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Scrolling a JPopupMenu (Scrollable JPopupMenu)

Posted on October 2, 2010 by Warren Cross

I’ve just come across a need for a JPopupMenu with lots of menu items and found out scrolling support if not built on? Shock! Horror! After using Google to look for options and finding everything over-engineered or doing some weird … Continue reading →

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Scheduling a recurring event (Timers)

Posted on September 30, 2010 by Warren Cross

So you need an event to occur at regular intervals without doing your own time checks and forcing your application to operate sequentially? You have a number of options open to you but my favourites are the Timer classes, either … Continue reading →

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