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UI Guidelines (#1308)
* Add UI Guidelines to  SDK docs

* Add UI Guidelines to  SDK docs

* Fixing build errors

* optimize PNGs

* add UI guidelines landing page placeholder

* IJ SDK Docs <-> UI guidelines crosslinks updated

* split_button.md: remove reference to removed setting

* use <ui-path>

* use MD instead of <note>

* use %gh-ic% links

* drop_down.md: fix <control>

* code samples: fix most obvious issues

* remove obsolete `_defaults.md`

* ijs.tree: UI cleanup

* Delete "under construction" pages

* Fix headers

* Add link-summary

* Remove invalid links

* Delete unused files

* Remove ''@2x' from image file names

* Use Markdown syntax for some images and tables

* Rename non-unique files to unique

* Remove alpha in images where content is unreadable

* align quotation marks

* Controls: cleanup/fixes, add code links, edit

* tooltip.md: fix HTML

* misc fixes

* typography.md: fix table contents

* typography.md: fix table header

* UI guidelines landing page + TOC fixes

* remove unused icons_list.md

* Normalize image paths

* validation_errors.md: Fix broken tab

* "correct"/"incorrect" labels styling

* Resize images to 50%

* button.topic: fixes

* grammar, spelling, minor edits

* remove '&nbsp;'

* fix 99px

* cleanup

* UI_kit.md: minor

* Fix "MRK058: Large image in paragraph rendered as a block element by default."

* button.topic: Add img[alt]

* mnemonics.md: Update "Contact Us" link to the IJSDK YouTrack

* split_button.md: Use ui-path

* UI landing: add feedback snippet

* Improve code snippets formatting and naming

* Fix code samples

* Fix code samples

* Add Kotlin variants for code samples

* Add icons_list.md

* crosslinks

* Change external link to https://intellij-icons.jetbrains.design/

* icons list -> https://intellij-icons.jetbrains.design

* Hide info about reducing split button to simple action button (now it is available through the registry only)

* reformat

* icons_style.md: Images in new line

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Co-authored-by: marianna.kononenko <marianna.kononenko@jetbrains.com>
Co-authored-by: Yann Cébron <yann.cebron@jetbrains.com>
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<!-- Copyright 2000-2024 JetBrains s.r.o. and contributors. Use of this source code is governed by the Apache 2.0 license. -->
# Miscellaneous Swing Components
<link-summary>Overview of useful Swing components provided by IntelliJ Platform.</link-summary>
### `Messages`
The [`Messages`](%gh-ic%/platform/platform-api/src/com/intellij/openapi/ui/Messages.java) class provides a way to show simple message boxes, input dialogs (modal dialogs with a text field), and chooser dialogs (modal dialogs with a combo box).
The function of different methods of the class should be clear from their names.
When running on macOS, the message boxes shown by the `Messages` class use the native UI.
The `showCheckboxMessageDialog()` function provides an easy way to implement a _Do not show this again_ checkbox on messages.
Note that it is recommended to use non-modal notifications instead of modal message boxes whenever it's appropriate.
Please refer to the [Notifications](notifications.md) topic for more information.
### `JBSplitter`
The [`JBSplitter`](%gh-ic%/platform/platform-api/src/com/intellij/ui/JBSplitter.java) class is JetBrains' replacement for the standard [`JSplitPane`](https://docs.oracle.com/javase/8/docs/api/javax/swing/JSplitPane.html) class.
Unlike some other JetBrains-enhanced Swing components, it's not a drop-in replacement and has a different API.
However, to achieve a consistent user experience, it's recommended to use `JBSplitter` instead of the standard `JSplitPane`.
To add components to the splitter, call the `setFirstComponent()` and `setSecondComponent()` methods.
`JBSplitter` supports automatic remembering of the split proportion.
To enable it, call the `setSplitterProportionKey()` method and pass the ID under which the proportion will be stored.
### `JBTabs`
The [`JBTabs`](%gh-ic%/platform/platform-api/src/com/intellij/ui/tabs/JBTabs.java) class is JetBrains' implementation of the tab control, used for editor tabs and a few other components.
It has a significantly different look & feel compared to the standard Swing tabs, and looks less native on the macOS platform, so it's up to the developer to choose which tab control would be more appropriate.
### Toolbars
See [](toolbar.md) in the UI Guidelines for an overview.
[Building UI from Actions](basic_action_system.md#building-ui-from-actions) covers creating `AnAction`-based toolbars.