📝 Java Notepad Clone

A fully functional Notepad application built from scratch using Java Swing & OOP principles — inspired by Windows Notepad. Made with ❤️ and weak hands 😄

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📸 Screenshots

App	Preview
Notepad Clone

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✨ Features

Feature	Status
New File	✅
Open File	✅
Save File	✅
Save As	✅
Cut / Copy / Paste	✅
Select All	✅
Scrollable Text Area	✅
File Chooser Dialog	✅
Custom Title Bar	✅

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🧠 Concepts Applied

Concept	How It's Used
OOP	Constructor builds entire GUI
JTextArea	Main text editing area
JScrollPane	Wraps textArea for scrolling
JMenuBar	Top menu bar
JMenu	File & Edit menus
JMenuItem	Individual menu options
JFileChooser	Open & Save file dialogs
Modularity	createMenu() as separate method
ActionListener	Handles all menu click events

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🗂️ What's Inside

File	Description
NotePad.java	Complete Notepad clone with File & Edit menus

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🚀 How to Run

1. Make sure JDK 8+ is installed
2. Clone the repo:

   git clone https://github.com/laibaazeem3250-ship-it/java-notepad-clone.git

3. Open in Eclipse IDE
4. Run NotePad.java
5. Start typing — try File → Save! 🖊️

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💡 App Architecture

NotePad (JFrame) ├── JMenuBar | | | | | | │ ├── JMenu (File) | | | | | | │ │ ├── New │ │ ├── Open │ │ ├── Save │ │ ├── Save As │ │ └── Exit | | | | | | │ └── JMenu (Edit) │ ├── Cut │ ├── Copy │ ├── Paste │ └── Select All | | | └── JScrollPane | | └── JTextArea (main editor)

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📅 Progress Log

Date	What I Built
April 7, 2026	Full Notepad clone with File & Edit menus

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🛠️ Tech Stack

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🙋‍♀️ Author

Laiba Azeem
🎓 CS Student | Building real apps while still learning 💪
"Lagayen gy tou seekhey gy" — My Professor 😄