JCheckBox as nodes in JTree having problems with custom renderer and editor

Question

Ok, let me give some background. I have an XML document that I am parsing and reading in as a JTree. Works fine.
Next, I have overwritten the DefaultTreeCellEditor to return a JCheckBox and in this implementation of the getTreeCellEditorComponent(), I actually tell the node that he is selected. Works great.
Next, I have overwritten the DefaultTreeCellRenderer to return a JCheckBox and in the implementation of the getTreeCellEditorComponenet, I actually check to see if the Node is selected in the tree based upon the isSelected state of the actual Tree Node set in the tree cell editor, and if so, I set the JCheckBox to selected(true).Works Great.
Now, here is the issue. If a node in the tree is selected that contains children, then I want all of the children of that node to also be selected. However, when I select a node with children only the selected node is changed, and then a few moments later, the system repaints the entire tree and ALL nodes int the tree are set to a selected state. Strange? Yes. Any ideas?? WONDERFUL!! :)
Here is the TreeCellEditor code:
public Component getTreeCellEditorComponent(JTree tree,
Object value,
boolean isSelected,
boolean expanded,
boolean leaf,
int row)
elementCheckBox_ = new JCheckBox();
Component result = null;
System.out.println("isSelected? Editor = " + isSelected);
TreePath newPath = tree.getPathForRow(row);
System.out.println("value = " + value.getClass().toString());
if(value instanceof IMarketTreeNodeElement)
if(isSelected)
if(((IMarketTreeNodeElement)value).isSelected())
((IMarketTreeNodeElement)value).setSelected(false);
else
((IMarketTreeNodeElement)value).setSelected(true);
elementCheckBox_.setSelected(isSelected);
return elementCheckBox_;
Here is the TreeCellRenderer code:
public Component getTreeCellRendererComponent(JTree tree,
Object value,
boolean selected,
boolean expanded,
boolean leaf,
int row,
boolean hasFocus)
Color colSelBorderCol = UIManager.getColor
("Tree.selectionBorderColor");
selBorder_ = BorderFactory.createLineBorder(colSelBorderCol, 1);
normBorder_ = BorderFactory.createEmptyBorder(1,1,1,1);
elementCheckBox_.setText(value.toString());
if(selected)
elementCheckBox_.setSelected(selected);
elementCheckBox_.setForeground(Color.YELLOW);
elementCheckBox_.setBackground(Color.RED);
else
elementCheckBox_.setForeground(tree.getForeground());
elementCheckBox_.setBackground(tree.getBackground());
if (hasFocus)
elementCheckBox_.setBorder(selBorder_);
else
elementCheckBox_.setBorder(normBorder_);
return elementCheckBox_;
Here is the Node Code setting all child nodes to selected:
public void setSelected(boolean selected)
isSelected_ = selected;
if(isSelected_)
if((this.getTagName() == "MARKET") ||
(this.getTagName() == "TIER") &&
(this.getChildCount() != 0))
selectChildren(true);
else
if((this.getTagName() == "MARKET") ||
(this.getTagName() == "TIER") &&
(this.getChildCount() != 0))
selectChildren(false);
public boolean isSelected()
return isSelected_;
public void selectChildren(boolean selected)
int children = getChildCount();
for(int i = 0; i < children; i++)
IMarketTreeNodeElement elem = (IMarketTreeNodeElement)
this.getChildNodes().item(i);
isSelected_ = selected;
Thanks for any help! :-)

Answer 1

I tried to run your sample code and it won't compile. The header files:
#include
#include
#include
#include
#include
do not exist on my install of MeasurementStudio. I am a bit suspicous that I don't have the latest and greatest (loading the dialong resouce gave version warnings). Here is one of my header file headers:
//==============================================================================
// Title : NiAxes3d.h
// Copyright : National Instruments 1999. All Rights Reserved.
// Purpose : Defines the CNiAxes3D class.
//==============================================================================
I
looked on your updates site and don't really see an update that applies to ComponentWorks or MeasurementStudio. My version per the MAX program for 3DControls is 3.5.549.
Do I need a newer version? What do I have to do to get the updated version? What does it cost?
Chuck