Public Object: An IntelliJ live template for Swing developers

An IntelliJ live template for Swing developers

Whenever I'm prototyping Swing code, there's lots to remember about getting a component on screen:

invokeLater() for thread safety

setDefaultCloseOperation() to clean up after myself

pack() and setLocationRelativeTo() for a convenient frame

To make this easier, I've created a Live Template for IDEA. Add this to your collection of live templates, then simply type swing[tab] and remove a little more boilerplate from your life!

public static void main(String[] args) {
    SwingUtilities.invokeLater(new Runnable() { public void run() {
        JPanel panel = new JPanel(new BorderLayout());
        $FOCUS$

        JFrame frame = new JFrame();
        frame.getContentPane().add(panel);
        frame.pack();
        frame.setLocationRelativeTo(null);
        frame.setDefaultCloseOperation(JFrame.EXIT_ON_CLOSE);
        frame.setVisible(true);
    }});
}

# posted by Jesse Wilson on Tuesday, April 18, 2006

Awesome. I'd been typing the same stuff in a few times over the past few days and had been feeling a little unhappy about it. Combined with the way my eye starts to twitch every time I have to type frame.getContentPane() it's nice to have a template.

You can do the same thing in eclipse by opening Window->Preferences>Java>Editor->Templates and adding one like this

public static void main(String[] args) {
SwingUtilities.invokeLater(new Runnable() { public void run() {
JPanel panel = new JPanel(new BorderLayout());
${cursor}

JFrame frame = new JFrame();
frame.getContentPane().add(panel);
frame.pack();
frame.setLocationRelativeTo(null);
frame.setDefaultCloseOperation(JFrame.EXIT_ON_CLOSE);
frame.setVisible(true);
}});
}

# posted by Charlie Groves on April 19, 2006 7:00 AM

Hi. Why don't you (also) make an utility method/class out of this?
/karolrvn

# posted by Karol on February 9, 2010 6:13 AM