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Get Point For Staggering
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/*
* $Id: WindowUtils.java,v 1.16 2009/05/25 16:37:52 kschaefe Exp $
*
* Copyright 2004 Sun Microsystems, Inc., 4150 Network Circle,
* Santa Clara, California 95054, U.S.A. All rights reserved.
*
* This library is free software; you can redistribute it and/or
* modify it under the terms of the GNU Lesser General Public
* License as published by the Free Software Foundation; either
* version 2.1 of the License, or (at your option) any later version.
*
* This library is distributed in the hope that it will be useful,
* but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of
* MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE. See the GNU
* Lesser General Public License for more details.
*
* You should have received a copy of the GNU Lesser General Public
* License along with this library; if not, write to the Free Software
* Foundation, Inc., 51 Franklin St, Fifth Floor, Boston, MA 02110-1301 USA
*/
import java.awt.Insets;
import java.awt.Point;
import java.awt.Window;
/**
* Encapsulates various utilities for windows (ie: <code>Frame</code> and
* <code>Dialog</code> objects and descendants, in particular).
*
* @author Richard Bair
*/
public class Utils {
/**
* <p/>
* Returns the <code>Point</code> at which a window should be placed in
* order to be staggered slightly from another "origin" window to
* ensure that the title areas of both windows remain visible to the user.
* </p>
*
* @param originWindow Window from which the staggered location will be calculated
*
* @return location staggered from the upper left location of the origin
* window
*/
public static Point getPointForStaggering(Window originWindow) {
Point origin = originWindow.getLocation();
Insets insets = originWindow.getInsets();
origin.x += insets.top;
origin.y += insets.top;
return origin;
}
}
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