Components

Components are graphical user interface (GUI) widgets like checkboxes, menus, windows, buttons, text fields, applets, and more.

In Java all components are subclasses of java.awt.Component. Subclasses of Component include

• Canvas
• TextField
• TextArea
• Label
• List
• Button
• Choice
• Checkbox
• Frame
• JButton
• JLabel
• JComboBox
• JMenu

Components paint themselves.