AWT and SWING

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 Allows to interact with our programs through mouse movements button clicks, key
presses.

 Three things that are necessary to develop GUI

 The GUI component sets

 Component arrangement

 Response to user request

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JFC (Java Foundation Class)

 Encompass a group of features for constructing GUI

 AWT (Abstract window tool kit): native GUI

 Swing : makes the look and feel of GUI the same across platform

 AWT vs Swing (Reading)

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Graphic classes classification

1. Container classes: used to group component

2. Component classes : subclasses of JComponents

3. Helper classes: used to draw and place objects

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 Is a top level window with a title and a border

 An independent window can be moved around the screen

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 Panels can be used as sub-containers to group GUI components to achieve the
desired layout.
 Panel is a blank rectangular component that can contain other components.
 Each panel uses a layout manager to determine the position and size of its child
components.
 It is recommended that you place the user interface components in panels and place
the panels in a frame.
 You can also place panels in a panel.

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 To add a component to JFrame, you actually add it to the content pane of JFrame.

 To add a component to a panel, you add it directly to the panel using the add method

 You can use new JPanel() to create a panel with a default FlowLayout manager or
new JPanel(LayoutManager) to create a panel with the specified layout manager.

 Use the add(Component) method to add a component to the panel.

For example, JPanel p = new JPanel();

p.add(new JButton("OK"));

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 A pop up window that are not as flexible as a frame
 You must create a frame in order to create a dialog

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• JCheckBox is a widget that has two states.
On and Off. It is a box with a label.
• If the checkbox is checked, it is
represented by a tick in a box.

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Constructors
cb = new JCheckBox(text); Creates check box, initially unchecked.

cb = new JCheckBox(text, state); Creates check box, checked or not

depending on state.
Methods
state = cb.isSelected(); Returns true if the check box is checked.

cb.setSelected(state); Checks (true) or unchecks check box.

cb.addActionListener(action-listener); Adds an action listener to the radio

button. The action listener will be called if
button is selected.

cb.addItemListener(item-listener); Add an item listener to a radio button.

The item listener will be called if the
button is selected or deselected.

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• Radio buttons are groups of buttons
in which only one button at a time
can be selected.

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• A text field can be used to enter or display a string.

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• A password field can be used to enter a password.
Password field

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• A JTextArea enables the user to enter multiple lines
of text

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• A combo box, also known as a choice list or drop-down list, contains
a list of items from which the user can choose

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