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JCheckBox is the Java Swing implementation of a check box, an item that can be selected or deselected, and which displays its state to the user.

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Align a JLabel with the text of a JCheckBox

Is there a look-and-feel-independent way to align a component (e.g. a JLabel) horizontally with the text of a JCheckBox? I am trying to use values from the UIDefaults to predict the location of the text relative to the top-left corner of the…
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How to make JTable column contain checkboxes?

Preface: I am horrible with java, and worse with java ui components. I have found several different tutorials on how to add buttons to tables, however I am struggling with adding checkboxes. I need to have a column that draws a text box ticked on…
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Listeneing for changes in JCheckBox in a JTable

How do I listen for changes in a JTable column that has a JCheckBox in it? I want to know when the user selects/deselects the check box. The class for the column is set as boolean so it is automatically rendered as a JCheckBox.
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Using icons with JCheckBox

I have a swing application in which I want to use a JCheckbox with an icon. I constructed the icon as follows: JCheckBox unsubmit = new JCheckBox("Unsubmit",applet.undo); When I do this, the label and the icon appear in my GUI but the box…
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how to add a mouse listener to a JTable's cell holding a Boolean value rendered as checkbox

I have a JTable with a custom model implemented extending AbstractTableModel. public abstract class AbstractTable extends AbstractTableModel{ public Class getColumnClass(int c) {} } Because I've implemented the…
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JCheckbox changes state twice when I show a dialog on statechange, how to fix?

I have a checkbox that, when the user selects it, should spawn a dialog with further info, and upon reaction from the user, do something. My code looks basically like this: private void onItemStateChanged(java.awt.event.ItemEvent evt) { …
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Multiple row selection in JTable

I have a JTable, that has one column that is text which is not editable and the second column is a check box that displays boolean values.... Now what i want is, when the user selects multiple rows and unchecks any one of the selected check boxes,…
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uncheck checkboxes in java

In my program, I want to uncheck all the checkboxes whenever this method is called. Can someone explain why it isn't working? Whenever I call this method the checkboxes are still selected. private void…
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adding border to jcheckbox

Does anyone know if there is an easy way to put a border around a JCheckBox object including the label? setBorder doesn't seem to have any effect. I know I could put each checkbox inside of a JPanel and border that, but is there no way to border the…
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How to identify a direct click on a JCheckBox in a JTable?

With a JCheckBox as an Editor in a JTable column, I would like to ignore mouseclicks in the space left and right of a CheckBox in a TableCell. I have found a discussion from 2011 on the Oracle forum, but the problem was not solved there:…
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Dynamically create jCheckBox and add to a jScrollPane

EDIT: Using the solutions presented below, I have changed the code to have a JPanel inside a JScrollPane. Using a JButton i add JCheckBoxes to the JPanel inside the JScrollPane. This was one problem solved, as the a JScrollPanecan only take one…
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Why does setSelected on JCheckBox lose effect?

Can someone explain to me why I lost the selection (set by setSelected()) for JCheckBox when I put the JOptionPane into the ItemListener? Is this a bug ? It is curious, that if this process is delayed with invokeLater(), setSelected() works…
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Make JCheckbox bigger..?

i want to make my JCheckboxes in a JTable bigger (for Touchscreen), but it doesn't change the size. I tried it with setPrefferedSize setSize What should I do?..
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Can i use JCheckbox to show "mixed state"

In windows it is possible to show a grayed out JCheckbox, to show that the collection of data which it represents not all items have the same value. Is this even possible with a JCheckBox? How do i go about this? (Hoping there's a way to not…
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JPanel Action Listener

I have a JPanel with a bunch of different check boxes and text fields, I have a button that's disabled, and needs to be enabled when specific configurations are setup. What I need is a listener on the the whole JPanel looking for events, whenever…
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