Chantal Ackermann

hi,
this method
tree.putClientProperty("JTree.lineStyle", "Horizontal");
does group the nodes just as you observed it.
to draw lines with the cell renderer create a line border that paints only the bottom line. there is an appropriate method in BorderFactory.
Chantal

see this thread:
https://coderanch.com/t/335767/GUI/java/Swing-JTextPane-Solaris-Linux
chantal

when you start editing the TableCellEditor takes over the rendering of the cell that is currently edited. So I suppose your TableCellRenderer works fine (which is a JLabel) while you TableCellEditor seems to have problems displaying the font. the TableCellEditor is a JTextField. You might need to write you own TableCellEditor, or to extend the default one and change the font attributes?
cheers,
Chantal

you need a separate thread that couts the time from one user activity on to the next. with every button or mouse click or key input or whatever, the timer has to be restarted. hm, sounds like a lot of work.
another possibility is to listen for the inactivity of the main frame. then you would only have to count the time when the applicaiton frame(s) has(have) lost focus.
cheers,
Chantal

hi,
take a look at the CardLayout in Swing (see the Swing tutorial), and the StateMachine pattern.
Chantal

hi,
this should work (for JTextPane, as well):
ta = new JTextArea(8,90); ta.setLineWrap(true); ta.setDragEnabled(false); ta.setEditable(false); ta.addMouseListener(new MouseListener() { public void mouseClicked(MouseEvent e) { ta.setText(tmptxt); e.consume(); } public void mousePressed(MouseEvent e) { tmptxt = ta.getText(); e.consume(); } public void mouseReleased(MouseEvent e) { e.consume(); ta.setText(tmptxt); } public void mouseEntered(MouseEvent e) { // System.out.println("mouse entered!"); } public void mouseExited(MouseEvent e) { // System.out.println("mouse exited!"); } });
cheers,
Chantal

hi Jennifer,
just to exclude some string comparison error:
could you try
adjTable.getColumn(1).setCellRenderer(rightAligned);
actually, the cell renderer should handle the formatting of the numbers, not the model. in this case you could install a tablecellrenderer for the Double.class for example.
cheers,
Chantal

hi Jennifer,
try
int value = JOptionPane.showOptionDialog (null, s, "Warning", JOptionPane.OK_CANCEL_OPTION, JOptionPane.WARNING_MESSAGE, null, null, null);
cheers,
Chantal

hi,
I get your point concering the "many to one" relationship. I've always used a main window and a main controller which would be notified whenever windowClosing would be called on the main window. thus I had no "many to one" relationship. Considering your situation, I think your solution is very good and flexible.
What concerns the argument you give the constructor of the ExitAction: actually, it doesn't matter what window event has been the trigger of the ExitAction (it should have been some windowClosing thing, anyway). When ExitAction.actionPerformed is called, the only thing that might be of interest is the source of the event (the window). Thus, I would call (for example):
exitAction.actionPerformed(new ActionEvent(theWindow, ActionEvent.ACTION_PERFORMED, "Exit"));
you might be interested in the "shutdown-hook":
http://www.javaspecialists.co.za/archive/Issue011.html
cheers,
Chantal

no need to cry out loud...
have you had a look at TreeModel? if not you should. implement you own (or extend it from DefaultTreeModel). overwrite the method isLeaf(node) and getChildCount(node) etc. see the swing tutorial on JTree. you might want to provide your custom TreeNode implementation as well.
cheers,
Chantal

hi,
the JEditorPane is supposed to display formatted text. you will need some EditorKit that describes the pdf-format. As this is an open format you can either write the EditorKit yourself (see the HTMLEditorKit (javadoc and source)) or search the web for existing implementations. there should be as it should be rather common to display pdf in a java component?!
cheers,
Chantal

hi,
your Loglater class is broken, I think. you should not instantiate a Thread from inside itself. this looks like a loop. separate the controll from the logging functionality:
public class GUILog { private String message = ""; private final Runnable postMessage; public GUILog(JTextArea textArea) { postMessage = new Runnable() { textArea.append(message); } } public void append(String message) { this.message = message; if (SwingUtilities.isEventDispatchThread()) { SwingUtilities.invokeAndWait(postMessage); } else { postMessage.run(); } } }
actually, as logging need not be necessarily sync you can use SwingUtilities.invokeLater() in any case. which saves you from checking for the event thread.
cheers,
Chantal
[ May 14, 2003: Message edited by: Chantal Ackermann ]

hi,
you might want to have a look at the "Event Generator Idiom". here is a good article by Bill Venners:
http://www.artima.com/designtechniques/eventgen.html
cheers,
Chantal

hi,
what do you mean by "highlight the JList"? the selection of a row?
you can easily transfer focus to the JList by preselecting the first row for example. by default no row is selected.
cheers,
Chantal

hi,
see this article for multine column cells:
http://www.javaspecialists.co.za/archive/Issue045.html
and this article for using any jcomponent as cell renderer/editor:
http://www.codeguru.com/java/articles/162.shtml
cheers,
chantal