I'm trying to "flash" a button, by changing its icon from one color to
another.
It works with the mouse events (on when clicked, off when released), but
when I try to run the following code, I don't see a change.  I see

In My application,I am having a textField ,which has to take Long Value
from the Runtime class.
But TextField.setText() takes only string.If i convert the Long to
String,The Long equivalent of the String will be Returned,This does not

I'm new to Java (but come from a C/C++ background), and I've decided
that Java is probably the best language for a project that I've had at
the back of my mind for a while. Using Swing I want to create a custom
text editor control that has tab seperated cells, so that each line of

http://bugs.sun.com/bugdatabase/view_bug.do?bug_id=4972534
My app is getting hit by this bug on Solaris - Java Plugin Version is
1.5.0_01.
My component is a TextArea not a TextField, I am still getting hit

Is it possible to set the JButtons like Files show up as Icons show up
in any folder....as in...there's a Thumbnail View, Icon View, List
View, and a Detailed View. I wish to implement the icon view. If
someone has an idea, please let me know.

Below is the code.  It can move the names from
the left to the right if you click the name.  How can I move the name
from the right to left?  Thank you very much.
import java.awt.*;

I am required to make Help Feature in Java. I have JSplitPane, on left
side of which is a JTree of all the HlpTopics. Upon clicking any of
those leaves i want a panel to be displayed in a JTabbedPane. The
quesry is what component should i add to the JPanel so that i can show

just a small thing which has been bugging me for some time now.
I have created a small GUI which serves as a Mudclient (works alright),
but there is a problem with this:
#code snippet:

I want to perform a supposedly simple (?) task:
I need the client to select a timespan in which a certain taks is to be
performed. Therefore, I have create 4 JSpinners with SpinnerDateModelS,
in order to let the user select a start date, a start time, an end date

Hi all..
Like MS-Word(when u open..) I want a closable/colapsible side-panel
where i can give a few labels and upon clicking any of them, a short
description comes in a small space in the

JTabbedPane has a getRunLength() method to determine over how many rows
the tabs are arranged if there are many tabs. I have a JTabbedPane
object with 12 tabs using a SCROLL policy, but wish to make the row of
tabs at the top of my document narrower (with fewer tabs showing in the

I have written code to generate "Fractal Landscap", we can consider that
it is set of painted in different colors ovals.
Now I would like to paint ON IT. I mean paint star in one part of
"Fractal Landscape", than remove this star and paint it somewhere else.

How to implement syntax coloring in JTextPane?

I have a JPanel derived component which, for printing purposes, I
temporarily need to assign a white background color to. However, I do
not want to see this happening on the screen itself so I was wondering
how to disable the repointing of the JPanel?

          am doing my first java(GUI develoment) project . I have jsp
page for validating user login credentials as follows.
//validate.jsp
try {