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gam3r · Apr 26th, 2008, 10:06 AM

I'm making a spreadsheet program in java but i am stuck on getting my mouselisteners to behave the way i want them to.

On mousePressed the clicked on cell in the array defaulttablecellrenderer should change colour, like in excel or any spreadsheet program. but i've tried numerous methods but still can't get it to work. Here is my code for the mouselistener part:

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public void mousePressed(MouseEvent e) {
					// TODO Auto-generated method stub
						for (int i = 0; i<cell.length;i++){
						if (cell[i] == e.getSource()){
							cell[i].setBackground(Color.BLUE);
							System.out.println("worked");
						}
						else{
							System.out.println("no");
						}
					}


				}

The system does print out "worked" so i guess my listeners are working, but i just can't seem to get the background of that cell clicked upon to change.
Maybe i am overlooking something very simple or maybe not.
Any ideas?

Apr 26th, 2008, 10:06 AM	#1
gam3r Newbie Join Date: Jun 2005 Location: London, England Posts: 24 Rep Power: 0	Need some help with MouseListeners and array I'm making a spreadsheet program in java but i am stuck on getting my mouselisteners to behave the way i want them to. On mousePressed the clicked on cell in the array defaulttablecellrenderer should change colour, like in excel or any spreadsheet program. but i've tried numerous methods but still can't get it to work. Here is my code for the mouselistener part: (Toggle Plain Text) public void mousePressed(MouseEvent e) { // TODO Auto-generated method stub for (int i = 0; i<cell.length;i++){ if (cell[i] == e.getSource()){ cell[i].setBackground(Color.BLUE); System.out.println("worked"); } else{ System.out.println("no"); } } } public void mousePressed(MouseEvent e) { // TODO Auto-generated method stub for (int i = 0; i<cell.length;i++){ if (cell[i] == e.getSource()){ cell[i].setBackground(Color.BLUE); System.out.println("worked"); } else{ System.out.println("no"); } } } The system does print out "worked" so i guess my listeners are working, but i just can't seem to get the background of that cell clicked upon to change. Maybe i am overlooking something very simple or maybe not. Any ideas? __________________ biggest NOOB ever :P

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Need some help with MouseListeners and array