i'm trying to get some parameters from an html Form (radio buttons) to use
in my java applet class. I need these parameters to call some methods of a
java class in the applet one to update an animation. Do you know how i can
obtain them?

Does anyone know how to make the tabs of a JTabbedPane appear vertically?  I
can get them onto the side by sett the tab placement to LEFT, but they are
still appearing horizontally.
Thanks,

Hello Java-GUI-Developers,
did anyone ever try to develop a Java GUI conforming with Sun's "Java
Look and Feel Design Guidelines"? I receive the impression this is a
hard job. I tried to implement a layout with two radiobuttons with the

I have a nagging issue with my application icon on WinXP that I was
hoping someone has dealt with before.I have two .png versions of my
application's icon: a 16x16 and a 32x32. I have tried passing each of
them to JFrame.setIconImage().

I am writing an application which requires data entry and in which
rapid navigation to particular screen areas of text entry is desired.
I'm making use of SWT for the front end.  Ideally, the user would type
ALT-<key> and the focus would be transferred to a text field within the

I am writing a swing application that reads xml files and displays xml
source and transformed html in two JEditorPanes, both inside JScrollPanes.
When the file loads, by default the view of the source gets scrolled down
to the bottom. I'm trying to set the scrollbar position at the ...

I try to accept a native drop from eg MS Outlook or the CardScan business
card scanning application.
But my problem is that I can only choose between a multitude of text/plain
flavors and (in the case of the cardscan app) an image type.

I've got a JToggleButton (always visible) and I'm using its
actionlistener to popup a JPopupMenu. The JButton then listens for the
JPopupMenu's popupMenuWillBecomeInvisible() event so that it can reset
itself when the menu disappears. This works fine, except if the user

I have a JMenuBar, on a JPanel, which is in the contenPane of a
JInternalFrame.
However, I cannot get this JMenuBar to merge with the JDesktop's JMenu bar
when the given JInternalFrame is selected.

I am having a hard time replacing the content of a JPanel by another
one. Can't seem to see the JPanel that replaces the older JPanel within
a JTabbedPane. I am dynamically building a JPanel based on different
data requirements. Not sure what I am doing wrong. .updateUI() does ...

I've seen it done but haven't been able to find anything in the
documentation.  When you open the nodes in a JTree, rather than listing
just files, there are checkboxes.
Would anyone know how this is done?

 I'm new to Java gui and don't know how to fix this problem.  The
problem is that jLabel18 only display on the last line.  Based on the
code, it should be on every line.  Thank you for your time.
Regards,

Hi friends:
Can I change positions x and y of jInternalFrame when this is iconifiable
(minimize)?
I want that jInternalFrame has same position when it's in normal state and

I have seen mention of this with old versions of Java, but can't seem
to find a definitive answer.
I am using Java 1.4.2 I have a JSplitPane with a tree built with
DefaultMutableNodes on the left, and a Map on the right, both within

Hallo, ich möchte in einem Feld(?)/JComboBox die Einträge so gestalten, dass
quasi nocheinmal eine Verzweigung aufgerufen werden kann.
Etwa so wie es bei den Menüs mit dem Submenü ist.
Nur ein Menü kann ich nicht auf einen Button oder sowas legen und daher