JCheckbox as indicator?

Question

I need an off/on indicator for a panel in my Swing application.

My gut reaction is to try to use a JCheckbox, and somehow disable the mouse input and change the checkbox state only through my program. But a radio button would look better.

Is this the best way to do so (& if so, how to disable mouse input w/o making the control look disabled), or is there a better indicator element?

Answer 1

Yep, why not. Just use setEnabled() method (JPanel inherits it, so don't worry).

Answer 2

Use check box but change the icon to look like following round button ( which is a check box BTW )