created: 6/28/99; revised 01/27/00 (using AWT); major revision: 01/10/02 (using Swing); 07/17/06
This chapter introduces Swing text fields and labels and uses them in a simple Swing program.
JTextField
Swing component.setText()
and getText() methods of JTextField.JLabel
GUI Component.ActionListener
for a JTextField's event.setEditable()
method of JTextField.(Review: ) Say that you have just finished your Swing application. You compile it and start it running. You click on a button and..... nothing happens. What might be wrong?