A JButton is a subclass of AbstractButton and it can be used for adding platform-independent buttons in a Java Swing application. A JButon can generate an ActionListener interface when the user clicking on a button, it can also generate the MouseListener and KeyListener interfaces. By default, we can create a JButton with a text and ... Read More

We can implement a MouseListener interface when the mouse is stable while handling the mouse event. A MouseEvent is fired when we can press, release or click (press followed by release) a mouse button (left or right button) at the source object or position the mouse pointer at (enter) and away (exit) ... Read More

A JComboBox is a subclass of JComponent class and it is a combination of a text field and a drop-down list from which the user can choose a value. A JComboBox can generate an ActionListener, ChangeListener and ItemListener interfaces when the user actions on a combo box. We can also set the foreground ... Read More

A JList is a subclass of JComponent class that allows the user to choose either a single or multiple selections of items. A JList can generate a ListSelectiionListener interface and it includes one abstract method valueChanged(). We can display a value when an item is selected from a JList by implementing MouseListener interface or extending ... Read More

A JTextArea is a subclass of the JTextComponent class and it is a multi-line text component to display the text or allow a user to enter the text. A JTextArea can generate a CaretListener interface when we are trying to implement the functionality of the JTextArea. By default, the JTextArea class can support cut, ... Read More

A Cursor is a subclass of Object class and it can be defined as point or indicator on the screen. A Cursor is used to select the input from the system that the user operates with the mouse. Different types of cursors available in the Cursor class are DEFAULT_CURSOR, CROSSHAIR_CURSOR, HAND_CURSOR, TEXT_CURSOR, WAIT_CURSOR and etc. ... Read More

A JTable is a subclass of JComponent class and it can be used to create a table with information displayed in multiple rows and columns. When a value is selected from a JTable, a TableModelEvent is generated, which is handled by implementing a TableModelListener interface. We can add or insert a radio button to a ... Read More

A JPopupMenu is a subclass of JComponent class and it can appear anywhere on the screen when a right mouse button is clicked. In order to create a popup menu, we can use the JPopupMenu class. In general, we can add the menu items to a JPopupMenu and also add a submenu to JPopupMenu by adding ... Read More

A JTable is a subclass of JComponent for displaying complex data structures. A JTable can follow the Model View Controller (MVC) design pattern for displaying the data in rows and columns. A JTable can fire TableModelListener, TableColumnModelListener, ListSelectionListener, CellEditorListener and RowSorterListener interfaces. By default, we can edit the text and modify it inside a ... Read More

A JFrame class is a subclass of Frame class and the components added to a frame are referred to as its contents, these are managed by the contentPane. A JFrame contains a window with title, border, (optional) menu bar and user-specific components. By default, we can minimize a JFrame by clicking on ... Read More