Sun's Java UI toolkit, Swing, was a great idea, though of course it's taken a long time to come even close to its original ideals: a powerful, attractive, full-fledged windowing toolkit independent of ...

I'm currently working on a UI project using Java (1.4.2) Swing. My application is in the form of an MDI. I have a main JFrame which contains a JSrollPane, which contains a JDesktopPane.<BR><BR>I set ...

The best way to teach the concept of Java user input to new software developers is to show them how to use the highly visual and user-friendly JOptionPane class from the Swing package. With one simple ...

I'm learning Java by writing a Mandelbrot program. I can draw the image, then use the mouse to choose an area to magnify. Works great, except... When I choose the area to magnify (mouse down, move ...

A potpourri of Java client application technologies is on the agenda at the conference in San Jose, Calif. on Friday, where the desktop gets top billing over the Web. Again dominating the discussion, ...

I recently returned from JavaOne 2005 in San Francisco. The show was impressive for a number of reasons. The attendance seemed to be about 30% larger than last year's. The same could be said for the ...