Other Ways: Alternatives to Swing - Java Application Development on Linux - page 385

Table 17.1 Major SWT widgets and their Swing equivalents

SWT widget Analogous Swing

component

Description

Display widget that sends notification when
pressed and/or released.

Button JButton

java.awt.Canvas ,
but see also
java.awt.Graphics2D

Composite widget that provides a surface for
drawing arbitrary graphics. May be used to
create custom widgets.

Canvas

A cursor used as the insertion point for text.

Caret javax.swing.text.Caret

Widget that permits the user to choose a
string from a list of strings, or to enter a new
value into a text field.

Combo JComboBox

Widget that is capable of containing other
widgets.

Composite JPanel

Composite widget that groups other widgets
and surrounds them with an etched border
and/or label.

Group JPanel

Nonselectable widget that displays an image
or a string.

Label JLabel

Selectable widget to choose a string or strings
from a list of strings.

List JList

User interface widget that contains menu
items.

Menu JMenu

JMenuItemA ,
JCheckboxMenuitem ,
JRadioButtonMenuitem

Selectable widget that represents an item in a
menu.

MenuItem

Nonelectable widget that displays progress to
the user.

ProgressBar JProgressBar

Widget that represents a range of numeric
values.

Scale JSpinner

Widget that represents a range of positive
numeric values. Used in a Composite that
has V_SCROLL and/or H_SCROLL styles. The
mapping to Swing is not very tight here, since
JScrollPane is like a combination of
Composite and ScrollBar .

ScrollBar JScrollPane