I have a problem with GridBagLayout that I would appreciate some help with
in solving.
In the following simple example I am trying to have a user label and text
field plus a password label and field evenly spaced across the panel with a

I am new to Java. As a basic learning project, I started writing a no-
frill small general ledger application.
The basic design is a Frame containing a menu and a JTabbedPanel. When
a menu option is selected, a component derived from JPanel containing

To get the text of runtime built menu items, I used the following
code:
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    //Create a change listener and register with the menu selection

I've only just discovered undecorated JFrames. Thy solve some of the
problems I'd had with JWindows before, such as not being suitable
parents for JDialogs.
In fact, I don't have any reason to use JWindow at all any more. For

Is it possible to get a reference to the current AWT toolkit before any GUI
components/objects have been created?

I wanna program something like a menu.
My question is :
How does a menu know when it has to be closed ?
FucusListener.focusLost() doesnt work.

I've googled it and searched everywhere but nothing!
Any help appreciated!

These comments relate to Java 6 Update 1 and Update 2 but may apply to
earlier versions (including Java 5) as well.
I am trying to set the height of a table's header by using the following
(very simple) code:

Im very new to Java.
Im developing a project in NetBeans 5.5. The Database im using is
MySQL.
I need to add and retrieve data from MySQL Tables and im relatively

i am implementing an IEEE paper on imageprocessing  using java and i
need to load 'pgm' files
in the window . i  use 'imageIcon' method to open images but it
doesn't support 'pgm' images it opens only jpeg ,gif,png ,etc.. format

I have a JLayeredPane with multiple layers in it. Each layer is a
JPanel extended class and some of them register different MouseEvent
listeners. Event catching stops at the first layer with a registered
listener, but i want it to go "through" to other layers. Any

I would like to create a component that is based on the TextArea, but I'm
not really sure where to start.  Basically this component would behave the
same as a text area, but would highlight certain portions of the entered
text as it is entered e.g. incorrectly spelled words.  

import java.awt.BorderLayout;
import java.awt.Component;
import javax.swing.JFrame;
import javax.swing.JScrollPane;

When I maximize a JFrame that was created in the application, it hides
the Windows taskbar. I am using default Swing Look and Feel decorated
windows. Anybody knows how the problem can be fixed? Thanks.

Ok,
   I have a friend who is doing a simple Java Swing project.  I don't know
from Java, but I am an experienced programmer in other languages, so I am
trying to help him.