The Z-order is an order of display. Components that have higher Z-order will overdraw other components. You can change this order by pressing Z-order adjusting buttons in Tool bar.
Creating GUI - 1
You can make your applet or application's GUI rich using existing components
and static images.
This example is "sample-gui-1.ide" in /YOUR_IDE_FOLDER/Samples/.
Deploy above ide file as a server-only application so that no actual network
transaction happen.
The Z-order
The Z-order is an order of display. Components that have higher Z-order will
overdraw other components. You can change this order by pressing Z-order
adjusting buttons in Tool bar.
Rectangle Boxes
It is useful to group components visually into several groups for the
user-convenience. You can do this by placing a Text Label component with blank
text and setting its Z-order lowest and specifying its background color.
Font, size and color
You can place a static text on the background using Text Label component. The
font, size and foreground/background color of Text Label is customizable. It is
a good idea use this component to inform the function of components or their
usages.
Static Image
In many cases, images makes the user interface of a software more friendly. You
can place static images using ImageDisplay component. Set the initial value of
this component as 0(zero) and set the quantity of image 1 and set 'Image 0' to
'0, yourimage.gif(jpg)'.
