Object Palette Pages

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The pages in the Object Palette are

• Layouts These parts each contain a series of empty spaces in which the user can place an additional part. They include all of the layout managers that are part of the AWT.
• Extended Layouts These are additional layout managers which are included with Simplicity Professional.
• AWT These parts are the graphical components which make up the Abstract Windowing Toolkit (AWT). They are part of the standard Java libraries and can be assumed to be present on any Java-enabled machine.
• Extended AWT These parts are additional parts which come with Simplicity Professional to provide extended functionality to the AWT.
• Swing These parts are the graphical components from the JFC/Swing library. They are included with JDK 1.2 and higher. They can also be used with JDK 1.1 if the swingall.jar file is included in the classpath.
• Menus These parts are used to build menus in your applications. They represent both the AWT menu classes, as well the Swing menu classes. If the 'Generate Swing code' checkbox is checked, then the generated code for these parts will be based on the Swing library. Otherwise, the AWT menu classes will be used.
• Beans This page is initially blank. Java Beans can be imported in the IDE. If a bean is a subclass of Component, it will be added to the Beans page. Any Panel Composers, once compiled, will also be available here.
• Recycled This page is the 'Recycling Bin' for parts. When the Recycle button in the Composer is pressed, the part which is showing in the part list will be removed from the working model and moved to the Recycled page in the Palette. It can then be placed back into any Empty Space in the Working Model.

The Object Palette can exist in its own window or it can be placed at the bottom of the Composer window. The user can switch between these two positions by closing the window or by pressing the Detach button, respectively.