The purpose of the program is to display chart on click of the button with given parameters.
calcButton.addActionListener(new ActionListener() {
public void actionPerformed(ActionEvent e) {
//some calculations ...
XYChart chart = QuickChart.getChart("Graph", "X", "Y", "y(x)", expression.xData, expression.yData);
new SwingWrapper(chart).displayChart();
}
});
However displayChart uses invokeAndWait, which cannot be executed inside ActionListener which makes sense. What is the proper way to solve this issue?
I am using swing with XChart library
You have to create the frame and its content panel by yourself, note that using multiple frames in an application is in general a bad idea, so consider a different design for your UI (e.g. tabbed pane).
Sample code, only displayChart(...) is relevant for you but I always prefer to create a runnable example:
package test;
import java.awt.event.ActionEvent;
import java.awt.event.ActionListener;
import javax.swing.JButton;
import javax.swing.JDialog;
import javax.swing.JFrame;
import org.knowm.xchart.QuickChart;
import org.knowm.xchart.XChartPanel;
import org.knowm.xchart.XYChart;
public class TestChart {
public static void main(String[] args) {
double[] xData=new double[100];
double[] yData=new double[100];
for (int i=0;i<100;i++) {
yData[i]=i+1;
xData[i]=Math.log(i+1);
}
XYChart chart = QuickChart.getChart("Graph", "X", "Y", "y(x)", xData, yData);
JFrame frame=new JFrame("Main");
frame.setDefaultCloseOperation(JFrame.EXIT_ON_CLOSE);
JButton clickMe=new JButton("Click me!");
clickMe.addActionListener(new ActionListener() {
#Override
public void actionPerformed(ActionEvent e) {
displayChart(frame, chart);
}
});
frame.setContentPane(clickMe);
frame.pack();
frame.setVisible(true);
}
public static void displayChart(JFrame owner, XYChart chart) {
XChartPanel<XYChart> panel=new XChartPanel<XYChart>(chart);
JDialog d=new JDialog(owner, "Chart");
d.setDefaultCloseOperation(JDialog.DISPOSE_ON_CLOSE);
d.setContentPane(panel);
d.pack();
d.setLocationRelativeTo(owner);
d.setVisible(true);
}
}
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I'm learning about threads and I've got a problem with it. I'm trying to make 2 frames, one is a main frame and another will be shown later after clicking on a button. I want to stop the main frame while the new frame is running. Can you guys help me with a very simple example for this? (And the new frame will be closed after clicking on a button too). Just 2 frames with a button on each are enough. Much appreciated!
You should avoid the use of multiple JFrames, use modal dialogs instead. JOptionPane offers a ton of good, easy & flexible methods to do so.
Here's an example. When you click the button the dialog will appear on top of the JFrame. The main JFrame won't be clickable anymore, since JOptionPane.showMessageDialog() produces a modal window.
import java.awt.EventQueue;
import java.awt.FlowLayout;
import java.awt.event.ActionEvent;
import java.awt.event.ActionListener;
import javax.swing.JButton;
import javax.swing.JFrame;
import javax.swing.JOptionPane;
public class Example {
public Example() {
JFrame frame = new JFrame();
JButton button = new JButton("Click me");
button.addActionListener(new ActionListener() {
#Override
public void actionPerformed(ActionEvent arg0) {
JOptionPane.showMessageDialog(frame, "I'm a dialog!");
}
});
frame.getContentPane().setLayout(new FlowLayout());
frame.getContentPane().add(button);
frame.setDefaultCloseOperation(JFrame.EXIT_ON_CLOSE);
frame.pack();
frame.setLocationRelativeTo(null);
frame.setVisible(true);
}
public static void main(String[] args) {
EventQueue.invokeLater(new Runnable() {
#Override
public void run() {
new Example();
}
});
}
}
Output:
I wanna create a simple java application, and I have some problems.
This is my main class:
import java.awt.EventQueue;
import javax.swing.JFrame;
import javax.swing.JPanel;
import java.awt.BorderLayout;
import java.awt.Component;
import javax.swing.JButton;
import java.awt.event.ActionListener;
import java.awt.event.ActionEvent;
public class MainWindow {
private JFrame frame;
/**
* Launch the application.
*/
public static void main(String[] args) {
EventQueue.invokeLater(new Runnable() {
public void run() {
try {
MainWindow window = new MainWindow();
window.frame.setVisible(true);
} catch (Exception e) {
e.printStackTrace();
}
}
});
}
/**
* Create the application.
*/
public MainWindow() {
initialize();
}
/**
* Initialize the contents of the frame.
*/
private void initialize() {
frame = new JFrame();
frame.setBounds(100, 100, 450, 300);
frame.setDefaultCloseOperation(JFrame.EXIT_ON_CLOSE);
JPanel panel = new JPanel();
frame.getContentPane().add(panel, BorderLayout.CENTER);
JButton btnNewButton = new JButton("First B");
panel.add(btnNewButton);
btnNewButton.addActionListener(new ActionListener() {
public void actionPerformed(ActionEvent e) {
SecWindow SW = new SecWindow();
//-----
}
});
}
}
Secound class:
import javax.swing.JButton;
import javax.swing.JPanel;
public class SecWindow {
public SecWindow() {
SecPanel();
}
public void SecPanel() {
JPanel panel2 = new JPanel();
JButton btnNewButton_2 = new JButton("Sec B");
panel2.add(btnNewButton_2);
}
}
How can I do this: when I press the "First B" I wanna delete the first panel and create a new one class SecWindow().
How can I do this: when I press the "First B" I wanna delete the first panel and create a new one class SecWindow().
You should be using a CardLayout. The CardLayout will allow you to swap panels in the frame.
Read the section from the Swing tutorial on How to Use CardLayout for more information and working examples.
The example uses a combo box to swap the panels so you just need to move that code to the ActionListener of your button.
try{
secWindow secondWindow = new secWindow();
secondWindow.frame.setVisible(true);
window.frame.setVisible(false);
} catch (Exception e) {
e.printStackTrace();
This will hide first window and show second one.
You can not completely "delete" object that has main method in it. your app will start and end in main method.
instead you can make new class and transfer main method over there
I am displaying a JOptionPane suppose A on a button click from JFrame, and again displaying another JOptionPane suppose B on a button click from JOptionPane A, and I have a button on JOptionPane B suppoce button1, on the click event of button1, I am using code JOptionPane.getRootFrame().dispose() for closing the JOptionPane B, but it closes both A and B, please help me how can close only B but not A.
here is my sample code
i want second JOptionPane must be open
import java.awt.Dimension;
import java.awt.event.ActionEvent;
import java.awt.event.ActionListener;
import javax.swing.JButton;
import javax.swing.JDialog;
import javax.swing.JFrame;
import javax.swing.JOptionPane;
import javax.swing.JPanel;
public class SampleCode extends JFrame {
public SampleCode() {
setSize(new Dimension(500, 500));
setLocation(450, 150);
but1 = new JButton("Click me");
add(but1);
setDefaultCloseOperation(EXIT_ON_CLOSE);
setVisible(true);
but1.addActionListener(new ActionListener() {
#Override
public void actionPerformed(ActionEvent e) {
but1Function();
}
});
}
public static void main(String args[]) {
new SampleCode();
}
void but1Function() {
JPanel panel1 = new JPanel();
JButton but2 = new JButton("Open new dialog");
panel1.add(but2);
but2.addActionListener(new ActionListener() {
#Override
public void actionPerformed(ActionEvent e) {
JPanel pan2 = new JPanel();
JButton but3 = new JButton("click me to close");
pan2.add(but3);
but3.addActionListener(new ActionListener() {
#Override
public void actionPerformed(ActionEvent e) {
JOptionPane.getRootFrame().dispose();
}
});
JOptionPane.showMessageDialog(null, pan2);
}
});
JOptionPane jp = new JOptionPane(panel1, JOptionPane.CLOSED_OPTION,
JOptionPane.DEFAULT_OPTION, null, new Object[] {}, null);
JDialog dialog = jp.createDialog(null, "This one must be remain open");
dialog.setLocation(500, 200);
dialog.setSize(new Dimension(345, 200));
dialog.setVisible(true);
}
JButton but1;
}
You don't want to get the root frame nor dispose of it. You want to get the window that is displaying the JOptionPane, a Window that should be a modal JDialog. So instead, use SwingUtilities.getWindowAncestor(someComponentInJOptionPane), and call dispose() on that Window if you want to programmatically dispose of your JOPtionPane.
import java.awt.Component;
import java.awt.Window;
import java.awt.event.ActionEvent;
import java.awt.event.KeyEvent;
import javax.swing.AbstractAction;
import javax.swing.JButton;
import javax.swing.JOptionPane;
import javax.swing.JPanel;
import javax.swing.SwingUtilities;
public class OptionPaneFun {
public static void main(String[] args) {
SwingUtilities.invokeLater(new Runnable() {
#SuppressWarnings("serial")
public void run() {
final JPanel panel1 = new JPanel();
panel1.add(new JButton(new AbstractAction("Show new option pane") {
{
putValue(MNEMONIC_KEY, KeyEvent.VK_S);
}
#Override
public void actionPerformed(ActionEvent e1) {
final JPanel panel2= new JPanel();
panel2.add(new JButton(new AbstractAction("Dispose of this option pane") {
{
putValue(MNEMONIC_KEY, KeyEvent.VK_D);
}
#Override
public void actionPerformed(ActionEvent e2) {
Component comp = (Component) e2.getSource();
Window win = SwingUtilities.getWindowAncestor(comp);
if (win != null) {
win.dispose();
}
}
}));
JOptionPane.showMessageDialog(panel1, panel2);
}
}));
JOptionPane.showMessageDialog(null, panel1);
}
});
}
}
The static method "getRootFrame()" returns your root frame which is the only one and it's the same for both your components (A and B). What you need to do - you have to put two frames in your root frame (call them frameA and frameB) and put paneA to frameA and paneB to frameB. Instead of calling this static method just invoke frameB.dispose() on reference frameB which you already have.
Try to add
panel.validiate();
After the dispose command. I had the same problem once and it helped a lot when I used this trick.
Basically when you add this command, it is telling the frame to validate or actually do it.
Read the oracle docs for more info.
In the Java file below, I create a frame containing a panel, which then nests a second panel. I'm trying to listen for key strokes in the nested panel. My approach is to use an input map and an action map. I've found if I only have an input map for the nested panel, things work as expected. However, if the parent panel also has an input map, key stroke events are not passed to the nested panel. You can observe this behavior by commenting and uncommenting the first call to getInputMap().put. Does anyone have a solution for this?
import java.awt.BorderLayout;
import java.awt.event.ActionEvent;
import java.awt.event.KeyEvent;
import javax.swing.AbstractAction;
import javax.swing.JFrame;
import javax.swing.JPanel;
import javax.swing.KeyStroke;
import javax.swing.SwingUtilities;
public class InputMapTest extends JPanel {
public InputMapTest() {
super(new BorderLayout());
JPanel panel = new JPanel();
KeyStroke ks = KeyStroke.getKeyStroke(KeyEvent.VK_ENTER, 0);
getInputMap().put(ks, "someAction");
getActionMap().put("someAction", new AbstractAction() {
#Override
public void actionPerformed(ActionEvent e) {
System.out.println("here1");
}
});
ks = KeyStroke.getKeyStroke(KeyEvent.VK_SPACE, 0);
panel.getInputMap().put(ks, "someOtherAction");
panel.getActionMap().put("someOtherAction", new AbstractAction() {
#Override
public void actionPerformed(ActionEvent e) {
System.out.println("here2");
}
});
add(panel);
}
public static void main(String[] args) {
SwingUtilities.invokeLater(new Runnable() {
#Override
public void run() {
JFrame frame = new JFrame();
frame.getContentPane().add(new InputMapTest());
frame.setSize(800, 600);
frame.setDefaultCloseOperation(JFrame.EXIT_ON_CLOSE);
frame.setLocationRelativeTo(null);
frame.setVisible(true);
}
});
}
}
see Oracle tutorial How to use KeyBindings
you miss there set focus to JPanel panel.getInputMap(JComponent.WHEN_IN_FOCUSED_WINDOW).put(...)
I have a show button to show a JTable on click but the table is not visible.
Note: when I remove the JScrollPane the code works properly but the header of the table is not shown, so any help please to make this code work properly without removing the JScrollPane
import java.awt.event.ActionEvent;
import java.awt.event.ActionListener;
import javax.swing.JButton;
import javax.swing.JFrame;
import javax.swing.JScrollPane;
import javax.swing.JTable;
import javax.swing.table.DefaultTableModel;
public class Training extends JFrame {
public Training() {
getContentPane().setLayout(new FlowLayout());
JTable table = new JTable();
table.setModel(new DefaultTableModel(new Object[][] { { "joe", "joe" },
{ "mickel", "mickel" }, }, new String[] { "LastName",
"FirstName" }));
final JScrollPane pane = new JScrollPane(table);
pane.setVisible(false);
getContentPane().add(pane);
JButton btn = new JButton("show");
add(btn);
btn.addActionListener(new ActionListener() {
#Override
public void actionPerformed(ActionEvent e) {
// TODO Auto-generated method stub
pane.setVisible(true);
}
});
}
public static void main(String[] args) {
Training app = new Training();
app.setDefaultCloseOperation(JFrame.EXIT_ON_CLOSE);
app.setSize(600, 600);
app.setVisible(true);
}
}
After pane.setVisible(true); add the following:
getContentPane().validate();
getContentPane().repaint();
A few things to note:
Never extends JFrame class unnecessarily, or else you might need to extend another class which is very necessary but in java a single class may not extend more than one other class (no multiple inheritance).
Always create Swing components on Event Dispatch Thread via SwingUtilities.invokeLater(Runnable r) block.
Do not use setSize(..) call JFrame#pack() before setting JFrame visible
No need for getContentPane.add(..) or getContentPane().setLayout(..), simply call add(..) or setLayout(..) on JFrame instance as these calls are fowared to the contentPane.
The problem you have is you do not refresh you frame/container after setting pane visible. I disagree with #Dan. Do not use validate() (getContentPane() is not necesarry either) rather:
revalidate();
repaint();
as revalidate() covers validate(). Also validate is used when new JComponents are added to a visible component, whereas revalidate() is used when JComponent is removed/added from a visible component.
Here is a fixed version of the code with the above implemented:
After button pressed:
import java.awt.FlowLayout;
import java.awt.event.ActionEvent;
import java.awt.event.ActionListener;
import javax.swing.JButton;
import javax.swing.JFrame;
import javax.swing.JScrollPane;
import javax.swing.JTable;
import javax.swing.SwingUtilities;
import javax.swing.table.DefaultTableModel;
public class Training {
private JFrame frame;
public Training() {
frame = new JFrame();
frame.setLayout(new FlowLayout());
JTable table = new JTable();
table.setModel(new DefaultTableModel(new Object[][]{{"joe", "joe"},
{"mickel", "mickel"},}, new String[]{"LastName",
"FirstName"}));
final JScrollPane pane = new JScrollPane(table);
pane.setVisible(false);
frame.add(pane);
JButton btn = new JButton("show");
frame.add(btn);
btn.addActionListener(new ActionListener() {
#Override
public void actionPerformed(ActionEvent e) {
pane.setVisible(true);
frame.pack();//this is so the frame will resize after adding pane
frame.revalidate();
frame.repaint();
}
});
frame.setDefaultCloseOperation(JFrame.EXIT_ON_CLOSE);
frame.pack();
frame.setVisible(true);
}
public static void main(String[] args) {
SwingUtilities.invokeLater(new Runnable() {
#Override
public void run() {
new Training();
}
});
}
}
UPDATE:
Also for a more reusable Layout, why not add all components to a JPanel, and add that JPanel to the JFrame, thus if you ever need to add more stuff its simple.