JRadioButton : Java Glossary

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JRadioButton

Swing’s equivalent of the AWT Checkbox. Round bullet buttons that allow only one of a group to be selected, like the station selection puttons on a car radio.

Here is what a JRadioButton looks like:

JRadioButton screenshot

Each circle in one JRadioButton.

JCheckBox uses a checkmark; JRadioButton uses a dot in a circle, and JToggleButton uses ordinary-looking buttons.

Here is how to use a JRadioButton:

Learning More

Sun’s Javadoc on the JRadioButton 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 Javadoc on the ButtonGroup 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.

AWT
ButtonGroup
Checkbox
JCheckbox
JToggleButton
Swing

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