I want to make a JFrame AlwaysStayOnTop.
My Java is of version 1.4.
Are there any simple methods to be used?
What about version 5?

Though I've done the usual "web search" and found jFreeChart, jCharts,
and PlotPackage, I thought I'd post here in case I've missed any
options for a simple, free two axis XY plotting package/class.
jFreeChart is overkill ... the other two look like possibilities.

JTable column width resizing woe
If I put JTables in JScrollPanes, column width resizing does work
as expected. But if JTables are simply put in simpler containers
like JPanels, resizing behavior is quite abnormal. What could be

I am using netbeans and I want to know if there is a new group for netbeans.
Something like news.netbeans.org. Is there a newsgroup for netbeans ?
Johan

As part of a current Uni assignment I am required to write a
customised Look and Feel(LAF) and implement it in a java app. So far I
have taken an existing LAF and *cough* modified it by renaming all the
class instances and package paths to a package I have created for it.

I just want to load a txt file and then send a content to the printer
without loading it to the JTextArea for example. So only from file to the
printer !!
thanks

I am stuck in a small sample program using gridbaglayouts.  In one of
my current program assignments i created some GUI forms with a basic
panel then a couple of subpanels for the fields.  The Top level panel i
made Borderlayout then inserted the other two panels in the north and

I want to be able to resize a font that is used within my styled JTextPane
so that it grows both horizontally and vertically when the form resizes.
I have the code to rescale the font (posted below), and that can be applied
to a label which works fine.

I need to put a little jazz into my swing gui. I would like to
represent running/inactive processes via some sort of animated
component. Ideally I'd like a green arrow that swirls around for the
active ones and a motionless red cross to indicate inactive ones.

Hi, I am writing a program which should include a "previewing system"
before the printing job. What I have to preview in only formatted text,
and the text editors included in the JVM would be fine if only the text
could be justified ; I only need :

I have a JEditorPane (or a similar class).
It is readonly. I want to select the words when I clicked on them. Or,
after waiting for some time on a word, it will be selected
automatically.

i have a class that extends a JFrame.

Now for the problem..
With Task manager up and watching this java process:

How does focus work in Java? Is it the last component made, that as
standard gets focus, when your JFrame is painted?
And how can I set focus on my JFrame, instead of as it is now my JButton?
When I write

i'm trying to do image filtering for an Icon that is bundled with the
JRE such as the javax.swing.plaf.metal.MetalIconFactory.TreeFolderIcon
(in order to change icon colour or scale icons). my problem is that is
that i can't figure out how to create an ImageProducer source for ...

I have a JEditorPane.
It is filled up with appended lines programmatically.
When the total number of lines gets larger, the pane
starts scrolling, and it remains at the very last line.