What's new in JGoodies Forms 1.10.0
Apr 9, 2015
- Moved to Java 7.
- Requires JGoodies Common 1.9.
- Turned ComponentSize into an enumeration.
- Replaced Sizes#MINIMUM, #PREFERRED, #DEFAULT by the ComponentSize enum values.
- Turned Unit into an enumeration.
- Removed ConstantSize duplicate constants: #PX, #PT, #MM, #IN, #CM, #DLUX, #DLUY.
- Improved code readability.
- Added generics.
New in JGoodies Forms 1.9.0 (Feb 3, 2015)
- Added the FormBuilder. It offers a simplified approach for specifying the layout and adding components. Please read the FormBuilder's class comment for its features.
- Replaced the ListViewBuilder with the commercial ListViewBuilder.
- Introduced the concept of paddings as special (empty) borders that are used for white space around forms and panels.
- Added a dlu-based empty border, see class Padding.
- Added a factory for reusable paddings, see class Paddings.
- Added FormBuilder#padding(EmptyBorder) and #padding(String)
- Added ListViewBuilder#padding(EmptyBorder).
- Marked the factory class Borders as deprecated; use Paddings.
- Removed deprecated code from PanelBuilder and DefaultFormBuilder.
- Marked PanelBuilder as deprecated. Use the FormBuilder instead.
- Marked I15dPanelBuilder as deprecated. Instead provide the localized resources to the FormBuilder. A simple and safe approach to do so is the internationalization support provided by the JGoodies Smart Client Resources class.
- Marked DefaultFormBuilder as deprecated. Although useful in very simple forms, this class's API has frequently added confusion. Use the FormBuilder instead.
- Rearranged the builder class hierarchy.
- Fixed a FormBuilder focus traversal policy setter bug.
New in JGoodies Forms 1.8.0 (Aug 14, 2014)
- Fixed the conversion from DTP points to pixels.
- Added Forms#buttonStack, #checkBoxStack, #radioButtonStack.
- Added ButtonBarBuilder#create().
- Added ButtonStackBuilder#create().
- Moved all global default values to the new FormsSetup: opaque, label-for feature, factory, debug tooltips.
- PanelBuilder's label-for feature honors if a label is already labelling a component.
- Added FormLayout#setColumnGroup(int... indices)
- Added FormLayout#setRowGroup(int... indices)
- FormLayout#setColumnGroups and #setRowGroups check that each group of indices contains at least two indices.
- Added CellConstraints#translate(int dx, int dy).
- FormSpecs can tell whether the default alignment has been explicitly set.
- Added a special "none" column alignment intended only for JTable column configurations as implemented by the classes TableUtils and TableColumns.
- Smaller gaps on the Mac.
- Column and row specs accept a 0 multiplier, e.g. "0*(p, $lg)".
- Improved parser message for negative multiplier designation.
New in JGoodies Forms 1.7.1 (Feb 6, 2013)
- Requires the JGoodies Common 1.6.0.
- Added ListViewBuilder#honorsVisibility to enable API users to keep the overall layout stable, even if a sub view, for example a details view, becomes invisible.
- The ListViewBuilder sets names for unnamed components and those that are implicitly created by the builder.
- Added ListViewBuilder#namePrefix to specify a prefix for
- the component names set by the builder.
- Fixed docs.
- Updated copyright date.
New in JGoodies Forms 1.6.0 (Jul 28, 2012)
- Since 1.6 the PanelBuilder's label-for-feature is on by default.
- The new behavior is recommended. You can get the old behavior with:
- PanelBuilder.setLabelForFeatureEnabledDefault(false);
- Overhauled the ComponentFactory interface:
- merged ComponentFactory and ComponentFactory2
- removed ComponentFactory2
- added #createHeaderLabel(String)
- DefaultComponentFactory implements ComponentFactory
- Overhauled the I15dPanelBuilder:
- merged it with its superclass AbstractI15dPanelBuilder
- supports a general StringLocalizer for the String resource access
- sets the initial "opaque" property value to false
- Renamed FormFactory to FormSpecs.
- Removed the deprecated ColumnSpec.MIDDLE; use CENTER instead.
- Added ButtonBarBuilder
- builds button bars in a platform-independent order
- can add sequences of related buttons
- Marked ButtonBarBuilder2 as deprecated; use ButtonBarBuilder.
- ButtonBarBuilder, ButtonStackBuilder, and ButtonBarBuilder2
- build focus traversal groups for the contained buttons,
- if the JGoodies FocusTraversalUtils class is available.
- Removed LayoutStyle#isLeftToRightButtonOrder() and its
- implementations in MacLayoutStyle and WindowsLayoutStyle.
- Overhauled the ButtonStackBuilder
- removed #ButtonStackBuilder(FormLayout, JPanel)
- removed #addButtons
- added configuration methods
- changed superclass to AbstractButtonPanelBuilder
- Changed names in Borders from DIALOG_BORDER to DIALOG,
- DLU14_BORDER to DLU14, ...
- AbstractBuilder#setDefaultComponentFactory has been renamed to
- #setComponentFactoryDefault.
- Fixed and added JavaDocs and JavaDoc comment examples.
- Fixed the broken artifact id in the pom.xml.
New in JGoodies Forms 1.5.1 (Jul 7, 2012)
- Marked the ButtonBarFactory as deprecated.
- This class will be removed from the next Forms version.
- The javadocs, main and test sources are delivered as JARs.
New in JGoodies Forms 1.3.0 (Aug 12, 2010)
- This update adds a PanelBuilder feature to automatically associate an added focusable component with a previously added label, see class PanelBuilder. The component factory mechanism and the builder classes have been extended to create JLabels that are intended to label read-only components.