How to Insert a Status Bar to my application

Question

Hello all
I use JBuilder v9 and would like to add a status bar at the bottom of the main
frame in my program. I checked the manual pages but there is no such class as StatusBar or JStatusBar.
When I type StatusBar (or JStatusBar) sb = new StatusBar (or JStatusBar) ();
it gives errror message.
Does anyone know how to add a status bar to a frame?

Answer 1

A quick a dirty example:
import java.awt.*;
import java.awt.event.*;
import javax.swing.*;
import javax.swing.event.*;
import javax.swing.border.*;
public class StatusBarDemo extends JFrame
  private JLabel statusBar;
  public StatusBarDemo()
    JMenu menu = new JMenu("File");
    JMenuItem item = new JMenuItem("Open");
    item.addMouseListener(new StatusBarUpdator("Open a new file"));
    menu.add(item);
    item = new JMenuItem("Print");
    item.addMouseListener(new StatusBarUpdator("Print the current file"));
    menu.add(item);
    item = new JMenuItem("Save");
    item.addMouseListener(new StatusBarUpdator("Save the current file"));
    menu.add(item);
    JMenuBar menuBar = new JMenuBar();
    menuBar.add(menu);
    setJMenuBar(menuBar);
    statusBar = new JLabel(" ");
    statusBar.setForeground(Color.black);
    statusBar.setBorder(new CompoundBorder(new EmptyBorder(2, 5, 2, 5),
                                           new SoftBevelBorder(SoftBevelBorder.LOWERED)));
    Container c = this.getContentPane();
    c.setLayout(new BorderLayout());
    c.add(statusBar, BorderLayout.SOUTH);
    setDefaultCloseOperation(EXIT_ON_CLOSE);
  public static void main(String[] args)
    StatusBarDemo frame = new StatusBarDemo();
    frame.setSize(400,300);
    frame.setVisible(true);
  class StatusBarUpdator implements MouseListener
    private String hoverText;
    public StatusBarUpdator(String text)
      hoverText = text;
    public void mouseEntered(MouseEvent e)
      statusBar.setText(hoverText);
    public void mouseExited(MouseEvent e)
      statusBar.setText(" ");
    public void mouseClicked(MouseEvent e){}
    public void mousePressed(MouseEvent e){}
    public void mouseReleased(MouseEvent e){}
}