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Thread: Updating a Jlist from another thread problem

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    Default Updating a Jlist from another thread problem

    Hi

    I have a GUI that has a JList and a JListModel and then I have another thread which performs an action which updates the JListModel if it needs to.

    Now the problem is that the JList is not updated consistently everytime.

    I have looked up this issue and it is because the GUI should be always updated from the EDT thread.

    How can I refresh the GUI JList from another thread by calling it within the EDT?

    The same thread also updates the contents of a JLabel on the same GUI and this is updated everytime consistently, so is this really the problem?

    Thanks


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    Default Re: Updating a Jlist from another thread problem

    Use a SwingWorker as the threading system, or use SwingUtilties.invokeLater (or invokeAndWait) to update. Always update GUI components on the EDT unless the API states the method is thread safe.

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    Thank you, used SwingUtilities.invokeLater and it works perfect each time

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