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Swing introduced a mechanism that allowed the [[look and feel]] of every component in an application to be altered without making substantial changes to the application code. The introduction of support for a [[pluggable look and feel]] allows Swing components to emulate the appearance of native components while still retaining the benefits of platform independence.

Originally distributed as a separately downloadable library, Swing has been included as part of the [[Java Platform, Standard Edition|Java Standard Edition]] since release 1.2.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.sun.com/smi/Press/sunflash/1998-12/sunflash.981208.9.xml |title=SUN DELIVERS NEXT VERSION OF THE JAVA PLATFORM |date=August 2007 |publisher=[[Sun Microsystems]] |quote=''The Java Foundation Classes are now core to the Java 2 platform and includes:The Project Swing set of GUI components, Drag & Drop, Java 2D API which provides new 2D and AWT graphics capabilities as well as printing support, The Java look and feel interface, A new Accessibility API '' |access-date=2012-01-08 |url-status=unfit |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070816170028/http://www.sun.com/smi/Press/sunflash/1998-12/sunflash.981208.9.xml |archive-date=August 16, 2007 }}</ref> The Swing classes and components are contained in the {{Javadoc|module=java.desktop|package=javax.swing|monotype=y}} [[Java package|package]] hierarchy.

Development of Swing's successor, [[JavaFX]], started in 2005, and it was officially introduced two years later at JavaOne 2007.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://jaxenter.com/jdk-11-javafx-separate-module-142186.html|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190326211553/https://jaxenter.com/jdk-11-javafx-separate-module-142186.html|archive-date=2019-03-26|title=JDK 11 update: JavaFX will be decoupled from the JDK|date=March 8, 2018 |author=Gabriela Motroc}}</ref> JavaFX was open-sourced in 2011 and, in 2012, it became part of the Oracle JDK download. JavaFX is replacing Swing owing to several advantages, including being more lightweight, having [[Cascading Style Sheets|CSS]] styling, sleek design controls, and the use of [[FXML]] and Scene Builder.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://opensourceforu.com/2017/07/developing-basic-gui-application-using-javafx-eclipse/|title=Developing a basic GUI application using JavaFX in Eclipse|date=July 2017 }}</ref> In 2018, JavaFX was made a part of the OpenJDK under the OpenJFX project to increase the pace of its development.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://blogs.oracle.com/java-platform-group/the-future-of-javafx-and-other-java-client-roadmap-updates|title=The Future of JavaFX and Other Java Client Roadmap Updates|last=Smith|first=Donald|date=March 7, 2018}}</ref>