Human Computer Interaction Programming with JAVA Swing

• Course Information
  • Aims and Objectives
  • Course Structure
  • Recommended Course Books
  • Other Online References
• Introduction: Java Swing
  • The Dark Ages (Not So Long Ago)
  • What is Swing?
  • The Java Foundation Classes
  • Swing Features
  • The Swing Component Hierarchy
  • Swing Packages
• The Model-View-Controller Architecture
  • The Basic MVC Model
    • MVC in Swing
• First Swing programs
  • On from AWT
    • A simple AWT program
    • Now lets Swing
  • Adding Images to Our Buttons
  • Changes to The Event Handler
• Swing Component Basics
  • Actions
  • Adding Actions to Containers
  • The Action Interface
  • Action Field Summary
  • Action Method Summary
  • The AbstractAction Class
    • AbstractAction Field Summary
    • AbstractAction Constructor Summary
    • AbstractAction Method Summary
    • An AbstractAction Example
  • Sending Change Events in Swing
• Labels and Icons
  • The JLabel Class
  • Label Mnemonics
  • Label Alignment
  • Images as Labels
  • Icons
    • The Icon Interface
    • Doing your own Icon
• Swing Containers
  • The JFrame Class
    • JFrame variables
    • JFrame constructors
    • JFrame (selected) methods
  • The JInternalFrame Class
  • The JApplet Class
    • JApplet variables
    • JApplet constructor
    • JApplet (selected) methods
  • The JPanel Class
  • Simple border types
    • Practical Use of Borders
  • Swing layout managers
  • Tabbed Panes -- JTabbedPane
    • Creating a JTabbedPane
    • Adding and inserting pages
    • Removing pages
    • Selecting pages
    • A complete JTabbedPane example
  • Scrolling panes
    • An example using JScrollPane
    • Controlling the scroll bars
    • Controlling the scrolling in the application
    • Creating scrollable components
  • Split panes
    • Sample application with JSplitPane
    • Intercepting JSplitPane events
• Menus and Toolbars
  • What is a menu?
  • Using menus
  • Menu bars
    • Creating application menus
  • Menus
    • Organizing Menus on the MenuBar
    • Creating cascading menus
  • Menu items
    • A More Complete JMenu Example
  • Pop-up menus
    • When to use Pop-up menus?
    • Pop-up Example
  • Toolbars
    • Toolbar basics
    • Toolbar Example
    • Turning On/Off Docking
• Dialogs
  • The Need for Dialogs
  • Using Dialogs
  • Swing Dialogs
  • Simple Dialogs -- JDialog
    • A simple dialog
  • Option dialogs -- JOptionPane
    • JOptionPane constants
    • JOptionPane constructors
    • JOptionPane significant methods
    • An OptionPane Example
  • The File Chooser -- JFileChooser
    • A Sample FileChooser Program
    • The JFileCooser class explained
  • The colour chooser -- JColorChooser
• Text In Swing
  • The JTextComponent -- Text Component Hierarchy
  • The JTextComponent
    • Clipboard operations
    • Saving and loading
    • Other JTextComponent significant methods
  • Document handling
    • Document significant methods
  • Text fields and Password fields
    • Associating Keyboard Mnemonics
    • Document Event Handling Example
    • The JPasswordField
  • Text areas
  • Combo boxes -- JComboBox
    • Adding and removing list items
    • Selecting items
    • Allowing field editing
    • Other combo box features
  • Viewing HTML and other content types -- the JEditorPane
    • The JEditPaneExample Program
    • Listening for hyperlink changes
  • Viewing RTF format
  • Simple document processing
• Progress Bars, Scroll Bars and Sliders
  • Progress bars -- JProgressBar
  • Creating and using a Progress Bar
    • JProgressBar variables
    • JProgressBar methods
  • Scroll bars -- JScrollBar
    • ScrollBar Creation and Use
    • JScrollBar variables
    • JScrollBar constructors
    • JScrollBar methods
  • Sliders -- JSlider
    • Listening for slider activity
    • JSlider variables
    • JSlider constructors
    • JSlider methods
• List -- JList
  • The JList Class
  • Practical List Design and Usage
  • A simple JList example
    • Dynamically Updating a List
  • Custom data model list items
  • Basic custom list rendering
  • JList constructors
  • JList important methods
• Trees -- JTree
  • List v. Trees
  • Practical Usage of Tress in Interfaces
  • A basic JTree example
  • Adding new tree items
  • Custom data models
  • Custom rendering
  • Editing tree nodes
  • Listening for tree actions
    • Listening for tree selections
    • Listening for tree expansions
  • Practical Programming of JTrees
    • Hiding the root node
    • Expanding and collapsing the tree
    • Selecting and deselecting nodes
  • JTree Class Information
• Tables -- JTable
  • Graphical use of Tables
  • A Simple table Example
  • A More Complex JTable Example
  • Adding a Custom Data Model
  • Custom Table Rendering
  • Listening for Table Actions
    • Detecting Table Selections
    • Detecting Column Property Changes
  • JTable Constants
  • JTable Variables
  • JTable Constructors
  • JTable Methods
• Finishing Off
  • Things Not Covered