JDK-4161616 : Make tool bars more like MS toolbars
  • Type: Enhancement
  • Component: client-libs
  • Sub-Component: javax.swing
  • Affected Version: 1.2.0,1.3.0,1.4.0,1.4.1,1.4.2
  • Priority: P4
  • Status: Open
  • Resolution: Unresolved
  • OS:
    generic,windows_98,windows_nt,windows_xp generic,windows_98,windows_nt,windows_xp
  • CPU: generic,x86
  • Submitted: 1998-07-29
  • Updated: 2017-05-23
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Description
Name: diC59631			Date: 07/29/98


The best implementation of dockable tool bars
that I've seen on Windows is the one used by
Office.

The specific differeces:

Multiple toolbars/edge are supported transparently.

The toolbar's docking behaviour is transparent
and realtime.  When the floating window is dragged
to a "toolbar acceptor" location (the frame edges
would work well in java, I think) the tool bar
is simply added.  If the drag operation continues,
the toolbar will undock.
(Review ID: 36035)
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Name: yyT116575			Date: 06/13/2001


java version +1.3.0"
Java(TM) 2 Runtime Environment, Standard Edition (build 1.3.0-C)
Java HotSpot(TM) Client VM (build 1.3.0-C, mixed mode)

Applications having a large number of commands end up with a large number of toolbar buttons, combos and text fields. These toolbar widgets can be grouped logically into toolbar groups.

An application should be able to show or hide a toolbar group (and not only the whole toolbar), to undock a toolbar groups one at the time and to dock different groups on the four edges of the user area, as in applications like MS-word or Autocad.
(Review ID: 126490)
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Comments
EVALUATION Toolbars are a part of Swing, not core AWT. Reassigning to classes_swing. david.mendenhall@eng 1998-07-29 This is a good idea. ###@###.### 2001-11-14
29-07-1998