Swing Book

	Foreword	xxiii
	Preface	xxv
	Acknowledgments	xxix
	About the cover illustration	xxxi
Part I	Foundations	1
1	Swing overview	3
1.1	AWT	3
1.2	Swing	4
1.3	MVC architecture	7
1.4	UI delegates and PLAF	11
2	Swing mechanics	15
2.1	JComponent properties, sizing, and positioning	15
2.2	Event handling and dispatching	19
2.3	Multithreading	23
2.4	Timers	27
2.5	AppContext services	28
2.6	Inside Timers and the TimerQueue	30
2.7	JavaBeans architecture	31
2.8	Fonts, colors, graphics, and text	38
2.9	Using the Graphics clipping area	47
2.10	Graphics debugging	49
2.11	Painting and validation	54
2.12	Focus Management	61
2.13	Keyboard input	66
Part II	The basics	71
3	Frames, panels, and borders	73
3.1	Frames and panels overview	73
3.2	Borders	81
3.3	Creating a custom border	86
4	Layout managers	89
4.1	Layouts overview	89
4.2	Comparing common layout managers	94
4.3	Using GridBagLayout	98
4.4	Choosing the right layout	114
4.5	Custom layout manager, part I: labels/field pairs	121
4.6	Custom layout manager, part II: common interfaces	128
4.7	Dynamic layout in a JavaBeans container	140
5	Labels and buttons	155
5.1	Labels and buttons overview	155
5.2	Custom buttons, part I: transparent buttons	165
5.3	Custom buttons, part II: polygonal buttons	171
5.4	Custom buttons, part III: tooltip management	180
6	Tabbed panes	187
6.1	JTabbedPane	187
6.2	A dynamically changeable tabbed pane	189
6.3	Tab validation	197
7	Scrolling panes	202
7.1	JScrollPane	202
7.2	Grab-and-drag scrolling	211
7.3	Scrolling programmatically	213
8	Split panes	220
8.1	JSplitPane	220
8.2	Basic split pane example	221
8.3	Synchronized split pane dividers	224
9	Combo boxes	227
9.1	JComboBox	227
9.2	Basic JComboBox example	232
9.3	Custom model and renderer	238
9.4	Combo boxes with memory	246
9.5	Custom editing	253
10	List boxes and Spinners	256
10.1	JList	256
10.2	Basic JList example	261
10.3	Custom rendering	264
10.4	Processing keyboard input and searching	273
10.5	List of check boxes	276
10.6	JSpinner	281
10.7	Using JSpinner to select numbers	283
10.8	Using JSpinner to select dates	285
10.9	Using JSpinner to select a value from a list	286
10.10	Extending the functionality of JSpinner	288
11	Text components and undo	292
11.1	Text components overview	294
11.2	Using the basic text components	304
11.3	JFormattedTextField	306
11.4	Basic JFormattedTextField example	310
11.5	Using Formats and InputVerifier	312
11.6	Formatted Spinner example	319
11.7	Undo/redo	321
12	Menus, toolbars, and actions	332
12.1	Menus, toolbars, and actions overview	332
12.2	Basic text editor, part I: menus	346
12.3	Basic text editor, part II: toolbars and actions	355
12.4	Basic text editor, part III: custom toolbar components	359
12.5	Basic text editor, part IV: custom menu components	366
13	Progress bars, sliders, and scroll bars	373
13.1	Bounded-range components overview	373
13.2	Basic JScrollBar example	382
13.3	JSlider date chooser	387
13.4	JSliders in a JPEG image editor	394
13.5	JProgressBar in an FTP client application	406
14	Dialogs	418
14.1	Dialogs and choosers overview	418
14.2	Constructing a Login dialog	432
14.3	Adding an About dialog	436
14.4	JOptionPane message dialogs	439
14.5	Customizing JColorChooser	445
14.6	Customizing JFileChooser	451
Part III	Advanced topics	469
15	Layered panes	471
15.1	JLayeredPane	473
15.2	Using JLayeredPane to enhance interfaces	473
15.3	Creating a custom MDI	475
16	Desktops & internal frames	476
16.1	JDesktopPane and JInternalFrame	476
16.2	Cascading and outline dragging mode	484
16.3	Adding MDI to a text editor application	487
16.4	Examples from the first edition	495
17	Trees	498
17.1	JTree	498
17.2	Basic JTree example	509
17.3	Directory tree, part I: dynamic node retrieval	514
17.4	Directory tree, part II: popup menus, programmatic navigation, node creation, renaming, and deletion	526
17.5	Directory tree, part III: tooltips	533
18	Tables	536
18.1	JTable	536
18.2	Stocks table, part I: basic JTable example	552
18.3	Stocks table, part II: custom renderers	559
18.4	Stocks table, part III: sorting columns	564
18.5	Stocks table, part IV: JDBC	571
18.6	Stocks table, part V: column addition and removal	576
18.7	Expense report application	580
18.8	Expense report application with variable height rows	591
18.9	A JavaBeans property editor	595
19	Inside text components	605
19.1	Text package overview	605
20	Constructing an HTML Editor Application	634
20.1	HTML editor, part I: introducing HTML	635
20.2	HTML editor, part II: managing fonts	642
20.3	HTML editor, part III: document properties	650
20.4	HTML editor, part IV: working with HTML styles and tables	667
20.5	HTML editor, part V: clipboard and undo/redo	677
20.6	HTML editor, part VI: advanced font management	682
20.7	HTML editor, part VII: find and replace	695
20.8	HTML editor, part IX: spell checker (using JDBC and SQL)	708
21	Pluggable look and feel	723
21.1	Pluggable look and feel overview	723
21.2	Custom look and feel, part I: using custom resources	733
21.3	Custom look and feel, part II: creating custom UI delegates	741
21.4	Examples from the first edition	751
Part IV	Special topics	755
22	Printing	757
22.1	Java printing overview	757
22.2	Printing images	762
22.3	Print preview	767
22.4	Printing text	776
22.5	Printing tables	781
23	Constructing an XML editor	789
23.1	XML editor, part I: viewing nodes	790
23.2	XML editor, part II: viewing attributes	796
23.3	XML editor, part III: editing nodes and attributes	801
23.4	XML editor, part IV: adding, editing, and removing nodes and attributes	808
23.5	XML editor, part V: custom drag and drop	818
24	Drag and drop	826
24.1	Drag and drop overview	826
24.2	Adding drag and drop support within Basic Text Editor	830
24.3	Drag and drop files to Base Text Editor	832
24.4	Drag and drop with Java objects	834
A	Java Web Start	845
B	Resources	849
	Index	853