Java simple image magnifier tooltip


Sometime when we play with images...i mean here a lot of images, like we let user choose an image from 500 images in a JFrame and all images show at the same time without any scrollbar, it can give user a little problem if the image too small. So, how can user make a good choice. This give me some idea to built my own image tooltip. This is a simple tooltip. It will enlarge image when someone hover mouse cursor on it.Image below is a result from program below.


Before you compile and execute it, you should download all images below. After that place them at same location with this java source file.

Love_Music_by_jovincent.jpg

Leafs_1_by_NerghaL.jpg

Hancock-1611.jpg

matrix.jpg

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COMPLETE SOURCE CODE FOR : ImageToolTip.java
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import javax.swing.JPanel;
import javax.swing.ImageIcon;
import javax.swing.JFrame;

import java.awt.GridLayout;
import java.awt.Graphics;

import java.awt.event.MouseListener;
import java.awt.event.MouseEvent;

public class ImageToolTip
{
public static void main(String[]args)
{
 PanelImage imageA=new PanelImage("matrix.jpg");

 PanelImage imageB=new PanelImage("Hancock-1611.jpg");

 PanelImage imageC=new PanelImage("Leafs_1_by_NerghaL.jpg");

 PanelImage imageD=new PanelImage("Love_Music_by_jovincent.jpg");

 JFrame myMainWindow=new JFrame("Image Tool Tip");
 myMainWindow.setResizable(false);
 myMainWindow.getContentPane().setLayout(new GridLayout(2,2));
 myMainWindow.getContentPane().add(imageA);
 myMainWindow.getContentPane().add(imageB);
 myMainWindow.getContentPane().add(imageC);
 myMainWindow.getContentPane().add(imageD);

 myMainWindow.setDefaultCloseOperation(JFrame.EXIT_ON_CLOSE);
 myMainWindow.setSize(100,100);
 myMainWindow.setLocationRelativeTo(null);
 myMainWindow.setVisible(true);
}
}

class PanelImage extends JPanel implements MouseListener
{
ImageIcon temp;
ImageMagnifier im;

public PanelImage(String a)
{
 addMouseListener(this);
 temp=new ImageIcon(a);
}

public void paint(Graphics g)
{
 super.paint(g);
 g.drawImage(temp.getImage(),0,0,getSize().width,getSize().height,this);
}

public void mouseClicked(MouseEvent event)
{
}

public void mouseEntered(MouseEvent event)
{
 im=new ImageMagnifier(temp,getSize().width,getSize().height,event.getXOnScreen(),event.getYOnScreen());
}

public void mouseExited(MouseEvent event)
{
 im.dispose();
}

public void mousePressed(MouseEvent event)
{
}

public void mouseReleased(MouseEvent event)
{
}
}

class ImageMagnifier extends JFrame
{
ImageIcon temp;

public ImageMagnifier(ImageIcon imageFile,int width,int height,int x,int y)
{
 setUndecorated(true);
 temp=imageFile;
 setLocation(x,y);
 setSize(width*9,height*9);
 setVisible(true);
}

public void paint(Graphics g)
{
 super.paint(g);
 g.drawImage(temp.getImage(),0,0,getSize().width,getSize().height,this);
}
}


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JUST COMPILE AND EXECUTE IT
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