Re: Adding a status bar to a window ??

From:
IchBin <weconsul@ptd.net>
Newsgroups:
comp.lang.java.help
Date:
Wed, 24 May 2006 17:59:25 -0400
Message-ID:
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Ulf Meinhardt wrote:

How do I add a status bar to a window?

When I google for it I found some examples which adds them to a content pane.
But I don't want to add them to a window content. I want to "paste" it
to the whole window frame at the bottom most part of the window.
Just as (nearly) every other window (e.g.Internet Explorer) has.

So when I code e.g.

StatusBar sb = new StatusBar();
contentPane.add(sb);

it is added like a button to a GridBagLayout. But it is not like a statusbar.

Furthermore: How do I write a text (e.g. "Hello") to it?
           
Ulf


I do it this way with JGoodies forms..

frame.getContentPane().add(buildMainPanel(),BorderLayout.CENTER);
frame.getContentPane().add(buildStatusPanel(),BorderLayout.PAGE_END);
  .
  .
  .

private JComponent buildStatusPanel()
{
jTextField9.setFont(new Font("Dialog",1,12));
jTextField9.setEditable(false);
jTextField9.setBorder(BorderFactory.createBevelBorder(BevelBorder.LOWERED));
FormLayout layout = new FormLayout("default:grow","");
DefaultFormBuilder builder = new DefaultFormBuilder(layout);
builder.append(jTextField9);
return builder.getPanel();
}

Thanks in Advance...
IchBin, Pocono Lake, Pa, USA
http://weconsultants.servebeer.com/JHackerAppManager
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