All Swing components use Key Bindings, but what are they? Well, have you ever wondered how the “copy” functionality of a text component works? The KeyStroke (Ctrl+C) is used to invoke an Action (copy). So a key binding is simply the mapping of a KeyStroke to an Action.
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Key Bindings
Posted by Rob Camick on October 10, 2008
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UIManager Defaults
Posted by Rob Camick on October 9, 2008
The UIManager contains information about the default properties of each Swing component. This information is stored in the UIDefaults class in the form of key/value pairs. Each Look and Feel will have its own set of default properties. The UIManager can be used to make changes to these properties.
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