Frames, panels and layouts - An Introduction to Graphical User Interfaces with Java Swing - page 14

Figure 2.3 Result of the program SimpleFrameDriver

to position (300 300) in Line 10. Both frames are empty, i.e. there is nothing in

their content panes.

,

File: its/SimpleFrame/SimpleFrameDriver.java

1. package its.SimpleFrame;
2.
3. public class SimpleFrameDriver
4. {
5. public static void main(String[] args)
6. {
7. SimpleFrame sFrame1 = new SimpleFrame();

8. SimpleFrame sFrame2 = new SimpleFrame();

9. sFrame1.showIt("SimpleFrame 1");

10. sFrame2.showIt("SimpleFrame 2",300,300);

11. }
12. }

The result should look like Figure 2.3. This picture is taken under WindowsXP; it
might appear slightly different on other platforms. As mentioned above, the frame
can be resized and moved with the mouse. These basic functions are automatically

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supplied.

2.2

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Panels and layouts

We will now embed other graphical components into a frame. The components
used are called panels . These are rectangular components, which serve two main