Swing Designer Quick Start

-
Use a Swing Designer class wizard
to create your first GUI window or
edit an existing window.
-
Choose an appropriate layout manager
for your window.
-
Add various components from the Palette
and edit their properties using the
Property Pane.
-
Visually create and edit your window's
menubar.
-
Add event handlers to
various widgets to provide behavior.
-
If you create a new JPanel, you can embed
it in another window using the Choose
Component command.
-
You can test launch your window by right-clicking on it and selecting
Run As > Java Application.
-
Internationalize your application and manage multiple locales.