How to Create Checkbox in Java Swing?

What is Check Box?

A check box or tick box is a graphical user interface element that allow or permits user to make selections from the options. User can select more than one item or element.

The given example will explain you how to create check box in java swing. It is created in java by creating the instance of JCheckBo class. Here is the check box program :


public class CreateCheckBox{
public static void main(String[] args){
JFrame frame = new JFrame("The Check Box Example");
JCheckBox chk = new JCheckBox("Check Box 1");
JCheckBox chk = new JCheckBox("Check Box 2");
JCheckBox chk = new JCheckBox("Check Box 3");
frame.add(chk);
frame.setSize(400, 400);
frame.setDefaultCloseOperation(JFrame.EXIT_ON_CLOSE);
frame.setVisible(true);
}
}

Maximize a Frame using Swing

In this program, you will learn how to maximize a frame using setMaximizedBounds() to set the bounds for a maximized frame. Here is the source code :

import java.awt.*;
import javax.swing.*;

public class SwingSetBounds{
public static void main(String[] args){
JFrame frame = new JFrame();
Rectangle bounds = new Rectangle(0, 0, 500, 500);
frame.setMaximizedBounds(bounds);
frame.setSize(400, 400);
frame.setVisible(true);
frame.setDefaultCloseOperation(JFrame.EXIT_ON_CLOSE);
}
}

Remove Title Bar : Java Swing Code

This java swing example explain you how to remove title bar from the frame. Here is the example code :

import javax.swing.*;
public class RemoveTitleFrame{
public static void main(String[] args) {
JFrame frame = new JFrame(Frame With No Title Bar);
frame.setUndecorated(true);
frame.setDefaultCloseOperation(JFrame.EXIT_ON_CLOSE);
frame.setSize(400,400);
frame.setVisible(true);
}
}

Java Swing Example

A part of Sun Microsystems Java Foundation classes (JFC) is a widget toolkit for providing a graphical user interface. It consists of many tools including boxes, combo box, list box, buttons, dialog boxes, tables etc.

It is very interesting part of Java programming. It is the favorite topic of all the java programmers. We can customize the components and use it according to our requirements. Lets start with first program :

This program explain you how to create text area using Java swing. Here we are using javax.swing package to create GUI component. The text area will be created on panel in the frame :

import javax.swing.*;
public class TextAreaCode {
public static void main(String[] args){
JFrame frame= new JFrame("TextArea-Frame Program");
JPanel panel=new JPanel();
JTextArea jt= new JTextArea("TextArea Example",4,20);
frame.add(panel);
panel.add(jt);
frame.setSize(250,250);
frame.setVisible(true);
frame.setDefaultCloseOperation(JFrame.EXIT_ON_CLOSE);
}
}

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