How do I set Cell border width and color in iText?

By Wayan in iText PDF 0 Comment

The following example show you how to set the cell’s border width and color attributes. We can set the width and color at once using the setBorderWidth() and setBorderColor(). Or you can set it individually for each side of the cell’s border. You can also set the background color of a cell using the setBackgroundColor() method.

package org.kodejava.itextpdf;

import com.itextpdf.text.BaseColor;
import com.itextpdf.text.Document;
import com.itextpdf.text.DocumentException;
import com.itextpdf.text.Phrase;
import com.itextpdf.text.pdf.PdfPCell;
import com.itextpdf.text.pdf.PdfPTable;
import com.itextpdf.text.pdf.PdfWriter;

import java.io.FileNotFoundException;
import java.io.FileOutputStream;

public class TableCellBorderDemo {
    public static void main(String[] args) {
        Document doc = new Document();
        try {
            PdfWriter.getInstance(doc, new FileOutputStream("TableCellBorder.pdf"));
            doc.open();

            PdfPTable table = new PdfPTable(3);
            PdfPCell cell1 = new PdfPCell(new Phrase("Cell 1"));
            cell1.setUseBorderPadding(true);

            // Setting cell's border width and color
            cell1.setBorderWidth(5f);
            cell1.setBorderColor(BaseColor.BLUE);
            table.addCell(cell1);

            PdfPCell cell2 = new PdfPCell(new Phrase("Cell 2"));
            cell2.setUseBorderPadding(true);

            // Setting cell's background color
            cell2.setBackgroundColor(BaseColor.GRAY);

            // Setting cell's individual border color
            cell2.setBorderWidthTop(1f);
            cell2.setBorderColorTop(BaseColor.RED);
            cell2.setBorderColorRight(BaseColor.GREEN);
            cell2.setBorderColorBottom(BaseColor.BLUE);
            cell2.setBorderColorLeft(BaseColor.BLACK);
            table.addCell(cell2);

            PdfPCell cell3 = new PdfPCell(new Phrase("Cell 3"));
            cell3.setUseBorderPadding(true);

            // Setting cell's individual border width
            cell3.setBorderWidthTop(2f);
            cell3.setBorderWidthRight(1f);
            cell3.setBorderWidthBottom(2f);
            cell3.setBorderWidthLeft(1f);
            table.addCell(cell3);
            table.completeRow();

            doc.add(table);
        } catch (DocumentException | FileNotFoundException e) {
            e.printStackTrace();
        } finally {
            doc.close();
        }
    }
}

Maven Dependencies

<dependency>
    <groupId>com.itextpdf</groupId>
    <artifactId>itextpdf</artifactId>
    <version>5.5.13.3</version>
</dependency>

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How do I create a compound border?

By Wayan in Swing 0 Comment

In this example we create a compound border, a border around border. Here, instead of creating a new instance of Border class directly we create the border using the BorderFactory factory class.

package org.kodejava.swing;

import javax.swing.*;
import javax.swing.border.BevelBorder;
import javax.swing.border.Border;
import java.awt.*;

public class CompoundBorderExample extends JFrame {
    public CompoundBorderExample() {
        initializeUI();
    }

    public static void main(String[] args) {
        SwingUtilities.invokeLater(
                () -> new CompoundBorderExample().setVisible(true));
    }

    private void initializeUI() {
        setSize(500, 500);
        setDefaultCloseOperation(WindowConstants.EXIT_ON_CLOSE);
        setLayout(new FlowLayout(FlowLayout.LEFT));

        BevelBorder raisedBevel =
                (BevelBorder) BorderFactory.createBevelBorder(BevelBorder.RAISED);
        BevelBorder loweredBevel =
                (BevelBorder) BorderFactory.createBevelBorder(BevelBorder.LOWERED);
        Border border = BorderFactory.createCompoundBorder(raisedBevel, loweredBevel);
        JPanel panel = new JPanel();
        panel.setBorder(border);

        setContentPane(panel);
    }
}

How do I add a title to a border?

By Wayan in Swing 0 Comment

This example shows you how to create a border that have a title in it. There is a special border class the TitledBorder that does this. We can define the justification of the title, left, centered or right justify. To do this we call the setTitleJustification() method. We can also set other attributes such as font or the title position.

package org.kodejava.swing;

import javax.swing.*;
import javax.swing.border.TitledBorder;
import java.awt.*;

public class TitledBorderExample extends JFrame {
    public TitledBorderExample() {
        initializeUI();
    }

    public static void main(String[] args) {
        SwingUtilities.invokeLater(
                () -> new TitledBorderExample().setVisible(true));
    }

    private void initializeUI() {
        setSize(500, 500);
        setDefaultCloseOperation(WindowConstants.EXIT_ON_CLOSE);
        setLayout(new FlowLayout(FlowLayout.LEFT));

        TitledBorder border = new TitledBorder(" Form Data ");
        border.setTitleJustification(TitledBorder.LEFT);
        border.setTitlePosition(TitledBorder.TOP);

        JPanel panel = new JPanel();
        panel.setBorder(border);
        panel.setLayout(new GridLayout(1, 2));

        JLabel usernameLabel = new JLabel("Username: ");
        JTextField usernameField = new JTextField();
        panel.add(usernameLabel);
        panel.add(usernameField);

        setContentPane(panel);
    }
}

How do I create Border for swing component?

By Wayan in Swing 0 Comment

This example shows how we can create border for swing components. In the example below we set border of a JPanel component. Some border implementation that we use below including LineBorder, BevelBorder, EtchedBorder and MatteBorder.

package org.kodejava.swing;

import javax.swing.*;
import javax.swing.border.LineBorder;
import javax.swing.border.BevelBorder;
import javax.swing.border.EtchedBorder;
import javax.swing.border.MatteBorder;
import java.awt.*;

public class BorderDemo extends JFrame {
    public BorderDemo() {
        initializeUI();
    }

    public static void main(String[] args) {
        SwingUtilities.invokeLater(
                () -> new BorderDemo().setVisible(true));
    }

    private void initializeUI() {
        setSize(400, 400);
        setDefaultCloseOperation(WindowConstants.EXIT_ON_CLOSE);
        setLayout(new BorderLayout(15, 15));

        JPanel top = new JPanel();
        top.setBorder(new LineBorder(Color.RED, 1, true));

        JPanel bottom = new JPanel();
        bottom.setBorder(new BevelBorder(BevelBorder.LOWERED));

        JPanel left = new JPanel();
        left.setBorder(new EtchedBorder(EtchedBorder.RAISED));

        JPanel right = new JPanel();
        right.setBorder(new MatteBorder(5, 5, 5, 5, Color.BLUE));

        JPanel center = new JPanel();
        center.setBorder(new BevelBorder(BevelBorder.RAISED));

        getContentPane().add(top, BorderLayout.NORTH);
        getContentPane().add(bottom, BorderLayout.SOUTH);
        getContentPane().add(left, BorderLayout.WEST);
        getContentPane().add(right, BorderLayout.EAST);
        getContentPane().add(center, BorderLayout.CENTER);
    }
}