I have a JTabbedPane and add tabs using a vertical tab placement policy
[e.g., jtabpane.setTabPlacement(SwingConstants.RIGHT);]
Unfortunately, as I add tabs (e.g., jtabpane.addTab(tabName, component)), it
centers the tab name in the middle of tab.  I'd like to control this and

I had this some time ago, but I didn't have the time. What is the best
way to accomplish allowing only certain characters to be entered in a
text field?
I remember having read about something subclassing Document, the text

It isn't critical for me, but nice to have. I noticed that if I have
empty table, no records in it, then I can't drop items in it if I drag
something over header, or empty body. As only a record added in the
table, I can drop in it. Is there a simple way to be able to drop on

Friends,
I'm looking for a way to change the ROW height of a JTable / Model
I don't need a renderer to do this do I?
Thanks for any help.

I've developing a GUI application in Java and would like to
attach some standard icons next to my buttons (File, Save,
Open, Cancel, Delete, etc.)   Where is the best place to
go on the web for a decent icon library?

 The Richmond Post announced the nominations for the "XUL Motor of
the Year 2003" award today.
 The line-up includes:
 * Mozilla XUL

I have JDesktop containing one or more JInternalFrames. Each of these
frames contains a JScrollPane which in turn contains a JTable, each
with its own tableModel. I wish to add a row to the table in the
currently selected frame. How do I recover the tableModel to do this?

I am having difficulty creating a user interface. There is a problem with
code below in that when it is compiled and run the CardLayout panel is
empty due to the face that the only card described is empty (I think).
I know that I am using a combination of Swing and awt.

I"m trying to create a column of buttons that have equal width and with each
button having preferred height.  Below is an example I modified slightly
from a 1999 comp.lang.java.programmer post.  I could use
JComponent.setMaximumSize on each button, but that seems like too much work

  I'm building a component with a JList that lists the JPG files
in a directory as thumbnails. The problem is that I have to
resize them and this is very slow, cpu and memory consuming. This is
the code for the listcellrenderer I'm using:

I am developping a small swing app with database connection, where you
can add- remove records and the usual stuff.
I got 2 classees : one controller and human-interface (actually, she
holds the frame, buttons ...) -> HIM