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• General
  • Change default component font
  • Repaint problem under the mouse cursor (JDK1.2)
  • Set the LookAndFeel
  • Use any LookAndFeel on any plateform
  • Use a Timer
  • Share ActionEvent handler
  • Get default values for Swing-based user interface
  • Have a systray icon (Windows)
• JFrame, JWindow, JDialog, JOptionPane
  • Close a JFrame under condition
  • Maximize a JFrame
  • Capture System.out into a JFrame
  • Remove the titlebar of JInternalFrame
  • Have borders on a JWindow/JFrame
  • Display HTML in a JScrollPane
  • Use a JOptionPane
  • Localize a JOptionPane dialog
  • Customize a JOptionPane dialog
  • Localize a JFileChooser
  • Select a directory with a JFileChooser
  • Disable the JFileChooser's 'New folder' button
  • Validate a filename from a JFileChooser
  • Make a JFrame looks like a JDialog
  • Make a JFrame always visible
• JTextField
  • Based on JTextField content, enable or disable a JButton
  • Apply special filter to a JtextField
  • Limit JTextField input to a maximum length
  • Validate a value on the lostFocus event
  • Force the focus on a JTextfield when a JFrame is created
  • Stop the beep on JFormattedTextField
  • Right justified JTextfield content
  • Set the focus on a particuliar JTextField
  • Make JTextField unselectable
  • Disable copy paste functionality on JTextField
• JTree
  • Use a JTree to navigate in a site
  • Expand or collapse a JTree
  • Have a popup attached to a JTree
  • Traverse a JTree
  • Dotted Lines in a JTree
  • Explore directories with a JTree
  • Prevent JTree collapsing
  • Single selection in a JTree
  • Reduce JTree children indentation
  • Use + or - for JTree Icons
• JTable
  • Change JTable header color
  • Detect doubleclick on a JTable
  • Read a data file into a JTable
  • Disable row selection in a JTable
  • Detect a data file modification and reload a JTable
  • Hide a column in JTable
  • Scroll a JTable to the last row
  • Transfer a ResultSet to a JTable
  • Have on a JScrollPane/JTable an horizontal JScrollbar
• JList
  • Make a JList select an item on doubleclick or the ENTER key
  • Make a JList like a scrolling text display
  • Have images in a JList
  • Add a row and clear a JList
  • Sort a JList
  • Double click on a JList
  • Have a PopUp on a JList
• JLabel
  • Make a JLabel selectable via the mouse
  • Change JLabel background color
  • Bold/UnBold a JLabel
  • Multi-line JLabel
  • Underline in Swing
  • Update a JLabel
  • Display a blinking JLabel
• Widget
  • Set the cursor position in a JTextArea
  • Have Multi-line string in a JToolTip
  • Change Tooltip color
  • Change a JTooltip font
  • Keep a JTooltip visible
  • Display icon associated with an executable
  • Have items in JMenubar at rightmost position
  • Have an JButton with an Image
  • Trigger a click on a Button

Swing HowTo

Written and compiled by Réal Gagnon ©1998-2010
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