Chapter 15 Examples

These pages have the complete source code and examples from Chapter 15, More Widgets, from the Java Developer's Resource.

In the last chapter you learned the basic behavior of members of the class java.awt.Component. You also learned about the specific classes java.awt.Label and java.awt.Button. This chapter looks at the remaining Components, concentrating on the unique behavior of each. However remember that every Component has access to all the methods discussed in the previous chapter.

Topics covered include

java.awt.TextField for single line data entry
java.awt.TextArea for longer data entry
java.awt.Checkbox for checkboxes
java.awt.CheckboxGroup for radio buttons
java.awt.Choice for popup menus
java.awt.List for scrolling lists
java.awt.Scrollbar for sliders
java.awt.Canvas for pictures
How to create custom Components with unique appearances and behaviors.

The Examples