Chapter 10 Getting Started with GUI Programming.ppt

Chapter 10 Getting Started with GUI Programming GUI Class Hierarchy Frames Creating frames, centering frames, adding components to frames Layout Managers FlowLayout, GridLayout, BorderLayout Drawing on Panels The paintComponent method Using Colors, Fonts, and Font Metrics Drawing Geometric Figures Lines, Rectangles, Ovals, Arcs, and Polygons Event-Driven Programming Event Source, Listener, Listener Interface GUI Class Hierarchy Swing JComponent AWT Optional Frames Frame is a window that is not contained inside another window. Frame is the basis to contain other user interface components in Java GUI applications. The Frame class can be used to create windows. For Swing GUI programs, use JFrame class to create widows. UI Components Creating Frames Centering Frames Centering Frames, cont. Adding Components into a Frame NOTE The content pane is a subclass of Container. The statement in the preceding slide can be replaced by the following two lines: Container container frame.getContentPane ; container.add new JButton OK ; You may wonder how a Container object is created. It is created when a JFrame object is created. A JFrame object uses the content pane to hold components in the frame. Layout Managers Java’s layout managers provide a level of abstraction to automatically map your user interface on all window systems. The UI components are placed in containers. Each container has a layout manager to arrange the UI components within the container. Kinds of Layout Managers FlowLayout Chapter 10 GridLayout Chapter 10 BorderLayout Chapter 10 CardLayout Chapter 12 GridBagLayout Chapter 12 Example 10.1Testing the FlowLayout Manager The components are arranged in the container from left to right in the order in which they were added. When one row becomes filled, a new row is started. FlowLayout Constructors public FlowLayout int align, int hGap, int vGap Constructs a new FlowLayout with a specified alignment, horizontal gap, and vertical gap. Th