Re: Light Box Effect (2 Windows, 1 Smaller And Active Above Inactive Grayed-Out Window)

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comp.lang.java.programmer
Date:
Fri, 17 Aug 2012 05:47:28 -0700 (PDT)
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On Friday, August 17, 2012 8:30:58 AM UTC-4, (unknown) wrote:

The book is here: http://www.scribd.com/doc/15490884/Swing-Hacks-Tips-and-Tools-for-Killer-GUIs


Here's the HACK #45 code from the book. It has two buttons. If you press one of th buttons everything on the screen will move away and the screen will become blank.

Question: How on Earth do I convert this into a light box effect.

Here is a link to other fun JLayer examples:

http://docs.oracle.com/javase/tutorial/uiswing/misc/jlayer.html

//File: SheetTest.java
/*
 * To change this template, choose Tools | Templates
 * and open the template in the editor.
 */
package anisheetablejframe;

    import javax.swing.*;
    import java.awt.*;
    import java.awt.event.*;
    import java.beans.*;

    public class SheetTest extends Object
        implements PropertyChangeListener {

        JOptionPane optionPane;
        AniSheetableJFrame frame;

        public static void main (String[] args) {
            new SheetTest( );
        }

        public SheetTest ( ) {
            frame = new AniSheetableJFrame ("Sheet test");
            // put an image in the frame's content pane
            ImageIcon icon = new ImageIcon ("keagy-lunch.png");
            JLabel label = new JLabel (icon);
            frame.getContentPane( ).add(label);
            // build JOptionPane dialog and hold onto it
            optionPane = new JOptionPane ("Do you want to save?",
                            JOptionPane.QUESTION_MESSAGE,
                            JOptionPane.YES_NO_OPTION);
        frame.pack( );
            frame.setVisible(true);
            optionPane.addPropertyChangeListener (this);
            // pause for effect, then show the sheet
            try {Thread.sleep(1000);}
            catch (InterruptedException ie) {}
            JDialog dialog =
                optionPane.createDialog (frame, "irrelevant");
            frame.showJDialogAsSheet (dialog);
        }

        public void propertyChange (PropertyChangeEvent pce) {
           if (pce.getPropertyName( ).equals (JOptionPane.VALUE_PROPERTY)) {
                System.out.println ("Selected option " +
                        pce.getNewValue( ));
                frame.hideSheet( );
           }
        }
    }

//---------------------------
//File AnimatingSheet.java
package anisheetablejframe;

import java.awt.*;
import java.awt.image.BufferedImage;
import javax.swing.JComponent;
import javax.swing.JPanel;

class AnimatingSheet extends JPanel {
        Dimension animatingSize = new Dimension (0, 1);
        JComponent source;
        BufferedImage offscreenImage;
        public AnimatingSheet ( ) {
            super( );
            setOpaque(true);
        }
        public void setSource (JComponent source) {
            this.source = source;
            animatingSize.width = source.getWidth( );
            makeOffscreenImage(source);
        }
        public void setAnimatingHeight (int height) {
            animatingSize.height = height;
            setSize (animatingSize);
        }
        private void makeOffscreenImage(JComponent source) {
            GraphicsConfiguration gfxConfig =
                GraphicsEnvironment.getLocalGraphicsEnvironment( )
                       .getDefaultScreenDevice( )
                       .getDefaultConfiguration( );
            offscreenImage =
                gfxConfig.createCompatibleImage(source.getWidth( ),
                                    source.getHeight( ));
            Graphics2D offscreenGraphics =
                (Graphics2D) offscreenImage.getGraphics( );
            source.paint (offscreenGraphics);
        }
        public Dimension getPreferredSize( ) { return animatingSize; }
        public Dimension getMinimumSize( ) { return animatingSize; }
        public Dimension getMaximumSize( ) { return animatingSize; }
        public void paint (Graphics g) {
            // get the bottom-most n pixels of source and
            // paint them into g, where n is height

                    int x = 0;
                    int y = offscreenImage.getHeight() - animatingSize.height;
                    int w = source.getWidth();
                    int h = animatingSize.height;
                    
            BufferedImage fragment =
                offscreenImage.getSubimage (x,y,w,h);
            // g.drawImage (fragment, 0, 0, this);
            g.drawImage (fragment, 0, 0, this);
        }
    }

//---------------------------
//File AniSheettableJFrame.java
package anisheetablejframe;

import javax.swing.*;
    import javax.swing.border.*;
    import java.awt.*;
    import java.awt.event.*;
    import java.awt.image.*;

    public class AniSheetableJFrame extends JFrame
        implements ActionListener {

        public static final int INCOMING = 1;
        public static final int OUTGOING = -1;
        public static final float ANIMATION_DURATION = 1000f;
        public static final int ANIMATION_SLEEP = 50;

        JComponent sheet;
        JPanel glass;
        AnimatingSheet animatingSheet;
        boolean animating;
        int animationDirection;
        Timer animationTimer;
        long animationStart;
        BufferedImage offscreenImage;

        public AniSheetableJFrame (String name) {
            super(name);
            glass = (JPanel) getGlassPane( );
            glass.setLayout (new GridBagLayout( ));
            animatingSheet = new AnimatingSheet( );
            animatingSheet.setBorder (new LineBorder(Color.black, 1));
        }
public JComponent showJDialogAsSheet (JDialog dialog) {
            sheet = (JComponent) dialog.getContentPane( );
            sheet.setBorder (new LineBorder(Color.black, 1));
            glass.removeAll( );
            animationDirection = INCOMING;
            startAnimation( );
            return sheet;
        }

        public void hideSheet( ) {
            animationDirection = OUTGOING;
            startAnimation( );
        }

        private void startAnimation( ) {
            glass.repaint( );
            // clear glasspane and set up animatingSheet
            animatingSheet.setSource (sheet);
            glass.removeAll( );
            GridBagConstraints gbc = new GridBagConstraints( );
            gbc.anchor = GridBagConstraints.NORTH;
            glass.add (animatingSheet, gbc);
            gbc.gridy=1;
            gbc.weighty = Integer.MAX_VALUE;
            glass.add (Box.createGlue( ), gbc);
            glass.setVisible(true);

            // start animation timer
            animationStart = System.currentTimeMillis( );
            if (animationTimer == null)
                animationTimer = new Timer (ANIMATION_SLEEP, this);
            animating = true;
            animationTimer.start( );
        }

        private void stopAnimation( ) {
            animationTimer.stop( );
            animating = false;
        }

        // used by the Timer
        public void actionPerformed (ActionEvent e) {
            if (animating) {
                // calculate height to show
                float animationPercent =
                (System.currentTimeMillis( ) - animationStart) /
                ANIMATION_DURATION;
                animationPercent = Math.min (1.0f, animationPercent);
                int animatingHeight = 0;

        if (animationDirection == INCOMING) {
                animatingHeight =
                (int) (animationPercent * sheet.getHeight( ));
            } else {
                animatingHeight =
                    (int) ((1.0f - animationPercent) * sheet.getHeight( ));
            }
            // clip off that much from sheet and blit it
            // into animatingSheet
            animatingSheet.setAnimatingHeight (animatingHeight);
            animatingSheet.repaint( );

            if (animationPercent >= 1.0f) {
                stopAnimation( );
                if (animationDirection == INCOMING) {
                finishShowingSheet( );
                } else {
                glass.removeAll( );
                glass.setVisible(false);
                }
            }
        }
    }
    private void finishShowingSheet( ) {
        glass.removeAll( );
        GridBagConstraints gbc = new GridBagConstraints( );
        gbc.anchor = GridBagConstraints.NORTH;
        glass.add (sheet, gbc);
        gbc.gridy=1;
        gbc.weighty = Integer.MAX_VALUE;
        glass.add (Box.createGlue( ), gbc);
        glass.revalidate( );
        glass.repaint( );
    }
    // inner class AnimatedSheet goes here
   }

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