PushIt
Parameters
Environment Parameters
| Name |
Description |
Default Value |
| parameterFile |
The URL of the text file that contains parameters |
- |
| bgImage |
The URL of the background image |
- |
| bgColor |
The background color (if no image is specified) |
AFAFAF |
| angle |
The angle of the light source with respect to the
button(s) |
115 |
| intensity |
The intensity of the source |
0.3 |
| arrangement |
The orientation of the layout: 0 - horizontal, 1 -
vertical |
0 |
| hAlignment |
The horizontal alignment: 0 - left, 1 - center, 2 -
right |
1 |
| vAlignment |
The vertical alignment: 0 - top, 1 - middle, 2 -
bottom |
0 |
| loadText |
The message displayed while loading buttons |
Loading... |
| loadColor |
The color of the text |
FFFFFF |
| loadFont |
The font of the text |
1 0 11 |
Button Parameters
| Name |
Description |
Default Value |
| faceImage |
The URL of the face in its normal state |
- |
| hoverFaceImage |
The URL of the face displayed when the button is
hovered by the mouse cursor |
- |
| pushedFaceImage |
The URL of the face displayed when the button is
being held down |
- |
| faceSize |
The dimensions of the button face (overridden by faceImage) |
- |
| faceColor |
The color applied to the normal face |
- |
| hoverFaceColor |
The color applied to the hovered face |
- |
| pushedFaceColor |
The color applied to the pushed face |
- |
| faceOpacity |
The opacity (complement of transparency) of the
normal face |
1.0 |
| hoverFaceOpacity |
The opacity of the hovered face |
- |
| pushedFaceOpacity |
The opacity of the pushed face |
- |
| faceSmooth |
The smooth amount applied to the three faces |
1 |
| labelImage |
The label of the normal face |
- |
| hoverLabelImage |
The label of the hovered face |
- |
| pushedLabelImage |
The label of the pushed face |
- |
| labelText |
The label of the normal face (overridden by labelImage) |
- |
| hoverLabelText |
The label of the hovered face (overridden by hoverLabelImage) |
- |
| pushedLabelText |
The label of the pushed face (overridden by pushedLabelImage) |
- |
| labelColor |
The color applied to the label |
- |
| hoverLabelColor |
The color applied to the hovered label |
- |
| pushedLabelColor |
The color applied to the pushed label |
- |
| labelOpacity |
The opacity of the label |
1.0 |
| hoverLabelOpacity |
The opacity of the hovered label |
- |
| pushedLabelOpacity |
The opacity of the pushed label |
- |
| labelSmooth |
The smooth amount applied to the three label images |
1 |
| labelFont |
The font of the label texts |
1 0 18 |
| labelAlignment |
The horizontal alignment for label texts: 0 - left, 1
- center, 2 - right |
1 |
| labelOffset |
The vertical and horizontal distances between the
center of a button face and the center of the corresponding label |
0 0 |
| hoverLabelOffset |
The label offset in the hovered state |
- |
| pushedLabelOffset |
The label offset in the pushed state |
- |
| menuFont |
The font used by menus (Java 1.1) |
- |
| blinkAmount |
The amount of color change in the hovered state |
- |
| blinkColor |
The blink color |
FF003F |
| blinkPeriod |
The number of frames for a single blink |
15 |
| onSound |
The sound delivered when the cursor enters the button |
- |
| offSound |
The sound delivered when the cursor exits the button |
- |
| pushedSound |
The sound delivered when the cursor pushes the button |
- |
| poppedSound |
The sound delivered when the cursor releases the
button |
- |
| triggerSound |
The sound delivered when the cursor triggers the
button |
- |
| elevation |
The perceived elevation of the button from the
background |
10 |
| friction |
The amount of response to mouse movements |
0.4 |
| speed |
The speed of the button in returning to its default
position |
0.3 |
| delay |
The time delay (ms) between animation frames |
50 |
| hMargin |
The amount of space allowed for horizontal movement |
10 |
| vMargin |
The amount of space allowed for vertical movement |
10 |
| description |
The text displayed in the browser's status bar |
- |
| action |
Either the URL of a document, or a command to another
applet, or for the JDK1.1 version, a popup menu |
- |
| target |
Either the frame where the document is to be
displayed or an applet |
_self |
Every button you include inside the applet is associated with a number beginning with 0
(zero). To refer to a parameter of a single button, simply follow the parameter's name
with the button's number (e.g., faceImage0). If no value is provided for a
hovered property, the value is taken from the normal property. If no value is provided for
a pushed property, the value is taken from the hovered property. Otherwise, if no value is
provided, the default value is assumed. One can change the default value of any parameter
by referring to the parameter name as is, without any number (e.g., faceImage).
Parameter values that you provide via HTML override those in the text file. Example 4's parameter file
demonstrates the use of parameterFile.
Values
- Opacities, intensities, amounts, frictions and speeds range from 0.0 to 1.0.
- URLS can be either relative or full pathnames. For textfiles, images and sounds,
relative pathnames are relative to the applet code base. For actions, relative pathnames
are relative to the HTML document base.
- Targets are used to refer to either a HTML frame or another applet. To establish
PushIt-to-Applet communication, the target parameter must be used as follows:
<param name="targetx"
value="applet:applet name">
For the JDK 1.0.2 version, the other applet receives the action command through the action(java.awt.Event,
Object) method. For the 1.1 version, the other applet must register itself as a java.awt.event.ActionListener
and receive the command through the actionPerformed(java.awt.event.ActionEvent)
method.
- Colors are represented by their RGB values. PushIt! supports either decimal or
hexadecimal values.
- Menus are defined in the following way:
<param name="actionx" value="item item ... item">
where item is defined recursively as
either
('item name' 'pathname' 'target')
or
('sub-menu
name' item
item ... item)
- Fonts are represented by three numbers that specify the face, style, and size,
respectively. Available faces are 1 - SansSerif, 2 - Serif, and 3 - Monospaced. Available
styles are 0 - plain, 1 - bold, 2 - italic, and 3 - bold-italic.
- Offsets and sizes are represented by a pair of numbers.
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