Re: JButton is created "s

From:
"Phil Powell" <phil.powell@THRWHITE.remove-dii-this>
Newsgroups:
comp.lang.java.gui
Date:
Wed, 27 Apr 2011 15:31:54 GMT
Message-ID:
<1174065654.923007.131390@n59g2000hsh.googlegroups.com>
  To: comp.lang.java.gui
On Mar 16, 12:32 pm, Knute Johnson <nos...@rabbitbrush.frazmtn.com>
wrote:

Phil Powell wrote:

      /**
         * Generate value and conditions for {@link #backButton}
         */
        private void generateBackButton() {
            SimpleBrowser.this.backButton = new JButton("<--");
            SimpleBrowser.this.backButton.addActionListener(new
ActionListener() {
                public void actionPerformed(ActionEvent evt) {
                    SwingUtilities.invokeLater(new Runnable() {
                        public void run() {
                            SimpleBrowser.hasClickedBack = true;
                            SimpleBrowser.this.currentHistoryIndex--;
                            SimpleBrowser.this.setURL(

(URL)SimpleBrowser.this.actualHistoryURLVector.get(

SimpleBrowser.this.currentHistoryIndex)
                                    );

SimpleBrowser.this.setURLPath(SimpleBrowser.this.getURL().toString());

SimpleBrowser.this.processor.processURL(SimpleBrowser.this.getURL());
                        }
                    });

                }
            });
            SimpleBrowser.this.backButton.setSelected(false);

SimpleBrowser.this.backButton.setFont(SimpleBrowserGlobals.FONT);
        }

The moment this particular JButton is created it is created as
"selected", even though I have done "setSelected(false)". It does not
fire unless I click onto it, of course, but it appears as if I did and
that's not good. Is there a way I can fix this?

Thanx
Phil


Phil:

You don't need the Runnable inside of the ActionListener to make it run
on the EDT. The ActionListener is running on the EDT.


That I did not know, thanx. Does this also apply to
HyperlinkListener, PopupMenuListener and PropertyChangeListener?

Are you sure it is selected and not just in focus?


I tried

SimpleBrowser.this.backButton.setFocusable(false);

But it still comes "focused", or rather, the JButton looks like you
clicked it even though you haven't yet done so.

--

Knute Johnson
email s/nospam/knute/


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