Package org.netbeans.api.visual.widget

package org.netbeans.api.visual.widget

This package contains Widget class. Widget is a small reusable piece of a scene. This defines appearance. Widgets can also has widget-actions assigned. This defines behaviour.

The package contains a set of low-level widgets. E.g.:

• Widget - base/abstract widget - similar to JComponent in Swing
• Scene - widget which represents and holds whole scene - similar to JFrame in Swing
• LayerWidget - special transparent widget used for overlays - similar JGlassPane in Swing
• ConnectionWidget - specific widget which represents path defined by control-points
• LabelWidget - widget with a single-line text - similar to simple version of JLabel in Swing
• ImageWidget - widget with an image - similar to simple version of JLabel in Swing
• ScrollWidget - widget with scrollable viewport - similar to simple version of JScrollPane in Swing
• SwingScrollWidget - widget with scroolable viewport which is using JScrollBars
• ComponentWidget - widget used for integration of Swing component into a scene

Related Packages

Package	Description
org.netbeans.api.visual.widget.general	This package contains general high-level widgets.

Class	Description
BirdViewController	This class controls a bird view created for a specific scene.
ComponentWidget	This widget allows to use an AWT/Swing component in the scene.
ConnectionWidget	This class represents a connection between two location.
ConnectionWidget.RoutingPolicy	This enum represents a policy which is used for re-routing control points of a ConnectionWidget.
ConvolveWidget	The widget which applies a convolve filter to a graphics rendered by the children.
EventProcessingType	The enum represents allowed types of event processing the is used to process the Swing event coming from a view component and that should be delegated to widgets on the scene.
FreeConnectionWidget	This class is an extension of the ConnectionWidget.
ImageWidget	A widget representing image.
LabelWidget	A widget representing a text.
LabelWidget.Alignment	The text alignment
LabelWidget.Orientation	The text orientation
LabelWidget.VerticalAlignment	The text vertical alignment
LayerWidget	The layer widget represents a transparent widget which functionality is similar to JGlassPane.
LevelOfDetailsWidget	This is a widget with a level-of-details feature.
ResourceTable	The ResourceTable is used to manage a widgets resource.
Scene	The scene is a widget which also controls and represents whole rendered area.
Scene.SceneListener	The scene listener which is notified about repainting, validating progress.
ScrollWidget	This a scroll widget similar to JScrollPane.
SeparatorWidget	This is a separator widget.
SeparatorWidget.Orientation	The separator orientation
SwingScrollWidget	This is a scroll widget similar to JScrollPane.
Widget	A scene is a tree of small building blocks called widgets and represented by this class.
Widget.Dependency	The dependency listener which is used for notifying dependent widgets, anchor, ...