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From: "John B. Matthews" <john.b..matthews@1:261/38.remove-t9h-this>
Subject: Re: jLabel setVisible(true) Doesn't Work
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In article <ddf6ecbb-1c20-4163-8504-bb2d8a33e41a@googlegroups.com>,
 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] <http://stackoverflow.com/a/5751044/230513> [2]
<http://stackoverflow.com/a/5655843/230513>

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