Unicode font usage with jTabbedPane

Question

Hey there
I faced a problem when I use Unicode characters on JTabbedPane
the font is amharic power geez unicode1 and it works fine with jLabel and partially with jButtons ( except trying to set text at run time )
The problem with jTabbedpane is that when I change its tab title property the other tabs disappear ( am using netbeans 5.5 )

Answer 1

To me, it looks as if your problem is that you're only calling setFont on "this".
That's only going to set it for the top level frame, and doesn't always do it for every individual component. The easy way to get around this is to go berserk with the setFont call. Set it on anything (heck, set it on your dog if it makes you feel any better)! ;D
The slightly harder but smarter way to do this is to write a recursive function that drills down your component list.
public void setFontRecursively(Font myFont, Component comp) {
   comp.setFont(myFont);
   if (comp instanceof Container) {
      Component[] childComps = ((Container)comp).getComponents();
      if (childComps != null) {
         for (int i=0; i < childComps.length; i++) {
            setFontRecursively(myFont, childComps);
That should basically cover anything bar popup menus and drop-down submenus. You have to recall this as they appear, or they don't get the font straight off.
Hope that helps!
Martin Hughes