Basic Controls Simple components that are used primarily to get input from the user; they may also show simple state.

JButton JCheckBox JComboBox JList JMenu JRadioButton JSlider JSpinner JTextField JPasswordField

Interactive Displays of Highly Formatted Information These components display highly formatted information that (if you choose) can be modified by the user.

JColorChooser JEditorPane and JTextPane JFileChooser JTable JTextArea JTree

Uneditable Information Displays These components exist solely to give the user information.

JLabel JProgressBar JSeparator JToolTip

Top-Level Containers At least one of these components must be present in any Swing application.

JApplet JDialog JFrame

General-Purpose Containers These general-purpose containers are used in most Swing applications.

JPanel JScrollPane JSplitPane JTabbedPane JToolBar

Special-Purpose Containers These special-purpose containers play specific roles in the UI.

JInternalFrame JLayeredPane Root pane