Java tutorial
import java.awt.Container; import java.awt.GridLayout; import java.awt.event.ActionEvent; import java.awt.event.ActionListener; import java.awt.event.KeyEvent; import javax.swing.Icon; import javax.swing.ImageIcon; import javax.swing.JButton; import javax.swing.JFrame; import javax.swing.JRootPane; public class ActionButtonSample { public static void main(String args[]) { JFrame frame = new JFrame("DefaultButton"); frame.setDefaultCloseOperation(JFrame.EXIT_ON_CLOSE); ActionListener actionListener = new ActionListener() { public void actionPerformed(ActionEvent actionEvent) { String command = actionEvent.getActionCommand(); System.out.println("Selected: " + command); } }; Container content = frame.getContentPane(); content.setLayout(new GridLayout(2, 2)); JButton button1 = new JButton("Text Button"); button1.setMnemonic(KeyEvent.VK_B); button1.setActionCommand("First"); button1.addActionListener(actionListener); content.add(button1); Icon warnIcon = new ImageIcon("Warn.gif"); JButton button2 = new JButton(warnIcon); button2.setActionCommand("Second"); button2.addActionListener(actionListener); content.add(button2); JButton button3 = new JButton("Warning", warnIcon); button3.setActionCommand("Third"); button3.addActionListener(actionListener); content.add(button3); String htmlButton = "<html><sup>HTML</sup> <sub><em>Button</em></sub><br>" + "<font color=\"#FF0080\"><u>Multi-line</u></font>"; JButton button4 = new JButton(htmlButton); button4.setActionCommand("Fourth"); button4.addActionListener(actionListener); content.add(button4); JRootPane rootPane = frame.getRootPane(); rootPane.setDefaultButton(button2); frame.setSize(300, 200); frame.setVisible(true); } }