Help with making JLabel visible for a few seconds only

Question

Hello guys,
I need help with making a JLabel object visible for a few seconds only and disappear when a JButton has been clicked.
Here is piece of code where I add mouse listener to the JButton object in my case is (jrbFigure1) and
when is called sets icon and text to the JLabel jlbl object:
jrbFigure1.addMouseListener(new MouseAdapter() {
jrbFigure1.addMouseListener(new MouseAdapter() {
public void mouseClicked(MouseEvent e) {
jlbl.setIcon(cross);
jlbl.setText(wrong);
This piece of code is in a switch statement, the statement is in a method.
The JLabel jlbl object is added in a panel in the constructor of the class.
I really hope someone could help me on this issue.
I would like to thank you in advance for any help or advice given.

Answer 1

Bobson wrote:
Sorry for posting my issue twice, I thought, I posted it in a wrong forum:)It's OK. We'll ask the mods to delete the other thread.
I want the label to appear for X seconds when then button is pressed and disappear after that.Then a Swing Timer is what you want to use.
I need to do this in a number of cases from a switch statement because I several buttons.Better to have several ActionListeners, one for each button or each type of button, rather than one ActionListener with a large switch statement, a so-called switch-board listener. They're messy to debug and upgrade.
I tried to use Swing Timer, but I cannot set it properly.Go through the Sun Swing tutorial on Swing Timers. It's all outlined for you there: [http://java.sun.com/docs/books/tutorial/uiswing/misc/timer.html]