We have been using some IBM "easyswing" gui components (such as
BoundJTextField, BoundJRadioButton,  BoundButtonGroup etc) from the
VisualAge days. These were last supported by IBM at the jdk 1.2.2 level
and are no longer supported. Since we don't have the source and can't

 This code will make my whole problem doesn't paint the UI when it
start. If i remove the setPreferredSize, everything become ok. Is it a
bug? I am using jdk1.5
public class PFSDefaultTreeCellRenderer extends JPanel implements

When switching L&F in my application, I noticed that the
updateComponentTreeUI() call results in my JToolBar to loose its
rollover (flat) style. I thought I could fix this by subclassing the
JToolBar and setting the rollover style upon every updateUI() call:

I implemented my own Class extending JComponent and set the layout to
new Flowlayout(FlowLayout.LEADING,indentX,indentY in the constructor.
also i have overwritten paintBorder(Graphics g for painting a
surrounding rectangle and <code>paintComponent(Graphics g) to fill my

import javax.swing.*;
import java.awt.*;
import java.awt.event.*;
public class TestApp extends JFrame{

Hi, This is kind of a newbe question.
I am building a swing application that will monitor a message queue.
What I want to do is run the monitor in a separate task and have it
send updates to the gui components.

hello every body here is my reguirement
i want to display my jtable rows as two different colors ,if one row
coloured another should not this is possible in java swings?
and one doubt is there if it is possible to display in terms lines in

 I tried to make the headers of my table bold (the first and
 the last four lines of the following listing are context, it
 happens in the inner four lines).
table = new javax.swing.JTable( taskModel );

 So my idea was to add a leftmost column to the table and use
 this as the row header.
 The column header of this leftmost column is the leftmost
 topmost element of the display; and I want to use it to show

I'm writing an application which maintains html image galleries. I've got a
JTable which has a custom TableModel. Each row in the TableModel has an
image icon, a file name and a description. These three things are kept in a
little struct-like class called ImageInfo. The tableModel ...

I am using Action (AbstractAction specialization) for adding handlers to
my JMenuBar and JToolBar widgets. However, it seems impossible to have
name (of the Actions) shown in the menu and not in the toolbar buttons.
Can I subclass JToolBar or something similar, to ensure that the ...

I'm searching a way to make a Applet running in full fullscreen on
MacosX. Including no menubar in top.
any idea ?

let's say that i have a JTextField and a JSlider which enable the user to view the same number in different ways. I can't find a good way to synchronize both of the components.
Right now, i'm using property change events:
- one of the component view/controller is modified by the ...

I'm writing an application which maintains html image galleries. Currently,
I create thumb images of a fixed size, and then load them as ImageIcons
into a tableModel which is displayed as a JTable.
Right now, they're of a fixed size. I'd like to be able to have them shrink

 When a JTable is started with the default L&F of Java 1.5,
 the key [F2] will make it enter the cell-edit mode.
 Where can a description of all such key meanings of the
 standard JComponents with the default L&F be found?