Question about JLists

I have 2 JLists in the same GUI with 3 ComboBoxes and a bunch of Radio Buttons. I have the radio buttons grouped together.

In the GUI, when I selected an item from a ComboBox or RadioButton (which highlights it) and then select another component, the ComboBox/RadioButton item becomes unselected.

Whenever I choose an item from a JList and then click on a radio button, combo box, or another list... the item remains highlighted. Is there a way to have the selected item in the list become unselected (unhighlighted) when I click on another component?

Sorry, forgot to mention, I have tried using list.clearSelection(). But whenever I do this, the first list i click on gets selected normally. When I choose an item from the opposite list, it just outlines the selection (doesn't highlight it). If I click a 2nd time (on any item from the list) it becomes highlighted like normal. Then the problem just reverses and I must click on the other list twice to get an item to work.

This does not occur when I don't use clearSelection(), but the item from the opposing list remains highlighted at all times.

one way might be to add a class field
int selectedIndex = -1;

then add a focusListener to the JList (list)

Code:

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list.addFocusListener(new FocusListener(){
  public void focusGained(FocusEvent fe){
    list.setSelectedIndex(selectedIndex);
  }
  public void focusLost(FocusEvent fe){
    selectedIndex = list.getSelectedIndex();
    list.clearSelection();
  }
})

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Thanks, I got it to work, but I had to use...

Code:

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        list.addFocusListener(new FocusListener(){
            public void focusGained(FocusEvent fe){
                list.setSelectedIndex(list.getSelectedIndex());
            }
            public void focusLost(FocusEvent fe){
                list.clearSelection();
            }
        });

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The way you had it was fine except that it selected the last known index when the list became focused instead of the item clicked.

THANKS!

I'd leave it selected, but perhaps that's just me.