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Painters are a sort of user interface delegate for drawing foregrounds and backgrounds. SwingX includes some built-in painters:
- AlphaPainter
- BusyPainter
- CapsulePainter
- CheckerboardPainter
- CompoundPainter
- GlossPainter
- ImagePainter
- MattePainter
- PinstripePainter
- RectanglePainter
- TextPainter
- URLPainter
Java class name:AlphaPainter
SwingXBuilder node: alphaPainter
Attribute
Expected Type
alpha
float
painters
ArrayList<Painter> or Painter[]
Java class name:BusyPainter
SwingXBuilder node: busyPainter
Attribute
Expected Type
barLength
float
barWidth
float
baseColor
Color
Java class name:CapsulePainter
SwingXBuilder node: capsulePainter
Attribute
Expected Type
portion
CapsulePainter.Portion
Java class name:CheckerboardPainter
SwingXBuilder node: checkerboardPainter
Attribute
Expected Type
squareSize
float
lightPaint
Color
darkPaint
Color
CompoundPainter, as its name indicates, is a collection of other Painters. Order is important. CompoundPainters build from back to front. Here is an example of a CompoundPainter:
 AlphaPainter is a CompoundPainter as well, adding an alpha value to a collection of Painters.