I'm doing about box for my program and I don't know why but I actually
thaught that this is going to be easy.
I deceided to go with JInternalFrame and I can't get thing working. First I
created one instance at begining and deceided just to show her when needed.

I am struggling with an app that displays an xml file in a JTree.
Since some of the xml files to be displayed will be created and read
by humans, they will contain some whitespace which is not to be
displayed in the tree view (just when you want to look at the source

Does anybody know why the same Color displays a different shade depending on
whether it's drawn directly to screen or first to an off-screen buffer?
Denny

Why doesnt the code below display two jwindows where i want them? It
just shows both of them on top of each other. If i use JFrames
instead, everything works beautifully...
       JWindow window = new JWindow() ;

Has anyone changed the default behaviour of a JList extending
BasicListUI ? I need to change the selection behaviour of a JList in my
file browsing app. If I click over an empty zone in my JList, the
nearest item gets selected. I don't want this. When I click in an empty

how can i catch / recognize a Windows shutdown - means: a shutdown
signal given by the OS (not by the user)?
I have to save some data before closing the program.
Mybe someone could give me a hint?

I have created a dynamic JTree and I have methods that allow the user to
add and remove nodes, as well as the ability to edit the user object that
I have assigned to each node. What my application is missing, however, is
the ability to move a node up and down within the Tree.

How can one obtain the state of a JCheckbox?  I want to know if it is
checked or unchecked, not when it is clicked.
Thanks
Allan

How can I build a browse menu to select a directory with say JFileChooser? I
know all the methodes that return directory path but the problem is that in
JFileChooser you can't select directory and press confirmation button but
you must select some file in directory. So how do I make ...

I am working on an app that will display an xml file in a JTree. So
far, element and text nodes are both correctly recognized. In fact,
the recognition is too good. THe xml file contains some line feeds
which are interpreted as text nodes are consequently displayed in the

I have an application which provides two menus: one in the top menu bar, the
second one in the left and the bottom of the screen. Of course these two
menus do not have the same look and feels.
Is there a way to customize a menu without interacting with the DefaultUI?

In playing with a Pluggable Look'n'Feel
changer applet/app.
In the process I became consumed with the
concept of resizeable applets, and decided

I'm a real rookie at programming so bear with me as I try to explain
my problem.
I have two classes, ClassA & ClassB. ClassB extends JPanel and ends up
being added to ClassA(the main application). Within ClassB are some

how can i recognize that Windows is shutting down (when i'm logged off)?
Sorry for stupid questions, but i didn't found the right solution!
Greets,
Nico   

I'm using a JTable with data.  I use setRowSelectionInterval(min,max) to
select a certain row. How can I make sure this row is in the screen?
(in case the JTable is in a ScrollPane, and there is more data in the table
than one screen can show);