org.micromanager

Interface ApplicationSkin

public interface ApplicationSkin

Provides access to methods dealing with the "skin" or "look and feel" of the user interface. In the majority of situations, you should not need to worry about what skin the GUI is using; it is set by the user and automatically applies to most GUI elements without any special effort on your part. This module allows you to change the skin programmatically, and provides manual access to certain color information for when you have a GUI element that does not automatically respect the current skin. This interface can be accessed via the Application by calling Application.getSkin() or Application.skin().

Nested Class Summary

Nested Classes

Modifier and Type	Interface and Description
static class	ApplicationSkin.SkinMode Available skins used by the application.

Method Summary

Modifier and Type	Method and Description
java.awt.Color	getBackgroundColor() Return the current background color for normal GUI elements.
java.awt.Color	getDisabledBackgroundColor() Return the current "disabled" background color.
java.awt.Color	getDisabledTextColor() Return the current color for disabled text.
java.awt.Color	getEnabledTextColor() Return the current color for enabled text.
java.awt.Color	getLightBackgroundColor() Return the current "lighter" background color for highlighted or otherwise differentiated GUI elements.
ApplicationSkin.SkinMode	getSkin() Returns the current Micro-Manager skin.
void	resume() Restores the mode that was active before suspendToMode was called.
void	setSkin(ApplicationSkin.SkinMode mode) Sets the background color of the GUI to the selected mode.
void	suspendToMode(ApplicationSkin.SkinMode mode) If the specified mode is not currently active, then we switch to that mode without updating the UI.

Method Detail

setSkin

void setSkin(ApplicationSkin.SkinMode mode)

Sets the background color of the GUI to the selected mode. This will provoke a refresh of the GUI and post a ApplicationSkinEvent to the application-wide event bus.

Parameters:

mode - The mode to use.

getSkin

ApplicationSkin.SkinMode getSkin()

Returns the current Micro-Manager skin.

Returns:

the current Micro-Manager skin.

getBackgroundColor

java.awt.Color getBackgroundColor()

Return the current background color for normal GUI elements.

Returns:

current background color

getLightBackgroundColor

java.awt.Color getLightBackgroundColor()

Return the current "lighter" background color for highlighted or otherwise differentiated GUI elements.

Returns:

light background color

getDisabledBackgroundColor

java.awt.Color getDisabledBackgroundColor()

Return the current "disabled" background color.

Returns:

"disabled" background color

getEnabledTextColor

java.awt.Color getEnabledTextColor()

Return the current color for enabled text.

Returns:

current color for enabled text

getDisabledTextColor

java.awt.Color getDisabledTextColor()

Return the current color for disabled text.

Returns:

current color for disabled text.

suspendToMode

void suspendToMode(ApplicationSkin.SkinMode mode)

If the specified mode is not currently active, then we switch to that mode without updating the UI. Useful if a component must be generated with a nonstandard look-and-feel.

Parameters:

mode - SkinMode to switch to (but without updating the UI)

resume

void resume()

Restores the mode that was active before suspendToMode was called.