Java Swing Tutorials - Herong's Tutorial Examples

∟Option Dialog Boxes

This chapter provides tutorial notes and example codes on option dialog box. Topics include creating and displaying message, confirmation, input and option dialog boxes; receiving input values from option dialog boxes; creating and display internal dialog boxes; creating option dialog box directly.

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javax.swing.JOptionPane - Creating and Displaying Option Dialog Boxes

showMessageDialog() - Displaying Message Dialog Boxes

showConfirmDialog() - Displaying Confirmation Dialog Boxes

Receiving Inputs from Confirmation Dialog Boxes

showInputDialog() - Displaying Input Dialog Boxes

showOptionDialog() - Displaying Option Dialog Boxes

showInternal*Dialog() - Displaying Internal Dialog Boxes

createDialog() - Creating Dialog Boxes Directly

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Conclusions:

• javax.swing.JOptionPane class can be used to display different types of simple dialog boxes with showMessageDialog(), showConfirmDialog(), showInputDialog(), and showOptionDialog() methods.
• showMessageDialog() method displays a dialog box with a text message only.
• showConfirmDialog() method displays a dialog box with a text message and prompts for a confirmation button click from the user.
• showInputDialog() method displays a dialog box with a text message only and prompts for the user to enter a text input.
• showOptionDialog() method displays a dialog box with a list of options for the user to select.
• By default, dialog boxes are created as standalone windows floating outside the parent panel. If you want to create dialog boxes restricted inside the parent panel, you need to use showInternal*Dialog() methods.

Sample programs listed in this chapter have been tested with JDK 1.3.1 to JDK 17 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

 Full Version in PDF/EPUB

Option Dialog Boxes - Updated in 2022, by Herong Yang