I've got a question about applying borders to Swing components.  I'd
like to apply an etched border to only the top side of a JPanel.  I've
searched the web and the JDK 5.0 Javadocs to no avail.  Any help would
be greatly appreciated.

Do you know of a GNU GPL-licenced Java component, class or function
that converts RTF to HTML?
Thanks, Dan

In my GUI application, I have a JTextArea. I type the following
testone
testtwo
Now I do a getText() but I want to get rid of the newline between

Hi experts,
I am working with JTables containing (left aligned) columns. I would
like to introduce a uniform left-padding for all cells (say single
space, or 3 pixels) so that the text in each doesn't appear too close

Hi thanks for taking the time to read this.
I am using a JFrame with multiple objects (buttons, Jtree, JTables,
Scrollpanes, etc) and I want to be able to make them react
appropriately when ComponentListener's componentResized is called.

I need to find out the mouse coordinates within a JTree's item. I use my own
ItemRenderer.
The aim is to draw a line above, below or through the item on which the
mouse cursor actually rests.

Why aren't there setName, setSize, setStyle methods in Font class?
Is one suppose to create a new Font object everytime instead?

Using GridBagLayout, the width of a JComboBox expands when it is set to
editable.
I have the following layout (where b is the JComboBox).
+------------------------------------+

For GridLayout, when i set panel.setPreferredSize(new Dimension(0, 0)),
I found that using it gave me the desired layout that looks like the
following:
+------------------+

at the end of my post is an example where I try to consume() the mouse
event, when the click in a button is in the right part of it. When the
click is in the left part, nothing is done and the button shall get pressed.
However, it does not work. Can anybody give me some advice ...

Hello,
I just wrote a simple Java 2D based component to display
geometrical entities. On some off them I want to display a tooltip.
In the Tcl/Tk canvas I would bind the mouse enter event for the

I want to simply read a file which has tab delimited data (each row
will have the same number of columns).
I have the following code but it does not work.
Can someone please help,

Hi. I would like to have all the area of JTable filled with lines, not
only the area with added rows. Is this possible, and if so - how to do
that? Thanks.
LobiX

Hi thanks for trying to help.
Im trying to create a JPanel that contains a RenderedImage, that can be
added to a JFrame.
I extended the JPanel class to be able to "draw" the Image that I pass

 I was hoping someone might provide me with some clues as to what
might be happening. I have a label which acts as a clock and when the
user moves his mouse over it the date will show up in a tool tip. The
label class that shows the clock is extended from JLabel and is an