The object contains some Accessible information, but its role is not known.

See alse FRAME , GLASSPANE , and LAYEREDPANE .

A choice that can be checked or unchecked and provides a separate indicator for the current state.

See also PUSHBUTTON , TOGGLEBUTTON , and RADIOBUTTON .

A list of choices the user can select from. Also optionally allows the user to enter a choice of their own.

A DATEEDITOR is a component that allows users to edit java.util.Date and java.util.Time objects.

See also DESKTOPPANE and INTERNALFRAME .

A pane that supports internal frames and iconified versions of those internal frames.

A pane that allows the user to navigate through and select the contents of a directory. May be used by a file chooser.

See also FILECHOOSER .

A top level window with title bar and a border. A dialog is similar to a frame, but it has fewer properties and is often used as a secondary window for an application.

See also FRAME and WINDOW .

The view of an actual document. Its content depends on the documen type.

A specialized dialog that displays the files in the directory and lets the user select a file, browse a different directory, or specify a filename. May use the directory pane to show the contents of a directory.

See also DIRECTORYPANE .

An object that fills up space in a user interface. It is often used in interfaces to tweak the spacing between components, but serves no other purpose.

A FONTCHOOSER is a component that lets the user pick various attributes for fonts.

A top level window with a title bar, border, menu bar, etc. It is often used as the primary window for an application.

See also DIALOG , CANVAS , and WINDOW .

A pane that is guaranteed to be painted on top of all panes beneath it.

See also ROOTPANE and CANVAS .

A GROUPBOX is a simple container that contains a border around it and contains components inside it.

A frame-like object that is clipped by a desktop pane. The desktop pane, internal frame, and desktop icon objects are often used to create multiple document interfaces within an application.

See also DESKTOPICON , DESKTOPPANE , and FRAME .

A specialized pane that allows its children to be drawn in layers, providing a form of stacking order. This is usually the pane that holds the menu bar as well as the pane that contains most of the visual components in a window.

See also GLASSPANE and ROOTPANE .

An object that presents a list of objects to the user and allows the user to select one or more of them. A list is usually contained within a scroll pane.

See also SCROLLPANE and LISTITEM .

An object that presents an element in a list. A list is usually contained within a scroll pane.

See also SCROLLPANE and LIST .

An object usually found inside a menu bar that contains a list of actions the user can choose from. A menu can have any object as its children, but most often they are menu items, other menus, or rudimentary objects such as radio buttons, check boxes, or separators. For example, an application may have an "Edit" menu that contains menu items for "Cut" and "Paste."

See also MENUBAR , MENUITEM , SEPARATOR , RADIOBUTTON , CHECKBOX , and POPUPMENU .

An object usually drawn at the top of the primary dialog box of an application that contains a list of menus the user can choose from. For example, a menu bar might contain menus for "File," "Edit," and "Help."

See also MENU , POPUPMENU , and LAYEREDPANE .

An object usually contained in a menu that presents an action the user can choose. For example, the "Cut" menu item in an "Edit" menu would be an action the user can select to cut the selected area of text in a document.

See also MENUBAR , SEPARATOR , and POPUPMENU .

See also DIALOG .

An object that is a child of a page tab list. Its sole child is the panel that is to be presented to the user when the user selects the page tab from the list of tabs in the page tab list.

See also PAGETABLIST .

An object that presents a series of panels (or page tabs), one at a time, through some mechanism provided by the object. The most common mechanism is a list of tabs at the top of the panel. The children of a page tab list are all page tabs.

See also PAGETAB .

A text object used for passwords, or other places where the text contents is not shown visibly to the user.

A temporary window that is usually used to offer the user a list of choices, and then hides when the user selects one of those choices.

See also MENU and MENUITEM .

An object the user can manipulate to tell the application to do something.

See also CHECKBOX , TOGGLEBUTTON , and RADIOBUTTON .

A specialized check box that will cause other radio buttons in the same group to become unchecked when this one is checked.

See also PUSHBUTTON , TOGGLEBUTTON , and CHECKBOX .

A specialized pane that has a glass pane and a layered pane as its children.

See also GLASSPANE and LAYEREDPANE .

An object usually used to allow a user to incrementally view a large amount of data. Usually used only by a scroll pane.

Ssee also SCROLLPANE .

An object that allows a user to incrementally view a large amount of information. Its children can include scroll bars and a viewport.

See also SCROLLBAR and VIEWPORT .

An object usually contained in a menu to provide a visual and logical separation of the contents in a menu. For example, the "File" menu of an application might contain menu items for "Open," "Close," and "Exit," and will place a separator between "Close" and "Exit" menu items.

See also MENU and MENUITEM .

An object that allows the user to select from a bounded range. For example, a slider might be used to select a number between 0 and 100.

A SPINBOX is a simple spinner component and its main use is for simple numbers.

A specialized panel that presents two other panels at the same time. Between the two panels is a divider the user can manipulate to make one panel larger and the other panel smaller.

A STATUSBAR is an simple component that can contain multiple labels of status information to the user.

An object used to present information in terms of rows and columns. An example might include a spreadsheet application.

An object that presents text to the user. The text is usually editable by the user as opposed to a label.

See also LABEL .

A specialized push button that can be checked or unchecked, but does not provide a separate indicator for the current state.

See also PUSHBUTTON , CHECKBOX and RADIOBUTTON .

A bar or palette usually composed of push buttons or toggle buttons. It is often used to provide the most frequently used functions for an application.

An object that provides information about another object. The accessibleDescription property of the tool tip is often displayed to the user in a small "help bubble" when the user causes the mouse to hover over the object associated with the tool tip.

An object used to present hierarchical information to the user. The individual nodes in the tree can be collapsed and expanded to provide selective disclosure of the tree's contents.

An object usually used in a scroll pane. It represents the portion of the entire data that the user can see. As the user manipulates the scroll bars, the contents of the viewport can change.

See also SCROLLPANE .

See also FRAME and DIALOG .