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peter <peter@yucc.yorku.ca> wrote:

> is there any method which returns array of all visible nodes...I mean
> all nodes from root node down to the last one. I found couple ones which
> return all nodes from root to the node I am working with right now( like
> click onto it and ae)  ...but that is not what I need...any help would
> be appreciated..pete

None that I know of, but it is pretty easy to write.  The 
following code returns a Vector.  If you need an array, you can 
add the code to covert the Vector to an array.

import java.awt.*;
import java.util.Vector;
   :
   :

public static Vector getVisibleComponents( Component c ) {
   Vector v = new Vector();
   addComponents( c, v );
   return v;
}

private static void addComponents( Component c, Vector v ) {
   if ( c.isVisible() ) {
      v.addElement( c );
      if ( c instanceof Container ) {
         Container container = (Container) c;
         Component[] components = container.getComponents();
         for ( int i = 0;  i < components.length;  ++ i ) {
            addComponents( components[i], v );
         }
      }
   }
}


I just wrote this off of the top of my head in my newsreader.  I 
have neither compiled it nor tested it, so you will likely find 
some problems with it.  But it should give you an idea how to 
proceed.
      
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John P. McGrath
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