Images like items of Jlist.

Question

Salut,
I would like to make a Jlist who will have images(small size) like items instead of the usual string.
All of your help and advices are welcome.Thanks.

Answer 1

In The API for JList check out:
public void setCellRenderer(ListCellRenderer cellRenderer)also check out
javax.swing
Interface ListCellRenderer
here is a rather dud one I was using:
public class PicListCellRenderer extends JLabel implements ListCellRenderer
     final ImageIcon picIcon = new ImageIcon(this.getClass().getResource("images/Pic16.jpg"));
     final ImageIcon selectedIcon = new ImageIcon(this.getClass().getResource("images/GirlD16.jpg"));
     public Component getListCellRendererComponent( JList list,
                                   Object value,            // value to display
                                   int index,               // cell index
                                   boolean isSelected,      // is the cell selected
                                   boolean cellHasFocus         // the list and the cell have the focus
          String s = value.toString();
          setText(s);
          if( isSelected )
               this.setIcon( selectedIcon );
          else
               this.setIcon( picIcon );
          if (isSelected)
               setBackground(list.getSelectionBackground());
                 setForeground(list.getSelectionForeground());
          else
               setBackground(list.getBackground());
               setForeground(list.getForeground());
          setEnabled(list.isEnabled());
          setFont(list.getFont());
          setOpaque(true);
          return this;          
}Kind of Dud only has 2 Pics, but I guess it shows the idea
then have:
JList Fred = new JList();
Fred.setCellRenderer(new MyListCellRenderer());You can do all sorts of things with these.
I don't think you could just set the ListItems to Images, but here I set them to a JLabel with an ImageIcon on it...