Re: [Jython-users] displayedMnemonic in JLabel

[Ted B. <te...@et...>]

On Monday 10 September 2001 09:17, Richard Cook wrote:
> if I write (in tst.py)
>
> from javax.swing import *
> b=JLabel("bob", displayedMnemonic=66)
>
> jython tst.py gives:
>
> Traceback (innermost last):
>   File "tst.py", line 2, in ?
> AttributeError: read-only attr: displayedMnemonic
>
> If I have this:
>
> from javax.swing import *
>
> class Dummy(JPanel):
>    pass
>
> b=JLabel("bob", displayedMnemonic=66)
>
> Then I get no complaint. Am I doing something wrong?
>
> Also, because displayedMnemonic is an int property,
>
> b=JLabel("bob", displayedMnemonic='b')
> fails (can't convert string to int)
>
> but
> b.setDisplayedMnemonic('b') works OK because presumably it calls
> setDisplayedMnemonic(char)
>
> Is there a way to set displayedMnemonic in the constructor more naturally?
>

b = JLabel( "bob", displayedMnemonic=ord( 'b' ) )

ted