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: "tar" Subject: Re: JComboBox pulldown pr Message-ID: X-Comment-To: comp.lang.java.gui Newsgroups: comp.lang.java.gui In-Reply-To: References: Content-Type: text/plain; charset=IBM437 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8bit X-Gateway: time.synchro.net [Synchronet 3.15a-Win32 NewsLink 1.92] Lines: 18 Date: Wed, 27 Apr 2011 15:29:49 GMT NNTP-Posting-Host: 96.60.20.240 X-Complaints-To: news@tds.net X-Trace: newsreading01.news.tds.net 1303918189 96.60.20.240 (Wed, 27 Apr 2011 10:29:49 CDT) NNTP-Posting-Date: Wed, 27 Apr 2011 10:29:49 CDT Organization: TDS.net Xref: x330-a1.tempe.blueboxinc.net comp.lang.java.gui:833 To: comp.lang.java.gui "Paul Hunter" writes: > Container rootPane = getRootPane(); ^^^^ Container rootPane = getContentPane(); This is the mistake. You want to add the component to the Frame's contentPane, not the rootPane. -- Thomas A. Russ, USC/Information Sciences Institute --- * 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