Use the getComponent methods like this:

SourceListModel model = new SourceListModel();
SourceList sourceList = new SourceList(model);
JPanel myPanel = new JPanel(new BorderLayout());
myPanel.add(sourceList.getComponent(), BorderLayout.CENTER);

-Ken

You’ll find example usages here:

http://code.google.com/p/macwidgets/wiki/Examples

Let know if you have further questions.

-Ken

* Heads Up Display (HUD)
* iTunes style table
* Preferences window

Let me know if there are other widgets you’d like to see.

-Ken

very nice work!! I must say that I am a bit jealous because such a project is on my own start-a-project whishlist for months and I didn’t find the time…

Keep up the good work! What are the next widges to come?

Christian

I’m not sure if you’ve misunderstood my project – it only uses Java Graphics 2D and component customization (no native libraries are involved). My target audience is Java Mac developers. The fact that my API works on other platforms is a happy coincidence.

I certainly don’t think there any legal issues with making an app look “Mac-like” on a non-mac platform. Apple has in fact done this itself with the release of iTunes and Safari for Windows. Thus, it would seem to me to be a non-issue.

Thanks for the thoughtful commentary.

-Ken

i’m glad that you’re utilizing apple’s hig and that you’re sharing those best practices.. based on the posts, it looks as though many of those benefiting the most are the ones that unlike you and i, code outside of the cocoa world.

everyone benefits whenever there is a contribution to the community, especially with a license as permissive as the lgpl..

the issue i have with your project is the use and inclusion of non-free apple assets.. the hig is a set of guidelines designed to maintain a consistent experience within the cocoa environment; it isnt a free pass to use their graphics _outside_ of cocoa.

when say, i code an application using cocoa ui widgets and elements, i’m actually only using references to libraries already installed in os x (*.rsrc) – i am not repacking them when they are distributed.. if you are going to release a project like this under the lgpl, you’ve got to use your own assets (or say, swing’s) if it leaves cocoa.. you know how apple is about their look and feel being used outside of the mac os.

thats my only issue – the graphics are not yours to redistribute. and no, i’m not going any further (ie google, apple) with this than this blog lol..

but anyways, i like what you’re doing and have subscribed to your blog – the world needs more ui evangelists.

/sorry for the lateness