I wonder whether it is possible to retrieve
a Component from a JPanel (which has a BorderLayout)
and know where it is situated (NORTH, SOUTH, EAST, ..).
I have searched the docs without results. What I

Would like my JTable to have a bit of space between certain (not all)
columns. This is to divide up the table columns visually into several
"groups". Say columns 0, 1 and 2 together as per usual with no additional
space in between them. Then some space between columns 2 and 3, so ...

I am relatively new to Java. I want to have 2 progress bars one below
the other.
I have managed to display one progress bar, But How do I place and
display the second progress bar below the first one?

I'm having some problems with a start up/splash window (see example
below).
I ant to use a border less window, therefore I'M not using JFrame for
that. With Jframe it works perfectly.

Hello, other than usenet are there any other good java forums for user
interfaces?
Kevin.

Hello, I'm writing an app for a pda and I want a horizontal scrollbar on my
JTable.
I can get a vertical scrollbar by default in the following code but can't
see how to get a horizontal one.

I know how to copy an image from one area of the screen to another, and I
know how to copy an image from an offscreen Image buffer to the screen, but
I don't know how to copy an image from the screen to an offscreen buffer.
Thanks for any help.

I made a jTable and add columns to it. One column is a checkbox column. I
made an editor and a renderer to it, but it doesn't work very well.
If I check in the checkbox in the last row and then click to an other cell
then all checkbox will be checked in.

Hi,
I hava a jtable with custom controls and there are two kinds of custom
controls. One is derived from jtextfield and the other one derives
from a panel with a textfield and a button on it.

Can you please advise as to why the JScrollPane returned from the following method
will not scroll?
I have tried numerous combinations of Layouts, of this and its containing
JFrame/JPanel.

Foam is an easy-to-use Java GUI development system, featuring
simplified GUI building without traditional layout headaches. Foam
separates GUI designs from Java code.
No more GridBagLayout... With Foam you have easy design and

I am looking for a good Java GUI designer that allows for the easy
creation of Swing based UI's. If possible, I'd like to find a few free
ones as I simply don't have the money to purchase one right now (I
seriously considered Foam but can't even afford the $200 atm). Can

Heya.
Does anyone know of an example of a subclassed JEditorPane?
I'd like to see if I can expand it to support inlined applets, amongst
other things.

I'm quite new to java, being half way through a one year masters
course in IT.  However, part of the course is an option to develop
some kind of application that people might want to use.
Here is my proposal.  Do you think it can be done?  Are there examples

I am trying to implement a drag&drop kind of scheme so that instead of just
clicking on a button, the user can drag the button into a specified area.
Does anyone know how to do this or which java classes can be used for this?
Any help would be greatly appreciated.