Class MenuScroller

java.lang.Object
org.apache.jorphan.gui.MenuScroller

public class MenuScroller extends Object
A class that provides scrolling capabilities to a long menu dropdown or popup menu. A number of items can optionally be frozen at the top and/or bottom of the menu.

Implementation note: The default number of items to display at a time is 15, and the default scrolling interval is 125 milliseconds.

Class is slightly changed as per comments on the webpage

  • Constructor Summary

    Constructors
    Constructor
    Description
    Constructs a MenuScroller that scrolls a menu with the default number of items to display at a time, and default scrolling interval.
    MenuScroller(JMenu menu, int scrollCount)
    Constructs a MenuScroller that scrolls a menu with the specified number of items to display at a time, and default scrolling interval.
    MenuScroller(JMenu menu, int scrollCount, int interval)
    Constructs a MenuScroller that scrolls a menu with the specified number of items to display at a time, and specified scrolling interval.
    MenuScroller(JMenu menu, int scrollCount, int interval, int topFixedCount, int bottomFixedCount)
    Constructs a MenuScroller that scrolls a menu with the specified number of items to display in the scrolling region, the specified scrolling interval, and the specified numbers of items fixed at the top and bottom of the menu.
    Constructs a MenuScroller that scrolls a popup menu with the default number of items to display at a time, and default scrolling interval.
    MenuScroller(JPopupMenu menu, int scrollCount)
    Constructs a MenuScroller that scrolls a popup menu with the specified number of items to display at a time, and default scrolling interval.
    MenuScroller(JPopupMenu menu, int scrollCount, int interval)
    Constructs a MenuScroller that scrolls a popup menu with the specified number of items to display at a time, and specified scrolling interval.
    MenuScroller(JPopupMenu menu, int scrollCount, int interval, int topFixedCount, int bottomFixedCount)
    Constructs a MenuScroller that scrolls a popup menu with the specified number of items to display in the scrolling region, the specified scrolling interval, and the specified numbers of items fixed at the top and bottom of the popup menu.
  • Method Summary

    Modifier and Type
    Method
    Description
    void
    Removes this MenuScroller from the associated menu and restores the default behavior of the menu.
    int
    Returns the number of items fixed at the bottom of the menu or popup menu.
    int
    Returns the scroll interval in milliseconds
    int
    Returns the number of items in the scrolling portion of the menu.
    int
    Returns the number of items fixed at the top of the menu or popup menu.
    void
    keepVisible(int index)
    Scrolls the item at the specified index into view each time the menu is opened.
    void
    Scrolls the specified item into view each time the menu is opened.
    void
    setBottomFixedCount(int bottomFixedCount)
    Sets the number of items to fix at the bottom of the menu or popup menu.
    void
    setInterval(int interval)
    Sets the scroll interval in milliseconds
    void
    setScrollCount(int scrollCount)
    Sets the number of items in the scrolling portion of the menu.
    Registers a menu to be scrolled with the default number of items to display at a time and the default scrolling interval.
    setScrollerFor(JMenu menu, int scrollCount)
    Registers a menu to be scrolled with the default number of items to display at a time and the specified scrolling interval.
    setScrollerFor(JMenu menu, int scrollCount, int interval)
    Registers a menu to be scrolled, with the specified number of items to display at a time and the specified scrolling interval.
    setScrollerFor(JMenu menu, int scrollCount, int interval, int topFixedCount, int bottomFixedCount)
    Registers a menu to be scrolled, with the specified number of items to display in the scrolling region, the specified scrolling interval, and the specified numbers of items fixed at the top and bottom of the menu.
    Registers a popup menu to be scrolled with the default number of items to display at a time and the default scrolling interval.
    setScrollerFor(JPopupMenu menu, int scrollCount)
    Registers a popup menu to be scrolled with the default number of items to display at a time and the specified scrolling interval.
    setScrollerFor(JPopupMenu menu, int scrollCount, int interval)
    Registers a popup menu to be scrolled, with the specified number of items to display at a time and the specified scrolling interval.
    setScrollerFor(JPopupMenu menu, int scrollCount, int interval, int topFixedCount, int bottomFixedCount)
    Registers a popup menu to be scrolled, with the specified number of items to display in the scrolling region, the specified scrolling interval, and the specified numbers of items fixed at the top and bottom of the popup menu.
    void
    setTopFixedCount(int topFixedCount)
    Sets the number of items to fix at the top of the menu or popup menu.

    Methods inherited from class java.lang.Object

    clone, equals, finalize, getClass, hashCode, notify, notifyAll, toString, wait, wait, wait
  • Constructor Details

    • MenuScroller

      public MenuScroller(JMenu menu)
      Constructs a MenuScroller that scrolls a menu with the default number of items to display at a time, and default scrolling interval.
      Parameters:
      menu - the menu
    • MenuScroller

      public MenuScroller(JPopupMenu menu)
      Constructs a MenuScroller that scrolls a popup menu with the default number of items to display at a time, and default scrolling interval.
      Parameters:
      menu - the popup menu
    • MenuScroller

      public MenuScroller(JMenu menu, int scrollCount)
      Constructs a MenuScroller that scrolls a menu with the specified number of items to display at a time, and default scrolling interval.
      Parameters:
      menu - the menu
      scrollCount - the number of items to display at a time
      Throws:
      IllegalArgumentException - if scrollCount is 0 or negative
    • MenuScroller

      public MenuScroller(JPopupMenu menu, int scrollCount)
      Constructs a MenuScroller that scrolls a popup menu with the specified number of items to display at a time, and default scrolling interval.
      Parameters:
      menu - the popup menu
      scrollCount - the number of items to display at a time
      Throws:
      IllegalArgumentException - if scrollCount is 0 or negative
    • MenuScroller

      public MenuScroller(JMenu menu, int scrollCount, int interval)
      Constructs a MenuScroller that scrolls a menu with the specified number of items to display at a time, and specified scrolling interval.
      Parameters:
      menu - the menu
      scrollCount - the number of items to display at a time
      interval - the scroll interval, in milliseconds
      Throws:
      IllegalArgumentException - if scrollCount or interval is 0 or negative
    • MenuScroller

      public MenuScroller(JPopupMenu menu, int scrollCount, int interval)
      Constructs a MenuScroller that scrolls a popup menu with the specified number of items to display at a time, and specified scrolling interval.
      Parameters:
      menu - the popup menu
      scrollCount - the number of items to display at a time
      interval - the scroll interval, in milliseconds
      Throws:
      IllegalArgumentException - if scrollCount or interval is 0 or negative
    • MenuScroller

      public MenuScroller(JMenu menu, int scrollCount, int interval, int topFixedCount, int bottomFixedCount)
      Constructs a MenuScroller that scrolls a menu with the specified number of items to display in the scrolling region, the specified scrolling interval, and the specified numbers of items fixed at the top and bottom of the menu.
      Parameters:
      menu - the menu
      scrollCount - the number of items to display in the scrolling portion
      interval - the scroll interval, in milliseconds
      topFixedCount - the number of items to fix at the top. May be 0
      bottomFixedCount - the number of items to fix at the bottom. May be 0
      Throws:
      IllegalArgumentException - if scrollCount or interval is 0 or negative or if topFixedCount or bottomFixedCount is negative
    • MenuScroller

      public MenuScroller(JPopupMenu menu, int scrollCount, int interval, int topFixedCount, int bottomFixedCount)
      Constructs a MenuScroller that scrolls a popup menu with the specified number of items to display in the scrolling region, the specified scrolling interval, and the specified numbers of items fixed at the top and bottom of the popup menu.
      Parameters:
      menu - the popup menu
      scrollCount - the number of items to display in the scrolling portion
      interval - the scroll interval, in milliseconds
      topFixedCount - the number of items to fix at the top. May be 0
      bottomFixedCount - the number of items to fix at the bottom. May be 0
      Throws:
      IllegalArgumentException - if scrollCount or interval is 0 or negative or if topFixedCount or bottomFixedCount is negative
  • Method Details

    • setScrollerFor

      public static MenuScroller setScrollerFor(JMenu menu)
      Registers a menu to be scrolled with the default number of items to display at a time and the default scrolling interval.
      Parameters:
      menu - the menu
      Returns:
      the MenuScroller
    • setScrollerFor

      public static MenuScroller setScrollerFor(JPopupMenu menu)
      Registers a popup menu to be scrolled with the default number of items to display at a time and the default scrolling interval.
      Parameters:
      menu - the popup menu
      Returns:
      the MenuScroller
    • setScrollerFor

      public static MenuScroller setScrollerFor(JMenu menu, int scrollCount)
      Registers a menu to be scrolled with the default number of items to display at a time and the specified scrolling interval.
      Parameters:
      menu - the menu
      scrollCount - the number of items to display at a time
      Returns:
      the MenuScroller
      Throws:
      IllegalArgumentException - if scrollCount is 0 or negative
    • setScrollerFor

      public static MenuScroller setScrollerFor(JPopupMenu menu, int scrollCount)
      Registers a popup menu to be scrolled with the default number of items to display at a time and the specified scrolling interval.
      Parameters:
      menu - the popup menu
      scrollCount - the number of items to display at a time
      Returns:
      the MenuScroller
      Throws:
      IllegalArgumentException - if scrollCount is 0 or negative
    • setScrollerFor

      public static MenuScroller setScrollerFor(JMenu menu, int scrollCount, int interval)
      Registers a menu to be scrolled, with the specified number of items to display at a time and the specified scrolling interval.
      Parameters:
      menu - the menu
      scrollCount - the number of items to be displayed at a time
      interval - the scroll interval, in milliseconds
      Returns:
      the MenuScroller
      Throws:
      IllegalArgumentException - if scrollCount or interval is 0 or negative
    • setScrollerFor

      public static MenuScroller setScrollerFor(JPopupMenu menu, int scrollCount, int interval)
      Registers a popup menu to be scrolled, with the specified number of items to display at a time and the specified scrolling interval.
      Parameters:
      menu - the popup menu
      scrollCount - the number of items to be displayed at a time
      interval - the scroll interval, in milliseconds
      Returns:
      the MenuScroller
      Throws:
      IllegalArgumentException - if scrollCount or interval is 0 or negative
    • setScrollerFor

      public static MenuScroller setScrollerFor(JMenu menu, int scrollCount, int interval, int topFixedCount, int bottomFixedCount)
      Registers a menu to be scrolled, with the specified number of items to display in the scrolling region, the specified scrolling interval, and the specified numbers of items fixed at the top and bottom of the menu.
      Parameters:
      menu - the menu
      scrollCount - the number of items to display in the scrolling portion
      interval - the scroll interval, in milliseconds
      topFixedCount - the number of items to fix at the top. May be 0.
      bottomFixedCount - the number of items to fix at the bottom. May be 0
      Returns:
      the MenuScroller
      Throws:
      IllegalArgumentException - if scrollCount or interval is 0 or negative or if topFixedCount or bottomFixedCount is negative
    • setScrollerFor

      public static MenuScroller setScrollerFor(JPopupMenu menu, int scrollCount, int interval, int topFixedCount, int bottomFixedCount)
      Registers a popup menu to be scrolled, with the specified number of items to display in the scrolling region, the specified scrolling interval, and the specified numbers of items fixed at the top and bottom of the popup menu.
      Parameters:
      menu - the popup menu
      scrollCount - the number of items to display in the scrolling portion
      interval - the scroll interval, in milliseconds
      topFixedCount - the number of items to fix at the top. May be 0
      bottomFixedCount - the number of items to fix at the bottom. May be 0
      Returns:
      the MenuScroller
      Throws:
      IllegalArgumentException - if scrollCount or interval is 0 or negative or if topFixedCount or bottomFixedCount is negative
    • getInterval

      public int getInterval()
      Returns the scroll interval in milliseconds
      Returns:
      the scroll interval in milliseconds
    • setInterval

      public void setInterval(int interval)
      Sets the scroll interval in milliseconds
      Parameters:
      interval - the scroll interval in milliseconds
      Throws:
      IllegalArgumentException - if interval is 0 or negative
    • getscrollCount

      public int getscrollCount()
      Returns the number of items in the scrolling portion of the menu.
      Returns:
      the number of items to display at a time
    • setScrollCount

      public void setScrollCount(int scrollCount)
      Sets the number of items in the scrolling portion of the menu.
      Parameters:
      scrollCount - the number of items to display at a time
      Throws:
      IllegalArgumentException - if scrollCount is 0 or negative
    • getTopFixedCount

      public int getTopFixedCount()
      Returns the number of items fixed at the top of the menu or popup menu.
      Returns:
      the number of items
    • setTopFixedCount

      public void setTopFixedCount(int topFixedCount)
      Sets the number of items to fix at the top of the menu or popup menu.
      Parameters:
      topFixedCount - the number of items
    • getBottomFixedCount

      public int getBottomFixedCount()
      Returns the number of items fixed at the bottom of the menu or popup menu.
      Returns:
      the number of items
    • setBottomFixedCount

      public void setBottomFixedCount(int bottomFixedCount)
      Sets the number of items to fix at the bottom of the menu or popup menu.
      Parameters:
      bottomFixedCount - the number of items
    • keepVisible

      public void keepVisible(JMenuItem item)
      Scrolls the specified item into view each time the menu is opened. Call this method with null to restore the default behavior, which is to show the menu as it last appeared.
      Parameters:
      item - the item to keep visible
      See Also:
    • keepVisible

      public void keepVisible(int index)
      Scrolls the item at the specified index into view each time the menu is opened. Call this method with -1 to restore the default behavior, which is to show the menu as it last appeared.
      Parameters:
      index - the index of the item to keep visible
      See Also:
    • dispose

      public void dispose()
      Removes this MenuScroller from the associated menu and restores the default behavior of the menu.