Core Java® Volume I–Fundamentals

Chapter 12: User Interface Components with Swing ...............................

630

Swing and the Model-View-Controller Design Pattern .....................

12.1

630

Design Patterns ..........................................................................

12.1.1

632

The Model-View-Controller Pattern .......................................

12.1.2

636

A Model-View-Controller Analysis of Swing Buttons .........

12.1.3

638

Introduction to Layout Management ....................................................

12.2

641

Border Layout ............................................................................

12.2.1

644

Grid Layout ................................................................................

12.2.2

648

Text Input ..................................................................................................

12.3

649

Text Fields ...................................................................................

12.3.1

651

Labels and Labeling Components ..........................................

12.3.2

652

Password Fields .........................................................................

12.3.3

653

Text Areas ...................................................................................

12.3.4

654

Scroll Panes .................................................................................

12.3.5

657

Choice Components ................................................................................

12.4

657

Checkboxes .................................................................................

12.4.1

660

Radio Buttons .............................................................................

12.4.2

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Borders ........................................................................................

12.4.3

668

Combo Boxes ..............................................................................

12.4.4

672

Sliders ..........................................................................................

12.4.5

678

Menus ........................................................................................................

12.5

679

Menu Building ...........................................................................

12.5.1

682

Icons in Menu Items ..................................................................

12.5.2

683

Checkbox and Radio Button Menu Items ..............................

12.5.3

684

Pop-Up Menus ...........................................................................

12.5.4

686

Keyboard Mnemonics and Accelerators ................................

12.5.5

689

Enabling and Disabling Menu Items ......................................

12.5.6

694

Toolbars .......................................................................................

12.5.7

696

Tooltips ........................................................................................

12.5.8

699

Sophisticated Layout Management .......................................................

12.6

701

The Grid Bag Layout .................................................................

12.6.1

703

The 

gridx

, 

gridy

, 

gridwidth

, and 

gridheight

 Parameters ...

12.6.1.1

703

Weight Fields ..............................................................

12.6.1.2

704

The 

fill

 and 

anchor

 Parameters ..................................

12.6.1.3

704

Padding .......................................................................

12.6.1.4

705

Alternative Method to Specify the 

gridx

, 

gridy

,

gridwidth

, and 

gridheight

 Parameters ............................

12.6.1.5

706

A Helper Class to Tame the Grid Bag

Constraints ..................................................................

12.6.1.6

713

Group Layout .............................................................................

12.6.2

723

Using No Layout Manager ......................................................

12.6.3

724

Custom Layout Managers ........................................................

12.6.4

729

Traversal Order ..........................................................................

12.6.5

730

Dialog Boxes .............................................................................................

12.7

731

Option Dialogs ...........................................................................

12.7.1

741

Creating Dialogs ........................................................................

12.7.2

746

Data Exchange ............................................................................

12.7.3

752

File Dialogs .................................................................................

12.7.4

764

Color Choosers ..........................................................................

12.7.5

770

Troubleshooting GUI Programs .............................................................

12.8

770

Debugging Tips .........................................................................

12.8.1

774

Letting the AWT Robot Do the Work .....................................

12.8.2

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