I am trying to use a JFrame's JLayeredPane to put a simple line
drawing behind an array of components. The drawing should be seen
through the components, and when someone clicks on a component,
another drawing will appear in front of the background line drawing.

How can I set system font by using Java? For example, on Windows XP, there
is a ClearType setting, on Redhat Linux, there is also "Best Shape",
"ClearType" settings. How can I set these settings using Java?
Thanks a lot,

Dear folks,
How to auto -hide a window, then when the mouse move over a certain very
slim region, the window gradually move out and show. How can I implement
this on Linux  and Windows XP using Java?

Is there a built-in inactivity timer, e.g. something that triggers an
Event after X seconds of user inactivity, or that simply tells you how
long ago the user last moved the mouse, hit a key etc.
It would be a bear to instrument an entire app at a high level.

I have a JPanel subclass to which I add a regular JPanel. The JPanel I
add has a tooltip. After this tooltip appears and disappears, the area
occupied by the tooltip is not redrawn correctly.
My subclass of JPanel has a custom paintComponent() method that draws

   I have a matrix (normalized [0,1]) that I would like to display as an
image (similar to matlabs imagesc( )).  I am able to load it into a buffered
image and display it but it only displays in grayscale. I would like to
provide a colormap to it so that it mimics matlabs 'jet' ...

I have a Polygon object I would like to draw using a Graphics2D object.
I would like to set both the x and y locations of the polygon and its
rotation around its center. How can I do this. I've been playing with
AffineTransform but I'm getting nowhere.

Can I format a Choice() component using css?
If yes, how can this be done.
If no, what properties can be set within the applet code?
Thanks

Before anything, I am a newbie in Java (I worked in C++)
I want to set the size and pos of Dialog Window
and then
I want to set the size and pos of each JComonent inside Dialog Window

I search for some possibility to activate MacOS LAF under windows.
Any hints are welcome!

I want drawRect with 2 pixels width. How?
 public void paint(Graphics g) {
   // I want drawRect with 2 pixels width. How?
   g.setColor(Color.ORANGE);

Hi, folks,
I am trying to use the JAI sample code(in JAI tutorial) SFOViewer.java...
but it does not compile on my PC: the error message goes like this:
SFOViewer.java:51: cannot resolve symbol

I need to display some ClearType text in a static text field of a GUI window
using Java AWT. I heard that Java 2D itself currently does not support
ClearType sub-pixel technology. I am wondering if AWT can render font using
OS's global font setting, for instance, on Windows XP, the ...

I want to create a month component with this form:
----January----
S  M  T  W  T  F  S
  1  2  3  4  5  6

I have a simple question. I would like to enable tooltip text on a JPanel in
a JScollPane. I have
overridden getToolTipText but it is not called when I leave the mouse over
the scroll pane and