[Bluej-discuss] Changing the visual representation of objects.

[Michael Kölling]

On 13 Mar 2006, at 08:52, Andrea Valente wrote:

> Hi,
>    my name is Andrea, and I was wondering if there is a way to  
> change the
> visual representation of an object in the bar at the bottom of a BlueJ
> project...
> Instead of a red rounded rectangle with fields in it, could I draw  
> my own
> icon for an object of a given class?
>
> I'm thinking about this because I'd like to make an extension to  
> BlueJ to
> enable
> programmers to specify their own visual syntax for their classes.
>
> Would it be possible with the current version of BlueJ?

Hi Andrea,

No, that not currently possible.

Depending on what you want to achieve, Greenfoot might be interesting  
to you (www.greenfoot.org). Greenfoot is a new environment we are  
working on, where objects can have individual appearance (that can  
dynamically change), and they can also move around in a "world"...

Regards,

Michael