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Re: jLabel setVisible(true) Doesn't Work

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From	"John B. Matthews" <nospam@nospam.invalid>
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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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John B. Matthews
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jLabel setVisible(true) Doesn't Work clusardi2k@aol.com - 2012-08-07 12:15 -0700
  Re: jLabel setVisible(true) Doesn't Work markspace <-@.> - 2012-08-07 12:33 -0700
    Re: jLabel setVisible(true) Doesn't Work clusardi2k@aol.com - 2012-08-07 15:22 -0700
      Re: jLabel setVisible(true) Doesn't Work Jeff Higgins <jeff@invalid.invalid> - 2012-08-07 19:08 -0400
        Layout Doesn't Work (was: jLabel setVisible(true) Doesn't Work) Jeff Higgins <jeff@invalid.invalid> - 2012-08-07 22:27 -0400
          Re: Layout Doesn't Work (was: jLabel setVisible(true) Doesn't Work) clusardi2k@aol.com - 2012-08-08 05:54 -0700
            Re: Layout Doesn't Work Jeff Higgins <jeff@invalid.invalid> - 2012-08-08 11:22 -0400
              Re: Layout Doesn't Work Jeff Higgins <jeff@invalid.invalid> - 2012-08-08 14:00 -0400
            Re: Layout Doesn't Work markspace <-@.> - 2012-08-08 08:20 -0700
              Re: Layout Doesn't Work clusardi2k@aol.com - 2012-08-08 09:24 -0700
                Re: Layout Doesn't Work clusardi2k@aol.com - 2012-08-08 10:22 -0700
                Re: Layout Doesn't Work markspace <-@.> - 2012-08-08 10:31 -0700
                Re: Layout Doesn't Work Jeff Higgins <jeff@invalid.invalid> - 2012-08-08 13:49 -0400
                Re: Layout Doesn't Work clusardi2k@aol.com - 2012-08-08 11:15 -0700
                Re: Layout Doesn't Work markspace <-@.> - 2012-08-08 11:48 -0700
                Re: Layout Doesn't Work Jeff Higgins <jeff@invalid.invalid> - 2012-08-10 10:09 -0400
                Re: Layout Doesn't Work Jeff Higgins <jeff@invalid.invalid> - 2012-08-10 10:20 -0400
                Re: Layout Doesn't Work Jeff Higgins <jeff@invalid.invalid> - 2012-08-10 13:48 -0400
  Re: jLabel setVisible(true) Doesn't Work "John B. Matthews" <nospam@nospam.invalid> - 2012-08-07 22:09 -0400
  Re: jLabel setVisible(true) Doesn't Work Roedy Green <see_website@mindprod.com.invalid> - 2012-08-09 05:38 -0700

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