JCheckbox as indicator?

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I need an off/on indicator for a panel in my Swing application.

My gut reaction is to try to use a JCheckbox, and somehow disable the mouse input and change the checkbox state only through my program. But a radio button would look better.

Is this the best way to do so (& if so, how to disable mouse input w/o making the control look disabled), or is there a better indicator element?

score 1 · Answer 1 · answered Jul 15 '10 at 21:44

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Yep, why not. Just use setEnabled() method (JPanel inherits it, so don't worry).

answered Jul 15 '10 at 21:44

Xorty

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score 0 · Answer 2 · edited Feb 08 '17 at 14:28

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Use check box but change the icon to look like following round button ( which is a check box BTW ) alt text

edited Feb 08 '17 at 14:28

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answered Jul 15 '10 at 22:29

Eugene Ryzhikov

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JCheckbox as indicator?

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