Multiple images into a JList

Question

Hello all
I have a jList where i represent an image and a text, using my own ListCellRenderer . It looks like the following
public class JListImageRenderer extends JLabel implements ListCellRenderer{
public Component getListCellRendererComponent(JList list, Object value, int index, boolean isSelected, boolean cellHasFocus){
        String text = "";
        ImageIcon icon = null;
         //.....some code here.....//
//       and finally
        setText(text);
        setIcon(icon);
        setCursor(new Cursor(Cursor.HAND_CURSOR));
//        addMouseListener(new MouseListe(){
        return this;
    }My questions are:
i)is there any way of adding a second image? I need my list to display two images and the text at every row ,
instead of a single image + text. Obviously i need a different implementation of ListCellRenderer but
which would be that implementation?
ii) why setCursor(new Cursor(Cursor.HAND_CURSOR)); hasn't got any effect on the mouse pointer when i hover over the list rows?
thanks in advance
evsav

Answer 1

Ok here is a self contained sample
class JListRendererTest
import examples.CheckBoxJList.CheckBoxListCellRenderer;
import java.util.Arrays;
import java.util.Iterator;
import javax.swing.DefaultListModel;
import javax.swing.DefaultListSelectionModel;
import javax.swing.JFrame;
import javax.swing.JLabel;
import javax.swing.JList;
import javax.swing.JScrollPane;
import javax.swing.ListSelectionModel;
import javax.swing.ScrollPaneConstants;
import javax.swing.WindowConstants;
import javax.swing.event.ListSelectionEvent;
import javax.swing.event.ListSelectionListener;
public class JListRendererTest {
    static JList list;
    public static void main(String[] args) {
        list = new JList();
        list.setCellRenderer (new ListRenderer());
        list.addListSelectionListener (new ListListener());
        DefaultListModel defModel = new DefaultListModel();
        list.setModel(defModel);
        JLabel[] listItems = {
            new JLabel(), new JLabel(), new JLabel(), new JLabel(),
            new JLabel(), new JLabel(), new JLabel(), new JLabel()
        Iterator it = Arrays.asList(listItems).iterator();
        while (it.hasNext()) {
            defModel.addElement(it.next());
        // show list
        JScrollPane scroller =
                new JScrollPane(list,
                ScrollPaneConstants.VERTICAL_SCROLLBAR_ALWAYS,
                ScrollPaneConstants.HORIZONTAL_SCROLLBAR_NEVER);
        JFrame frame = new JFrame("Custom JList");
        frame.getContentPane().add(scroller);
        frame.setDefaultCloseOperation(WindowConstants.EXIT_ON_CLOSE);
        frame.pack();
        frame.setVisible(true);
    private static class ListListener implements ListSelectionListener {
        private ListSelectionModel selectionModel = new DefaultListSelectionModel();
        public ListListener() {
        public void valueChanged(ListSelectionEvent e) {
}class ListRenderer
import java.awt.BorderLayout;
import java.awt.Color;
import java.awt.Component;
import java.awt.FlowLayout;
import javax.swing.DefaultListCellRenderer;
import javax.swing.ImageIcon;
import javax.swing.JCheckBox;
import javax.swing.JLabel;
import javax.swing.JList;
import javax.swing.JPanel;
import javax.swing.ListCellRenderer;
import javax.swing.UIDefaults;
import javax.swing.UIManager;
public class ListRenderer extends JPanel implements ListCellRenderer {
    static Color listForeground,  listBackground,  listSelectionForeground,  listSelectionBackground;
    DefaultListCellRenderer defaultComp;
    JCheckBox checkbox;
    JLabel label;
    static {
        UIDefaults uid = UIManager.getLookAndFeel().getDefaults();
        listForeground = uid.getColor("List.foreground");
        listBackground = uid.getColor("List.background");
        listSelectionForeground = uid.getColor("List.selectionForeground");
        listSelectionBackground = uid.getColor("List.selectionBackground");
    public ListRenderer() {
        setLayout(new FlowLayout());
        defaultComp = new DefaultListCellRenderer();
        checkbox = new JCheckBox();
        label = new JLabel();
        label.setText("LABEL");
        add(checkbox, BorderLayout.WEST);
        add(label, BorderLayout.CENTER);
        add(defaultComp, BorderLayout.EAST);
    public Component getListCellRendererComponent(JList list,
            Object value,
            int index,
            boolean isSelected,
            boolean cellHasFocus) {
        defaultComp.getListCellRendererComponent(list, value, index,
                isSelected, cellHasFocus);
        checkbox.setSelected(isSelected);
        Component[] comps = getComponents();
        for (int i = 0; i < comps.length; i++) {
            comps.setForeground(listForeground);
// comps[i].setBackground(listBackground);
return this;
As you can see the text of each JLabel is not being highlighted when you click on the corresponding row
How can i get this solved?