Selection in disabled JList 1

[kmcculler]

Hi, I've got a lil prob with a JList can somebody help?

Setup: My JList displays a list of items and allows multiple selections. Some, none, or all of the items (data dependent) are shown to be selected when the list is created. The user can change the selected items and save... this all works fine.
However, under certain condidtions a user may be in view-only mode so they can view any item, but can't change them. So the list is displayed, but disabled [ie. setEnabled(false)].

Problem: When the user is in a read only mode (the JList is disabled), the entire list is greyed out and I can't visually tell what is selected from what isn't. Is there a way that I can show the users that this JList is disabled AND that some of the items are still selected?

Kris McCuller

 

[timw]

I've tried this and the light blue selection bar remains clearly visible when the JList is disabled.

Can you post the relevent bits of your code, especially the bits which create and configure the JList?

Tim
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[kmcculler]

Ooops, I'm working with an extension of JList that was written by another programmer. After your comment I took another good look into the code of that extension. Apparently he's used a custom cell renderer that I managed not to noticed the first time though.
When I dug into this code I found a line that set the background color of each cell to the same value if the user was in read only mode. I just put an if(isSelected()) around this and its working great... thanks for your help

Kris McCuller

 

[timw]

Glad I helped

Tim
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"Your morbid fear of losing,
destroys the lives you're using." - Ozzy