Path: csiph.com!x330-a1.tempe.blueboxinc.net!usenet.pasdenom.info!aioe.org!.POSTED!not-for-mail From: Roedy Green Newsgroups: comp.lang.java.programmer Subject: Re: Aligned elements in a JComboBox Date: Thu, 19 May 2011 10:29:30 -0700 Organization: Canadian Mind Products Lines: 23 Message-ID: References: Reply-To: Roedy Green NNTP-Posting-Host: RCd/Ul4tyxGUBII8WGwa5g.user.speranza.aioe.org Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-Complaints-To: abuse@aioe.org X-Notice: Filtered by postfilter v. 0.8.2 X-Newsreader: Forte Agent 6.00/32.1186 Xref: x330-a1.tempe.blueboxinc.net comp.lang.java.programmer:4306 On Tue, 17 May 2011 18:42:40 +0200, Thomas Richter wrote, quoted or indirectly quoted someone who said : >This is how the JComboBox currently renders. But I want it >laid out such that the separator between the two elements forming one >entry of it are underneath each other. I have not experimented with this but see what you can do with setBorder setInsets Also see what alignment commands you have. see http://mindprod.com/jgloss/border.html -- Roedy Green Canadian Mind Products http://mindprod.com How long did it take after the car was invented before owners understood cars would not work unless you regularly changed the oil and the tires? We have gone 33 years and still it is rare to uncover a user who understands computers don't work without regular backups.