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Jeeyoung Kim
Jeeyoung Kim

Reputation: 6088

Is there a JToolBar replacement that offers more functionality?

I'm creating a simple Swing application, then I realized that JToolBar doesn't provide much functionality. For example, I want to add multiple dragable toolbars onto one JFrame, but but I can only have one floatable JToolBar per JFrame if I use JToolbar.

I know that NetBeans is built with Swing, and the toolbars on NetBeans have more functionality then JToolBars. I haven't spent my time to take a peak at NetBeans source yet, but I"m wondering whether there's any other existing replacement for JToolBar out int the world.

Upvotes: 3

Views: 792

Answers (3)

banjollity
banjollity

Reputation: 4540

JIDE have a component called CommandBar, part of their Action set. I'm not sure if it meets your needs, but (like all JIDE's stuff) it's worth checking out.

http://www.jidesoft.com/products/action.htm

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Upvotes: 1

Ash
Ash

Reputation:

You could try Kirill's Flamingo (Swing version of Microsoft's Ribbon style toolbar):

Project: https://flamingo.dev.java.net/

Upvotes: 1

John Doe
John Doe

Reputation: 867

  • I believe that a JToolBar can contain some other JToolBar components.

  • You could have a panel at the north side which would contain couple of JToolBars too.

  • Another solution would be to implement your own component or look for commercial alternatives(or dual licensed GPL/Commercial).

Upvotes: 0

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