I have JFileChooser set as a Save Dialog, now my problem is everytime
I type in the filename and then change to different filter from the
dropdown menu, the filename is reset to blank again.
How do I go about fixing that by appending the selected filter

i have to realize a table where the header/1st row should be fixed and
the user can scroll over the rest of the rows (row 2 to "infinitiy"
i tried to realize it with a public panel class
the header is a panel itself

Can anyone explain me (or guess on) the motivation for why the Swing
developers decided to let JComponent extend the AWT Container class and
not the AWT Component class?
I find it strange that Swing does not seperate containers from

I met a problem on the GUI. I put a jTabbedPane in a jInternalFrame.
The jInternalFrame is contained at a main Frame. When the main Frame's
size is enlarged, I use jInternalFrame.setMaximize(true) to enlarge
the jInternalFrame. But the jTabbedPane's size is not enlarged with

Does anyone know of a good way of coding a method like this one?
static boolean equalsByProperties( Component c1, Component c2)
All the AWT/Swing controls seem not to override equals(). They thus
revert to Object.equals(). As controls are supposed to be JavaBeans I

Newbie question.
Is there a way to have a popup context menu extended at the bottom
with an attached window capable of holding text and images at the
bottom? The popup would have the ability to provide item actions

I'm developing an application with Swing which contain a JToolbar which in
turn has a number of JButton(s) and JToggleButton(s). My problem is that
these components are being rendered differently on different Java versions,
using the same compiled code.

I'd like to heard your opinion and help on this subject:
I'm building a JTable filled by sql query, the constructor contains the
following lines:

Greetings Group,
I'd like opinions on the use of the ellipses with a properties button.
From the readings I've found, it appears that ellipses are generally
defined to be required when further information is needed before

I would like to learn new language. I have been programming in C and C++
(Visual C++) for 3 years. I don't know which language is better.
I heard from another programmers that Java is slower than C++ but is
more safe... What do you think about it ???

I have a JComboBox displaying Color objects. I wrote a ComboBoxRenderer
that extends JLabel. It sets the label to opaque and sets the background to
the
color and the text to the RGB value. When I drop down the combobox list, it

I made a JTable object named tabel And set one of its columns with
JComboBox as CellEditor. When mouse clicked on the JComboBox cell, code
"table.getSelectedRow()" returns -1, and not return the row number until I
selected one of the JComboBox's items. What Wrong?

Hi to all!
I have the following problem:
I want to import an external CSS-file but the defined color of the
styles are not displayed (always black is taken).

I am trying to debug a JTree. Specifically a particular
DefaultMutableTreeNode is having its userObject property set to null.
What is the easiest way that I can catch the set occuring?
In the case in question I want the root DefaultMutableTreeNode to

I do it like this:
public class CheckBoxCellRenderer extends JCheckBox implements
ListCellRenderer {
 public CheckBoxCellRenderer() {