Path: csiph.com!x330-a1.tempe.blueboxinc.net!feeder1.hal-mli.net!news.alt.net!news-in-01.newsfeed.easynews.com!easynews.com!easynews!news-out.news.tds.net!newsreading01.news.tds.net!86597e80!not-for-mail From: "Andrew Thompson" Subject: Re: (Swing) Prevent from Message-ID: <1165546183.399865.55590@73g2000cwn.googlegroups.com> X-Comment-To: comp.lang.java.gui Newsgroups: comp.lang.java.gui In-Reply-To: <454eh.2063$3M7.1980@reader1.news.saunalahti.fi> References: <454eh.2063$3M7.1980@reader1.news.saunalahti.fi> Content-Type: text/plain; charset=IBM437 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8bit X-Gateway: time.synchro.net [Synchronet 3.15a-Win32 NewsLink 1.92] Lines: 33 Date: Wed, 27 Apr 2011 15:27:03 GMT NNTP-Posting-Host: 96.60.20.240 X-Complaints-To: news@tds.net X-Trace: newsreading01.news.tds.net 1303918023 96.60.20.240 (Wed, 27 Apr 2011 10:27:03 CDT) NNTP-Posting-Date: Wed, 27 Apr 2011 10:27:03 CDT Organization: TDS.net Xref: x330-a1.tempe.blueboxinc.net comp.lang.java.gui:355 To: comp.lang.java.gui loquak wrote: ... > IS there any way to make a component not repaint or otherwise make any > visual changes until I want it to? (chuckle) *block* the EDT - until you want to? >..For example, when adding stuff to a > JTextPane, I don't want it to repaint until all text has been added. A bit of lateral thinking might suggest that this can be achieved by building 'the changes' in a StringBuffer and using .. JTextPane.setText(StringBuffer.toString()) ..(after all text has been added to the StringBuffer). >....Or > when changing the contents of a dialog and resizing it, I don't want the > frame to repaint during those changes. ..not sure, though the same general principle as described above can often be achieved with GUI's by using a CardLayout. Andrew T. --- * Synchronet * The Whitehouse BBS --- whitehouse.hulds.com --- check it out free usenet! --- Synchronet 3.15a-Win32 NewsLink 1.92 Time Warp of the Future BBS - telnet://time.synchro.net:24