String Font

[WolfShield]

Hello all,
I have a window with a JList inside it. I would like each line in the JList to show up
in a certain font. But when I try the 'setFont(font)' method where 'font' has already been
defined it say that it cannot find the symbol 'setFont(java.awt.Font)'. Here is my code:

import java.awt.*;
import java.awt.event.*;
import javax.swing.*;
import java.awt.font.*;

public class chooseFont {

    public static void createAndShowGUI() {
        Font font = new Font("TimesRoman",Font.PLAIN,10);

        // Create Window
        JPanel content = new JPanel();
        content.setLayout(new GridBagLayout());
        GridBagConstraints c = new GridBagConstraints();

        String fontString[] = {"Helvetica".setFont(font), "Frutiger", "Myriad Pro", "Avenir Std",
        "Trajan", "Optima Std", "ITC Franklin Gothic Std", "Futura",
        "Bickham Script", "Univers", "Eurostile", "Interstate", "Trade Gothic",
        "Gill Sans", "Warnock", "Kepler", "Bodoni", "Bembo", "Rockwell",
        "Meta", "Gotham"};

        JList fontList = new JList(fontString);
        fontList.setSelectionMode(ListSelectionModel.SINGLE_SELECTION);
        fontList.setLayoutOrientation(JList.VERTICAL);

        JScrollPane fontSP = new JScrollPane(fontList,
                ScrollPaneConstants.VERTICAL_SCROLLBAR_ALWAYS,
                ScrollPaneConstants.HORIZONTAL_SCROLLBAR_NEVER);
        fontSP.setPreferredSize(new Dimension(150, 90));
        c.gridy=0;
	c.gridx=0;
	c.gridwidth=1;
	c.gridheight=1;
	c.ipadx=0;
	c.ipady=0;
	c.insets=new Insets(0, 0, 15, 25);
	content.add(fontSP, c);

        JButton changeFont = new JButton("Change Font");
        c.gridy=0;
	c.gridx=1;
	c.gridwidth=1;
	c.gridheight=1;
	c.ipadx=0;
	c.ipady=0;
	c.insets=new Insets(0, 0, 0, 0);
	content.add(changeFont, c);

        JLabel exampleText = new JLabel("This is the example text");
        c.gridy=1;
	c.gridx=0;
	c.gridwidth=2;
	c.gridheight=1;
	c.ipadx=0;
	c.ipady=0;
	c.insets=new Insets(0, 0, 15, 0);
	content.add(exampleText, c);

        JButton okB = new JButton("Okay");
        c.gridy=2;
	c.gridx=0;
	c.gridwidth=1;
	c.gridheight=1;
	c.ipadx=0;
	c.ipady=0;
	c.insets=new Insets(0, 0, 0, 0);
	content.add(okB, c);

        JButton cancelB = new JButton("Cancel");
        c.gridy=2;
	c.gridx=1;
	c.gridwidth=1;
	c.gridheight=1;
	c.ipadx=0;
	c.ipady=0;
	c.insets=new Insets(0, 0, 0, 0);
	content.add(cancelB, c);

        JFrame fontWin = new JFrame("JPad v0.1: Change Text Font");
        fontWin.setSize(300, 200); // 300, 200
        fontWin.setLocation(100, 100);
        fontWin.setContentPane(content);
        fontWin.setResizable(false);
        fontWin.setDefaultCloseOperation(JFrame.EXIT_ON_CLOSE);
        fontWin.setVisible(true);
    }

    public static void main(String[] args) {
        javax.swing.SwingUtilities.invokeLater(new Runnable() {
            public void run() {
                createAndShowGUI();
            }
        });
    }
}

So, what am I doing wrong? I thought it might be that I was calling the method on a string
so I changed it to an Object array, but that still gave the save error.

- WolfShield

P.S. Yes, I know I'm calling 'TimesRoman' on 'Helvetica'. I'm just trying to get the setFont()
method to work, then change all of the fonts to what I need.

[NormR1]

Read the API doc for the String class. Does it have a setFont method()?

To find which classes have the setFont() method go to the API doc page. At the top of the page is a link labeled: INDEX

Click that and then click on the letter S.
Do a find for setFont to find the classes using that method.

[JamesCherrill]

Also
If you take the time to read the API doc for JList you will find an explanation with examples of how to use a ListCellRenderer to format JList entries any way you want.

[mKorbel]

as JamesCherrill wrote, that possible

but this idea isn't easy job, beacuse wrong implemntations can freeze whole JList contents for a few moments

good luck

[hfx642]

Does a number have a colour? No???
A String doesn't have a font either.
They are (both) just value holders.
You can set the font (and colour) of a JLabel though.
Only components have properties, not variables.

[WolfShield]

Thanks guys!

- WolfShield