Herong's Tutorial Examples: Swing

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SwingHello.java - My First Swing Program
This section provides a tutorial example on how to a simple Java Swing program. SwingHello.java is my first Swing program that displays a blank window with 'Hello world!' in the window title bar. 2020-06-23, ≈20🔥, 5💬

💬 2020-06-23 Najwa Khairina: Very helpful..thank you so much

💬 2020-01-21 samso: Thanks for this wonderful blog that you have designed in this page. Very informative and effective article. Ver inspired article...

💬 2017-09-05 jack: good

💬 2016-01-27 Herong: Neha, you can just put the following line into your batch file and run it: java -cp . SwingHello

💬 2016-01-26 neha: how to run above program through windows batch files

getSelection() - Getting Selected Button
This section provides a tutorial example on how to use the getSelection() method to know which button is selected in a button group. 2024-11-26, ≈20🔥, 4💬

💬 2024-11-26 davide goga: useful grazie

💬 2016-02-22 aaa: God is the greatest

💬 2016-02-22 aaa: we are here to learn

Java Swing Tutorials - Herong's Tutorial Examples
This tutorial book is a collection of notes and sample codes written by the author while he was learning Java Swing and AWT himself. Topics include Swing and AWT (Abstract Windows Toolkit) class library; graphical components: JButton, JCheckbox, JComboBox, JFrame, JLabel, JMenu, JRadioButton, JTextF... 2020-06-23, ≈10🔥, 7💬

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💬 2020-06-23 Raizul Razali: Can gain more knowledge from this. So meaningful.

💬 2020-06-23 Zachary: Done

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Drawing Graphics - Using paint() on Frame
This section provides a tutorial example on how to override the paint() method in the javax.swing.JFrame class to draw graphics (a rectangle) on the frame window. This solution is not recommended. 2023-06-11, ∼9955🔥, 8💬

💬 2023-06-11 Herong: Janis, It is not recommended, because it draws on the entire window including the title bar area.

💬 2023-06-06 Janis: Why solution is not recommended? It is perfect.

💬 2016-11-12 SuperSasRabushna: I'm super saiyan!!! rabushna!

💬 2016-11-12 Ciciozxz: I think you are the best eu!

javax.swing.event.MenuListener - Menu Listener Interface
This section provides a tutorial example on how to use javax.swing.event.MenuListener ,menu listener interface, to catch events fired by JMenu objects. 2016-08-02, ∼6843🔥, 3💬

💬 2016-08-02 Herong: Tony, I believe that * is a wildcard, meaning all classes in the javax.swing package.

💬 2016-07-20 tony narloch: Hi, I am curious as to what the * denotes. Is that a wildcard, or meant to any/all things associated with javax.swing?

setMnemonic() - Setting Keyboard Mnemonics on Menu Items
This section provides a tutorial example on how to use setMnemonic() method to associate mnemonics to menu items. Mnemonics allows user to interact with menu items using keys on keyboard. 2023-04-27, ∼6222🔥, 5💬

💬 2023-04-27 a: thanks

💬 2021-02-05 Hailemelekot: good.

💬 2020-11-20 rose: nic

getSelectedItem() - Selected Item of Combo Box
This section provides a tutorial example on how to use the getSelectedItem() method to know which option is selected from a combo box. 2022-10-01, ∼4118🔥, 0💬

Full Version in PDF/EPUB
Information on how to obtain the full version of this book in PDF, EPUB, or other format. 2019-12-05, ∼3519🔥, 10💬

💬 2019-12-05 Mpono: Thanks a lot

💬 2018-06-09 Herong: Sake, I think you can create a good MP3 Player with Java Swing.

💬 2018-06-02 sake: It can make advanced mp3Player whith java swing?

💬 2018-05-12 george: java

💬 2016-03-22 Herong: Keval, I will try my best. ☺

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showOptionDialog() - Displaying Option Dialog Boxes
This section provides a tutorial example on how to use the static method, showInputDialog(), to create and display input dialog boxes to take text string input from the user. 2017-09-12, ∼3193🔥, 3💬

💬 2017-02-15 Eric: nice article..I have written about the same.check out http://www.download-all.net/2017/02/ joptionpane-showoptiondialog-code.ht ml

Drawing Graphics - Using paint() on Content Pane
This section provides a tutorial example on how to override the paint() method in the javax.swing.Component class to draw graphics (a rectangle) and use it as the content pane of the frame window. 2015-12-28, ∼2742🔥, 2💬

💬 2015-12-28 Herong: Kenny, I agree with you. We should be able to draw directly on the default content pane. But we need to find a way to override i...

💬 2015-12-27 Kenny: But I see that this replaces the JFrame's default content pane with a new component? :/ I thought I *could* draw directly unto a...

Closing Frame and Terminating Application
This section provides 3 solutions and sample programs on how to close the main frame and terminate the application. 2022-11-08, ∼2516🔥, 1💬

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LookAndFeel and UIManager
This chapter provides tutorial notes and example codes on UI look and feel. Topics include introduction of javax.swing.LookAndFeel and javax.swing.UIManager classes; example programs on how to manage UI look and feel. 2015-12-12, ∼2324🔥, 1💬

💬 2015-12-12 Adil: Good work

Creating Image Buttons with javax.swing.JButton Class
This section provides a tutorial example on how to create an image button with the JButton class and the ImageIcon class. 2022-08-16, ∼2313🔥, 2💬

💬 2022-08-08 Herong: Tom, you can use the following code to resize the image: ImageIcon icon = new ImageIcon("java.gif); Image image = icon.getImage(...

💬 2022-08-02 Tom: How can I resize the picture before?

Creating Internal Frames inside the Main Frame
This chapter provides tutorial notes and example codes on internal frames. Topics include quick introduction of the javax.swing.JInternalFrame class and the javax.swing.JInternalFrameList enerinterface; examples of creating internal frames inside the main frame; examples of adding internal frame lis... 2017-04-19, ∼1554🔥, 4💬

💬 2017-04-19 dfdvdfvd: what is this???

💬 2016-10-12 Herong: Samuel, thanks for your comment and good luck on your learning!

💬 2016-10-11 samuel emmanuel: this is the best site for learning java.

setAccelerator() - Setting Keyboard Accelerators on Menu Items
This section provides a tutorial example on how to use setAccelerator() method to associate accelerators to menu items. Accelerators allows user to interact with menu items using keys on keyboard. 2020-02-25, ∼1509🔥, 1💬

Displaying Chinese Characters in Frame Title
This section provides a tutorial example on how to display Chinese characters in the title bar of a frame window with a given Chinese font. 2018-11-22, ∼1506🔥, 2💬

💬 2018-11-22 Herong: SuperMario, Thanks for sharing your comments. Are you still using JDK 1.1.8?

💬 2018-11-19 SuperMario: For the old JDK the characters are displayed as "?" because that's the default character defined in the JRE to display when no c...

Adding JDK "bin" Directory to Path Setting
This section provides a tutorial on how to add JDK 'bin' directory to the 'path' system environment variable. 2022-10-01, ∼1326🔥, 0💬

JMenuTest.java - Menu Test Program
This section provides a tutorial example on how to use the javax.swing.JMenu class to create multiple menus and how to add them to the menu bar. Sub menus and menu items added to a menu will be listed vertically when the menu is selected. 2016-12-03, ∼1178🔥, 1💬

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isSelected() - Getting State of Check Box
This section provides a tutorial example on how to use the isSelected() method to know the state of a check box. 2022-09-18, ∼1133🔥, 4💬

💬 2020-04-13 Hisham: Thank you very much.

JButton - Swing Button Class
This chapter provides tutorial notes and example codes on JButton class. Topics include creating button components with the javax.swing.JButton class; creating buttons with image icons; adding button action handler at the component level and the frame level; adding mouse click handler to handle butt... 2016-03-25, ∼1130🔥, 2💬

💬 2016-03-25 chala: v good tutorial

💬 2016-01-07 AMIT DAS: WONDERFULL

ActionListener and ItemListener
This section provides a tutorial example on how to use ActionListener and ItemListener interfaces to handle different types of events generated on combo box. 2022-10-01, ∼1116🔥, 0💬

JMenuItemTest.java - Menu Item Test Program
This section provides a tutorial example on how to use the javax.swing.JMenuItem class to create menu items and add them to different menus, sub menus, or the menu bar. Sub menus and menu items added to a menu will be listed vertically when the menu is selected. 2016-11-22, ∼1090🔥, 2💬

💬 2016-11-22 Herong: Nuk, have you looked at the exec() - Executing Operating System Commands tutorial?

💬 2016-11-14 NUK: Thanks for your support to Java beginners. I also want to call external program (.EXEs etc) Java command for that pls: nukhanid@...

About This Book
This section provides some detailed information about this book - Java Swing Tutorials - Herong's Tutorial Examples. 2017-03-23, ∼1077🔥, 3💬

💬 2017-03-23 rushi: rushi

💬 2017-03-23 rushi: good

💬 2016-09-12 Rajesh: I was looking for similar book

MenuItemActionListenerTest.java - AWT Menu Item Action Listener
This section provides a tutorial example on how to use java.awt.event.ActionListener, button action listener interface, to catch events fired by MenuItem objects. 2022-03-20, ∼997🔥, 1💬

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