i want to use tooltips with a jtable. I have successfully tried with
setToolTipText in the method getTableCellRendererComponent() in the
TableCellRenderer. But on every repaint of the jtable the method
getTableCellRenderer() sets all the tooltip texts. This is bad because

How can I change the color of the selected text in a JComboBox component?
John

I can't get the hang of these JTabbedPane's but they are what I need.
If I wanted a program that looked like below, what would be the code?
The program should look the same under every tab, it should have the
same layout on every tab, but ofcouse contain different info, in other

Is there any way to preset column width in pixels wihtout disabling
auto resize in JTable?
Here is my situation:
1. The first column of the table needs to be preset to 30 pixels.

How do I change the L&F of the JavaHelp window? Simply calling
UIManager.setLookAndFeel(aLaF) doesn't work. (Why?)
Many thanks,
/ulf

I'm looking for a simple widget (JTextArea, JEditPane, etc) that supports
very simple stylistic changes, like multiple fonts, multiple styles, along
with a right-click popup menu to implement these features. It would also
have some support for serialization. I could write one in ...

I've searched the archives but I haven't found anything particular
dealing with this issue.
I want to set mnemonics for the buttons representing custom supplied
options when creating a JOptionPane, like:

how can i define public variables using netbeans bcoz it doesn't allow to
add variable at the portion of code where we initialize all the variables.
actually i want to create nodes for JTree. and i want to a.s them
dynamically so i need those variables in one function. so i want to ...

I am new to Java Swing.  I have a JList which displays a list of
JLabels.  The JLabels each contain text and an image icon.  Is there a
way to detect when a user clicks on the image icon vs. the text of the
JLabel?

Hi List,
I am hoping to get some advice on how to do this most efficiently.
I have a swing program wich has one JFrame "mainframe".  I also have
several JPanels each with JButtons, text and images on them.

Is there a way to specify that a JCombox show all its items when the
pulldown is active? The combobox I am working with has 14 items which
are shown about 7 at a time. Is there a way for all the items to appear?
Thanks - Lou

I've got a small problem concerning scrollable JTextPanes. How can it be
achieved that when the rows in the texpane exceed the textpane size, the
textpane shows the latest entry?
Example:

i need to submit my work tonight so please help me.
i have jpanel class that on him i am painting.is name AnimatedPanel.
and i have jpanel class with jscrollbar .his name MainPanel.
on the scrollbar i put the AnimatedPanel class.

 I am trying to create timefield using JSpinner similar to TimeField in
Date/Time Properties dialog in Microsoft Windows. Here is the code i have
written
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Hi, i am not sure how to describe this, so i will give an example of
what i am trying to do:
Name  Descr   Price  Name  Descr   Price
XXX   XXXX    10     WWW   TTTT    12