JFormDesigner supports and uses software provided by JGoodies Karsten Lentzsch.
The JGoodies Forms framework support is very extensive. Not
only the
layout manager FormLayout is
supported, also some important helper
classes are supported: Borders,
ComponentFactory
and FormSpecs
(was FormFactory
).
JGoodies Looks look and feels are built-in so that you can preview your forms using those popular look and feels.
The JGoodies Forms ComponentFactory (com.jgoodies.forms.factories) defines three factory methods, which create components. You find these components in the palette category JGoodies.
Label
:
A label with an optional mnemonic. The
mnemonic and mnemonic index are defined by a single ampersand
(&).
For example "&Save" or "Save &As". To use the ampersand
itself
duplicate it, for example "Look&&Feel".Title
:
A label that uses the foreground color and
font of a TitledBorder
with an optional mnemonic. The
mnemonic and mnemonic index are defined by a single ampersand
(&).Titled
Separator
: A labeled
separator. Useful to
separate paragraphs in a panel, which is often a better choice than a TitledBorder
.