The Java Beans view

The Java Beans view of the visual editor for Java shows a tree view of the components, events, and listeners used by the Java class that you are composing. You can use this view to work with the components.

By default, the Java Beans view is automatically opened each time the visual editor for Java is launched, unless you have changed your preferences.
Java Beans view

The following are key features of the Java Beans view:

Note: A special part called this is shown on the Java Beans view to represent the instance of the class itself that is being composed. You cannot delete the this element.

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