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∟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 button actions.

Creating Buttons with javax.swing.JButton Class

Creating Image Buttons with javax.swing.JButton Class

Button Action Handler at the Component Level

Button Action Handler at the Frame Level

Mouse Click Handler at the Frame Level

Takeaways:

• javax.swing.JButton class represents a UI action button.
• An action button can be created with a text label or an image icon.
• ActionListener interface can be used to handle the user action on the button.
• MouseAdapter interface can be used to handle user mouse clicks on the button.

Sample programs listed in this chapter have been tested with JDK 1.3.1 to JDK 20 on Windows and macOS computers.

Table of Contents

 About This Book

 JDK (Java Development Kit)

 Introduction of Java Swing Package

 Graphics Environment of the Local System

 JFrame - Main Frame Class

 JLabel - Swing Label Class

►JButton - Swing Button Class

 JCheckBox - Swing Check Box Class

 JRadioButton - Swing Radio Button Class

 JTextField - Swing Text Field Class

 JComboBox - Swing Combo Box Class

 Menu Bar, Menus, Menu Items and Listeners

 Creating Internal Frames inside the Main Frame

 Layout of Components in a Container

 LookAndFeel and UIManager

 Option Dialog Boxes

 JEditorPane - The Editor Pane Class

 SwingWorker - The Background Task Worker

 AWT (Abstract Windows Toolkit)

 Integration with Desktop System

 Archived Tutorials

 References

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JButton - Swing Button Class - Updated in 2024, by Herong Yang