Archive for July, 2003

KeyboardFocusManager.getCurrentKeyboardFocusManager().addPropertyChangeListener(“focusOwner”, new PropertyChangeListener() {    Color FOCUS_COLOR = Color.CYAN;    Component last;    Color background = null;    public void propertyChange(PropertyChangeEvent evt) {       Component current = (Component)evt.getOldValue();       Component future = (Component)evt.getNewValue();          if(current==last && current != null) {             current.setBackground(background);          }          last = future;          if(last!=null) {             background = last.getBackground();             last.setBackground(FOCUS_COLOR);             }          }       }); ….and voila! you get EVERY component that can [...]

Geez – I was just starting to be so happy for the Java Printing Service API. It works like a charm under Windows. The following code list all printers available AND which trays that are available. Works fine on Windows, but NOT on Solaris or even Linux ;( // Get a list of printservices. PrintService[] [...]