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positioning the text in list cell renderer

part of code for cell rendering is shown below:

its working fine.. i set the image as Icon and corresponding image name

but currently, it shows the text name next (on right side) to image ..

how can i show the text image name to appear below the image instead of being next to it

public Component getListCellRendererComponent(JList list, Object value,
											int index, boolean isSelected, boolean cellHasFocus) {
 
		setVerticalTextPosition(BOTTOM);
		setFont(getFont().deriveFont(Font.PLAIN));
		setBorder(BorderFactory.createLineBorder(Color.BLACK, 1));
		
		setIcon(((ListItem)value).getThumbIcon());
		setText(((ListItem)value).getName());
		
		if (isSelected) {
			setBorder(BorderFactory.createLineBorder(Color.blue, 2));
		} else {
			setBorder(BorderFactory.createLineBorder(list.getBackground(), 2));
		}
		return this;
	}

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CEHJ

Set the renderer to have a BorderLayout instead of a FlowLayout. Add your caption SOUTH

Mick Barry

add:

setHorizontalTextPosition(JLabel.CENTER);

max_dub

ASKER

that adds the label to the center of the image and when i used

setHorizontalTextPosition(JLabel.BOTTOM);

its throws java.lang.IllegalArgumentException: horizontalTextPosition

max_dub

ASKER

i suppose becoz my renderer class extends jLabel and when i setIcon and setText .. it adds them separately .. not sure how to change the position of text to show below the image

max_dub

ASKER

ok, my solution which worked .. i extended the rendered using JPanel instead of JLabel

public Component getListCellRendererComponent(JList list, Object value,
											int index, boolean isSelected, boolean cellHasFocus) {
		
//		setIcon(((ListItem)value).getThumbIcon());
//		setText(((ListItem)value).getName());
		
	iconLabel.setIcon(((ListItem)value).getThumbIcon());
	descriptionLabel.setText(((ListItem)value).getName());
	
	if (isSelected) {
	setBorder(BorderFactory.createLineBorder(Color.BLUE, 2));
	} else {
	setBorder(BorderFactory.createLineBorder(list.getBackground(), 2));
	}
	return this;
}

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Mick Barry

you'd be even better off subclassing DefaultListCellRenderer

max_dub

ASKER

thanks objects, i have now both versions :) working