Path: csiph.com!newsfeed.hal-mli.net!feeder3.hal-mli.net!newsfeed.hal-mli.net!feeder1.hal-mli.net!news.ripco.com!news.glorb.com!news-out.readnews.com!transit3.readnews.com!news-out.news.tds.net!newsreading01.news.tds.net!53ab2750!not-for-mail From: "John B. Matthews" Subject: Re: jLabel setVisible(true) Doesn't Work Message-ID: <5022AB7E.56331.calajapr@time.synchro.net> X-Comment-To: clusardi2k Newsgroups: comp.lang.java.programmer In-Reply-To: <5022AB7A.56317.calajapr@time.synchro.net> References: <5022AB7A.56317.calajapr@time.synchro.net> X-FTN-AREA: COMP.LANG.JAVA.PROGRAMMER X-FTN-MSGID: 1:261/38 4f4c02a6 X-FTN-REPLY: 1:261/38 91887e30 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=IBM437 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8bit X-Gateway: time.synchro.net [Synchronet 3.16a-Win32 NewsLink 1.98] Lines: 29 Date: Wed, 08 Aug 2012 19:04:16 GMT NNTP-Posting-Host: 69.21.70.65 X-Complaints-To: news@tds.net X-Trace: newsreading01.news.tds.net 1344452656 69.21.70.65 (Wed, 08 Aug 2012 14:04:16 CDT) NNTP-Posting-Date: Wed, 08 Aug 2012 14:04:16 CDT Organization: tds.net Xref: csiph.com comp.lang.java.programmer:17381 To: clusardi2k From: "John B. Matthews" In article , clusardi2k@aol.com wrote: > (3) Instead of using the show method, doing the following after > setting the label visibility to true did not help. > > my_jLabel.repaint(); > my_jLabel.validate(); Using validate() is appropriate if you add or remove components or change the Container's layout, as shown here [1]. When required, repaint() should be invoked _after_ validate(). CardLayout, shown here [2], is often a better alternative. [1] [2] -- John B. Matthews trashgod at gmail dot com --- BBBS/Li6 v4.10 Dada-1 * Origin: Prism bbs (1:261/38) --- Synchronet 3.16a-Win32 NewsLink 1.98 Time Warp of the Future BBS - telnet://time.synchro.net:24