JButton is created "selected" even when I declare it not to be so

Question

         * Generate value and conditions for {@link #backButton}
        private void generateBackButton() {
            SimpleBrowser.this.backButton = new JButton("<--");
            SimpleBrowser.this.backButton.addActionListener(new ActionListener() {
                public void actionPerformed(ActionEvent evt) {
                    SwingUtilities.invokeLater(new Runnable() {
                        public void run() {
                            SimpleBrowser.hasClickedBack = true;
                            SimpleBrowser.this.currentHistoryIndex--;
                            SimpleBrowser.this.setURL(
                                    (URL)SimpleBrowser.this.actualHistoryURLVector.get(
                                    SimpleBrowser.this.currentHistoryIndex)
                            SimpleBrowser.this.setURLPath(SimpleBrowser.this.getURL().toString());
                            SimpleBrowser.this.processor.processURL(SimpleBrowser.this.getURL());
            SimpleBrowser.this.backButton.setSelected(false);
            SimpleBrowser.this.backButton.setFont(SimpleBrowserGlobals.FONT);
        }The moment this particular JButton is created it is created as "selected", even though I have done "setSelected(false)". It does not fire unless I click onto it, of course, but it appears as if I did and that's not good. Is there a way I can fix this?
Thanx
Phil

Answer 1

If you need further help then you need to create a
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Self Contained, Compilable and Executable, Example
Program (SSCCE) that demonstrates the incorrectbehaviour, because I can't guess exactly what you are
doing based on the information provided.
Don't forget to use the [url
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e Formatting Tags so the posted code retains
its original formatting.
This is the absolute simplest class I could create that does the same thing: creates a JButton in a JPanel in a JFrame but the JButton appears already selected:
* SimpleFrame.java
* Created on March 16, 2007, 12:27 PM
* To change this template, choose Tools | Template Manager
* and open the template in the editor.
package com.ppowell.tools.ObjectTools;
import java.awt.*;
import javax.swing.*;
* @author Phil Powell
public class SimpleFrame extends JFrame {
    JButton backButton;
    JPanel topPanel;
    /** Creates a new instance of SimpleFrame */
    public SimpleFrame() {
        initComponents();
    // ADD EVERYTHING TO THE FRAME
    public void addToFrame() {
        setLayout(new GridBagLayout());
        GridBagConstraints c = new GridBagConstraints();
        c.gridx = 0;
        c.gridy = 0;
        c.anchor = GridBagConstraints.NORTHWEST;
        add(topPanel, c);
     * Generate value and conditions for {@link #backButton}
    private void generateBackButton() {
        backButton = new JButton("<--");
        backButton.setSelected(false);
        backButton.setFocusPainted(false);
        backButton.setFocusTraversalKeysEnabled(false);
        backButton.setFont(new Font("Arial", Font.PLAIN, 12));
    // SET EVERYTHING UP
    public void initComponents() {
        topPanel = new JPanel(true);
        generateBackButton(); // GENERATE THE JBUTTON
        layoutTopPanel();     // LAYOUT THE TOP PANEL BY PLACING JBUTTON INTO IT
        addToFrame();         // ADD PANEL TO FRAME
        showFrame();          // SHOW FRAME
    // LAYOUT THE TOP PANEL
    public void layoutTopPanel() {
        topPanel.setLayout(new GridBagLayout());
        GridBagConstraints c = new GridBagConstraints();
        c.gridx = 0;
        c.gridy = 0;
        c.anchor = GridBagConstraints.NORTHWEST;
        topPanel.add(backButton, c);
    // SHOW THE FRAME
    public void showFrame() {
        // CODE BORROWED FROM http://today.java.net/pub/a/today/2003/12/08/swing.html WITH MODIFICATIONS
        try {
            UIManager.setLookAndFeel(UIManager.getSystemLookAndFeelClassName());
        } catch (UnsupportedLookAndFeelException e) {
            System.out.println("Unable to load native look and feel");
        } catch (ClassNotFoundException e2) {
            e2.printStackTrace();
        } catch (InstantiationException e3) {
            e3.printStackTrace();
        } catch (IllegalAccessException e4) {
            e4.printStackTrace();
        pack();
        setDefaultCloseOperation(JFrame.EXIT_ON_CLOSE);
        setVisible(true);
    public static void main(String[] args) {
        SimpleFrame simp = new SimpleFrame();
}