JPanel : Java Glossary

by Roedy Green ©1996-2009 Canadian Mind Products
index page for letter ⇒ punctuation 0-9 A B C D E F G H I J K L M N O P Q R S T U V W X Y Z (all)

JPanel

to make Applet or application layout easier, you break a frame up into regions and compose each of them separately. Each region is called a JPanel. Each can have its own different LayoutManager. JPanels don’t usually have any visible bounding lines, though they can with code such as:

mypanel.setBorder( BorderFactory.createEtchedBorder ( EtchedBorder.LOWERED ) );

The AWT equivalent of JPanel is Panel when you want a container and Canvas when you want something to draw on.

Here is a how you extend JPanel to create a custom component that you draw on.

Learning More

Sun’s Javadoc on the JPanel class : available:

on the web at java.sun.com
in the current JDK 1.6.0_11 or in the old JDK 1.5.0_17 on your local Windows J: drive.

Sun’s tutorial on JPanel

AWT
Border
Canvas
JSplitPane
layout
LayoutManager
Panel
Swing

	Please email your feedback for publication, errors, omissions, broken/redirected link reports and suggestions to improve this page to Roedy Green :
	Canadian Mind Products
	mindprod.com IP:[65.110.21.43]
	Your face IP:[38.103.63.62]	The information on this page is for non-military use only.
	You are visitor number 25,875.	Military use includes use by defence contractors.
	You can get a fresh copy of this page from:	or possibly from your local J: drive (Java virtual drive/mindprod.com website mirror)
	http://mindprod.com/jgloss/jpanel.html	J:\mindprod\jgloss\jpanel.html