Rearrangement in JTree

Hi ,
My requirement is something like this. I have a tree (JTree) and there are some nodes by default in it. I should be able to rearrange the nodes using drag and drop. ie., i have a root node, and inside it i have 3 nodes test1,2 and test3 as show below.
-Root
|--test1
|--test2
|--test3
when I drag test3 node and drop between test1&2, the arrangement should be something like this
-Root
|--test1
|--test3
|--test2
can anybody help me please
Thanks i advance

hi,
In drop method, u jus pass the exact row.
tree.getrowBounds(row).it will return the rectangle.
here u will get the height and width of the row.
then u can find the solution easily.If the height is some (equal to 17 or something) what ever it might be, u can drop it there.while dropping u have to give like
treemodel.insertinto(....).method.That's it.
I think this should work.
thank u...
Shalinipriya.

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