Application: SimpleTextEditor: Garage Pad
This program, the Garage Editor, is a simple text editor that allows users to open files, save their file, copy and paste, and display help information.
This is a terrific little application because it demonstrates a number of concepts important in the creation of real Java programs.
Demonstrates
Creating a basic GUI window, creating scrollbars on demand, creating a toolbar containing menus that contain menu items, how to use the JFileChooser to save and open files, cleanly closing an open document, exiting from an application, displaying informational messages to the user (like JavaScript alerts or Visual Basic MsgBox), using keyboard mnemonics (using key combinations such as Ctrl+S for Save), and using ...
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