The Abstract Window Toolkit (AWT) is a set of Java classes for building
graphical user interfaces (GUI). The classes are designed to be platform
independent. Each Java VM implementation must map the AWT classes to their
native equivalents for the platform that the Java VM is running on. This
allows a GUI application to be written using the AWT which will run on
any platform that has a Java VM.
The AWT includes classes for :
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windows
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dialogs
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buttons
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list boxes
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combo boxes
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edit boxes
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scroll panes
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printing
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clipboard operations
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mouseless operation
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popup menus
