Palette Panel

Description

This view displays a list of items within elevator tabs that can be added to the prototype. The elevators and items are context-sensitive, meaning that they are different depending on the selected tree item in Structure.

Each palette item displays an icon and its name. For example, label has a label icon () and the name Label is displayed on the right.

Context-Sensitivity

The selection in the Structure triggers what displays in the Palette. There is synchronization of the elevator tabs displayed as well as the items available. For example, when the item Forms is selected in the Structure view, the only available elevator tab is Forms as this is the only one that makes sense in that context.

Elevator Tabs

Palette items selected in the Controls and Addons elevator tabs (except for control Menu Bar) can be dragged and dropped at the desired location in the composer. This is the case of a button, for example. As you drop it on the form in the composer, it is automatically added to the tree structure. (See How to add in the Composer)

Items of the other elevators tabs, such as Borders and Events shown in the example above as well as Forms, Menus, Toolbar (not shown) are added directly to the tree when selected. (See How to add in the tree) You cannot drag these items. For example, if you want to put a titled border around a panel, you would select the control () Panel in the Controls elevator tab, drag it to the form in the composer and drop it. To add the border, you would need to select the panel in the Structure tree (if it is not already done), select the Borders elevator tab and select () Titled Border. It will add it as a child of the panel item in the tree and its properties will display in the Properties view.

Forms

Items

This elevator displays only when the item Forms is selected in Structure. (See How to add a form)
	Frame	Adds a frame to the tree.
	Dialog Box	Adds a dialog to the tree.
	Options Pane	Adds an option pane to the tree.
	File Chooser	Adds a file chooser to the tree.
	Color Chooser	Adds a color chooser to the tree.

Menus

Items

This elevator displays only when the item Menu Bar is selected in Structure. (See How to add a menu bar)
	Menu	Adds a menu to the menu bar in the tree. A menu can also be a child of a menu.
	Menu Item	Adds a menu item to a menu in the tree.
	Separator	Adds a separator between menu items in the tree.
	Button Group	Adds a button group to a menu in the tree. When a button group is added and selected, the Radio Button Menu Item gets activated and can be added to it.
	Check Box Menu Item	Adds a check box menu item to a menu in the tree.
	Radio Button Menu Item	Adds a radio button menu item to a button group in the tree.

Toolbar

Items

This elevator displays only when the item Toolbar is selected in Structure. (See How to add a toolbar)
	Button	Adds a toolbar button to the toolbar in the tree and in the composer.
	Toggle Button	Adds a toolbar toggle button to a button group in the tree and in the composer.
	Separator	Adds a separator between items of a toolbar in the tree and in the composer.
	Button Group	Adds a button group to a toolbar. When a button group is added and selected, the Toggle Button gets activated and can be added to it.

Controls

Items

This elevator displays when the selected item in the tree is a form, a panel or a control. (See How to add a control)
	Menu Bar	Adds a menu bar in the tree (active only when a Frame or Dialog box form without a menu bar is selected in the tree)
	Horizontal Toolbar	Adds an horizontal toolbar.
	Vertical Toolbar	Adds a vertical toolbar.
	Label	Adds a label.
	Text Field	Adds a text field.
	Button	Adds a button.
	Radio Button	Adds a radio button.
	Toggle Button	Adds a toggle button.
	Check Box	Adds a check box.
	Panel	Adds a panel (dimmed when a Frame or Dialog box form is selected in the tree)
	Combo Box	Adds a combo box.
	List	Adds a list.
	Password Field	Adds a password field.
	Text Area	Adds a text area.
	Editor Pane	Adds an editor pane.
	Progress Bar	Adds a progress bar.
	Slider	Adds a slider.
	Spinner	Adds a spinner.
	Split Pane	Adds a split pane.
	Tabbed Pane	Adds a tabbed pane.
	Table	Adds a table.
	Tree	Adds a tree.
	Card Panel	Adds a card panel.
	JX Titled Separator	Adds a JX titled separator.
	Multiline Label	Adds a multiline label.
	Image	Adds an image.

Borders

Items

This elevator displays only when the selected item in the tree doesn't already have a border or is of a type that doesn't allow a border (like forms or an event listener, for example). (See How to add a border)
	Bevel Border	Adds a bevel border to the selected item
	Compound Border	Adds a compound border to the selected item. Compound border is different than all the other borders. It is not really a border but rather a container of one or two borders maximum.
	Drop Shadow Border	Adds a drop shadow border to the selected item
	Empty Border	Adds an empty border to the selected item
	Etched Border	Adds an etched border to the selected item
	Line Border	Adds a line border to the selected item
	Matte Border	Adds a matte border to the selected item
	Titled Border	Adds a titled border to the selected item

Events

Items

This elevator displays when the selected item in the tree is not a border or an event. (See How to add an event)
	On Action	Adds an "on action" event listener.
	On Ancestor	Adds an "on ancestor" event listener.
	On Caret	Adds an "on caret" event listener.
	On Change	Adds an "on change" event listener.
	On Column Model	Adds an "on column model" event listener.
	On Component	Adds an "on component" event listener.
	On Container	Adds an "on container" event listener.
	On Document	Adds an "on document" event listener.
	On Focus	Adds an "on focus" event listener.
	On Hierarchy	Adds an "on hierarchy" event listener.
	On Hierarchy Bounds	Adds an "on hierarchy bounds" event listener.
	On Hyperlink	Adds an "on hyperlink" event listener.
	On Input Method	Adds an "on input method" event listener.
	On Item	Adds an "on item" event listener.
	On Key	Adds an "on key" event listener.
	On List Selection	Adds an "on list selection" event listener.
	On Menu Key	Adds an "on menu key" event listener.
	On Mouse	Adds an "on mouse" event listener.
	On Mouse Motion	Adds an "on mouse motion" event listener.
	On Mouse Wheel	Adds an "on mouse wheel" event listener.
	On Popup Menu	Adds an "on popup menu" event listener.
	On Property Change	Adds an "on property change" event listener.
	On Table Model	Adds an "on table model" event listener.
	On Tree Expansion	Adds an "on tree expansion" event listener.
	On Tree Selection	Adds an "on tree selection" event listener.
	On Tree Will Expand	Adds an "on tree will expand" event listener.
	On Undoable Edit	Adds an "on undoable edit" event listener.
	On Vetoable Change	Adds an "on vetoable change" event listener.
	On Window	Adds an "on window" event listener.
	On Window Focus	Adds an "on window focus" event listener.
	On Window State	Adds an "on window state" event listener.

Addons

Items

This elevator displays when the selected item in the tree is a form, a panel or a control. (See How to add an addon)
	Calendar	Adds a full functional calendar
	Date Chooser	Adds a date chooser.
	Month Chooser	Adds a month chooser.
	Year Chooser	Adds a year chooser.
	Calculator	Adds a calculator.
	Calculator Combo Box	Adds a calculator combo box.
	IP textfield	Adds an IP text field.
	Jide Button	Adds a Jide button.
	Split Button	Adds a split button.
	Styled Label	Adds a styled label.
	Banner Panel	Adds a banner panel.
	Range Slider	Adds a range slider.
	Java Component	Adds a Java component.