What is an Explorer view?
An explorer view is a GUI component which can display a Node and (optionally) its child nodes. While Nodes are, by definition, a tree structure, explorer views are much more than just JTrees. Here is a list of the components available: • BeanTreeView – the classic tree view, as seen in the Projects and Files tabs in the IDE • ListView – a JList based node view component – you can see it in the right hand list in • ChoiceView – a ComboBox based explorer view – older versions of the NetBeans IDE used this to display a list of methods in the editor toolbar • ContextTreeView – like a BeanTreeView, but sets its manager’s explorered context. The “master” part of a master-detail component that uses two views. • MenuView – a JMenu view of a Node and its children • TreeTableView – a TreeTable view of a Node and its children, in which the left column of the table is a tree of nodes, and the other columns display/edit a specified set of properties of those nodes • OutlineView – replacement for Tr
