Kestrel I:

I set JList's ComponentOrientation property to Right to Left. The first time JList constructed it displays its items as "Left to Right" manner. It should be Right ti Left. When I click an item it displays correctly then.

bae-chul.kim@eng 1999-06-23

-------------------- Test.java ------------------------
import javax.swing.*;
import java.awt.*;
import java.awt.event.*;

public class test extends JFrame {

    JList lst;
    JScrollPane sp;

    public test() {
        super("Test");

        String[] str = {"1", "2", "3", "4", "5", "6", "7", "8", "9", "10", "11", "12", "13",
"14", "15", "16", "17", "18", "19", "20"};
        lst = new JList(str);
        sp = new JScrollPane(lst);
        getContentPane().add(sp);

        JButton bt = new JButton("Change List Orientation");
        bt.addActionListener(new ActionListener() {
                public void actionPerformed(ActionEvent e) {
                    if (lst.getComponentOrientation()==ComponentOrientation.LEFT_TO_RIGHT ||
lst.getComponentOrientation()==ComponentOrientation.UNKNOWN)
                        lst.setComponentOrientation(ComponentOrientation.RIGHT_TO_LEFT);
                    else
                        lst.setComponentOrientation(ComponentOrientation.LEFT_TO_RIGHT);
                    //lst.updateUI();
                }
            });
        getContentPane().add(bt, BorderLayout.SOUTH);

        setSize(200,200);
        setVisible(true);
    }
    

    public static void main(String[] argv) {
        new test();
    }
}
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