Pro Apache NetBeans: Building Applications on the Rich Client Platform

© Ioannis Kostaras, Constantin Drabo, Josh Juneau, Sven Reimers, Mario Schröder, Geertjan Wielenga 2020

I. Kostaras et al.Pro Apache NetBeanshttps://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4842-5370-0_8

8. Mastering the User Interface

Ioannis Kostaras¹ , Constantin Drabo², Josh Juneau³, Sven Reimers⁴, Mario Schröder⁵ and Geertjan Wielenga⁶

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The Hague, South Holland, The Netherlands

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Ouagadougou, Burkina Faso

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Chicago, IL, USA

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Salem, Germany

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Berlin, Germany

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Amsterdam, The Netherlands

 

In this chapter we will look at the GUI components of the NetBeans Rich Client Platform:

• The Window System: is for your application what the Window Manager is for an operating system. A window system allows organizing the windows of your application workspace (by dragging, undocking, ...