Picture in JList!

Question

hi,
i want to add a picture in the JList in such a way that it comes befor any string in a jlist
please help me in this regard
thanks,

Answer 1

Try this: don't forget to change this 2 lines
ImageIcon i1 = new ImageIcon("im1.gif");
ImageIcon i2 = new ImageIcon("im2.gif");
import java.awt.*;
import javax.swing.*;
import java.awt.event.*;
import java.util.*;
public class JlistR extends JFrame 
     Vector      v  = new Vector();
     JList       jc = new JList(v);
     JScrollPane js = new JScrollPane(jc);
public JlistR()
     addWindowListener(new WindowAdapter()
    {     public void windowClosing(WindowEvent ev)
          {     dispose();
               System.exit(0);}});
     for (int j=0; j < 70; j++)     v.add(""+j+"a  d"+j*120);
       setBounds(1,1,500,300);
     getContentPane().add(js);
     js.setPreferredSize(new Dimension(200,199));
     jc.setSelectedIndex(1);
     jc.setCellRenderer(new MyCellRenderer());
     getContentPane().setLayout(new FlowLayout());
     setVisible(true);
public class MyCellRenderer extends JLabel implements ListCellRenderer
     ImageIcon i1 = new ImageIcon("im1.gif");
     ImageIcon i2 = new ImageIcon("im2.gif");
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
     setOpaque(true);
     if (index%2 == 1) setBackground(Color.white);
          else          setBackground(Color.lightGray);
     if (isSelected)
          setBackground(Color.gray);
          setIcon(i1);
     else
          setIcon(i2);
       setForeground(Color.black);
     setText(value.toString());
     return(this);
public static void main (String[] args) 
     new JlistR();
Noah
import java.awt.*;
import javax.swing.*;
import java.awt.event.*;
import java.util.*;
public class JlistR extends JFrame
     Vector v = new Vector();
     JList jc = new JList(v);
     JScrollPane js = new JScrollPane(jc);
public JlistR()
     addWindowListener(new WindowAdapter()
{     public void windowClosing(WindowEvent ev)
          {     dispose();
               System.exit(0);}});
     for (int j=0; j < 70; j++)     v.add(""+j+"a d"+j*120);
     setBounds(1,1,500,300);
     getContentPane().add(js);
     js.setPreferredSize(new Dimension(200,199));
     jc.setSelectedIndex(1);
     jc.setCellRenderer(new MyCellRenderer());
     getContentPane().setLayout(new FlowLayout());
     setVisible(true);
public class MyCellRenderer extends JLabel implements ListCellRenderer
     ImageIcon i1 = new ImageIcon("im1.gif");
     ImageIcon i2 = new ImageIcon("im2.gif");
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
     setOpaque(true);
     if (index%2 == 1) setBackground(Color.white);
          else setBackground(Color.lightGray);
     if (isSelected)
          setBackground(Color.gray);
          setIcon(i1);
     else
          setIcon(i2);
     setForeground(Color.black);
     setText(value.toString());
     return(this);
public static void main (String[] args)
     new JlistR();