Java: Swing: Components: Internally created components

Internally created components

not in LAF classes

Class	Created component(s)	Replacement
DebugGraphics	JFrame	none (but not important)
JWindow, JDialog, JFrame, JApplet, JInternalFrame	JRootPane	override createRootPane
JColorChooser	JColorChooser JPanel JButton JDialog (subclass)	don't use dialog methods
JComponent	JToolTip	override createToolTip
JFileChooser	JDialog	don't use dialog methods
JInternalFrame	JDesktopIcon	setDesktopIcon
JMenu	JPopupMenu JMenuItem JPopupMenu.Separator	popup menu: none others: don't use convenience methods/override them
JOptionPane	JDialog JInternalFrame	don't use dialog methods
JPopupMenu	JMenuItem JPopupMenu.Separator	don't use convenience methods/override them
JRootPane	JLayeredPane JPanel	override createLayeredPane, createGlassPane, createContentPane (or set later)
JScrollPane	JViewport JScrollBar (subclass)	override createViewport, createXXXScrollBar
JSpinner	JFormattedTextField JPanel (subclass)	don't use default editors
JSlider	JLabel (subclass)	override createStandardLabels or use custom labels
JSplitPane	JButton	doesn't matter (only demo constructor)
JTable	JScrollPane JTextField JCheckBox JTableHeader	JScrollPane: not used/needed don't use default renderers override createDefaultTableHeader
JToolBar	JToolBar.Separator	don't use convenience methods/override them
PopupFactory	JRootPane JPanel	none
Popup	JWindow (subclass)	none
ProgressMonitor	JLabel JOptionPane (subclass) JProgressBar JDialog	don't use (bad anyway)
colorchooser.*	JPanel (subclasses) JPanel JLabel JTextField JRadioButton JSpinner JSlider JLabel (subclass)	don't use default panels
DefaultTreeCellEditor	JTextField (subclass) Container (subclass)	don't use
Default(Table\|List\|Tree)CellRenderer	JLabel (subclass)	don't use
JTableHeader, TableColumn	JLabel (indirect subclass)	don't use
ComponentView	Container (subclass)	don't use
html/ObjectView	JLabel	override createComponent
html/IsindexView	JPanel JLabel JTextField	don't use
html/HiddenTagView	JTextField JPanel	don't use
html/FrameView	JEditorPane JScrollPane	don't use
html/FormView	JList JScrollPane JComboBox JTextArea JButton JCheckBox JRadioButton JTextField JPasswordField JFileChooser Box.createHorizontalBox Box.createHorizontalStrut	override createComponent
html/CommentView	JTextArea	don't use
BasicArrowButton	JButton (subclass)	don't use