a basic problem that i can't figure out, tried a lot of things and can't get it to work, i need to be able to get the value/text of the variable
String input;
so that i can use it again in a different class in order to do an if statement based upon the result
import java.awt.FlowLayout;
import java.awt.event.ActionEvent;
import java.awt.event.ActionListener;
import javax.swing.JFrame;
import javax.swing.JLabel;
import javax.swing.JOptionPane;
import javax.swing.JTextField;
public class pInterface extends JFrame {
String input;
private JTextField item1;
public pInterface() {
super("PAnnalyser");
setLayout(new FlowLayout());
item1 = new JTextField("enter text here", 10);
add(item1);
myhandler handler = new myhandler();
item1.addActionListener(handler);
System.out.println();
}
public class myhandler implements ActionListener {
// class that is going to handle the events
public void actionPerformed(ActionEvent event) {
// set the variable equal to empty
if (event.getSource() == item1)// find value in box number 1
input = String.format("%s", event.getActionCommand());
}
public String userValue(String input) {
return input;
}
}
}
You could display the window as a modal JDialog, not a JFrame and place the obtained String into a private field that can be accessed via a getter method. Then the calling code can easily obtain the String and use it. Note that there's no need for a separate String field, which you've called "input", since we can easily and simply extract a String directly from the JTextField (in our "getter" method).
For example:
import java.awt.Dialog.ModalityType;
import java.awt.Window;
import java.awt.event.ActionEvent;
import java.awt.event.ActionListener;
import java.awt.event.FocusAdapter;
import java.awt.event.FocusEvent;
import javax.swing.*;
import javax.swing.text.JTextComponent;
public class TestPInterface {
#SuppressWarnings("serial")
private static void createAndShowGui() {
final JFrame frame = new JFrame("TestPInterface");
// JDialog to hold our JPanel
final JDialog pInterestDialog = new JDialog(frame, "PInterest",
ModalityType.APPLICATION_MODAL);
final MyPInterface myPInterface = new MyPInterface();
// add JPanel to dialog
pInterestDialog.add(myPInterface);
pInterestDialog.pack();
pInterestDialog.setLocationByPlatform(true);
final JTextField textField = new JTextField(10);
textField.setEditable(false);
textField.setFocusable(false);
JPanel mainPanel = new JPanel();
mainPanel.add(textField);
mainPanel.add(new JButton(new AbstractAction("Get Input") {
#Override
public void actionPerformed(ActionEvent e) {
// show dialog
pInterestDialog.setVisible(true);
// dialog has returned, and so now extract Text
textField.setText(myPInterface.getText());
}
}));
frame.setDefaultCloseOperation(JFrame.EXIT_ON_CLOSE);
frame.getContentPane().add(mainPanel);
frame.pack();
frame.setLocationRelativeTo(null);
frame.setVisible(true);
}
public static void main(String[] args) {
SwingUtilities.invokeLater(new Runnable() {
public void run() {
createAndShowGui();
}
});
}
}
// by making the class a JPanel, you can put it anywhere you want
// in a JFrame, a JDialog, a JOptionPane, another JPanel
#SuppressWarnings("serial")
class MyPInterface extends JPanel {
// no need for a String field since we can
// get our Strings directly from the JTextField
private JTextField textField = new JTextField(10);
public MyPInterface() {
textField.addFocusListener(new FocusAdapter() {
#Override
public void focusGained(FocusEvent e) {
JTextComponent textComp = (JTextComponent) e.getSource();
textComp.selectAll();
}
});
add(new JLabel("Enter Text Here:"));
add(textField);
textField.addActionListener(new ActionListener() {
#Override
public void actionPerformed(ActionEvent e) {
Window win = (Window) SwingUtilities.getWindowAncestor(MyPInterface.this);
win.dispose();
}
});
}
public String getText() {
return textField.getText();
}
}
A Good way of doing this is use Callback mechanism.
I have already posted an answer in the same context.
Please find it here JFrame in separate class, what about the ActionListener?.
Your method is a bit confusing:
public String userValue(String input) {
return input;
}
I guess you want to do something like this:
public String getInput() {
return input;
}
public void setInput(String input) {
this.input = input;
}
Also your JFrame is not visible yet. Set the visibility like this setVisible(true)
Related
I didn't really know how else to phrase that but essentially:
-I have a few separate "pieces" that I am trying to add onto a master frame; to keep the code from getting unwieldy I have each "piece" be its own class.
-I'm getting stuck on adding the panells onto the master frame, because the classes themselves aren't panels, rather the method of the class creates the panel, which creates issues that I don't know how to solve.
PIECE (works on its own when I have it make a dialog instead of be a panel):
import java.awt.*;
import java.awt.event.*;
import javax.swing.*;
public class PieceThing3 extends JPanel //<switched from JDialog
{
//set up variables here
private ActionListener pieceAction = new ActionListener()
{
public void actionPerformed (ActionEvent ae)
{
// Action Listener (this also works)
}
};
private void createPiece()
{
//setDefaultCloseOperation(WindowConstants.DISPOSE_ON_CLOSE);
//setLocationByPlatform(true);
// the above are commented out when I switch from dialog to panel
JPanel contentPane = new JPanel();
//something that uses pieceAction is here
//two buttons, b and s, with action listeners are here
contentPane.add(b);
contentPane.add(s);
add(contentPane);
//pack();
//again, commented out to switch from dialog
setVisible(true);
System.out.println("hi I'm done");
//just to check and make sure it's done
}
public static void main(String[] args)
{
// TODO Auto-generated method stub
SwingUtilities.invokeLater(new Runnable()
{
public void run()
{
new PieceThing3().createPiece();
}
});
}
}
Sorry that is very vague, but the intricacies are not as important as the general idea - it works perfectly when I have it create its own dialog box, but now I am trying to get it to make a panel within a master code, below:
MASTER:
import java.awt.*;
import java.awt.event.*;
import javax.swing.*;
public class CollectGUI extends JFrame{
private void createDialog(){
this.setSize(2000,1000);
this.setLocation(0,0);
this.setTitle("TITLE");
PieceThing3 pt = new PieceThing3();
//HERE, if I do pt.main(null); while it is in "dialog mode" (rather than panel) it pops up a dialog box and everything is hunky dory. But I don't know how to get it to add the method as a panel.
this.add(pt.main(null));
//this gives an error
this.setVisible(true);
}
public static void main(String[] args) {
// TODO Auto-generated method stub
new CollectGUI().createDialog();
}
}
As I said in the comments, if I just do pt.main(null) when pt is set to make a dialog, it does it, but if I try to add pt.main(null) as a panel it throws an error. Can anybody give me some insight on how to add a method of a class rather than a class? I'm pretty stumped.
THANK YOU!!
You are definitely on the right track working to maintain separation of concerns and implement your gui in a number of distinct components. Try something like this:
Panel1
import javax.swing.JLabel;
import javax.swing.JPanel;
public class Panel1 extends JPanel {
public Panel1() {
this.add(new JLabel("This is panel 1"));
}
}
Panel2
import javax.swing.JLabel;
import javax.swing.JPanel;
public class Panel2 extends JPanel {
public Panel2() {
this.add(new JLabel("This is panel 2"));
}
}
JFrame
import java.awt.BorderLayout;
import javax.swing.JFrame;
import org.yaorma.example.jframe.panel.panel1.Panel1;
import org.yaorma.example.jframe.panel.panel2.Panel2;
public class ExampleJFrame extends JFrame {
public ExampleJFrame() {
super("Example JFrame Application");
this.setDefaultCloseOperation(JFrame.EXIT_ON_CLOSE);
this.setSize(400,400);
this.setLayout(new BorderLayout());
Panel1 pan1 = new Panel1();
Panel2 pan2 = new Panel2();
this.add(pan1, BorderLayout.NORTH);
this.add(pan2, BorderLayout.SOUTH);
this.setVisible(true);
}
}
main:
public class ExampleApplication {
public static void main(String[] args) throws Exception {
new ExampleJFrame();
}
}
EDIT:
Here's a Panel1 with a little more content.
import java.awt.BorderLayout;
import java.awt.Container;
import java.awt.event.ActionEvent;
import java.awt.event.ActionListener;
import javax.swing.JButton;
import javax.swing.JFrame;
import javax.swing.JLabel;
import javax.swing.JPanel;
import org.yaorma.example.action.sayhello.SayHelloAction;
public class Panel1 extends JPanel {
//
// instance variables
//
private JButton pressMeButton;
//
// constructor
//
public Panel1() {
this.setLayout(new BorderLayout());
this.add(new JLabel("This is panel 1"), BorderLayout.NORTH);
this.initPressMeButton();
}
//
// button
//
private void initPressMeButton() {
this.pressMeButton = new JButton("Press Me");
this.pressMeButton.addActionListener(new PressMeButtonActionListener());
this.add(pressMeButton, BorderLayout.SOUTH);
}
//
// method to get the parent jframe
//
private JFrame getParentJFrame() {
Container con = this;
while(con != null) {
con = con.getParent();
if(con instanceof JFrame) {
return (JFrame)con;
}
}
return null;
}
//
// action listener for Press Me button
//
private class PressMeButtonActionListener implements ActionListener {
#Override
public void actionPerformed(ActionEvent e) {
JFrame jFrame = getParentJFrame();
SayHelloAction action = new SayHelloAction(jFrame);
action.execute();
}
}
}
Action called by button:
import javax.swing.JFrame;
import javax.swing.JOptionPane;
public class SayHelloAction {
private JFrame owner;
public SayHelloAction(JFrame owner) {
this.owner = owner;
}
public void execute() {
JOptionPane.showMessageDialog(owner, "Hello World");
}
}
My problem is the following: In my application the user clicks a button which brings up a dialog box (a custom jOptionPane). This dialog contains a JTextArea in which the user will type a response, which will then be processed by the application, however I would like this JTextArea (which will hold the user's input and currently contains example text like "Write your answer here") to be automatically highlighted.
I can do this normally, by calling requestFocusInWindow() followed by selectAll() on the JTextArea however there seems to be a problem when this is done using a JOptionPane which I'm guessing is to do with the fact that the focus cannot shift to the JTextArea successfully.
I've made a SSCCE to demonstrate this clearly, and hopefully get an answer from one of you guys as to how I can make this possible. Thanks in advance!
Class 1/2 : Main
import java.awt.event.ActionEvent;
import java.awt.event.ActionListener;
import javax.swing.JButton;
import javax.swing.JFrame;
import javax.swing.JOptionPane;
import javax.swing.JPanel;
public class Main extends JFrame{
public static void main(String[] args) {
Main main = new Main();
main.go();
}
private void go() {
JPanel background = new JPanel();
JPanel mainPanel = new ExtraPanel();
((ExtraPanel) mainPanel).setupPanel();
JButton testButton = new JButton("Test the jOptionPane");
testButton.addActionListener(new ActionListener() {
#Override
public void actionPerformed(ActionEvent arg0) {
optionPaneTest();
}
});
background.add(mainPanel);
background.add(testButton);
getContentPane().add(background);
pack();
setVisible(true);
}
private void optionPaneTest() {
JPanel testPanel = new ExtraPanel();
((ExtraPanel) testPanel).setupPanel();
int result = JOptionPane.showConfirmDialog(null, testPanel,
"This is a test", JOptionPane.OK_CANCEL_OPTION);
}
}
----------------------------------------------------------------------------- Class 2/2 : ExtraPanel
import javax.swing.JPanel;
import javax.swing.JTextArea;
public class ExtraPanel extends JPanel{
public void setupPanel() {
JTextArea textArea = new JTextArea();
textArea.setText("Write your response here");
textArea.requestFocusInWindow();
textArea.selectAll();
add(textArea);
}
}
Just add
textArea.getCaret().setSelectionVisible(true)
After textArea.selectAll();
If you want focus in the TextArea so that the user can immediately start typing, you can trigger the selection using the ancestor added event.
public void setupPanel() {
final JTextArea textArea = new JTextArea();
textArea.setText("Write your response here");
textArea.addAncestorListener(new AncestorListener() {
public void ancestorRemoved(AncestorEvent event) { }
public void ancestorMoved(AncestorEvent event) { }
public void ancestorAdded(AncestorEvent event) {
if (event.getSource() == textArea) {
textArea.selectAll();
textArea.requestFocusInWindow();
}
}
});
add(textArea);
}
So I've built a very basic Web browser - I'm trying desperately to remove the contents of the address bar when a user clicks on it (JTextField) this appears with some text in as default. Any advice is appreciated.
Have a great day!
MY CODE
import java.awt.*;
import java.awt.event.*;
import java.io.IOException;
import javax.swing.*;
import javax.swing.event.*;
import java.awt.event.MouseAdapter;
import java.awt.event.MouseEvent;
public class Web_Browser extends JFrame {
private final JTextField addressBar;
private final JEditorPane display;
// Constructor
public Web_Browser() {
super("Web Browser");
addressBar = new JTextField("Click & Type Web Address e.g. http://www.google.com");
addressBar.addActionListener(
new ActionListener() {
#Override
public void actionPerformed(ActionEvent event) {
loadGo(event.getActionCommand());
}
}
);
add(addressBar, BorderLayout.NORTH);
display = new JEditorPane();
display.setEditable(false);
display.addHyperlinkListener(
new HyperlinkListener(){
#Override
public void hyperlinkUpdate(HyperlinkEvent event){
if(event.getEventType()==HyperlinkEvent.EventType.ACTIVATED){
loadGo(event.getURL().toString());
}
}
}
);
add(new JScrollPane(display), BorderLayout.CENTER);
setSize(500,300);
setVisible(true);
}
// loadGo to sisplay on the screen
private void loadGo(String userText) {
try{
display.setPage(userText);
addressBar.setText(userText);
}catch(IOException e){
System.out.println("Invalid URL, try again");
}
}
}
Use a FocusListener. On focusGained, select all.
addressBar.addFocusListener(new FocusAdapter() {
#Override
public void focusGained(FocusEvent e) {
JTextComponent textComponent = (JTextComponent) e.getSource();
textComponent.selectAll();
}
});
For example:
import java.awt.event.FocusAdapter;
import java.awt.event.FocusEvent;
import javax.swing.*;
import javax.swing.text.JTextComponent;
#SuppressWarnings("serial")
public class FocusExample extends JPanel {
private static final int TF_COUNT = 5;
private JTextField[] textFields = new JTextField[TF_COUNT];
public FocusExample() {
for (int i = 0; i < textFields.length; i++) {
textFields[i] = new JTextField("Foo " + (i + 1), 10);
textFields[i].addFocusListener(new FocusAdapter() {
#Override
public void focusGained(FocusEvent e) {
JTextComponent textComponent = (JTextComponent) e.getSource();
textComponent.selectAll();
}
});
add(textFields[i]);
}
}
private static void createAndShowGui() {
FocusExample mainPanel = new FocusExample();
JFrame frame = new JFrame("FocusExample");
frame.setDefaultCloseOperation(JFrame.EXIT_ON_CLOSE);
frame.getContentPane().add(mainPanel);
frame.pack();
frame.setLocationByPlatform(true);
frame.setVisible(true);
}
public static void main(String[] args) {
SwingUtilities.invokeLater(new Runnable() {
public void run() {
createAndShowGui();
}
});
}
}
This gives the user the option of leaving the previous text in place, of adding to the previous text, or of simply over-writing it by typing.
new JTextField("Click & Type Web Address e.g. http://www.google.com");
Maybe you want the Text Prompt, which doesn't actually store any text in the text field. It just gives the user a hint what the text field is for.
This is beneficial so that you don't generate DocumentEvents etc., since you are not actually changing the Document.
Add a mouseListener instead of your actionListener method.
addressBar.addMouseListener(new MouseAdapter(){
#Override
public void mouseClicked(MouseEvent e){
addressBar.setText("");
}
i am developing an Virtual keyboard module.
KeyBoardModule.java
KeyBoardModule kbm = new KeyBoardModule("small", false, null);
is called when in Other jForm(MainFrame.java) is clickevent on textbox
then I get new JFrame with keyboard(its like popup window),
When JButton enter is pressed it saves data to variable textFieldValue from textarea of KeyBoardModule.
than frame.disponse()
the main class calls MainFrame and mainframe call on click the keyboard, and i need to return value from keyboard to mainframe..
without using actionlistener(for enter button) in mainframe
To return a value directly from GUI1 to another GUI2 , GUI1 must have a reference to the object of GUI2. So that whenever you want to pass any message from GUI1 to GUI2 , you could do it by calling the appropriate method of GUI2. For example consider the code given below. While creating the object of InputBoard in MainFrame we pass the current object of MainFrame to InputBoard's constructor so that InputBoard could pass its input to MainFrame GUI using appropriate public method of MainFrame. Here MainFrame opens the InputBoard frame on click of button. And whenever some input is passed to the JTextField in InputBoard it is reflected within the JTextArea of MainFrame.
import javax.swing.JFrame;
import javax.swing.JTextField;
import javax.swing.JTextArea;
import javax.swing.JScrollPane;
import javax.swing.JButton;
import javax.swing.SwingUtilities;
import java.awt.FlowLayout;
import java.awt.BorderLayout;
import java.awt.event.ActionListener;
import java.awt.event.ActionEvent;
import javax.swing.event.DocumentListener;
import javax.swing.event.DocumentEvent;
class MainFrame extends JFrame implements ActionListener
{
private JButton button;
private JTextArea tArea;
private InputBoard inBoard;
public void prepareAndShowGUI()
{
setTitle("Main Frame");
tArea = new JTextArea(10,30);
button = new JButton("Click Me");
inBoard = new InputBoard(this);
inBoard.prepareGUI();
JScrollPane tFieldPane = new JScrollPane(tArea);
tArea.setLineWrap(true);
tArea.setWrapStyleWord(true);
tArea.setEditable(false);
button.addActionListener(this);
getContentPane().add(tFieldPane);
getContentPane().add(button,BorderLayout.SOUTH);
pack();
setLocationRelativeTo(null);
setDefaultCloseOperation(JFrame.EXIT_ON_CLOSE);
setVisible(true);
button.requestFocus();
}
#Override
public void actionPerformed(ActionEvent evt)
{
if (!inBoard.isVisible())
{
inBoard.setVisible(true);
}
inBoard.toFront();
}
public void setText(final String s)
{
tArea.setText(s);
}
public static void main(String[] st)
{
SwingUtilities.invokeLater( new Runnable()
{
#Override
public void run()
{
MainFrame mf = new MainFrame();
mf.prepareAndShowGUI();
}
});
}
}
class InputBoard extends JFrame implements DocumentListener
{
MainFrame mainFrame ;
JTextField inField;
public InputBoard(MainFrame mainFrame)
{
this.mainFrame = mainFrame;
}
public void prepareGUI()
{
setTitle("Input Board");
inField = new JTextField(40);
getContentPane().setLayout(new FlowLayout());
getContentPane().add(inField);
inField.getDocument().addDocumentListener(this);
setLocationRelativeTo(mainFrame);
setDefaultCloseOperation(JFrame.DISPOSE_ON_CLOSE);
pack();
}
#Override
public void changedUpdate(DocumentEvent evt)
{
mainFrame.setText(inField.getText());
}
#Override
public void insertUpdate(DocumentEvent evt)
{
mainFrame.setText(inField.getText());
}
#Override
public void removeUpdate(DocumentEvent evt)
{
mainFrame.setText(inField.getText());
}
}
Description of the problem: I have a JFrame, inside this JFrame there is a JPanel with a button, when I press the button an action listener change the current JPanel with a new JPanel, which contains other two JPanels, those two have an inputMap that when the user press the key "up" make something on both of them. The problem is: when I change the JPanel with the new one the "up" key won't do anything.
Here is the code: is a SSCCE, so you just have to copy and paste to see what it does.
This modified code comes from another question that I "solved" sometimes ago. How to make two JPanels listen to the same event?
(the code is in the answer that I selected).
import java.awt.EventQueue;
import java.awt.GridLayout;
import java.awt.event.ActionEvent;
import java.awt.event.ActionListener;
import java.awt.event.KeyEvent;
import java.util.Arrays;
import java.util.List;
import javax.swing.AbstractAction;
import javax.swing.Action;
import javax.swing.BorderFactory;
import javax.swing.JButton;
import javax.swing.JComponent;
import javax.swing.JFrame;
import javax.swing.JLabel;
import javax.swing.JPanel;
import javax.swing.KeyStroke;
public class TwoPanelsTest extends JFrame {
private static MyPanel one = new MyPanel("One");
private static MyPanel two = new MyPanel("Two");
private static List<MyPanel> list = Arrays.asList(one, two);
private PanelsController panelsController;
public TwoPanelsTest() {
super("TwoPanelsTest");
panelsController= new PanelsController(this);
this.setDefaultCloseOperation(EXIT_ON_CLOSE);
this.setSize(400,400);
this.setLocationRelativeTo(null);
this.setVisible(true);
}
private static class MyPanel extends JPanel {
private String string = " will be updated though its action.";
private Action action = new UpdateAction(this);
private String name;
private JLabel label;
public MyPanel(String name) {
this.name = name;
this.label = new JLabel(name + string, JLabel.CENTER);
this.setLayout(new GridLayout());
this.setFocusable(true);
this.add(label);
}
public Action getAction() {
return action;
}
private void update() {
label.setText(name + ": " + System.nanoTime());
}
private static class UpdateAction extends AbstractAction {
private MyPanel panel;
public UpdateAction(MyPanel panel) {
this.panel = panel;
}
#Override
public void actionPerformed(ActionEvent ae) {
panel.update();
}
}
}//MyPanel
private static class ButtonPanel extends JPanel{
private JButton button ;
private PanelsController panelsController;
public ButtonPanel(PanelsController panelsController){
this.panelsController=panelsController;
button = new JButton("Button");
button.setActionCommand("buttonPressed");
button.addActionListener(this.panelsController);
this.setFocusable(true);
add(button);
}
}//ButtonPanel
private static class PanelsController implements ActionListener {
private TwoPanelsTest twoPanelsTest;
public PanelsController(TwoPanelsTest twoPanelsTest){
this.twoPanelsTest=twoPanelsTest;
this.twoPanelsTest.getContentPane().add(new ButtonPanel(this));
}
#Override
public void actionPerformed(ActionEvent ae) {
if (ae.getActionCommand().equals("buttonPressed")){
twoPanelsTest.getContentPane().removeAll();
twoPanelsTest.getContentPane().invalidate();
JPanel panel = new JPanel(new GridLayout(0, 1, 10, 10));
panel.setBorder(BorderFactory.createEmptyBorder(10, 10, 10, 10));
panel.add(one);
panel.add(two);
panel.getInputMap(JComponent.WHEN_ANCESTOR_OF_FOCUSED_COMPONENT)
.put(KeyStroke.getKeyStroke(KeyEvent.VK_UP, 0), "up");
panel.getActionMap().put("up", new AbstractAction() {
#Override
public void actionPerformed(ActionEvent e) {
for (MyPanel panel : list) {
panel.getAction().actionPerformed(e);
}
}
});
twoPanelsTest.getContentPane().add(panel);
twoPanelsTest.validate();
twoPanelsTest.repaint();
}
}//ActionPerformed
}//PanelsController
public static void main(String[] args) {
EventQueue.invokeLater(new Runnable() {
#Override
public void run() {
TwoPanelsTest t = new TwoPanelsTest();
}
});
}
}
Well, its pretty simple - if you have those two panels without any components inside and want them to listen the hotkey use:
panel.getInputMap ( JComponent.WHEN_IN_FOCUSED_WINDOW )
.put ( KeyStroke.getKeyStroke ( KeyEvent.VK_UP, 0 ), "up" );
JComponent.WHEN_IN_FOCUSED_WINDOW instead of JComponent.WHEN_ANCESTOR_OF_FOCUSED_COMPONENT.
Otherwise you need to have somthing focused inside the panel so it could catch the key events.
By the way, there is also another way to listen global hotkeys inside Java application windows:
Toolkit.getDefaultToolkit ().addAWTEventListener ( new AWTEventListener ()
{
public void eventDispatched ( AWTEvent event )
{
// All application key events will be passed here
}
}, AWTEvent.KEY_EVENT_MASK );