When using JTree.setEnabled(false); all entries turn into the standard metal
disabled grey.
Is there a way to change this color?
I tried my own item renderer and setting the foreground color of the item

Using the JRE 1.3, and the "copy" button from the Java Console,
on Windows, the copied text goes into the system clipboard.
Afterwards it can be pasted anywhere.
Using JRE 1.4.1 the copied text goes into a file like

I'm using an editable JComboBox to let the user select a word, which is
added to a list when the user selects. The JComboBox sends an
ActionEvent when 1) the user edits and presses ENTER, 2) The user
selects from the dropdown using the mouse or clicking ENTER and 3) When

No, I'm *not* doing a lengthy task/blocking operation on the EDT. But
my Swing GUI still stops repainting.
This is part of a pretty big Swing fat client app that's still being
developed on Java 1.3 because it needed to run on OS/2 boxes. Now we're

i would like to add JLabels to a custom JPanel. But even with the "null layout", JLabel are not drawn at all.
I i remove the line which sets the layout to null, all the JLabels are displayed in "grid" after a resize of the app.
Code to add the JLabel:
                   System.err ...

                I am trying to add an undo listener to a jtable but
could not get it to work. Does anyone know how to add a undo function
to a jtable assuming the default cell editor component is a jtextfield?
A small code sample would be helpful

How do I select a particular tab of a tabbed pane in a dialog that I display
via doClick()?
My main GUI gives my user the option of creating a new Foo, which has a
variety of attributes. I need my user to confirm the values of all of those

I have a routine that makes a bunch of changes to a JTree, and it takes
a few seconds.  The effect is rather distracting, with the tree dancing
about.  Is there any way to turn off the repainting until the changes
are all done, and then repaint in one shot?

Not sure how to do this.
Simple example would be say I have a JTabbedPane with a JPanel object on
it. How do I drop\replace this JPanel to load a newer modified one while
running.?

I hear a lot of talk about UI storyboarding (especially around interview
time), but after 10 years and 7 companies, small to large, I've never seen
any hint of a UI storyboard.
Is this something that academics thought should be part of the process, or

I am trying to determine the best way to find a reference to a specific
component on a GUI.
I have a JFrame called MyFrame. MyFrame invokes a JDialog called MyDialog
and passes a reference to itself to MyDialog so that MyDialog can find out

You can change the foreground text color of a non editable Jcombo box
with:-
myCombo.setForeground(Color.aColor);
or globally in with:-

Hi Java Professionals,
Could anyone tell me how to include a JFrame program in an HTML document. I
know that an applet can be added to an HTML document by using <APPLET
CODE="xyz.class"> tag, but I don't have an idea of how to include a JFrame

I'm having a bit of trouble with JMenu. Depending on certain actions I
will use the JMenuItem.setEnabled() method to enable/disable certain
JMenuItems. However, at times the menu will not be drawn correctly when
I click on it.

How can I request the focus for a specific cell of a table?
This code does not work:
((DefaultTableCellRenderer)table.getCellRenderer(row,column)).requestFocusInWindow()
(returns false)