I'm new to java. I would like to have inside a border some buttons.
I will have that border inside a frame (may be on the left sideof the
frame).
How do I do that?

I have a JComponent, containing some other Components, including a JLabel.
I added a MouseListener to the JComponent. But it does not react when the
mouse is exaclty over the letters of the JLabel inside. Just when the
mouse is next to the letters, the MouseListener reacts. Does ...

I have a swing application that is made up of only one textarea that takes
the size of the window. When I resize it using the window's border, it does
not resize in real-time. It only resizes when I release my finger from the
mouse. Im using BorderLayout for this app.

The following example is extracted from a larger
project.  I have a subclass of JPanel added to the
center of my window, and a BufferedImage which is
displayed on the JPanel.  The panel sits inside a

i am having a problem with jtable which i was unable to solve for a
last couple a days. i think there needs to be much more docs on some
tricky uses of jtable than basic JTable/TableModel usage. so far i
managed to move to the next cell when i press enter (right  hand side,

I never really know what events I'm supposed to be listening for to
detect GUI events.
Besides the one issue with editable combo boxes, is there any real
difference between ActionPerformed and ItemStateChanged Java component

I had a JLabel showing in JPanel, then I draw a line near it.
What I had done is when user click & drag the JLabel, the JLabel will move
to location that user finally release the mouse. And now I dunno how to link
the drawing line to the JLabel so that when user move the JLabel, the ...

My problem is fairly simple (I think):
Is there a component which I can put on a frame which is invisible but which
I can extend from a class for my own and use mouseExit and mouseEnter. I am
using java.awt.* (ie not javax.swing.*) for compatibility with another

Windows XP Home SP1
java version "1.4.1-rc"
Java(TM) 2 Runtime Environment, Standard Edition (build 1.4.1-rc-b19)
Java HotSpot(TM) Client VM (build 1.4.1-rc-b19, mixed mode)

I'm writing some software in Java which requires a complicated gui. As a
result I have to use exact positioning rather than a Layout manager. I am
using the standard java.awt.* (ie not JFrame just Frame) and the latest
version of the Sun J2SDK. My problem is that when I create a ...

Hi there, just wondering, im using 2 classes currently, the one class(open)
has a default declaration, int door = 4;
this int controls how my program reacts, and in the one instance, how it
draws the shape of a door if you hadnt guessed.. I mean, later in my program

I'd like to use Jtable in my JApplet.
I do :
String[] columnNames = {"lala", "toto", "mama" };
String[][] values = {

I just started programming java and I am looking for a free gui builder for
java on linux or windows platforms. Where can I find it.
thanks
Johan

I have a JTable added to a JScrollPane. The JTable shows the contents of a
databasetable. I only want to load the datarows from the database when they
are needed (meaning: when they are in the visible area of the JTable),
because the JTable could show only 10 rows, while the ...

I just started with Java so forgive my asking questions that may have
been answered... I did look via google.
First, I have the main working parts of a java app. Everything works
fine but now I want a nice looking GUI to go with it.