Re: listview question.....

is the one, as others have suggested. Joe Sam Joe Sam Shirah -http://www.conceptgo.com conceptGO -Consulting/Development/Outsourcing Java Filter Forum: http://www.ibm.com/developerworks/java/ Just the JDBC FAQs

Re: weird focus behaviour with 2 JTextArea's

( AWTKeyStroke.getAWTKeyStroke( KeyEvent.VK_TAB, InputEvent.SHIFT_DOWN_MASK, false ) ); It's also helpful and likely to draw more response if you send compilable code. That includes import statements. Best, Joe Sam Joe Sam Shirah