static int makeNiceButtons_maxImageSize = 128;

// params = text, image, action, text, image, action, ...
//   or TextImageAction...
//   or a list of above stuff
static DynamicHStack makeNiceButtons(O... params) {
  DynamicHStack stack = (DynamicHStack) dynamicHStack().spacing(20);
  
  params = flattenArray2(params);
  for (int i = 0; i < l(params); ) {
    TextImageAction tia = null;
    if (params[i] instanceof TextImageAction) {
      tia = (TextImageAction) params[i];
      i++;
    } else {
      tia = TextImageAction(
        str(get(params, i)),
        str(get(params, i+1)),
        get(params, i+2));
      i += 3;
    }
    
    fO _tia = tia;
    O action = tia.action;
    if (action == null) action = r {
      appendToMechQ_withDate("User actions", "User clicked on actionless button " + sfu(_tia));
    };
    JButton b = jImageAndTextButton(tia.imageID, tia.text, action);
    if (nempty(tia.toolTip)) setToolTip(b, tia.toolTip);
    resizeImageButtonToMax(b, makeNiceButtons_maxImageSize);
    setVerticalTextPosition(JButton.TOP, setFontSize(15, makeBold(b)));
    setVerticalAlignment(JButton.TOP, b);
    setMargin(10, b);
    stack.addComponent(b);
  }
  
  ret stack;
}