JList not drawing correctly

Question

I have a JList inside a JScrollPane in my JApplet. What I want to do ist the following: be able to set which items are selected from the outside and then ensure that at least the first selected item is visible.
The important parts of my code look like this:
// length is the number of selected items
int[] sel = new int[length];
// fill "sel" here
list.setSelectedIndices(sel);
list.ensureIndexIsVisible(list.getSelectedIndex());
//  later:
repaint();This works sometimes, but on other times I get a totally screwed up JList.: Large white spaces appear instead of an item or the JList is not drawn correctly at all.
What could be the problem here? Repainting alone doesn't help, so it has to be something deeper in the JList. Any help is appreciated!

Answer 1

untested... but you might try
list.ensureIndexIsVisible(list.getMinSelectedIndex());
don't know if that will help or not.
good luck :)