Does anybody have a code example for creating
a gradient in JDK 1.1?
In my little card game applet I want the rectangle
playfield to appear as if it's been etched into

I want to enable a button if 2 textComponents (a JTextArea and a
JTextField) both contain some text.  But if either becomes empty I
want to disable the button.
What kind of listener should I use for this?

I'm relatively new to Java so my apologies if this seems a dumb
question.
I have a JDesktopFrame and JInternalFrame setup (MDI). I'm creating
windows fine and dandy all over the shop and putting interface / code

I'm writing something akin to the junit gui that shows each step of
the test passing as it goes.  However, the JLabel that shows the
results refuses to repaint itself until the test has completely
finished.  I tried calling invalidate() and repaint() on the JLabel

i am trying to use the JFileChooser for a save dialog box and i was
wondering if there is anyway to remove that annoying "File Name" field that
isn't doing anything but telling you the path name of any file you click on
in the directory...does anyone know a way around this or a ...

I am trying to implement the following behaviour on a JTable: when mouse is
over a row, the row's background color should change.
I am using custom renderers for all the columns, so i am changing the color
of background in these controls manually.

i'm wondering if there is a way to perform an action from a jtable when
a list item is double-clicked, not just changed.  would i just add an
action listener to the jtable?  or would i add a ListSelectionListener
to the ListSelectionModel?  any help would be appreciated.

         I was recently trying to make a UI which looked like the Microsoft
Word's font chooser Essentially, the
user starts with a jcombobox that has only one item in it stating the
current color. When the user clicks on the choice, a panel opens up, in

Does it exist embedded GUI API (free or not) written in Java (like MIDP
lcdui package but a little more advanced (but not windowed))?
Thanks,
Alain Houelle

I am thinking about using JAI for scientific visualization software. I am
looking for info & pointers about using JAI.. I would be happy to get in
touch with developpers who used JAI for production software and collect
their advices.

I need to control the Foreground , Background colors of the Scroll Bar of a
JComboBox component?
I know how to do it if I can get a references to the JComboBox's JScrollBar.
However, I tried looking in the JComboBox's Components for a JScrollBar

I've searched for this, I really have.
How (in Swing) would one implement a really complex
display area. I'm thinking of something like Adobe
Illustrator, or a CAD package.

I have a problem. I made a java applet in JBuilder. When testing it
using the applet viewer, the applet is functioning well. When I view
the applet in a HTML file, the applet is functioning (since I can see
output in the console window), but the GUI is not showing.

I am working on a JTable interface where I would like an entire row to
be selected when a single cell is clicked.  Currently when I click on
a cell in any given row it turns all the cells blue with the exception
of the one my mouse has clicked on.  What I want it to do is have the

I would like to set a custom icon next to a special node (for example,
a node that shows an exclaimation mark to show the status of this
node) in my JTree.
How can I go about doing that?