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Java GUI: How to Set Focus on JButton in JPanel on JFrame?
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The following program shows a JTextArea and a "Close" JButton. I defined the button as the default button because I would like it to have the focus as soon as I open the window. However, when I run the program the button is highlighted but the focus is on the text field.
How do I set the focus on the button and not the text area?
package test;
import java.awt.BorderLayout;
import java.awt.Dimension;
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.JPanel;
import javax.swing.JScrollPane;
import javax.swing.JTextArea;
import javax.swing.ScrollPaneConstants;
import javax.swing.border.EtchedBorder;
public class Test {
static JPanel southPanel;
static JButton closeButton;
static JFrame frame;
static JTextArea textArea;
private static final Dimension REASON_AREA_SIZE = new Dimension(250, 50);
public static void main(String args[]) {
String title = "";
frame = new JFrame();
frame.setLayout(new BorderLayout());
frame.setSize(1000, 800);
textArea = new JTextArea();
textArea.setLineWrap(true);
textArea.setWrapStyleWord(true);
textArea.setEditable(true);
JScrollPane lScrollPane = new JScrollPane(textArea);
lScrollPane.setVerticalScrollBarPolicy(ScrollPaneConstants.VERTICAL_SCROLLBAR_AS_NEEDED);
lScrollPane.setPreferredSize(REASON_AREA_SIZE);
frame.add(lScrollPane, BorderLayout.CENTER);
frame.add(createSouthPanel(), BorderLayout.SOUTH);
//Here the close button is defined by default, the focus should be on it
setDefaultButton();
frame.setDefaultCloseOperation(JFrame.DISPOSE_ON_CLOSE);
frame.setTitle(title);
frame.setVisible(true);
}
private static JPanel createSouthPanel() {
southPanel = new JPanel(
new FlowLayout(FlowLayout.RIGHT, 10, 10));
southPanel.setBorder(new EtchedBorder(EtchedBorder.RAISED));
addCloseButton(southPanel);
return southPanel;
}
/**
* Set the close button as default
*/
protected static void setDefaultButton() {
frame.getRootPane().setDefaultButton(closeButton);
}
private static void addCloseButton(JPanel pButtonsPanel) {
closeButton = new JButton("Close");
closeButton.addActionListener(new ActionListener() {
#Override
public void actionPerformed(ActionEvent pEvent) {
frame.dispose();
}
});
pButtonsPanel.add(closeButton);
}
}
Inside your setDefaultButton() method, add:
closeButton.requestFocus()
Focus is different to the default.
Related
as you see I have made a very simple program where I input text on a textfield, then press the button to print it on the console:
import javax.swing.*;
import java.awt.*;
import java.awt.event.ActionEvent;
import java.awt.event.ActionListener;
class Main {
private static class Window extends JFrame {
private static class TextField extends JTextField {
private TextField() {
setVisible(true);
setBounds(5, 0, 190,20);
}
}
public class Button extends JButton implements ActionListener {
private Button() {
setText("print");
addActionListener(this);
setVisible(true);
setBounds(5, 35, 190,20);
}
public void actionPerformed(ActionEvent e) {
TextField textField = new TextField();
String input = textField.getText();
System.out.println(input);
}
}
However, while I click the button, it adds blank lines to the console, without the text I have written in it.
Your actionPerformed method creates a new TextField instance and prints the text from that new instance.
A very simple example that works as intended:
import java.awt.EventQueue;
import java.awt.GridLayout;
import java.awt.event.ActionEvent;
import javax.swing.AbstractAction;
import javax.swing.JButton;
import javax.swing.JFrame;
import javax.swing.JPanel;
import javax.swing.JTextField;
public class TextAndButtonExample {
public static void main( String[] args ) {
EventQueue.invokeLater(() -> new TextAndButtonExample().start());
}
void start() {
JTextField textField = new JTextField();
JButton button = new JButton(new AbstractAction("Print") {
public void actionPerformed( ActionEvent e ) {
System.out.println(textField.getText());
}
});
JPanel controlPane = new JPanel(new GridLayout(2, 1));
controlPane.add(textField);
controlPane.add(button);
JPanel contentPane = new JPanel();
contentPane.add(controlPane);
JFrame frame = new JFrame();
frame.setDefaultCloseOperation(JFrame.EXIT_ON_CLOSE);
frame.getContentPane().add(contentPane);
frame.pack();
frame.setLocationRelativeTo(null);
frame.setVisible(true);
}
}
Note that I did not extend any Swing components and that I did use a layout manager instead of explicitly setting bounds for components.
I failed to change the height of JPanel or JScrollPane to make more lines to appear, I used GridLayout. It seems that, every component in it should have the same size even when I use setSize(). Should I use another layout?
import java.awt.FlowLayout;
import java.awt.Graphics;
import java.awt.GridLayout;
import java.awt.event.ActionEvent;
import java.awt.event.ActionListener;
import java.awt.event.WindowAdapter;
import java.awt.event.WindowEvent;
import java.awt.image.BufferedImage;
import java.io.File;
import java.io.IOException;
import javax.imageio.ImageIO;
import javax.swing.JButton;
import javax.swing.JFrame;
import javax.swing.JLabel;
import javax.swing.JPanel;
import javax.swing.JScrollPane;
import javax.swing.JTextField;
public class Main {
private JFrame mainFrame;
private JLabel headerLabel;
private JLabel statusLabel;
private JPanel controlPanel;
private imagePanel image;
JTextField textField = new JTextField(20);
public Main() throws IOException{
prepareGUI();
}
class imagePanel extends JPanel {
private static final long serialVersionUID = 1L;
public void paint(Graphics g) {
try {
BufferedImage image = ImageIO.read(new File("file.jpg"));
g.drawImage(image, 170, 0, null);
} catch (IOException e) {
// TODO Auto-generated catch block
e.printStackTrace();
}
}
}
public static void main(String[] args) throws IOException{
Main swingControlDemo = new Main();
swingControlDemo.showEventDemo();
}
private void prepareGUI(){
mainFrame = new JFrame("Java SWING Examples");
mainFrame.setSize(400,500);
GridLayout gridlayout = new GridLayout(4, 1);
gridlayout.setVgap(1);
mainFrame.setLayout(gridlayout);
headerLabel = new JLabel("",JLabel.CENTER );
statusLabel = new JLabel("",JLabel.CENTER);
JScrollPane scroller = new JScrollPane(statusLabel, JScrollPane.VERTICAL_SCROLLBAR_AS_NEEDED, JScrollPane.HORIZONTAL_SCROLLBAR_AS_NEEDED);
mainFrame.addWindowListener(new WindowAdapter() {
public void windowClosing(WindowEvent windowEvent){
System.exit(0);
}
});
controlPanel = new JPanel();
controlPanel.setLayout(new FlowLayout());
image = new imagePanel();
image.setLayout(new FlowLayout());
// mainFrame.add(headerLabel);
mainFrame.add(image);
mainFrame.add(controlPanel);
mainFrame.add(scroller);
mainFrame.setVisible(true);
}
private void showEventDemo(){
headerLabel.setText("Control in action: Button");
JButton okButton = new JButton("reload");
JButton submitButton = new JButton("Submit");
JButton cancelButton = new JButton("Cancel");
okButton.setActionCommand("reload");
submitButton.setActionCommand("Submit");
cancelButton.setActionCommand("Cancel");
okButton.addActionListener(new ButtonClickListener());
submitButton.addActionListener(new ButtonClickListener());
cancelButton.addActionListener(new ButtonClickListener());
controlPanel.add(okButton);
controlPanel.add(submitButton);
//controlPanel.add(cancelButton);
controlPanel.add(textField);
System.out.println("---------------------");
mainFrame.setVisible(true);
}
private class ButtonClickListener implements ActionListener{
public void actionPerformed(ActionEvent e) {
String command = e.getActionCommand();
if( command.equals( "reload" )) {
statusLabel.setText(convertToMultiline("Line1\nLine2\nLine3\nLine4\nLine5\nLine6\nLine7\nLine8\nLine9\nLine2\nLine3\nLine\nLine2\nLine3\nLine\nLine2\nLine3\nLine\nLine2\nLine3\nLine\nLine2\nLine3\nLine\nLine2\nLine3\nLine\nLine2\nLine3\nLine"));
}
else {
statusLabel.setText("Submit Button clicked.");
}
}
}
public static String convertToMultiline(String orig)
{
return "<html>" + orig.replaceAll("\n", "<br>");
}
}
The GUI need to look like this
I want to remove the large vertical gaps between the componets, and the jLabel should use that space
Well in your comment you say you want the label to use the space. But in your picture you show the text area with all the space. How can we answer a question when you give us conflicting requirements? Be specific and accurate when describing a problem.
In any case, the default layout of a JFrame is a BorderLayout so you would probably start with that.
Then the component that you want to grow/shrink as the frame is resized should be added to the CENTER of the frame.
Then you create a second panel to contain your other components. This panel would then be added to either the PAGE_START or PAGE_NORTH of the frame depending on your exact requirement.
The layout manager of this panel can then be whatever your want. Maybe a GridLayout, or a GridBagLayout or a vertical BoxLayout.
Read the section from the Swing tutorial on Layout Managers for more information and working examples. The key point is you create nest panels each with a different layout manager to achieve your layout.
I have a frame which contains a vertical toolbar with a combobox and some buttons. The combobox takes up the maximum height it can in the toolbar. Why? And how to solve this? Is there a way to fix the size of the combobox?
The code:
import java.awt.BorderLayout;
import javax.swing.JButton;
import javax.swing.JComboBox;
import javax.swing.JFrame;
import javax.swing.JPanel;
import javax.swing.JToolBar;
import javax.swing.border.BevelBorder;
public class Clipping extends JPanel {
public Clipping()
{
setLayout(new BorderLayout());
JToolBar toolbar = new JToolBar(JToolBar.VERTICAL);
CreateToolBarButtons(toolbar);
toolbar.setFloatable(false);
toolbar.setBorder(new BevelBorder(BevelBorder.RAISED));
add(toolbar, BorderLayout.WEST);
}
private static void CreateToolBarButtons(JToolBar toolbar)
{
String[] cboList = {"Line", "Polygon"};
JComboBox cboDraw = new JComboBox(cboList);
JButton btnClip = new JButton("Set clip area");
JButton btnClear = new JButton("Clear");
toolbar.add(cboDraw);
toolbar.addSeparator();
toolbar.add(btnClip);
toolbar.addSeparator();
toolbar.add(btnClear);
}
public static void main(String[] args)
{
CreateFrame();
}
private static void CreateFrame()
{
JFrame frame = new JFrame("Clipping");
frame.setDefaultCloseOperation(JFrame.EXIT_ON_CLOSE);
frame.add(new Clipping());
frame.setSize(500,500);
frame.setVisible(true);
}
}
JToolbar uses a BoxLayout and JComboBox has an issue with it. See this question for a solution. Rather than creating a subclass, try to just setMaximumSize on the combo box with the height that you like.
I am trying to create a Java GUI application that contains a label and button. When the button is clicked the background color of the first panel is changed. I've got the label and button but getting errors whenever I click the button. Also, I wanted the first panel to originally have a yellow background then switch to whatever color. Here's my code:
import javax.swing.JFrame;
import javax.swing.JPanel;
import java.awt.BorderLayout;
import java.awt.Color;
import java.awt.GridLayout;
import java.awt.FlowLayout;
import javax.swing.JButton;
import java.awt.event.ActionListener;
import java.awt.event.ActionEvent;
import javax.swing.JLabel;
public class ChangeDemo extends JFrame implements ActionListener
{
public static final int WIDTH = 300;
public static final int HEIGHT= 200;
private JPanel biggerPanel;
public static void main(String[] args)
{
ChangeDemo gui = new ChangeDemo();
gui.setVisible(true);
}
public ChangeDemo()
{
super ("ChangeBackgroundDemo");
setSize(WIDTH,HEIGHT);
setDefaultCloseOperation(JFrame.EXIT_ON_CLOSE);
setLayout(new GridLayout(2,3));
JPanel biggerPanel = new JPanel();
biggerPanel.setLayout(new BorderLayout());
biggerPanel.setBackground(Color.YELLOW);
JLabel namePanel = new JLabel("Click the button to change the background color");
biggerPanel.add(namePanel, BorderLayout.NORTH);
add(namePanel);
JPanel buttonPanel = new JPanel();
buttonPanel.setLayout(new FlowLayout());
buttonPanel.setBackground(Color.LIGHT_GRAY);
JButton changeButton = new JButton("Change Color");
changeButton.addActionListener(this);
buttonPanel.add(changeButton);
add(buttonPanel);
}
public void actionPerformed(ActionEvent e)
{
String buttonString = e.getActionCommand();
if(buttonString.equals("Change Color"))
biggerPanel.setBackground(Color.RED);
else
System.out.println("Unexpected Error!");
}
}
I made a few changes to your code.
First, you must start a Swing application with a call to SwingUtilities.invokeLater.
public static void main(String[] args) {
SwingUtilities.invokeLater(new ChangeDemo());
}
Second, you use Swing components. You only extend a Swing component when you want to override a method of the Swing component.
Third, I made a action listener specifically for your JButton. That way, you don't have to check for a particular JButton string. You can create as many action listeners as you need for your GUI.
JButton changeButton = new JButton("Change Color");
changeButton.addActionListener(new ActionListener() {
#Override
public void actionPerformed(ActionEvent event) {
isYellow = !isYellow;
if (isYellow) buttonPanel.setBackground(Color.YELLOW);
else buttonPanel.setBackground(Color.RED);
}
});
Finally, I changed the background color of the JButton panel.
Here's the entire ChangeDemo class.
package com.ggl.testing;
import java.awt.Color;
import java.awt.FlowLayout;
import java.awt.event.ActionEvent;
import java.awt.event.ActionListener;
import javax.swing.BoxLayout;
import javax.swing.JButton;
import javax.swing.JFrame;
import javax.swing.JLabel;
import javax.swing.JPanel;
import javax.swing.SwingUtilities;
public class ChangeDemo implements Runnable {
private boolean isYellow;
private JFrame frame;
public static void main(String[] args) {
SwingUtilities.invokeLater(new ChangeDemo());
}
#Override
public void run() {
frame = new JFrame("Change Background Demo");
frame.setDefaultCloseOperation(JFrame.EXIT_ON_CLOSE);
JPanel mainPanel = new JPanel();
mainPanel.setLayout(new BoxLayout(mainPanel, BoxLayout.PAGE_AXIS));
JPanel namePanel = new JPanel();
JLabel nameLabel = new JLabel(
"Click the button to change the background color");
nameLabel.setAlignmentX(JLabel.CENTER_ALIGNMENT);
namePanel.add(nameLabel);
mainPanel.add(namePanel);
final JPanel buttonPanel = new JPanel();
buttonPanel.setLayout(new FlowLayout());
buttonPanel.setBackground(Color.YELLOW);
isYellow = true;
JButton changeButton = new JButton("Change Color");
changeButton.addActionListener(new ActionListener() {
#Override
public void actionPerformed(ActionEvent event) {
isYellow = !isYellow;
if (isYellow) buttonPanel.setBackground(Color.YELLOW);
else buttonPanel.setBackground(Color.RED);
}
});
buttonPanel.add(changeButton);
mainPanel.add(buttonPanel);
frame.add(mainPanel);
frame.pack();
frame.setLocationByPlatform(true);
frame.setVisible(true);
}
}
Here is working demo based on amendments to your code, haven't had time to tidy it up but hopefully you'll get the gist of it. Problem was you hand't added Panels to the borders (north, south etc.) in order to color them. Hopefully this helps.
import javax.swing.JFrame;
import javax.swing.JPanel;
import java.awt.BorderLayout;
import java.awt.Color;
import java.awt.GridLayout;
import java.awt.FlowLayout;
import javax.swing.JButton;
import java.awt.event.ActionListener;
import java.awt.event.ActionEvent;
import javax.swing.JLabel;
public class ChangeDemo extends JFrame implements ActionListener
{
public static final int WIDTH = 300;
public static final int HEIGHT= 200;
private JPanel biggerPanel = new JPanel();
private JPanel namePanel = new JPanel();
public static void main(String[] args)
{
ChangeDemo gui = new ChangeDemo();
gui.setVisible(true);
}
public ChangeDemo()
{
super ("ChangeBackgroundDemo");
setSize(WIDTH,HEIGHT);
setDefaultCloseOperation(JFrame.EXIT_ON_CLOSE);
setLayout(new GridLayout(2,3));
//JPanel biggerPanel = new JPanel();
this.biggerPanel.setLayout(new BorderLayout());
this.biggerPanel.setBackground(Color.YELLOW);
JLabel nameLabel = new JLabel("Click the button to change the background color");
namePanel.add(nameLabel);
namePanel.setBackground(Color.YELLOW);
//this.biggerPanel.add(namePanel, BorderLayout.NORTH);
add(namePanel);
JPanel buttonPanel = new JPanel();
buttonPanel.setLayout(new FlowLayout());
buttonPanel.setBackground(Color.LIGHT_GRAY);
JButton changeButton = new JButton("Change Color");
changeButton.addActionListener(this);
changeButton.setActionCommand("Change Color");
buttonPanel.add(changeButton);
add(buttonPanel);
}
public void actionPerformed(ActionEvent e)
{
String buttonString = e.getActionCommand();
if(buttonString.equals("Change Color"))
this.namePanel.setBackground(Color.RED);
else
System.out.println("Unexpected Error!");
}
}
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textAreaStatus = new WebTextArea(
"1- Click on the refresh icon to get newest file.\n" +
"2- Select destination if needed.\n" +
"3- Click download button to start downloading.\n");
textAreaStatus.setBackground(Color.black);
textAreaStatus.setCaretPosition(textAreaStatus.getText().length());
textAreaStatus.getCaret().setVisible(true);
Hopefully this code might help you in some way. You just have to do this
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textArea.setCaretPosition(len);
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textArea.setLineWrap(true);
Here is a sample Program for your understanding
import java.awt.BorderLayout;
import java.awt.event.ActionEvent;
import java.awt.event.ActionListener;
import javax.swing.JFrame;
import javax.swing.JPanel;
import javax.swing.JButton;
import javax.swing.JScrollPane;
import javax.swing.JTextArea;
public class CarotPosition extends JFrame
{
private JPanel panel;
private JTextArea textArea;
private JScrollPane scrollPane;
private JButton button;
public CarotPosition()
{
setDefaultCloseOperation(JFrame.EXIT_ON_CLOSE);
setLocationRelativeTo(null);
panel = new JPanel();
panel.setLayout(new BorderLayout());
textArea = new JTextArea();
scrollPane = new JScrollPane(textArea);
textArea.setLineWrap(true);
button = new JButton("Click to add Text");
button.addActionListener(new ActionListener()
{
public void actionPerformed(ActionEvent ae)
{
textArea.append("Some NEW TEXT is here...");
int len = textArea.getDocument().getLength();
textArea.setCaretPosition(len);
textArea.requestFocusInWindow();
}
});
setContentPane(panel);
panel.add(scrollPane, BorderLayout.CENTER);
panel.add(button, BorderLayout.PAGE_END);
pack();
setVisible(true);
}
public static void main(String... args)
{
javax.swing.SwingUtilities.invokeLater(new Runnable()
{
public void run()
{
new CarotPosition();
}
});
}
}
Hope this be of some help to you.
Regards