Component Palette

The Component Palette displays most of the visual JavaBeans components and containers delivered with JBuilder. Each package of related components is displayed on a separate tab.

Tabs on the Component Palette

Name Description

JBCL JBCL components
JBCL Containers JBCL containers
DataExpress JBCL data-aware components
DBSwing JFC swing data-aware components
Swing JFC swing components
Swing Containers JFC swing containers
AWT AWT components
KLGroup KLGroup components
Other User-installed components

About the Component Palette

The Component Palette enables you to:

The Component Palette interacts directly with the:

Selecting and placing components

Normally, the pointer icon on the left side of the Component Palette is selected, and appears indented. When you click a component icon in the Component Palette while in Design mode, the component icon button becomes selected (indented), and the Pointer icon on the left temporarily becomes unselected, appearing raised.

When a component icon button is selected in the Component Palette, be careful where you click next, because your mouse pointer is now carrying the selected component. Though your mouse pointer looks the same as usual, you are now in a special Component Drop mode.

Some components can be placed in several locations within the Component Tree or within the UI Designer. If you are not sure where to drop the component, you can click the top node of the Component Tree and watch where the new node is added in the tree. To remove the new node from the tree, select the node in the tree and press the Delete key.

When you drop a component onto the Component Tree or UI Designer, the component's icon in the Palette becomes raised again to the normal position, and the Pointer icon on the left becomes selected again, indicating you are no longer in Component Drop mode.

To drop a selected visual component at its default size, click in the Component Tree or in the UI Designer. To drop a visual component at a custom size, click and drag in the UI Designer. To drop multiple instances of a selected component, hold the Alt key down while clicking.

To deselect a component in the Component Palette, click the Pointer icon button in the Component Palette. This way, you won't add the component to your program the next time you click in the Component Tree or in the UI Designer.

See also:
Getting Started with JBuilder: Adding UI components to your UI
Getting Started with JBuilder: Managing the Component Palette