Component Tree
The Component Tree is a structured view of all the components in your source file and their relationships.
The Component Tree interacts directly with the Component Inspector, the UI Designer, and the Menu Designer.
You use the Component Tree to,
- Drop nonvisual components from the Component Palette into your UI design.
- Select a component to modify its properties and events in the Component Inspector.
- Double-click a component to open its associated designer, such as the Menu Designer.
- Select a component to modify it in its associated designer when the designer is already open.
How the Tree is organized
The Component Tree is organized into up to four sections, or sub trees.
- UI components and containers, such as panels, buttons, check boxes, and text fields, if any.
- Menus and menu items, if any.
- Data access components, if any.
- Other JavaBeans components such as dialogs.
Sections that do not have components are not displayed.
Icons in the Component Tree
The following is an explanation of the icons used to represent the various nodes in the Tree: