Path: csiph.com!x330-a1.tempe.blueboxinc.net!feeder1.hal-mli.net!news.glorb.com!news-out.readnews.com!news-xxxfer.readnews.com!news-out.news.tds.net!newsreading01.news.tds.net!86597e80!not-for-mail From: "Hal Vaughan" Subject: Re: JList: Scroll to Sele Message-ID: X-Comment-To: comp.lang.java.gui Newsgroups: comp.lang.java.gui In-Reply-To: <479bc2e7$0$27870$b9f67a60@news.newsdemon.com> References: <479bc2e7$0$27870$b9f67a60@news.newsdemon.com> Content-Type: text/plain; charset=IBM437 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8bit X-Gateway: time.synchro.net [Synchronet 3.15a-Win32 NewsLink 1.92] Lines: 36 Date: Wed, 27 Apr 2011 15:42:50 GMT NNTP-Posting-Host: 96.60.20.240 X-Complaints-To: news@tds.net X-Trace: newsreading01.news.tds.net 1303918970 96.60.20.240 (Wed, 27 Apr 2011 10:42:50 CDT) NNTP-Posting-Date: Wed, 27 Apr 2011 10:42:50 CDT Organization: TDS.net Xref: x330-a1.tempe.blueboxinc.net comp.lang.java.gui:3083 To: comp.lang.java.gui Knute Johnson wrote: > Hal Vaughan wrote: >> I'm using Java 1.4.2 and I've tried searching for this and can't find it, >> but I'm sure I saw a method for a JList to scroll to the selected item. >> >> There are times a JList (in a JScrollPane) is reloaded. On some >> platforms, apparently, when I reload it, even though I make sure the same >> item stays selected, users report that the list then resets to show the >> top of the list only. >> >> Maybe I'm mixing things up, but I was sure I saw something like >> scrollToSelected() for a JList or JScrollPane, but I can't find it in the >> API index and couldn't find it in a search. Is it under a different >> wording or is there another method that scrolls a JList to show the >> selected item? >> >> Thanks! >> >> Hal > > See JList.ensureIndexIsVisible() and JList.setSelectedValue() > Great! I knew about setSelectedValue(), but the ensureIndexIsVisible() is exactly what I was looking for! I guess it's a case of tunnel vision where I was so stuck on what I thought I saw I missed what I needed. Thanks! Hal --- * 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