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That is a good idea! Thanks, I'll try it.

i'd rather not use a JTable but if i must then i will.

Unfortunately your solution, although very intuitive and simple, will not quite do.

Because the items in the columns are of different sizes, just adding " " will not keep them aligned but has...

System.out.println("Tab\tTab");

Works correctly. :S

Maybe tabs don't work in JLists?

SSCCE:


import javax.swing.*;

System.out.println("Tab\tTab");

Works correctly. :S

Maybe tabs don't work in JLists?

One tab:

http://i.imgur.com/ptXyY.png

I just want them to be aligned in columns, like they are but actually aligned.

Hi,

I'm having a problem with the tabbing space in string. Here's the code (within a class that extends DefaultListCellRenderer):


super.setText(date + "\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t" +
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