Search within a JList

[Tolls]

getNextMatch can only be called with respect to a instance of JList...so can only be called from your "list" object.

At the moment you have written it in a way that says there is a getNextMatch method on whatever class it is this code is in. Which is clearly not the case.

[Mikey]

Right, I did think I would have problems with that line of code. So then, how do I apply the list.getNextMatch(..) to setSelectedIndex()? I want it to set the selected index when the user types a matching search and presses the search button. I just can't seem to figure this out.

[Tolls]

getNextMatch() returns an int.
That in can either be assigned to a variable:

int someInt = list.getNextmatch(...);

or, it can be passed straight into another method call as a parameter:

someOtherMethod(list.getNextMatch(...));

...

[Mikey]

Thankyou so very very much, I have it now working successfully! Thankyou both :)