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From: clusardi2k@aol.com
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Subject: jLabel setVisible(true) Doesn't Work
Date: Tue, 7 Aug 2012 12:15:11 -0700 (PDT)
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I apologize for the simple question, but how do the label setVisible properly.

(1) I dragged a jLabel to my form. I then set it like so:

 my_jLabel.setVisible (false);

Later in the project, I set its visibility to true:

 my_jLabel.setVisible (true);

But, the label is no where to be found. That's my problem.

(2)FYI: If I do the following after setting it to true, I do see the label:

JOptionPane.showMessageDialog(null,"Is the jLable visible");     

(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();         

(4) Replacing the showMessageDialog with a sleep did not help.

(5) Replacing the above setVisible in (1) with the following code did not help:

SwingUtilities.invokeLater(new Runnable() 
{ //The EDT (Event Dispatch Thread)
   public void run() 
   {
      JLabel myLabel = new JLabel("Old Text");
      my_jLabel.setVisible (true);
   }
});

(6) Using google to search for an answer isn't helping.

Thanks,