Features

These are the features which are available in the latest release:

• Pure Java/Swing
• Most components are replaceable or customizeable
• Several layers and interfaces allow much freedom in creating new features
• Save and load the layout (position of panels), as byte-stream or in xml. Recovery mechanism for missing elements.
• Different "themes", can change look and feel during runtime
• Client can associate buttons, checkboxes, dropdownmenus, etc. with panels
• Popupmenus
• Behaviour of drag & drop operations can be modified
• Different, independant realms within one application
• "Secure"-package allows unsigned applets and webstart-applications
• Support for keyboard: shortcuts can trigger actions, pressing a key while moving a panel changes the behaviour of the operation.
• Double clicks with the mouse are handled globally
• "Common project": a set of classes that allow sophisticated user interfaces without much code to write.
  • Often needed actions like "close", "minimize" or "externalize"
  • Hides the core library almost completely
  • Additional menus like "Change the theme" or "list visible panels"
• Colors of tabs and titles can depend on content
• Font of tabs and titles can be changed
• Panels size can be locked while resizing its parent window
• A set of preferences that can be modified by the user using a special preference-dialog