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  1. 04-22-2012, 07:03 AM #1
    Bestsanchez
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    Default Content pane vs. JPanel?

    I'll be honest I have limited knowledge of swing, but when I was looking at code snippets online to get me on the right track for my hangman game I saw a lot of 'frame.getContentPane()'. I never understood the point of it because I completed my game successfully by just making a JFrame and putting a bunch of JPanels in it. So out of curiosity, what is the point of it?
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    Default Re: Content pane vs. JPanel?

    See Using Top-Level Containers (The Java™ Tutorials > Creating a GUI With JFC/Swing > Using Swing Components)
    Also note the API for JFrame...
    As a conveniance add and its variants, remove and setLayout have been overridden to forward to the contentPane as necessary.
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