ARG_MOVIE, ARG_MSG_DEBUG, ARG_MSG_RECORD, ARG_NODEFAULT, ARG_NOERRORSINGUI, ARG_NOGUI, ARG_NOONEINSTANCE, ARG_NOPLUGINS, ARG_NOPREF, ARG_ONEINSTANCEPORT, ARG_PLUGIN, ARG_PORT, ARG_PRINTJNLP, ARG_PROPERTIES, ARG_SCRIPT, ARG_SERVER, ARG_SETFILES, ARG_SITEPATH, ARG_TEMPLATE, ARG_TEST, ARG_TESTEVAL, ARG_TRACE, ARG_TRACEONLY, ARG_USERPATH, DEFAULT_DATE_FORMAT, DEFAULT_TIMEZONE, FILTER_CPT, FILTER_ISL, FILTER_JNLP, FILTER_XIDV, FILTER_XIDVZIDV, FILTER_XML, FILTER_ZIDV, ID_COMMANDSTORUN, ID_DATASOURCES, ID_DISPLAYCONTROLS, ID_IDV, ID_JYTHON, ID_MESSAGE, ID_MISCHASHTABLE, ID_NCIDV_VERSION, ID_VERSION, ID_VIEWMANAGERS, ID_WINDOWS, INITIAL_PROBE_EARTHLOCATION, NULL_DATA_SELECTION, NULL_STRING, PREF_ARCHIVEDIR, PREF_ARCHIVENAME, PREF_AUTODISPLAYS_ENABLE, PREF_AUTODISPLAYS_SHOWGUI, PREF_AUTOSELECTDATA, PREF_CACHESIZE, PREF_CONTROLSINTABS, PREF_DATAPREFIX, PREF_DATE_FORMAT, PREF_DISTANCEUNIT, PREF_DOCACHE, PREF_EMBEDDATACHOOSERINDASHBOARD, PREF_EMBEDFIELDSELECTORINDASHBOARD, PREF_EMBEDLEGENDINDASHBOARD, PREF_EMBEDQUICKLINKSINDASHBOARD, PREF_EVENT_KEYBOARDMAP, PREF_EVENT_MOUSEMAP, PREF_EVENT_WHEELMAP, PREF_FAST_RENDER, PREF_FIELD_CACHETHRESHOLD, PREF_FILEREADDIR, PREF_FILEWRITEDIR, PREF_GEOMETRY_BY_REF, PREF_HISTORY, PREF_IMAGE_BY_REF, PREF_LARGE_REMOTE_DATA_WARN, PREF_LASTVERSION, PREF_LATLON_FORMAT, PREF_LEGEND_SHOWICONS, PREF_LOCALE, PREF_LOOKANDFEEL, PREF_MAXIMAGESIZE, PREF_MEMORY, PREF_NPOT_IMAGE, PREF_OPEN_ASK, PREF_OPEN_MERGE, PREF_OPEN_REMOVE, PREF_PROJ_LIST, PREF_SAMPLINGMODE, PREF_SHOWCONTROLWINDOW, PREF_SHOWDASHBOARD, PREF_SHOWDECODEDIALOG, PREF_SHOWHIDDENFILES, PREF_SHOWQUITCONFIRM, PREF_SITEPATH, PREF_THREADS_DATA, PREF_THREADS_RENDER, PREF_TIMEZONE, PREF_VERTICALCS, PREF_VERTICALUNIT, PREF_WINDOW_SHOWTOOLBAR, PREF_ZIDV_ASK, PREF_ZIDV_DIRECTORY, PREF_ZIDV_SAVETOTMP, PROP_3DMODE, PROP_APPRESOURCEPATH, PROP_CHOOSERS, PROP_CHOOSERS_ALL, PROP_CONTROLDESCRIPTORS, PROP_CONTROLDESCRIPTORS_ALL, PROP_DATAHOLDERBOUNDS, PROP_DEFAULTLOCATIONS, PROP_DISPLAYLIST_GROUP, PROP_FIXFILELOCKUP, PROP_JNLPCODEBASE, PROP_JNLPTEMPLATE, PROP_JNLPTITLE, PROP_LOADINGXML, PROP_MAP_GLOBE_LEVEL, PROP_MAP_MAP_LEVEL, PROP_MINIMUMFRAMECYCLETIME, PROP_MONITORPORT, PROP_OLDCONTROLDESCRIPTORS, PROP_ONEINSTANCEPORT, PROP_PREFERENCES, PROP_PROJ_NAME, PROP_RESOURCEFILES, PROP_SHOWCLOCK_DASH, PROP_SHOWCLOCK_VIEW, PROP_SHOWDASHBOARD, PROP_SHOWDATATREE, PROP_SHOWFORMULAS, PROP_SHOWSPLASH, PROP_SPLASHICON, PROP_UI_DESKTOP, PROP_USE_DISPLAYAREA, PROP_USE_TIMEDRIVER, PROP_WINDOW_SCREENSIZEOFFSET, PROP_WINDOW_SIZEHEIGHT, PROP_WINDOW_SIZEWIDTH, PROP_WINDOW_USESCREENSIZE, SUFFIX_BAT, SUFFIX_CPT, SUFFIX_ISL, SUFFIX_JNLP, SUFFIX_RBI, SUFFIX_SH, SUFFIX_XIDV, SUFFIX_XML, SUFFIX_ZIDV

Constructor Summary

Constructors
Modifier Constructor and Description

private McVGuiUtils()

Constructors
Modifier	Constructor and Description
`private`	`McVGuiUtils()`

Method Summary

All Methods Static Methods Concrete Methods
Modifier and Type	Method and Description
`static void`	`compGroup(IdvComponentGroup g)`
`static void`	`compGroup(IdvComponentGroup g, int level)`
`static void`	`compHolder(IdvComponentHolder h, int level)`
`static boolean`	`equals(Object obj1, Object obj2)` Convenience method for determining whether two objects are either equal or both null.
`static int`	`findDisplayNumberForComponent(Component comp)` Tries to determine the physical display that contains the given `Component`.
`static int`	`findDisplayNumberForCoords(int x, int y, int width, int height)` Tries to determine the physical display that contains the rectangle defined by the specified coordinates.
`static int`	`findDisplayNumberForEvent(EventObject event)` Tries to determine which physical display contains the `Component` or `MultiFrame` that fired the given event.
`static int`	`findDisplayNumberForMultiFrame(MultiFrame mf)` Tries to determine the physical display that contains the given `MultiFrame`.
`static int`	`findDisplayNumberForRectangle(Rectangle rect)` Tries to determine the physical display that contains the given `Rectangle`.
`static List<ViewManager>`	`findvms(List<WindowInfo> windows)`
`static IdvComponentHolder`	`getActiveComponentHolder()`
`static List<ViewManager>`	`getActiveViewManagers()`
`static IdvComponentHolder`	`getAfterActiveHolder()`
`static IdvComponentHolder`	`getAfterHolder(IdvComponentHolder current)`
`static List<IdvComponentGroup>`	`getAllComponentGroups()`
`static List<IdvComponentHolder>`	`getAllComponentHolders()`
`static List<IdvWindow>`	`getAllDisplayWindows()`
`static List<Object>`	`getAllShareGroups()`
`static List<ViewManager>`	`getAllViewManagers()`
`static IdvComponentHolder`	`getBeforeActiveHolder()`
`static IdvComponentHolder`	`getBeforeHolder(IdvComponentHolder current)`
`private static <T extends JComponent> T`	`getComponentFromList(Class<T> clazz, List<T> list, String property, Object value)`
`static IdvComponentGroup`	`getComponentGroup(IdvWindow window)`
`static List<IdvComponentGroup>`	`getComponentGroups(IdvComponentGroup group)`
`static List<IdvComponentGroup>`	`getComponentGroups(List<WindowInfo> windows)`
`static List<IdvComponentGroup>`	`getComponentGroups(WindowInfo window)`
`static List<IdvComponentHolder>`	`getComponentHolders(IdvComponentGroup group)`
`static List<IdvComponentHolder>`	`getComponentHolders(IdvWindow idvWindow)`
`static List<IdvComponentHolder>`	`getComponentHolders(WindowInfo windowInfo)`
`static Map<JComponent,List<JComponent>>`	`getComponentMap(JComponent container, boolean nested)` Convenience method for mapping a container in the hierarchy to its contained components.
`static <T extends JComponent> T`	`getDescendantOfClass(Class<T> clazz, Container container, String property, Object value)` Convenience method that searches below `container` in the component hierarchy in a depth first manner and returns the first found component of class `clazz` having the bound property value.
`static <T extends JComponent> T`	`getDescendantOfClass(Class<T> clazz, Container container, String property, Object value, boolean nested)` Convenience method that searches below `container` in the component hierarchy in a depth first manner and returns the first found component of class `clazz` having the bound property value.
`static <T extends JComponent> T`	`getDescendantOfType(Class<T> clazz, Container container, String property, Object value)` Convenience method that searches below `container` in the component hierarchy and returns the first found component that is an instance of class `clazz` having the bound property value.
`static <T extends JComponent> T`	`getDescendantOfType(Class<T> clazz, Container container, String property, Object value, boolean nested)` Convenience method that searches below `container` in the component hierarchy and returns the first found component that is an instance of class `clazz` and has the bound property value.
`static <T extends JComponent> List<T>`	`getDescendantsOfClass(Class<T> clazz, Container container)` Convenience method for searching below `container` in the component hierarchy and return nested components of class `clazz` it finds.
`static <T extends JComponent> List<T>`	`getDescendantsOfClass(Class<T> clazz, Container container, boolean nested)` Convenience method for searching below `container` in the component hierarchy and return nested components of class `clazz` it finds.
`static <T extends JComponent> List<T>`	`getDescendantsOfType(Class<T> clazz, Container container)` Convenience method for searching below `container` in the component hierarchy and return nested components that are instances of class `clazz` it finds.
`static <T extends JComponent> List<T>`	`getDescendantsOfType(Class<T> clazz, Container container, boolean nested)` Convenience method for searching below `container` in the component hierarchy and return nested components that are instances of class `clazz` it finds.
`static Rectangle`	`getDisplayBoundsFor(int index)` Find the "bounds" for the physical display at `index`.
`static <E> JComboBox<E>`	`getEditableBox(Collection<E> items, E selected)`
`private static int`	`getGroupCount()`
`private static int`	`getHolderCount()`
`static <T extends JComponent> Class<?>`	`getJClass(T component)` Convenience method to obtain the Swing class from which this component was directly or indirectly derived.
`static Map<Object,Object>`	`getProperties(JComponent component)` Convenience method for obtaining most non-null human readable properties of a JComponent.
`static List<Object>`	`getShareGroupsInWindow(IdvWindow window)`
`static Object`	`getUIDefaultOfClass(Class<?> clazz, String property)` Convenience method for retrieving the UIDefault for a single property of a particular class.
`static UIDefaults`	`getUIDefaultsOfClass(Class<?> clazz)` Convenience method for retrieving a subset of the UIDefaults pertaining to a particular class.
`static UIDefaults`	`getUIDefaultsOfClass(String className)` Convenience method for retrieving a subset of the UIDefaults pertaining to a particular class.
`static List<ViewManager>`	`getViewManagers(IdvWindow window)`
`static List<ViewManager>`	`getViewManagers(WindowInfo info)`
`static List<ViewManager>`	`getViewManagersInGroup(Object sharedGroup)`
`private static int`	`getVMCount()`
`static IdvWindow`	`getWindowForViewManager(ViewManager vm)` Attempt to find the `IdvWindow` that contains the given `ViewManager`.
`static boolean`	`hasDynamicSkins(List<WindowInfo> windows)`
`static boolean`	`hasNestedGroups(IdvComponentGroup group)`
`static JPanel`	`horizontal(Component... components)` Use GroupLayout for wrapping a list of components horizontally.
`static List<McvComponentGroup>`	`idvGroupsToMcv(IdvWindow w)`
`static boolean`	`isDynamicSkin(IdvComponentHolder h)`
`static boolean`	`isUIHolder(IdvComponentHolder h)`
`static <E> JComboBox<E>`	`makeComboBox(Collection<E> items, E selected)`
`static <E> JComboBox<E>`	`makeComboBox(Collection<E> items, E selected, McVGuiUtils.Width width)`
`static <E> JComboBox<E>`	`makeComboBox(E[] items, E selected)`
`static <E> JComboBox<E>`	`makeComboBox(E[] items, E selected, McVGuiUtils.Width width)`
`static JPanel`	`makeComponentLabeled(JComponent thing, JLabel label)`
`static JPanel`	`makeComponentLabeled(JComponent thing, JLabel label, McVGuiUtils.Position position)`
`static JPanel`	`makeComponentLabeled(JComponent thing, String label)` Create a sized, labeled component.
`static JPanel`	`makeComponentLabeled(JComponent thing, String label, McVGuiUtils.Position position)`
`static JButton`	`makeImageButton(String iconName, Object object, String methodName, Object arg, String tooltip)` Custom makeImageButton to ensure proper sizing and mouseborder are set
`static JButton`	`makeImageButton(String iconName, String tooltip)` Custom makeImageButton to ensure proper sizing and mouseborder are set
`static JButton`	`makeImageTextButton(String iconName, String label)` Create a button with text and an icon
`static JPanel`	`makeLabeledComponent(JLabel label, JComponent thing)`
`static JPanel`	`makeLabeledComponent(JLabel label, JComponent thing, McVGuiUtils.Position position)`
`static JPanel`	`makeLabeledComponent(String label, JComponent thing)` Create a sized, labeled component.
`static JPanel`	`makeLabeledComponent(String label, JComponent thing, McVGuiUtils.Position position)`
`static JLabel`	`makeLabelLeft(String title)` Create a standard sized, left-justified label.
`static JLabel`	`makeLabelLeft(String title, McVGuiUtils.Width width)`
`static JLabel`	`makeLabelRight(String title)` Create a standard sized, right-justified label
`static JLabel`	`makeLabelRight(String title, McVGuiUtils.Width width)`
`static JButton`	`makePrettyButton(JButton button)` Add icons when we understand the button name.
`static JButton`	`makePrettyButton(String name)` Convenience method to make a button based solely on its name.
`static JPanel`	`makePrettyButtons(JPanel idvButtonPanel)` Hack apart an IDV button panel and do a few things: - Reorder the buttons based on OS preference Windows: OK on left Mac: OK on right - Add icons when we understand the button name
`static List`	`makePrettyButtons(List buttonList)` Take a list of buttons and make them pretty.
`static JTextField`	`makeTextField(String value)` Create a standard sized text field.
`static JTextField`	`makeTextField(String value, McVGuiUtils.Width width)`
`static McVTextField`	`makeTextFieldAllow(String defaultString, int limit, boolean upper, char... allow)`
`static McVTextField`	`makeTextFieldAllow(String defaultString, int limit, boolean upper, Pattern allow)`
`static McVTextField`	`makeTextFieldAllow(String defaultString, int limit, boolean upper, String allow)`
`static McVTextField`	`makeTextFieldDeny(String defaultString, int limit, boolean upper, char... deny)`
`static McVTextField`	`makeTextFieldDeny(String defaultString, int limit, boolean upper, Pattern deny)`
`static McVTextField`	`makeTextFieldDeny(String defaultString, int limit, boolean upper, String deny)`
`static McVTextField`	`makeTextFieldLimit(String defaultString, int limit)` Create some custom text entry widgets
`static McVTextField`	`makeTextFieldUpper(String defaultString, int limit)`
`private static void`	`p(String str, int padding)`
`private static String`	`pad(String str, int pad)`
`static void`	`printUIComponents(JComponent parent)` Print the hierarchy of components.
`static void`	`printUIComponents(JComponent parent, int index, int depth)`
`static void`	`runOnEDT(Runnable r)` Calls `SwingUtilities.invokeLater(Runnable)` if the current thread is not the event dispatch thread.
`static String`	`safeGetText(JTextComponent textComponent)` Gets the "text" contents of a `JTextComponent` without the possibility of a `NullPointerException`.
`static void`	`setButtonImage(JButton existingButton, String iconName)` Add an icon to a button... but only if the LookAndFeel supports it
`static void`	`setComponentColor(JComponent existingComponent)` Set the foreground color of an existing component
`static void`	`setComponentColor(JComponent existingComponent, McVGuiUtils.TextColor color)`
`static void`	`setComponentHeight(JComponent setme, JComponent getme)` Set the component height to that of another component.
`static void`	`setComponentHeight(JComponent setme, JComponent getme, int padding)`
`static void`	`setComponentWidth(JComponent existingComponent)` Set the width of an existing component.
`static void`	`setComponentWidth(JComponent existingComponent, int width)` Set the width of an existing component to a given integer width.
`static void`	`setComponentWidth(JComponent setme, JComponent getme)` Set the component width to that of another component.
`static void`	`setComponentWidth(JComponent setme, JComponent getme, int padding)`
`static void`	`setComponentWidth(JComponent existingComponent, McVGuiUtils.Width width)` Set the width of an existing component using standard McIDAS-V component widths.
`static void`	`setLabelBold(JLabel existingLabel, boolean bold)` Set the bold attribute of an existing label
`static void`	`setLabelPosition(JLabel existingLabel)` Set the label position of an existing label
`static void`	`setLabelPosition(JLabel existingLabel, McVGuiUtils.Position position)`
`static <E> void`	`setListData(JComboBox<E> box, Collection<E> items, E selected)`
`static void`	`setMenuImage(JMenuItem existingMenuItem, String iconName)` Add an icon to a menu item
`static JPanel`	`sideBySide(JComponent left, JComponent right)` Use GroupLayout for wrapping components to stop vertical resizing.
`static JPanel`	`sideBySide(JComponent left, JComponent right, int gap)` Use GroupLayout for wrapping components to stop vertical resizing.
`static JPanel`	`topBottom(JComponent top, JComponent bottom, McVGuiUtils.Prefer which)` Use GroupLayout for stacking components vertically.
`static JPanel`	`topCenterBottom(JComponent top, JComponent center, JComponent bottom)` Use GroupLayout for stacking components vertically.
`static JPanel`	`vertical(Component... components)` Use GroupLayout for wrapping a list of components vertically.
`private static String`	`vmType(ViewManager vm)`

Methods inherited from class java.lang.Object
clone, equals, finalize, getClass, hashCode, notify, notifyAll, toString, wait, wait, wait

Field Detail
- ESTIMATED_VM_COUNT
```
private static final int ESTIMATED_VM_COUNT
```
  Estimated number of ViewManagers. This value is only used as a last resort (McIDASV.getStaticMcv() failing).
  
  See Also:
  
  Constant Field Values
- setExclude
```
static Set<String> setExclude
```
  Exclude methods that return values that are meaningless to the user

Constructor Detail
- McVGuiUtils
```
private McVGuiUtils()
```

Method Detail

makeLabelRight
```
public static JLabel makeLabelRight(String title)
```
Create a standard sized, right-justified label

Parameters:

title - Label text. Should not be null.

Returns:

A new label.

makeLabelRight

public static JLabel makeLabelRight(String title,
                                    McVGuiUtils.Width width)

makeLabelLeft
```
public static JLabel makeLabelLeft(String title)
```
Create a standard sized, left-justified label.

Parameters:

title - Label text. Should not be null.

Returns:

A new label.

makeLabelLeft

public static JLabel makeLabelLeft(String title,
                                   McVGuiUtils.Width width)

makeLabeledComponent
```
public static JPanel makeLabeledComponent(String label,
                                          JComponent thing)
```
Create a sized, labeled component.

Parameters:

label - Label for thing. Should not be null.

thing - Component to label. Should not be null.

Returns:

A component with its label to the right.

makeLabeledComponent

public static JPanel makeLabeledComponent(JLabel label,
                                          JComponent thing)

makeLabeledComponent

public static JPanel makeLabeledComponent(String label,
                                          JComponent thing,
                                          McVGuiUtils.Position position)

makeLabeledComponent

public static JPanel makeLabeledComponent(JLabel label,
                                          JComponent thing,
                                          McVGuiUtils.Position position)

makeComponentLabeled
```
public static JPanel makeComponentLabeled(JComponent thing,
                                          String label)
```
Create a sized, labeled component.

Parameters:

thing - Component to label. Should not be null.

label - Label for thing. Should not be null.

Returns:

A labeled component.

makeComponentLabeled

public static JPanel makeComponentLabeled(JComponent thing,
                                          String label,
                                          McVGuiUtils.Position position)

makeComponentLabeled

public static JPanel makeComponentLabeled(JComponent thing,
                                          JLabel label)

makeComponentLabeled

public static JPanel makeComponentLabeled(JComponent thing,
                                          JLabel label,
                                          McVGuiUtils.Position position)

setComponentWidth
```
public static void setComponentWidth(JComponent existingComponent)
```
Set the width of an existing component.

Parameters:

existingComponent - Component that will have its width set.

setComponentWidth
```
public static void setComponentWidth(JComponent existingComponent,
                                     McVGuiUtils.Width width)
```
Set the width of an existing component using standard McIDAS-V component widths.

Parameters:

existingComponent - Component that will have its width set.

width - Width to use for existingComponent.

setComponentWidth
```
public static void setComponentWidth(JComponent existingComponent,
                                     int width)
```
Set the width of an existing component to a given integer width.

Parameters:

existingComponent - Component that will have its width set.

width - Width to use for existingComponent.

setComponentWidth

public static void setComponentWidth(JComponent setme,
                                     JComponent getme)

Set the component width to that of another component.

setComponentWidth

public static void setComponentWidth(JComponent setme,
                                     JComponent getme,
                                     int padding)

setComponentHeight

public static void setComponentHeight(JComponent setme,
                                      JComponent getme)

Set the component height to that of another component.

setComponentHeight

public static void setComponentHeight(JComponent setme,
                                      JComponent getme,
                                      int padding)

setLabelPosition
```
public static void setLabelPosition(JLabel existingLabel)
```
Set the label position of an existing label

Parameters:

existingLabel -

setLabelPosition

public static void setLabelPosition(JLabel existingLabel,
                                    McVGuiUtils.Position position)

setLabelBold

public static void setLabelBold(JLabel existingLabel,
                                boolean bold)

Set the bold attribute of an existing label

Parameters:: existingLabel -; bold -

setComponentColor
```
public static void setComponentColor(JComponent existingComponent)
```
Set the foreground color of an existing component

Parameters:

existingComponent -

setComponentColor

public static void setComponentColor(JComponent existingComponent,
                                     McVGuiUtils.TextColor color)

makeImageButton

public static JButton makeImageButton(String iconName,
                                      Object object,
                                      String methodName,
                                      Object arg,
                                      String tooltip)

Custom makeImageButton to ensure proper sizing and mouseborder are set

makeImageButton

public static JButton makeImageButton(String iconName,
                                      String tooltip)

Custom makeImageButton to ensure proper sizing and mouseborder are set

makeImageTextButton

public static JButton makeImageTextButton(String iconName,
                                          String label)

Create a button with text and an icon

setButtonImage

public static void setButtonImage(JButton existingButton,
                                  String iconName)

Add an icon to a button... but only if the LookAndFeel supports it

setMenuImage

public static void setMenuImage(JMenuItem existingMenuItem,
                                String iconName)

Add an icon to a menu item

makeComboBox

public static <E> JComboBox<E> makeComboBox(E[] items,
                                            E selected)

makeComboBox

public static <E> JComboBox<E> makeComboBox(E[] items,
                                            E selected,
                                            McVGuiUtils.Width width)

makeComboBox

public static <E> JComboBox<E> makeComboBox(Collection<E> items,
                                            E selected)

makeComboBox

public static <E> JComboBox<E> makeComboBox(Collection<E> items,
                                            E selected,
                                            McVGuiUtils.Width width)

setListData

public static <E> void setListData(JComboBox<E> box,
                                   Collection<E> items,
                                   E selected)

getEditableBox

public static <E> JComboBox<E> getEditableBox(Collection<E> items,
                                              E selected)

makeTextField
```
public static JTextField makeTextField(String value)
```
Create a standard sized text field.

Parameters:

value - Text to place within the text field. Should not be null.

Returns:

JTextField with initial text taken from value.

makeTextField

public static JTextField makeTextField(String value,
                                       McVGuiUtils.Width width)

makeTextFieldLimit

public static McVTextField makeTextFieldLimit(String defaultString,
                                              int limit)

Create some custom text entry widgets

makeTextFieldUpper

public static McVTextField makeTextFieldUpper(String defaultString,
                                              int limit)

makeTextFieldAllow

public static McVTextField makeTextFieldAllow(String defaultString,
                                              int limit,
                                              boolean upper,
                                              String allow)

makeTextFieldDeny

public static McVTextField makeTextFieldDeny(String defaultString,
                                             int limit,
                                             boolean upper,
                                             String deny)

makeTextFieldAllow

public static McVTextField makeTextFieldAllow(String defaultString,
                                              int limit,
                                              boolean upper,
                                              char... allow)

makeTextFieldDeny

public static McVTextField makeTextFieldDeny(String defaultString,
                                             int limit,
                                             boolean upper,
                                             char... deny)

makeTextFieldAllow

public static McVTextField makeTextFieldAllow(String defaultString,
                                              int limit,
                                              boolean upper,
                                              Pattern allow)

makeTextFieldDeny

public static McVTextField makeTextFieldDeny(String defaultString,
                                             int limit,
                                             boolean upper,
                                             Pattern deny)

topCenterBottom
```
public static JPanel topCenterBottom(JComponent top,
                                     JComponent center,
                                     JComponent bottom)
```
Use GroupLayout for stacking components vertically. Set center to resize vertically.

Parameters:

top - Component to place at the top of the newly created panel. Should not be null.

center - Component to place in the center of the newly created panel. Should not be null.

bottom - Component to place at the bottom of the newly created panel. Should not be null.

Returns:

New JPanel with the given components in the top, center, and bottom positions.

topBottom
```
public static JPanel topBottom(JComponent top,
                               JComponent bottom,
                               McVGuiUtils.Prefer which)
```
Use GroupLayout for stacking components vertically.

Parameters:

top - Component to place at the top of the newly created panel. Should not be null.

bottom - Component to place at the bottom of the newly created panel. Should not be null.

which - Which component's size to prefer. Should not be null.

Returns:

New JPanel with the given components.

sideBySide
```
public static JPanel sideBySide(JComponent left,
                                JComponent right)
```
Use GroupLayout for wrapping components to stop vertical resizing.

Parameters:

left - Left component. Should not be null.

right - Right component. Should not be null.

Returns:

New JPanel with the given components side-by-side.

sideBySide
```
public static JPanel sideBySide(JComponent left,
                                JComponent right,
                                int gap)
```
Use GroupLayout for wrapping components to stop vertical resizing.

Parameters:

left - Left component. Should not be null.

right - Right component. Should not be null.

gap - Gap between left and right.

Returns:

New JPanel with the given components side-by-side, separated by value from gap.

horizontal
```
public static JPanel horizontal(Component... components)
```
Use GroupLayout for wrapping a list of components horizontally.

Parameters:

components - Components to stack horizontally. Should not be null.

Returns:

JPanel with the given components.

vertical
```
public static JPanel vertical(Component... components)
```
Use GroupLayout for wrapping a list of components vertically.

Parameters:

components - Components to stack vertically. Should not be null.

Returns:

JPanel with the given components.

makePrettyButtons
```
public static JPanel makePrettyButtons(JPanel idvButtonPanel)
```
Hack apart an IDV button panel and do a few things: - Reorder the buttons based on OS preference Windows: OK on left Mac: OK on right - Add icons when we understand the button name

Parameters:

idvButtonPanel - JPanel to scan for understood button names. Should not be null.

Returns:

The given JPanel with pretty buttons (where possible).

makePrettyButtons
```
public static List makePrettyButtons(List buttonList)
```
Take a list of buttons and make them pretty.

Parameters:

buttonList - List of buttons. Should not be null.

Returns:

List of pretty buttons.

makePrettyButton
```
public static JButton makePrettyButton(String name)
```
Convenience method to make a button based solely on its name.

Parameters:

name - Button text. Should not be null.

Returns:

A "pretty" button.

makePrettyButton
```
public static JButton makePrettyButton(JButton button)
```
Add icons when we understand the button name.

Parameters:

button - Button to make pretty. Should not be null.

Returns:

button Either the given button with an icon, or just the given button (if the name was not understood).

printUIComponents

public static void printUIComponents(JComponent parent)

Print the hierarchy of components.

printUIComponents

public static void printUIComponents(JComponent parent,
                                     int index,
                                     int depth)

runOnEDT
```
public static void runOnEDT(Runnable r)
```
Calls SwingUtilities.invokeLater(Runnable) if the current thread is not the event dispatch thread. If this thread is the EDT, then call Runnable.run() for r.
Remember, you do not want to execute long-running tasks in the event dispatch thread--it'll lock up the GUI.

Parameters:

r - Code to run in the event dispatch thread. Cannot be null.

getVMCount
```
private static int getVMCount()
```

getHolderCount
```
private static int getHolderCount()
```

getGroupCount
```
private static int getGroupCount()
```

getActiveViewManagers

public static List<ViewManager> getActiveViewManagers()

getAllViewManagers

public static List<ViewManager> getAllViewManagers()

getWindowForViewManager
```
public static IdvWindow getWindowForViewManager(ViewManager vm)
```
Attempt to find the IdvWindow that contains the given ViewManager.

Parameters:

vm - ViewManager whose IdvWindow is needed. Cannot be null.

Returns:

Either the IdvWindow containing vm, or null.

getShareGroupsInWindow

public static List<Object> getShareGroupsInWindow(IdvWindow window)

getAllShareGroups

public static List<Object> getAllShareGroups()

getViewManagersInGroup

public static List<ViewManager> getViewManagersInGroup(Object sharedGroup)

getViewManagers

public static List<ViewManager> getViewManagers(WindowInfo info)

getViewManagers

public static List<ViewManager> getViewManagers(IdvWindow window)

isUIHolder
```
public static boolean isUIHolder(IdvComponentHolder h)
```
Returns:

Whether or not h contains some UI component like the dashboard of field selector. Yes, it can happen!

isDynamicSkin

public static boolean isDynamicSkin(IdvComponentHolder h)

Returns:: Whether or not h is a dynamic skin.

hasDynamicSkins
```
public static boolean hasDynamicSkins(List<WindowInfo> windows)
```
Returns:

Whether or not windows has at least one dynamic skin.

getComponentHolders
```
public static List<IdvComponentHolder> getComponentHolders(WindowInfo windowInfo)
```
Returns:

The component holders within windowInfo.

See Also:

getComponentHolders(IdvComponentGroup)

getComponentHolders
```
public static List<IdvComponentHolder> getComponentHolders(IdvWindow idvWindow)
```
Returns:

The component holders within idvWindow.

See Also:

getComponentHolders(IdvComponentGroup)

getComponentHolders

public static List<IdvComponentHolder> getComponentHolders(IdvComponentGroup group)

Returns:: Recursively searches group to find any component holders.

getComponentGroups

public static List<IdvComponentGroup> getComponentGroups(IdvComponentGroup group)

Returns:: Recursively searches group for any nested component groups.

getComponentGroups
```
public static List<IdvComponentGroup> getComponentGroups(WindowInfo window)
```
Returns:

Component groups contained in window.

See Also:

getComponentGroups(IdvComponentGroup)

getComponentGroups
```
public static List<IdvComponentGroup> getComponentGroups(List<WindowInfo> windows)
```
Returns:

Component groups contained in windows.

See Also:

getComponentGroups(IdvComponentGroup)

getComponentGroup

public static IdvComponentGroup getComponentGroup(IdvWindow window)

Returns:: The component group within window.

hasNestedGroups
```
public static boolean hasNestedGroups(IdvComponentGroup group)
```
Returns:

Whether or not group contains any component groups.

getAllComponentHolders
```
public static List<IdvComponentHolder> getAllComponentHolders()
```
Returns:

All active component holders in McIDAS-V.

getAllComponentGroups
```
public static List<IdvComponentGroup> getAllComponentGroups()
```
Returns:

All active component groups in McIDAS-V.

getAllDisplayWindows
```
public static List<IdvWindow> getAllDisplayWindows()
```
Returns:

All windows that contain at least one component group.

getAfterActiveHolder
```
public static IdvComponentHolder getAfterActiveHolder()
```
Returns:

The component holder positioned after the active component holder.

getBeforeActiveHolder
```
public static IdvComponentHolder getBeforeActiveHolder()
```
Returns:

The component holder positioned before the active component holder.

getActiveComponentHolder
```
public static IdvComponentHolder getActiveComponentHolder()
```
Returns:

The active component holder in the active window.

getAfterHolder

public static IdvComponentHolder getAfterHolder(IdvComponentHolder current)

Returns:: The component holder positioned after current.

getBeforeHolder

public static IdvComponentHolder getBeforeHolder(IdvComponentHolder current)

Returns:: The component holder positioned before current.

idvGroupsToMcv
```
public static List<McvComponentGroup> idvGroupsToMcv(IdvWindow w)
```
Parameters:

w - IdvWindow whose component groups you want (as McvComponentGroups).

Returns:

A List of McvComponentGroups or an empty list. If there were no McvComponentGroups in w, or if w is null, an empty List is returned.

compGroup

public static void compGroup(IdvComponentGroup g)

compGroup

public static void compGroup(IdvComponentGroup g,
                             int level)

compHolder

public static void compHolder(IdvComponentHolder h,
                              int level)

findvms

public static List<ViewManager> findvms(List<WindowInfo> windows)

vmType

private static String vmType(ViewManager vm)

pad

private static String pad(String str,
                          int pad)

p

private static void p(String str,
                      int padding)

getDisplayBoundsFor
```
public static Rectangle getDisplayBoundsFor(int index)
```
Find the "bounds" for the physical display at index.

Parameters:

index - Zero-based index of the desired physical display.

Returns:

Either a Rectangle representing the display's bounds, or null if index is invalid.

findDisplayNumberForRectangle
```
public static int findDisplayNumberForRectangle(Rectangle rect)
```
Tries to determine the physical display that contains the given Rectangle. This method (currently) fails for Rectangles that span multiple displays!

Parameters:

rect - Rectangle to test. Should not be null.

Returns:

Either the (zero-based) index of the physical display, or -1 if there was no match.

findDisplayNumberForComponent
```
public static int findDisplayNumberForComponent(Component comp)
```
Tries to determine the physical display that contains the given Component. This method (currently) fails for Components that span multiple displays!

Parameters:

comp - Component to test. Should not be null.

Returns:

Either the (zero-based) index of the physical display, or -1 if there was no match.

findDisplayNumberForMultiFrame
```
public static int findDisplayNumberForMultiFrame(MultiFrame mf)
```
Tries to determine the physical display that contains the given MultiFrame. This method (currently) fails for MultiFrames that span multiple displays!

Parameters:

mf - MultiFrame to test. Should not be null.

Returns:

Either the (zero-based) index of the physical display, or -1 if there was no match.

findDisplayNumberForCoords
```
public static int findDisplayNumberForCoords(int x,
                                             int y,
                                             int width,
                                             int height)
```
Tries to determine the physical display that contains the rectangle defined by the specified coordinates. This method (currently) fails for coordinates that span multiple displays!

Parameters:

x - X coordinate of the upper-left corner.

y - Y coordinate of the upper-left corner.

width - Width of the rectangle.

height - Height of the rectangle.

Returns:

Either the (zero-based) index of the physical display, or -1 if there was no match.

See Also:

Rectangle.Rectangle(int, int, int, int)

findDisplayNumberForEvent
```
public static int findDisplayNumberForEvent(EventObject event)
```
Tries to determine which physical display contains the Component or MultiFrame that fired the given event. This method (currently) fails for coordinates that span multiple displays!

Parameters:

event - EventObject to test. Should not be null.

Returns:

Either the (zero-based) index of the physical display, or -1 if there was no match.

getDescendantsOfType
```
public static <T extends JComponent> List<T> getDescendantsOfType(Class<T> clazz,
                                                                  Container container)
```
Convenience method for searching below container in the component hierarchy and return nested components that are instances of class clazz it finds. Returns an empty list if no such components exist in the container.
Invoking this method with a class parameter of JComponent.class will return all nested components.
This method invokes getDescendantsOfType(Class, java.awt.Container, boolean)

Parameters:

clazz - the class of components whose instances are to be found.

container - the container at which to begin the search

Returns:

the List of components

getDescendantsOfType
```
public static <T extends JComponent> List<T> getDescendantsOfType(Class<T> clazz,
                                                                  Container container,
                                                                  boolean nested)
```
Convenience method for searching below container in the component hierarchy and return nested components that are instances of class clazz it finds. Returns an empty list if no such components exist in the container.
Invoking this method with a class parameter of JComponent.class will return all nested components.

Parameters:

clazz - the class of components whose instances are to be found.

container - the container at which to begin the search

nested - true to list components nested within another listed component, false otherwise

Returns:

the List of components

getDescendantOfType
```
public static <T extends JComponent> T getDescendantOfType(Class<T> clazz,
                                                           Container container,
                                                           String property,
                                                           Object value)
                                                    throws IllegalArgumentException
```
Convenience method that searches below container in the component hierarchy and returns the first found component that is an instance of class clazz having the bound property value. Returns null if such component cannot be found.
This method invokes getDescendantOfType(Class, java.awt.Container, String, Object, boolean)

Parameters:

clazz - the class of component whose instance is to be found.

container - the container at which to begin the search

property - the className of the bound property, exactly as expressed in the accessor e.g. "Text" for getText(), "Value" for getValue().

value - the value of the bound property

Returns:

the component, or null if no such component exists in the container

Throws:

IllegalArgumentException - if the bound property does not exist for the class or cannot be accessed

getDescendantOfType
```
public static <T extends JComponent> T getDescendantOfType(Class<T> clazz,
                                                           Container container,
                                                           String property,
                                                           Object value,
                                                           boolean nested)
                                                    throws IllegalArgumentException
```
Convenience method that searches below container in the component hierarchy and returns the first found component that is an instance of class clazz and has the bound property value. Returns null if such component cannot be found.

Parameters:

clazz - the class of component whose instance to be found.

container - the container at which to begin the search

property - the className of the bound property, exactly as expressed in the accessor e.g. "Text" for getText(), "Value" for getValue().

value - the value of the bound property

nested - true to list components nested within another component which is also an instance of clazz, false otherwise.

Returns:

the component, or null if no such component exists in the container.

Throws:

IllegalArgumentException - if the bound property does not exist for the class or cannot be accessed.

getDescendantsOfClass
```
public static <T extends JComponent> List<T> getDescendantsOfClass(Class<T> clazz,
                                                                   Container container)
```
Convenience method for searching below container in the component hierarchy and return nested components of class clazz it finds. Returns an empty list if no such components exist in the container.
This method invokes getDescendantsOfClass(Class, java.awt.Container, boolean).

Parameters:

clazz - the class of components to be found.

container - the container at which to begin the search

Returns:

the List of components

getDescendantsOfClass
```
public static <T extends JComponent> List<T> getDescendantsOfClass(Class<T> clazz,
                                                                   Container container,
                                                                   boolean nested)
```
Convenience method for searching below container in the component hierarchy and return nested components of class clazz it finds. Returns an empty list if no such components exist in the container.

Parameters:

clazz - the class of components to be found.

container - the container at which to begin the search

nested - true to list components nested within another listed component, false otherwise

Returns:

the List of components

getDescendantOfClass
```
public static <T extends JComponent> T getDescendantOfClass(Class<T> clazz,
                                                            Container container,
                                                            String property,
                                                            Object value)
                                                     throws IllegalArgumentException
```
Convenience method that searches below container in the component hierarchy in a depth first manner and returns the first found component of class clazz having the bound property value.
Returns null if such component cannot be found.
This method invokes getDescendantOfClass(Class, java.awt.Container, String, Object, boolean)

Parameters:

clazz - the class of component to be found.

container - the container at which to begin the search

property - the className of the bound property, exactly as expressed in the accessor e.g. "Text" for getText(), "Value" for getValue(). This parameter is case sensitive.

value - the value of the bound property

Returns:

the component, or null if no such component exists in the container's hierarchy.

Throws:

IllegalArgumentException - if the bound property does not exist for the class or cannot be accessed

getDescendantOfClass
```
public static <T extends JComponent> T getDescendantOfClass(Class<T> clazz,
                                                            Container container,
                                                            String property,
                                                            Object value,
                                                            boolean nested)
                                                     throws IllegalArgumentException
```
Convenience method that searches below container in the component hierarchy in a depth first manner and returns the first found component of class clazz having the bound property value.
Returns null if such component cannot be found.

Parameters:

clazz - the class of component to be found.

container - the container at which to begin the search

property - the className of the bound property, exactly as expressed in the accessor e.g. "Text" for getText(), "Value" for getValue(). This parameter is case sensitive.

value - the value of the bound property

nested - true to include components nested within another listed component, false otherwise.

Returns:

the component, or null if no such component exists in the container's hierarchy.

Throws:

IllegalArgumentException - if the bound property does not exist for the class or cannot be accessed

getComponentFromList

private static <T extends JComponent> T getComponentFromList(Class<T> clazz,
                                                             List<T> list,
                                                             String property,
                                                             Object value)
                                                      throws IllegalArgumentException

Throws:: IllegalArgumentException

equals
```
public static boolean equals(Object obj1,
                             Object obj2)
```
Convenience method for determining whether two objects are either equal or both null.

Parameters:

obj1 - the first reference object to compare.

obj2 - the second reference object to compare.

Returns:

true if obj1 and obj2 are equal or if both are null, false otherwise

getComponentMap
```
public static Map<JComponent,List<JComponent>> getComponentMap(JComponent container,
                                                               boolean nested)
```
Convenience method for mapping a container in the hierarchy to its contained components. The keys are the containers, and the values are lists of contained components.
Implementation note: The returned value is a HashMap and the values are of type ArrayList. This is subject to change, so callers should code against the interfaces Map and List.

Parameters:

container - The JComponent to be mapped

nested - true to drill down to nested containers, false otherwise

Returns:

the Map of the UI

getUIDefaultsOfClass
```
public static UIDefaults getUIDefaultsOfClass(Class<?> clazz)
```
Convenience method for retrieving a subset of the UIDefaults pertaining to a particular class.

Parameters:

clazz - the class of interest

Returns:

the UIDefaults of the class

getUIDefaultsOfClass
```
public static UIDefaults getUIDefaultsOfClass(String className)
```
Convenience method for retrieving a subset of the UIDefaults pertaining to a particular class.

Parameters:

className - fully qualified name of the class of interest

Returns:

the UIDefaults of the class named

getUIDefaultOfClass
```
public static Object getUIDefaultOfClass(Class<?> clazz,
                                         String property)
```
Convenience method for retrieving the UIDefault for a single property of a particular class.

Parameters:

clazz - the class of interest

property - the property to query

Returns:

the UIDefault property, or null if not found

getProperties
```
public static Map<Object,Object> getProperties(JComponent component)
```
Convenience method for obtaining most non-null human readable properties of a JComponent. Array properties are not included.
Implementation note: The returned value is a HashMap. This is subject to change, so callers should code against the interface Map.

Parameters:

component - the component whose proerties are to be determined

Returns:

the class and value of the properties

getJClass
```
public static <T extends JComponent> Class<?> getJClass(T component)
```
Convenience method to obtain the Swing class from which this component was directly or indirectly derived.

Parameters:

component - The component whose Swing superclass is to be determined

Returns:

The nearest Swing class in the inheritance tree

safeGetText
```
public static String safeGetText(JTextComponent textComponent)
```
Gets the "text" contents of a JTextComponent without the possibility of a NullPointerException.

Parameters:

textComponent - JTextComponent whose contents should be extracted. null is allowed.

Returns:

Either the results of JTextComponent.getText() or an empty String if textComponent or getText() are null.

Class McVGuiUtils

Nested Class Summary

Field Summary

Fields inherited from interface edu.wisc.ssec.mcidasv.Constants

Fields inherited from interface ucar.unidata.idv.IdvConstants

Constructor Summary

Method Summary

Methods inherited from class java.lang.Object

Field Detail

ESTIMATED_VM_COUNT

setExclude

Constructor Detail

McVGuiUtils

Method Detail

makeLabelRight

makeLabelRight

makeLabelLeft

makeLabelLeft

makeLabeledComponent

makeLabeledComponent

makeLabeledComponent

makeLabeledComponent

makeComponentLabeled

makeComponentLabeled

makeComponentLabeled

makeComponentLabeled

setComponentWidth

setComponentWidth

setComponentWidth

setComponentWidth

setComponentWidth

setComponentHeight

setComponentHeight

setLabelPosition

setLabelPosition

setLabelBold

setComponentColor

setComponentColor

makeImageButton

makeImageButton

makeImageTextButton

setButtonImage

setMenuImage

makeComboBox

makeComboBox

makeComboBox

makeComboBox

setListData

getEditableBox

makeTextField

makeTextField

makeTextFieldLimit

makeTextFieldUpper

makeTextFieldAllow

makeTextFieldDeny

makeTextFieldAllow

makeTextFieldDeny

makeTextFieldAllow

makeTextFieldDeny

topCenterBottom

topBottom

sideBySide

sideBySide

horizontal

vertical

makePrettyButtons

makePrettyButtons

makePrettyButton

makePrettyButton

printUIComponents

printUIComponents

runOnEDT

getVMCount

getHolderCount

getGroupCount

getActiveViewManagers

getAllViewManagers

getWindowForViewManager

getShareGroupsInWindow

getAllShareGroups