Updating a Jlist from another thread problem

[mds1256]

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

[copeg]

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.

[mds1256]

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