JList

[Rajeev Iyer]

Hi...
How can I add Images(ImageIcons) to a JList??
Thanks....

[Nathan Pruett]

You would make a new ListCellRenderer that displays Icons and call setCellRenderer() on the JList, passing in your new ListCellRenderer class.

The easiest way to do this would be to extend DefaultListCellRenderer and override the getListCellRendererComponent method to something like this:

public Component getListCellRendererComponent( 
        JList list,
        Object value,
        int index,
        boolean isSelected,
        boolean cellHasFocus ) {
    Component default = super.getListCellRendererComponent(
            list, value, index, isSelected, cellHasFocus );
    if ( default instanceof JLabel ) {
        JLabel label = (JLabel)default;
        // based off of 'value' parameter decide what icon to use.
        Icon icon = //.....
        label.setIcon( icon );
    }
    return default;
}