Section 12.5 Displaying Text and Images in a Window
• Class JFrame provides the basic attributes and behaviors of a window.
• A JLabel (p. 481) displays read-only text, an image, or both text and an image. Text in a JLabel normally uses sentence-style capitalization.
• Each GUI component must be attached to a container, such as a window created with a JFrame (p. 483).
• Many IDEs provide GUI design tools (p. 529) in which you can specify the exact size and location of a component by using the mouse; then the IDE will generate the GUI code for you.
• JComponent method setToolTipText (p. 483) specifies the tool tip that’s displayed when the user positions the mouse cursor over a lightweight component (p. 480).
• Container method add attaches a ...
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