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2: Windows

The Java platform provides several types of windows, each for a different type of interaction. To help you choose appropriate windows types for your application, this chapter:

• Introduces objects and properties, which are displayed in windows
• Provides an overview of window types
• Explains how to choose the correct window type
• Describes various window types in detail
• Describes how to title windows and set their state
• Provides guidelines about using multiple document interfaces

This chapter supplements Chapters 7 and 8 of Java Look and Feel Design Guidelines, 2d ed.

In this chapter, the dialog box window type is subdivided into action windows and property windows, both described here.

For information about using menus in windows, see Chapter 3.

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