How do I recursively disable my components in Swing?

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How do I recursively disable all of my components in a JPanel?

I don't know, but here is a correction. – peterh Dec 13 '13 at 17:51 — peterh, Dec 13 '13 at 17:51

score 7 · Accepted Answer · answered Dec 17 '12 at 19:00

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void setEnabled(Component component, boolean enabled) {
    component.setEnabled(enabled);
    if (component instanceof Container) {
        for (Component child : ((Container) component).getComponents()) {
            setEnabled(child, enabled);
        }
    }
}

Be aware that the previous enabled/disabled state of each component will be lost, unless you keep track of it somewhere else.

answered Dec 17 '12 at 19:00

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This is a good (in a relative sense because we still use instanceof...) function. – sdasdadas Dec 17 '12 at 19:12

How do I recursively disable my components in Swing?

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