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ryeguy
ryeguy

Reputation: 66851

Is there any way I can use HTML and CSS for my UI in a Java app?

I'm making a game in java. Is there any way I can create HTML widgets for use in the game as the UI? It'd be great if I could attach some event handlers to the controls and fully use CSS, too.

Upvotes: 3

Views: 119

Answers (3)

Reynaldo
Reynaldo

Reputation: 710

"If there is a will there is a way"

If you're using raw Java instead of a framework that might give you some ready-made widgets, I believe you'll have to handle the HTML rendering yourself.

In Swing, one would look up class javax.swing.text.html.HTMLEditorKit for understanding how Java's JEditorPane renders basic HTML + CSS (the inner class HTMLFactory is particularly interesting as it creates the views that will render each HTML element). Perhaps this won't help you much, but maybe this would be a starting point.

Stanislav Lapitsky has done of a lot of work in Swing-HTML and gives tools that help you understand how to deal with HTML rendering. Check it out:

http://java-sl.com/about_author.html

Upvotes: 1

nfechner
nfechner

Reputation: 17525

I know that this doesn't really anwer your question, but there is a library called Amino, that allowes you to use CSS to skin GUI components. That might grant you at least part of your wish.

Upvotes: 1

duffymo
duffymo

Reputation: 308733

You can use HTML and CSS for your game, but you'll need a servlet to handle requests.

Event handlers may be written in JavaScript, but they'll ultimately have to communicate with a server on the back end.

Upvotes: 2

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