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Awt

The Abstract Window Toolkit (AWT) is Java's original platform-independent windowing, graphics, and user-interface widget toolkit.

Swing

Swing is the primary user-interface toolkit in Java and is shipped with the standard Java SDK

Better newer old
Example

"I find that the swing library is easier to use than awt although you do still have to use awt for listeners"

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Creating a Frame with MenuBar - Size not recognized by pack(), menubar is being cutoff

"You can read all over the web that awt is old and deprecated and swing is old but newer than awt and should be preferred over awt whenever possible"

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When to use AWT along with Swing and when not?

"Yes swing has newer and better api s than awt"

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Two JPanels, requesting focus and Keyboard input

"Swing has newer and better api s than awt"

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JTextField respond to key event AFTER the text is updated

"That is used in old awt applications;swing has newer and better apis"

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JTable in Swing

"That is an old awt solution;swing has newer and better apis"

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EventHandler acting weirdly and weird color patches

"Consider using swing which has much better performance over the old heavyweight awt"

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Beginner Java Program-- cannot get key pressed to work

"Swing is far better then awt and should be educated to people who is writing gui-based java for the first time"

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Java calculator decimal point

"Swing is far better than the obsolete awt library"

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How do I add padding with Container?

"Swing is better and few people remember how to use awt components"

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What is the difference between JApplet and Applet, and which should I use?

"Swing or javafx would be better than awt"

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How to use custom axis type? (Java)

Useful
Example

"As far as when awt may be more useful than swing -"

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What is the difference between Swing and AWT?

"Are there any cases where awt is more useful advised to use than swing or vice-versa"

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What is the difference between Swing and AWT?

Jframe frame swing
Example

"Consider using swing instead of awt jframe instead of frame;swing is richer"

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Need help to display inputs of a Java's form on an other frame

"Swing has more or less deprecated awt so you should extend jframe instead of frame"

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Java - Game of Life - Trouble with displaying graphics

Event thread frameworks
Example

"Keep in mind that awt swing have a dedicated thread that does gui work handling event handlers repainting the gui etc;if you do long-running things on that thread swing will not repaint"

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Java GUI JProgressBar not painting

"If you need to modify swing components from threads other than the awt event dispatch thread use;swing is not thread-safe"

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Threads and jtable

"This applies to many other ui frameworks as well such as swing awt and the event dispatch thread"

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Toggle button .isSelected() is true, but visually not changing in JavaFX

Flexible richer out-of-the-box
Example

"Swing is generally more configurable and flexible to use;you should avoid mixing awt and swing components within the same ui ui tend not to play well together"

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Swing button vs AWT button?

"In swing has more features than the awt components"

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If Swing has more features to design a form. Then what is the use of AWT in java?

"Use a swing gui not an awt gui since swing is much more powerful and flexible than awt"

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Paint ArrayList of Shape Objects to Frame

"Swing will save your more time than awt as all the code of components of swing are purely written in java whereas of awt code of components are written in native language that is other than java thus compilation time of awt is more than swing"

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Clearing screen vs drawing on top?

"Well swing is richer in terms of out-of-the-box components than awt"

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Do I have to learn AWT before learning Swing?

Others
Example

If you are planning to move your gui onto multiple platforms then go with awt;otherwise swing gives you a much broader set of components to work with

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Java's AWT or Swing for GUI construction?

Swing is relatively similar to awt apart from the fact that swing has more capabilities awt is probably the simplest form to start out with and has most if not all of the tools to complete your project hope this helps

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Simple Java Game Graphical Interface

Performance swing components are generally slower and buggier than awt due to both the fact that cons are pure java and to video issues on various platforms

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Is Java Swing still in use?

That is old code when using awt;swing has newer and better api s

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JTextField accept only numbers and one dot

Keyevents are generally used in awt;swing has newer and better api s to use in most cases

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Prevent breaking of JTextField / JDialog with repeated transferFocus()

That is probably the oldest solution and was used in awt;swing has newer and better api s which you should be using

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Key listener java - number limitation

In general avoid awt for swing which has much greater power and flexibility although it too is showing its age just less so than awt

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Java.awt: Second TextArea is not shown

Applet awt is a relatively discarded technology;the newer japplet swing has no longer that large a browser support too

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Why isnt my Java Echo applet working?

Awt componentsare heavy weight;swing occupies less memory space

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What is the difference between Swing and AWT?

The swing library is much more portable than the awt library

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Creating a Frame with MenuBar - Size not recognized by pack(), menubar is being cutoff

Note first there is no combobox item in awt there is jcombobox in swing which is better to use than choice of awt

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Adding an Action listener to a JComboBox

Awt is not mvc based;swing works faster

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What is the difference between Swing and AWT?

Due to swt looks more native than awt swing

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SWT and AWT, what is the difference?

Swing was said that awt is faster than swing as swing uses the platform component but due the arrival of faster processor etc ..

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When you use Frame or JFrame in Java?

A panel has functionality the same as a canvas but swing is more advanced and has better features than awt

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Using Java AWT components

Awt is really out of date people have more experience with swing no days and even javafx

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Control is not going through if statement

The keylistener is an older interface from the awt days the keylistener still ok to use the keylistener with swing but is more of a general listener

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KeyListeners vs Keybindings?

Alternate way is to use awt - which is an older and worse technology than swing and in that case you can t use flowlayout - it puts all the components into one row

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I can't rearrange text in JAVA

Swing occupies less memory space;awt occupies more memory space

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What is the difference between Swing and AWT?

The awt approach seems closer to bare metal but since jdk 6 brought a lot of improvements in swing rendering pipeline i would go the swing java2d approach

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How to effectively render video in Java (AWT??)

Generally swing is more efficient and advanced than awt

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Java Style About JFrame and DefaultCloseOperation

Use swing follow the threading rules which are hardly likely to be more onerous than awt and enjoy

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Must all methods in AWT classes, i.e. non-Swing ones, be called in the EDT?

I mean by light weight i thought maybe the swing components occupy less memory than the awt components

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Swing components are light-weight?

Don t use a keylistener that is old code when using awt;swing has newer and better api s

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NullPointerException when calling getSelectedItem() on an editable JComboBox

Apple recommends using awt s filedialog instead of the swing file chooser because filedialog acts more like the native macos file dialog

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AWT FileDialog filename copy/paste keystrokes?

Awt does not work faster;swing componets are light weight

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What is the difference between Swing and AWT?

I know you re thinking why did i use awt instead of swing but at the moment i am more comfortable with awt

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Add a scrollbar/scrollpane to frame in AWT

Awt is a thin layer of code on top of the os whereas swing is much larger;swing also has very much richer functionality

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What is the difference between Swing and AWT?

That is an old approach when using awt;swing has better api s

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Having trouble understanding JList
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