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Trail: Creating a GUI With JFC/Swing: Table of Contents

Getting Started with Swing

About the JFC and Swing
Compiling and Running Swing Programs

Learning Swing with the NetBeans IDE

Setting up the CelsiusConverter Project
NetBeans IDE Basics
Creating the CelsiusConverter GUI
Adjusting the CelsiusConverter GUI
Adding the Application Logic
Questions and Exercises: Learning Swing with the NetBeans IDE

Using Swing Components

Using Top-Level Containers
The JComponent Class
Using Text Components Text Component Features The Text Component API
How to Use Various Components How to Make Applets How to Use Buttons, Check Boxes, and Radio Buttons How to Use the ButtonGroup Component How to Use Color Choosers How to Use Combo Boxes How to Make Dialogs How to Use Editor Panes and Text Panes How to Use File Choosers How to Use Formatted Text Fields How to Make Frames (Main Windows) How to Use Internal Frames How to Use Labels How to Use Layered Panes How to Use Lists How to Use Menus How to Use Panels How to Use Password Fields How to Use Progress Bars How to Use Root Panes How to Use Scroll Panes How to Use Separators How to Use Sliders How to Use Spinners How to Use Split Panes How to Use Tabbed Panes How to Use Tables How to Use Text Areas How to Use Text Fields How to Use Tool Bars How to Use Tool Tips How to Use Trees
How to Use HTML in Swing Components
How to Use Models
How to Use Icons
How to Use Borders
Solving Common Component Problems
Questions and Exercises: Using Swing Components

Concurrency in Swing

Initial Threads
The Event Dispatch Thread
Worker Threads and SwingWorker Simple Background Tasks Tasks that Have Interim Results Canceling Background Tasks Bound Properties and Status Methods Questions and Exercises: Concurrency in Swing

Using Other Swing Features

How to Integrate with the Desktop Class
How to Create Translucent and Shaped Windows
How to Decorate Components with the JLayer Class
How to Use Actions
How to Use Swing Timers
How to Support Assistive Technologies
How to Use the Focus Subsystem
How to Use Key Bindings
How to Use Modality in Dialogs
How to Print Tables
How to Print Text
How to Create a Splash Screen
How to Use the System Tray
Solving Common Problems Using Other Swing Features

Laying Out Components Within a Container

A Visual Guide to Layout Managers
Using Layout Managers
How Layout Management Works
How to Use Various Layout Managers
How to Use BorderLayout
How to Use BoxLayout
How to Use CardLayout
How to Use FlowLayout
How to Use GridBagLayout
How to Use GridLayout
How to Use GroupLayout A GroupLayout Example
How to Use SpringLayout
Creating a Custom Layout Manager
Doing Without a Layout Manager (Absolute Positioning)
Solving Common Layout Problems
Questions and Exercises: Laying Out Components within a Container

Modifying the Look and Feel

How to Set the Look and Feel
The Synth Look and Feel A Synth Example
Nimbus Look and Feel Changing the Look of Nimbus Resizing a Component Changing the Color Theme For More Information

Drag and Drop and Data Transfer

Introduction to DnD
Default DnD Support Demo - BasicDnD
TransferHandler Class Export Methods Import Methods
TransferSupport Class
Setting the Drop Mode Demo - DropDemo
Choosing the Drop Action Demo - ChooseDropAction
Showing the Drop Location
Location Sensitive Drop Demo - LocationSensitiveDemo
Empty Table Drop
Drop Location Rendering
Top-Level Drop
Adding Cut, Copy and Paste (CCP)
CCP in a Text Component
CCP in a non-Text Component
Using and Creating a DataFlavor
Putting it All Together - DnD and CCP
Further Information
Solving Common Data Transfer Problems

Writing Event Listeners

Introduction to Event Listeners
General Information about Writing Event Listeners
Listeners Supported by Swing Components
Implementing Listeners for Commonly Handled Events How to Write an Action Listener How to Write a Caret Listener How to Write a Change Listener How to Write a Component Listener How to Write a Container Listener How to Write a Document Listener How to Write a Focus Listener How to Write an Internal Frame Listener How to Write an Item Listener How to Write a Key Listener How to Write a List Data Listener How to Write a List Selection Listener How to Write a Mouse Listener How to Write a Mouse-Motion Listener How to Write a Mouse-Wheel Listener How to Write a Property Change Listener How to Write a Table Model Listener How to Write a Tree Expansion Listener How to Write a Tree Model Listener How to Write a Tree Selection Listener How to Write a Tree-Will-Expand Listener How to Write an Undoable Edit Listener How to Write Window Listeners
Listener API Table
Solving Common Event-Handling Problems
Questions and Exercises: Writing Event Listeners

Performing Custom Painting

Creating the Demo Application (Step 1)
Creating the Demo Application (Step 2)
Creating the Demo Application (Step 3)
Refining the Design
A Closer Look at the Paint Mechanism
Summary
Solving Common Painting Problems
Questions and Exercises: Performing Custom Painting

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