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Flow layout problem	25 Jun 2004 22:44 GMT	4
Hi, I have what I think is a relitavely simple problem: I have a bigger application with multiple JPanels etc but have scaled it down for the example below... When I resize the window so that it is too small to fit all the buttons on
Will someone sell a GUI book to me?	25 Jun 2004 17:33 GMT	2
I need a good book on Java GUI, and I have found "Java Swing, 2nd edition" to be the best choice. The Amazon price is right, where I can buy a used book for only $11. Unfortunately, they won't do shipment to my country (Yugoslavia). So I was wondering if anyone would be willing
Pressed Button Illusion	25 Jun 2004 10:42 GMT	1
I created a Button class with rounded edges that extends the JButton class with overriding the paintComponent() method using the fillRoundRect(....) method etc. Thanks all the guys for help in my last message.
Buttons with rounded edges	25 Jun 2004 07:59 GMT	6
How can i make a JButton Object to have rounded edges. Have anyone a simple example?
TreeModel and filesystem	24 Jun 2004 23:26 GMT	1
I'm using a TreeModel to represent a filesystem directory tree for presentation by a JTree. The first level of the directory appears fine, but when I click on any of the little triangles to expand a subdirectory, I get an exception,
HTML on jdk 1.1 need help	24 Jun 2004 19:25 GMT	1
Hi, All! Whether instead of somebody knows of components for display or editing html on jdk 1.1? I need a component vith a minimum size. Thakns!
consuming mouse events	24 Jun 2004 13:02 GMT	8
Given the documentation: A MouseEvent object is passed to every MouseListener or MouseAdapter object which registered to receive the "interesting" mouse events using the component's addMouseListener method. (MouseAdapter objects
drawing a circle	24 Jun 2004 07:41 GMT	3
my aim is to write a class that handles the following problem: - it should draw a small coloured circle on a canvas - one should be able to switch it off/on at runtime - one should be able to change the colour at runtime
JList not behaving properly	24 Jun 2004 04:58 GMT	2
I have quite a peculiar problem: There is a JList that uses a DefaultListModel to hold the elements. There is only one element in the JList at present. I have registered a ListSelectionListener on the JList. The valueChanged method displays a
use my own panel in netbeans	23 Jun 2004 23:20 GMT	1
could anyone help me? I created class extending JPanel - added some content ... now i'd like to add it to my application window - by "clicking" in netbeans. But when i try to add it to pallete with other components and it says "class cannot be
java gui	23 Jun 2004 21:12 GMT	3
I am developing on Java after doing C++ for a while and I wish I could find a free drag and drop GUI builder just like either C++ Builder or Visual C++. I don't suppose there is one ?
JCheckBox.setEditable( false ) ?	23 Jun 2004 13:43 GMT	5
I use some checkboxes to signal boolean values from a read only model to the user. Unlike textfields have no method to set them in a non editable state, just disabled. But this gray out the text, which is not may desired behaviour.
JComponent HTML: <html><img src="???"></html>	23 Jun 2004 12:30 GMT	3
I can get this to work: <html><img src=\"file:icons/xbar.png\"></html>" but understandably this fails after jar-ing up. This is for JTable header cells.
How can I fire an event ?	23 Jun 2004 09:36 GMT	5
Th tutorial is full of places where it teach you how to trap an event, but how can I fire an event ? For example, when clicking on a button I'd like to fire a CloseWindow event, in such a way that the associated listener is subsequently
custom component painting	23 Jun 2004 04:06 GMT	6
I'm very confused. I've been trying (with the help of Manning's Swing book) to create a custom component which controls its own painting. As I understand it, the steps are: 1) create a subclass which extends JComponent