Java tutorial
import java.awt.BorderLayout; import java.awt.Color; import java.awt.Component; import java.awt.Font; import javax.swing.DefaultListCellRenderer; import javax.swing.JFrame; import javax.swing.JLabel; import javax.swing.JList; import javax.swing.JScrollPane; import javax.swing.ListCellRenderer; public class MainClass { public static void main(String args[]) throws Exception { Object elements[][] = { { new Font("Courier", Font.BOLD, 16), Color.YELLOW, "This" }, { new Font("Helvetica", Font.ITALIC, 8), Color.DARK_GRAY, "Computer" } }; JFrame frame = new JFrame("Complex Renderer"); frame.setDefaultCloseOperation(JFrame.EXIT_ON_CLOSE); JList jlist = new JList(elements); ListCellRenderer renderer = new ComplexCellRenderer(); jlist.setCellRenderer(renderer); JScrollPane scrollPane = new JScrollPane(jlist); frame.add(scrollPane, BorderLayout.CENTER); frame.setSize(300, 200); frame.setVisible(true); } } class ComplexCellRenderer implements ListCellRenderer { protected DefaultListCellRenderer defaultRenderer = new DefaultListCellRenderer(); public Component getListCellRendererComponent(JList list, Object value, int index, boolean isSelected, boolean cellHasFocus) { Font theFont = null; Color theForeground = null; String theText = null; JLabel renderer = (JLabel) defaultRenderer.getListCellRendererComponent(list, value, index, isSelected, cellHasFocus); if (value instanceof Object[]) { Object values[] = (Object[]) value; theFont = (Font) values[0]; theForeground = (Color) values[1]; theText = (String) values[2]; } else { theFont = list.getFont(); theForeground = list.getForeground(); theText = ""; } if (!isSelected) { renderer.setForeground(theForeground); } renderer.setText(theText); renderer.setFont(theFont); return renderer; } }