I have created an applet which is an image gallery. I have a textarea which takes its contents from .txt files and a few buttons for viewing the images and their description, next and previous buttons. My problem is somehow strange to me (i am a beginner in java and it seems that i'm missing something) once i minimize the explorer window the buttons and the text description disappear. Once i pass the mouse over the position of the buttons only then they appear. Also when i select the text displayed it will appear again. Is there something like refresh on window minimize or something like that? They also disappear when i first open the applet.