Content Panes in Java

java swing contentpane
Sikander Nawaz picture Sikander Nawaz · Nov 25, 2012 · Viewed 10k times · Source

I am new to programming and was just studying JFrame etc , here i read ContentPane Like this "Components go in the "content pane", not directly in the frame." when i did search COntentpane i read containment hierarch that is pretty confusing for me to understand ,

Can some one please clear me the concept of ContentPane and containment hierarchy of Gui Component

Answer

Maxim Shoustin picture Maxim Shoustin · Nov 25, 2012

I think this diagram describes distinctly what you want:

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