Swing: A Quick Tutorial for AWT Programmers

Introductory Material

· Introduction & and Extended Table of Contents (This page)

· Swing Overview

o Main New Features

o Swing Availability

o Getting More Info

o Main Differences in Use

o Mixing AWT and Swing Components (don't!)

Using Top-Level Containers

· JApplet

o General Info

o Differences from Applet

o Example

· JFrame

o General Info

o Differences from Frame

o Example

· Look & Feel

o LAF Availability

o Specifying Native LAF

o Examples

Simple Swing Components

· JLabel

o Basics

o New Features: Images, Borders, and HTML Content

o Example

· JButton

o Basics

o New Features: Icons, Alignment, Mnemonics, and HTML Content

o Example

· JPanel

o Basics

o New Features: Borders

o Example

· JSlider

o Basics

o New Features: Tick Marks and Labels

o Example

· JColorChooser

o Basics

o Example

Simple Swing Components, continued

· Internal Frames

o Basics

o Example

· Alert Dialogs (JOptionPane)

o Basics

o Confirm Dialog Examples

o Message Dialog Examples

o Interactive Dialog Creator

· JToolBar

o Basics

o Making Buttons for Toolbars

o Example

· JEditorPane

o Basics: Displaying HTML

o Following Hypertext Links

o Building A Simple Web Browser

o HTML Support and JavaHelp

· Other Simple Components

o JLabel

o JCheckBox

o JRadioButton

o JFileChooser

o JTextField

o JTextArea

Complex Swing Components

· JList

o General Info on MVC, Custom Data Models, and Custom Cell Renderers

o JList with Fixed Set of Choices

o JList with Changeable Choices

o JList with Custom Data Model

o JList with Custom Renderer

· JTree

o Basic JTree

o Handling JTree Events

o Custom Models and Dynamic JTrees

o Changing the Node Icons

Other Swing Capabilities

· Printing

o Background

o Printing Basics

o The Role of Double Buffering

o A General-Purpose Component-Printing Routine

o Example