CheckButton

A CheckButton widget displays a small button with a label next to it. The button can be toggled on or off by the mouse, and will retain its state until it is toggled again. This widget fires a ToggleEvent when it's state changes.

The following is an example that demonstrates how to create and handle the events for a CheckButton

Example 2. CheckButtonExample.java - CheckButton

import org.gnu.gtk.CheckButton;
import org.gnu.gtk.Gtk;
import org.gnu.gtk.VBox;
import org.gnu.gtk.Window;
import org.gnu.gtk.WindowType;
import org.gnu.gtk.event.LifeCycleEvent;
import org.gnu.gtk.event.LifeCycleListener;
import org.gnu.gtk.event.ToggleEvent;
import org.gnu.gtk.event.ToggleListener;

public class CheckButtonExample implements LifeCycleListener {
	CheckButton checkButton1;
	CheckButton checkButton2;
	CheckButton checkButton3;

	public CheckButtonExample() {

		Window window = new Window(WindowType.TOPLEVEL);
		window.setTitle("CheckButton Example");
		window.addListener(this);
		window.setBorderWidth(20);

		VBox vbox = new VBox(false, 10);
		window.add(vbox);

		checkButton1 = new CheckButton("Disable Button 3", false);
		checkButton1.addListener(new ToggleListener() {
			public void toggleEvent(ToggleEvent event) {
				if (checkButton1.getState())
					checkButton3.setSensitive(false);
				else
					checkButton3.setSensitive(true);
			}
		});
		vbox.packStart(checkButton1, true, true, 0);

		checkButton2 = new CheckButton("Disable Button 1", false);
		checkButton2.addListener(new ToggleListener() {
			public void toggleEvent(ToggleEvent event) {
				if (checkButton2.getState())
					checkButton1.setSensitive(false);
				else
					checkButton1.setSensitive(true);
			}
		});
		vbox.packStart(checkButton2, true, true, 0);

		checkButton3 = new CheckButton("Say Hello", false);
		checkButton3.addListener(new ToggleListener() {
			public void toggleEvent(ToggleEvent event) {
				if (checkButton2.getState())
					System.out.println("Hello");
			}
		});
		vbox.packStart(checkButton3, true, true, 0);

		window.showAll();
	}

	public void lifeCycleEvent(LifeCycleEvent event) {
		if (event.isOfType(LifeCycleEvent.Type.DESTROY) || 
			event.isOfType(LifeCycleEvent.Type.DELETE)) {
			Gtk.mainQuit();
		}
	}

	public static void main(String[] args) {
		Gtk.init(args);
		CheckButtonExample cb = new CheckButtonExample();
		Gtk.main();
	}
}