Basic HTML version of Foils prepared 18 May 97

Foil 49 Some Further AWT Components -- typical subunits of panels

From Java Tutorial - Spring 1997 Part 3:Graphics and the Abstract Windowing Toolkit Peking Tutorial, Web Certificate -- Spring-Summer 1997. by Nancy J. McCracken,Geoffrey C. Fox


Choice is a class that gives a menu where you choose from various items
TextField is a simple class where user can enter information into fields (more details on next page)
TextArea is a somewhat more sophisticated text entry area which are scrollable and so useful where amount of data to be entered is unlimited
List is another child of Component that is similar in use to Choice but gives a fixed size list which can be scrolled and where you can select one or more entries
Scrollbar is a class that defines a horizontal or vertical scrollbar. Note this is distinct from scrollbars that come with TextArea and List



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