I have an application that needs to change the default textHighlight
color.
The following line works wonderfully on windows and I could swear it
used to work wonderfully on os x until a java software update or 3

i'm writing an application using UIManager and metal theme.
I'd like to use a bitmap to have a custom scrollbar thumb, but how can i do it ?
My poor solution now is duplicate all the original classes related with
javax.swing.plaf.metal, put them in a separate package and do some ...

Does "java apis for gui development(swing and awt)" for Windows use
the underlying windows api at its core ?
As I read it that
a)it is completely impossible to avoid the "standard windows look and

  I'm using the Common Components lib from http://common.l2fprod.com/ 
in my app. This lib is licensed under the Apache License. I'd like to
know which are the implications of importing this jar in my app. Can I
still license my app under the GPL or the LGPL ? I've read they are

Here is the proof that you can produce nice and responsive
GUIs in Java (even in old good AWT).
Check out these screenshots and tell me what you think:
http://www.wdsoftware.com/en/screenshots/fnpro_win_015.png

The final bit of code in HelloWorldSwing--and in all of our examples--looks
like this:
javax.swing.SwingUtilities.invokeLater(new Runnable() {
   public void run() {

I'D like to implement a JSpinner, that allows to select hours only.
I'm follwoing the example in the java alamanac
(http://javaalmanac.com/egs/javax.swing/spinner_SpinnerHour.html).
The only problem remaining is that the first time the spinner shows up

I'd like to store and retrieve page settings in my application as a
convenience for my users, and the code I wrote works for portrait, but
something weird happens when the user selects landscape.
Suppose I start with the default page dialog and change it to landscape in

  I'm trying to make my own round border for a JPanel, but I can't get
it work right. I don't want to subclass JPanel and rewrite its
paintComponent() and paintBorder() methods. Here is the border:
public class OvalBorder extends AbstractBorder {

Sorry i have a problem.
I don't know the java language but i must create a grid Of button witch
random Values, and when i clicked on one button i must change the internal
values.

Here is my question: we need to do the same thing as
java.awt.Dialog.show() does. Basically, upon show() is called in a
Dialog, it blocks the current thread, but it still keeps the
eventDispatchThread responsive, so that the dialog still responds to

I have some menu-items in Java, they are "checked" menu-items... I want to
change that "check tick" in front of the menu items to other bitmap icon to
display some fancy bitmaps in front of the menu items...
HOw can I do that in Java? Which class in AWT does this menu-item belong ...

If this is not appropriate for this newsgroup I apologize in advance, please
direct me to the appropriate group...
I have created a canvas object and set it as the current displayable in the
current display.  The command listner is the class that I created and called

I have a simple application (just shows a JFrame with size set to
400,400) that I am trying to execute.  It works fine on my machine
here in the US.  But I also have a machine in Japan (running Windows
2000 Server) where the application does not run, it hangs on the

I'm using a dialog which is inherited from Dialog->JDialog->MyDialog.
JDialog has IHMO three great shortcummings:
1. It is not possible to set an icon
2. They are not included in the window list of the Windows 2000