April 1997
Intermediate to advanced
1074 pages
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English
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9
Pick Me
In this chapter:
- Choice
- Lists
- Checkbox
- CheckboxGroup
- ItemSelectable
Three AWT components let you present a list of choices to users: Choice, List, and Checkbox. All three components implement the ItemSelectable interface (Java1.1). These components are comparable to selection mechanisms in modern GUIs so most readers will be able to learn them easily, but I'll point out some special enhancements that they provide.
Choice and List are similar; both offer a list of choices for the user to select. Choice provides a pull-down list that offers one selection at a time, whereas List is a scrollable list that allows a user to make one or multiple selections. From a design standpoint, which you choose depends at least partially on screen real estate; if you want the user to select from a large group of alternatives, Choice requires the least space, List requires somewhat more, while Checkbox requires the most. Choice is the only component in this group that does not allow multiple selections. A List allows multiple or single selection; because each Checkbox is a separate component, checkboxes inherently allow multiple selection. In order to create a list of mutually exclusive checkboxes, in which only one box can be selected at a time (commonly known as radio buttons), you can put several checkboxes together into a CheckboxGroup, which is discussed at the end of this chapter.
9.1 Choice
The Choice component provides pop-up/pull-down lists. It is the equivalent of Motif's OptionMenu ...
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