I liked the checkbox+pulldown menu combination in Gmail. I have been dreaming of creating fascinating new type of controls including this one even before it came out. Last night I have been thinking about how to add a requested feature in Neembuu Uploader that clears the list of rows of completed downloads whenever the user wishes or always automatically. I got this idea for such control that combines both the actions of a button and checkbox in a single control.
Something like this:
And creating it in Swing is very simple. Just extend the JButton and add a JCheckBox into it. As simple as that!
Create a CheckyButton class like this:
Then in your frame or other class, import this class and construct it like a normal JButton(String text).
//Add our Checky Button
final CheckyButton cb = new CheckyButton("Clear Completed");
cb.setSize(100,20);
Then add the action listeners for both Button part and Checkbox part of our CheckyButton
//Add an Action Listener for "Button" part of CheckyButton
cb.addActionListener(new ActionListener() {
@Override
public void actionPerformed(ActionEvent e) {
JOptionPane.showMessageDialog(null, "JButton Clicked :)");
}
});
//Add an Action Listener for "Checkbox" part of CheckyButton
cb.getCheckBox().addActionListener(new ActionListener() {
@Override
public void actionPerformed(ActionEvent e) {
if(cb.getCheckBox().isSelected())
JOptionPane.showMessageDialog(null, "Checkbox selected");
else
JOptionPane.showMessageDialog(null, "Checkbox not selected");
}
});
And finally add this CheckyButton to your frame or any other container using their add(Component comp) method.
Done!
This is a test screenshot of one of the possible ways Neembuu Uploader might look like in next version:
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