The Component Inspector contains a tree view of the components on your current form, including buttons, menus, layout managers, and nonvisual components such as timers.
The Component Inspector is displayed by default when you are in the GUI editing
workspace. If the Component Inspector has been closed, redisplay it by
clicking in the main window or
choosing View
Component Inspector.
The lower panel of the Component Inspector displays the property sheet for the object selected in the upper pane. The Property Sheet Toolbar lets you choose how to display the properties.
You use the property sheet to examine and adjust properties of your components and layout managers, manage component event handlers, and define how code is generated. The tabs at the bottom of the Component Inspector determine the set of properties displayed.
The difference between the Properties and Other Properties tabs in the Component Inspector is that the Properties tab displays the most commonly used properties. The division of properties between these tabs is determined by the author of the bean whose properties are being displayed, as described in BeanInfo Editor Dialog Box.
When you set or modify the component properties, the changes are reflected
in the Form Editor window and the generated source code. For example,
if you have a JLabel
component on your form and and you change its
text property, you will see the new text on the label in the Form Editor window
and in the code in the Source Editor.
See also | |
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Editing Component Properties
Form Editor Managing Component Events Working With Source Code |