Abstract
Swing, an extension to the Abstract Windowing Toolkit (AWT), is the preferred toolkit for building modern GUIs. This chapter explores most of the new and improved features that Java SE 6 brings to Swing:
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Arbitrary components for JTabbedPane tab headers
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Improved SpringLayout
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Improved Swing component drag-and-drop
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JTable sorting and filtering
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Look and feel enhancements
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New SwingWorker
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Text component printing
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© 2007 Jeff Friesen
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(2007). GUI Toolkits: Swing. In: Beginning Java™ SE 6 Platform. Apress. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4302-0246-2_4
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