Icon in front of the JList items?

Question

Hola a todos,
I am rendering a JList to a JTextArea and I want to add a icon in front of each of the items. First it can be the same icon later each one should become its own one.
I am using this little piece of code to render the JList:
JList lista_libros = new JList();
lista_libros.setCellRenderer(new mirenderer());
class mirenderer extends JTextArea implements ListCellRenderer
          public Component getListCellRendererComponent ( JList lista_libros, Object valor,
          int indice,     boolean seleccionado,boolean conFoco)
               setBorder(new BevelBorder ( BevelBorder.RAISED));
               setText (valor.toString());
               //setIcon(new ImageIcon("libro1.gif"));
               if (seleccionado)
                    setBackground (Color.blue);
                    setForeground (Color.white);
               else
                    setBackground (Color.white);
                    setForeground (Color.black);
               return this;
          } // getListCellRendererComponent()
     } // class mirenderer
When I am using a JLabel instead of a JTextArea it is easy to add an icon, but the text is to long for only one line.
Is it possible to add an icon to each item of the JList in the JTextArea?
Chao
Juergen

Answer 1

Or is it possible to write a JLabel over moore than only one line?
Chao
Juergen