The Explorer displays all Java files that have GUI forms as form object nodes
(). Only files that
were created using the IDE's form templates such as Swing and AWT templates
are recognized as form objects and can be manipulated using the Form Editor.
Each form object node expands to reveal subnodes for each of its classes ()
and interfaces (
).
When you open a file in the Form Editor, a Form Editor node (
)
appears under the form object node. The Form Editor node contains nodes for
all of the file's components. Right-click any component's node to manipulate
its appearance and behavior.
You can right-click any form object node to access a contextual menu containing the following commands:
Badge icons can be affixed to form object icons to indicate a particular state of the object.
Icon | Description |
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The file needs to be compiled. It has not been compiled or the source has changed since the last compilation. |
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The file is a runnable object. |
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The file can not be parsed. The file may contain an unrecoverable syntactic error or there may have been a problem reading the file. |