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How do i add a message on a JTextArea that disappears when clicked or selected?

my question is very simple but I but i don't know what it is
I have a program, in java, like so
and I want to add on the JTextArea's a short message that disappeares when clicked or selected, like when you login on facebook
The JTextArea i want is for example the one below the "Startind Date:" the JTextArea is called textAreaStartindDate
this is my code so far. i used the netbeans built in design option
public class CreateEventUI extends javax.swing.JFrame {
private static final long serialVersionUID = 7526472295622776147L;
//GUARDAR EVENTOS EM REGISTOEVENTOS
/**
* Creates new form CriarEventoUI
*/
public CreateEventUI() {
super("Create an Event");
setResizable(false);
initComponents();
setDefaultCloseOperation(DISPOSE_ON_CLOSE);
setVisible(true);
}
/**
* This method is called from within the constructor to initialize the form.
* WARNING: Do NOT modify this code. The content of this method is always
* regenerated by the Form Editor.
*/
#SuppressWarnings("unchecked")
// <editor-fold defaultstate="collapsed" desc="Generated Code">
private void initComponents() {
labelChooseTypeOfEvent = new javax.swing.JLabel();
comboBoxTypeOfEvent = new javax.swing.JComboBox<>();
labelInsertTypeOfData = new javax.swing.JLabel();
labelTitle = new javax.swing.JLabel();
labelDescription = new javax.swing.JLabel();
jScrollPane1 = new javax.swing.JScrollPane();
textAreaDescription = new javax.swing.JTextArea();
textFieldTitle = new javax.swing.JTextField();
labelStartingDate = new javax.swing.JLabel();
labelStartSubmissionDate = new javax.swing.JLabel();
labelEndDate = new javax.swing.JLabel();
labelEndSubmissionDate = new javax.swing.JLabel();
labelPlace = new javax.swing.JLabel();
textFieldPlace = new javax.swing.JTextField();
buttonConfirm = new javax.swing.JButton();
buttonCancel = new javax.swing.JButton();
textFieldStartingDate = new javax.swing.JTextField();
jTextField3 = new javax.swing.JTextField();
jTextField2 = new javax.swing.JTextField();
jTextField4 = new javax.swing.JTextField();
setDefaultCloseOperation(javax.swing.WindowConstants.EXIT_ON_CLOSE);
labelChooseTypeOfEvent.setText("Choose the type of event");
comboBoxTypeOfEvent.setModel(new javax.swing.DefaultComboBoxModel<>(new String[] { "Congress" , "Exposition"}));
labelInsertTypeOfData.setText("insert the data");
labelTitle.setText("Title");
labelDescription.setText("Description");
textAreaDescription.setColumns(20);
textAreaDescription.setRows(5);
jScrollPane1.setViewportView(textAreaDescription);
labelStartingDate.setText("Starting date:");
labelStartSubmissionDate.setText("starting date for submissions:");
labelEndDate.setText("End date:");
labelEndSubmissionDate.setText("Ending date for submissions:");
labelPlace.setText("place");
buttonConfirm.setText("Confirm");
buttonConfirm.addActionListener(new java.awt.event.ActionListener() {
public void actionPerformed(java.awt.event.ActionEvent evt) {
buttonConfirmActionPerformed(evt);
}
});
buttonCancel.setText("Cancel");
buttonCancel.addActionListener(new java.awt.event.ActionListener() {
public void actionPerformed(java.awt.event.ActionEvent evt) {
buttonCancelActionPerformed(evt);
}
});
textFieldStartingDate.addActionListener(new java.awt.event.ActionListener() {
public void actionPerformed(java.awt.event.ActionEvent evt) {
textFieldStartingDateActionPerformed(evt);
}
});
javax.swing.GroupLayout layout = new javax.swing.GroupLayout(getContentPane());
getContentPane().setLayout(layout);
layout.setHorizontalGroup(
layout.createParallelGroup(javax.swing.GroupLayout.Alignment.LEADING)
.addGroup(layout.createSequentialGroup()
.addGap(25, 25, 25)
.addGroup(layout.createParallelGroup(javax.swing.GroupLayout.Alignment.LEADING)
.addComponent(labelInsertTypeOfData)
.addGroup(layout.createSequentialGroup()
.addComponent(labelChooseTypeOfEvent)
.addGap(18, 18, 18)
.addComponent(comboBoxTypeOfEvent, javax.swing.GroupLayout.PREFERRED_SIZE, 101, javax.swing.GroupLayout.PREFERRED_SIZE))
.addGroup(layout.createSequentialGroup()
.addGroup(layout.createParallelGroup(javax.swing.GroupLayout.Alignment.LEADING, false)
.addGroup(layout.createSequentialGroup()
.addComponent(labelTitle)
.addPreferredGap(javax.swing.LayoutStyle.ComponentPlacement.RELATED)
.addComponent(textFieldTitle))
.addComponent(labelDescription)
.addComponent(jScrollPane1, javax.swing.GroupLayout.DEFAULT_SIZE, 222, Short.MAX_VALUE)
.addGroup(layout.createSequentialGroup()
.addComponent(labelPlace)
.addPreferredGap(javax.swing.LayoutStyle.ComponentPlacement.RELATED)
.addComponent(textFieldPlace)))
.addGroup(layout.createParallelGroup(javax.swing.GroupLayout.Alignment.LEADING)
.addGroup(layout.createSequentialGroup()
.addGap(18, 18, 18)
.addGroup(layout.createParallelGroup(javax.swing.GroupLayout.Alignment.LEADING)
.addComponent(labelStartSubmissionDate)
.addComponent(labelStartingDate)
.addComponent(textFieldStartingDate, javax.swing.GroupLayout.PREFERRED_SIZE, 150, javax.swing.GroupLayout.PREFERRED_SIZE)
.addComponent(jTextField3, javax.swing.GroupLayout.PREFERRED_SIZE, 150, javax.swing.GroupLayout.PREFERRED_SIZE))
.addGap(40, 40, 40)
.addGroup(layout.createParallelGroup(javax.swing.GroupLayout.Alignment.LEADING)
.addComponent(labelEndDate)
.addComponent(labelEndSubmissionDate)
.addComponent(jTextField4, javax.swing.GroupLayout.PREFERRED_SIZE, 150, javax.swing.GroupLayout.PREFERRED_SIZE)
.addComponent(jTextField2, javax.swing.GroupLayout.PREFERRED_SIZE, 150, javax.swing.GroupLayout.PREFERRED_SIZE)))
.addGroup(layout.createSequentialGroup()
.addGap(173, 173, 173)
.addComponent(buttonConfirm)
.addGap(87, 87, 87)
.addComponent(buttonCancel)))))
.addContainerGap(13, Short.MAX_VALUE))
);
layout.setVerticalGroup(
layout.createParallelGroup(javax.swing.GroupLayout.Alignment.LEADING)
.addGroup(layout.createSequentialGroup()
.addGap(28, 28, 28)
.addGroup(layout.createParallelGroup(javax.swing.GroupLayout.Alignment.BASELINE)
.addComponent(labelChooseTypeOfEvent)
.addComponent(comboBoxTypeOfEvent, javax.swing.GroupLayout.PREFERRED_SIZE, javax.swing.GroupLayout.DEFAULT_SIZE, javax.swing.GroupLayout.PREFERRED_SIZE))
.addGap(23, 23, 23)
.addComponent(labelInsertTypeOfData)
.addGap(18, 18, 18)
.addGroup(layout.createParallelGroup(javax.swing.GroupLayout.Alignment.LEADING)
.addGroup(layout.createSequentialGroup()
.addGroup(layout.createParallelGroup(javax.swing.GroupLayout.Alignment.BASELINE)
.addComponent(labelTitle)
.addComponent(textFieldTitle, javax.swing.GroupLayout.PREFERRED_SIZE, javax.swing.GroupLayout.DEFAULT_SIZE, javax.swing.GroupLayout.PREFERRED_SIZE))
.addPreferredGap(javax.swing.LayoutStyle.ComponentPlacement.RELATED)
.addComponent(labelDescription)
.addPreferredGap(javax.swing.LayoutStyle.ComponentPlacement.RELATED)
.addComponent(jScrollPane1, javax.swing.GroupLayout.PREFERRED_SIZE, 92, javax.swing.GroupLayout.PREFERRED_SIZE))
.addGroup(layout.createSequentialGroup()
.addGroup(layout.createParallelGroup(javax.swing.GroupLayout.Alignment.BASELINE)
.addComponent(labelStartingDate)
.addComponent(labelEndDate))
.addGroup(layout.createParallelGroup(javax.swing.GroupLayout.Alignment.LEADING)
.addGroup(layout.createSequentialGroup()
.addGap(52, 52, 52)
.addGroup(layout.createParallelGroup(javax.swing.GroupLayout.Alignment.BASELINE)
.addComponent(labelStartSubmissionDate)
.addComponent(labelEndSubmissionDate))
.addPreferredGap(javax.swing.LayoutStyle.ComponentPlacement.UNRELATED)
.addGroup(layout.createParallelGroup(javax.swing.GroupLayout.Alignment.BASELINE)
.addComponent(jTextField3, javax.swing.GroupLayout.PREFERRED_SIZE, javax.swing.GroupLayout.DEFAULT_SIZE, javax.swing.GroupLayout.PREFERRED_SIZE)
.addComponent(jTextField2, javax.swing.GroupLayout.PREFERRED_SIZE, javax.swing.GroupLayout.DEFAULT_SIZE, javax.swing.GroupLayout.PREFERRED_SIZE)))
.addGroup(layout.createParallelGroup(javax.swing.GroupLayout.Alignment.BASELINE)
.addComponent(textFieldStartingDate, javax.swing.GroupLayout.PREFERRED_SIZE, javax.swing.GroupLayout.DEFAULT_SIZE, javax.swing.GroupLayout.PREFERRED_SIZE)
.addComponent(jTextField4, javax.swing.GroupLayout.PREFERRED_SIZE, javax.swing.GroupLayout.DEFAULT_SIZE, javax.swing.GroupLayout.PREFERRED_SIZE)))))
.addPreferredGap(javax.swing.LayoutStyle.ComponentPlacement.UNRELATED)
.addGroup(layout.createParallelGroup(javax.swing.GroupLayout.Alignment.BASELINE)
.addComponent(labelPlace)
.addComponent(textFieldPlace, javax.swing.GroupLayout.PREFERRED_SIZE, javax.swing.GroupLayout.DEFAULT_SIZE, javax.swing.GroupLayout.PREFERRED_SIZE)
.addComponent(buttonConfirm)
.addComponent(buttonCancel))
.addContainerGap(17, Short.MAX_VALUE))
);
pack();
}// </editor-fold>
private void buttonConfirmActionPerformed(java.awt.event.ActionEvent evt) {
// TODO add your handling code here:
}
private void buttonCancelActionPerformed(java.awt.event.ActionEvent evt) {
dispose();
}
private void textFieldStartingDateActionPerformed(java.awt.event.ActionEvent evt) {
// TODO add your handling code here:
}
// Variables declaration - do not modify
private javax.swing.JButton buttonCancel;
private javax.swing.JButton buttonConfirm;
private javax.swing.JComboBox<String> comboBoxTypeOfEvent;
private javax.swing.JScrollPane jScrollPane1;
private javax.swing.JTextField jTextField2;
private javax.swing.JTextField jTextField3;
private javax.swing.JTextField jTextField4;
private javax.swing.JLabel labelChooseTypeOfEvent;
private javax.swing.JLabel labelDescription;
private javax.swing.JLabel labelEndDate;
private javax.swing.JLabel labelEndSubmissionDate;
private javax.swing.JLabel labelInsertTypeOfData;
private javax.swing.JLabel labelPlace;
private javax.swing.JLabel labelStartSubmissionDate;
private javax.swing.JLabel labelStartingDate;
private javax.swing.JLabel labelTitle;
private javax.swing.JTextArea textAreaDescription;
private javax.swing.JTextField textFieldPlace;
private javax.swing.JTextField textFieldStartingDate;
private javax.swing.JTextField textFieldTitle;
// End of variables declaration
}
without using the obvious

In general you can use an ActionListener or a MouseListener.
For you did not post any code, we cannot help you out exactly. But maybe this post helps:
Onclick for TextField

Add a default text when initializing the JTextArea. Then add a FocusListener. like below:
textAreaDescription = new javax.swing.JTextArea("Description");
//jScrollPane1.setViewportView(textAreaDescription);
textAreaDescription.addFocusListener(new FocusListener() {
public void focusGained(FocusEvent e) {
textAreaDescription.setText("");
}
public void focusLost(FocusEvent e) {
textAreaDescription.setText("Description");
}
});

gui window won't show in netbeans java

Gui windows won't show in java. I have java, netbeans, java jdk. I tested jdk and java with opening .jar file and it works..Here is full code
/*
* To change this license header, choose License Headers in Project Properties.
* To change this template file, choose Tools | Templates
* and open the template in the editor.
*/
/**
*
* #author swipeales
*/
public class gui extends javax.swing.JPanel {
/**
* Creates new form gui
*/
public gui() {
initComponents();
}
/**
* This method is called from within the constructor to initialize the form.
* WARNING: Do NOT modify this code. The content of this method is always
* regenerated by the Form Editor.
*/
#SuppressWarnings("unchecked")
// <editor-fold defaultstate="collapsed" desc="Generated Code">
private void initComponents() {
jPanel1 = new javax.swing.JPanel();
labelTittle = new javax.swing.JLabel();
jPanel2 = new javax.swing.JPanel();
jPasswordField1 = new javax.swing.JPasswordField();
jLabel1 = new javax.swing.JLabel();
labelTittle.setText("Title");
javax.swing.GroupLayout jPanel1Layout = new javax.swing.GroupLayout(jPanel1);
jPanel1.setLayout(jPanel1Layout);
jPanel1Layout.setHorizontalGroup(
jPanel1Layout.createParallelGroup(javax.swing.GroupLayout.Alignment.LEADING)
.addGroup(jPanel1Layout.createSequentialGroup()
.addContainerGap()
.addComponent(labelTittle, javax.swing.GroupLayout.PREFERRED_SIZE, 119, javax.swing.GroupLayout.PREFERRED_SIZE)
.addContainerGap(525, Short.MAX_VALUE))
);
jPanel1Layout.setVerticalGroup(
jPanel1Layout.createParallelGroup(javax.swing.GroupLayout.Alignment.LEADING)
.addGroup(jPanel1Layout.createSequentialGroup()
.addContainerGap()
.addComponent(labelTittle)
.addContainerGap(javax.swing.GroupLayout.DEFAULT_SIZE, Short.MAX_VALUE))
);
jLabel1.setText("Password: ");
javax.swing.GroupLayout jPanel2Layout = new javax.swing.GroupLayout(jPanel2);
jPanel2.setLayout(jPanel2Layout);
jPanel2Layout.setHorizontalGroup(
jPanel2Layout.createParallelGroup(javax.swing.GroupLayout.Alignment.LEADING)
.addGroup(javax.swing.GroupLayout.Alignment.TRAILING, jPanel2Layout.createSequentialGroup()
.addContainerGap(javax.swing.GroupLayout.DEFAULT_SIZE, Short.MAX_VALUE)
.addComponent(jLabel1)
.addGap(57, 57, 57)
.addComponent(jPasswordField1, javax.swing.GroupLayout.PREFERRED_SIZE, 109, javax.swing.GroupLayout.PREFERRED_SIZE)
.addGap(232, 232, 232))
);
jPanel2Layout.setVerticalGroup(
jPanel2Layout.createParallelGroup(javax.swing.GroupLayout.Alignment.LEADING)
.addGroup(javax.swing.GroupLayout.Alignment.TRAILING, jPanel2Layout.createSequentialGroup()
.addContainerGap(81, Short.MAX_VALUE)
.addGroup(jPanel2Layout.createParallelGroup(javax.swing.GroupLayout.Alignment.BASELINE)
.addComponent(jPasswordField1, javax.swing.GroupLayout.PREFERRED_SIZE, javax.swing.GroupLayout.DEFAULT_SIZE, javax.swing.GroupLayout.PREFERRED_SIZE)
.addComponent(jLabel1))
.addGap(37, 37, 37))
);
javax.swing.GroupLayout layout = new javax.swing.GroupLayout(this);
this.setLayout(layout);
layout.setHorizontalGroup(
layout.createParallelGroup(javax.swing.GroupLayout.Alignment.LEADING)
.addComponent(jPanel1, javax.swing.GroupLayout.DEFAULT_SIZE, javax.swing.GroupLayout.DEFAULT_SIZE, Short.MAX_VALUE)
.addComponent(jPanel2, javax.swing.GroupLayout.Alignment.TRAILING, javax.swing.GroupLayout.DEFAULT_SIZE, javax.swing.GroupLayout.DEFAULT_SIZE, Short.MAX_VALUE)
);
layout.setVerticalGroup(
layout.createParallelGroup(javax.swing.GroupLayout.Alignment.LEADING)
.addGroup(layout.createSequentialGroup()
.addComponent(jPanel1, javax.swing.GroupLayout.PREFERRED_SIZE, javax.swing.GroupLayout.DEFAULT_SIZE, javax.swing.GroupLayout.PREFERRED_SIZE)
.addPreferredGap(javax.swing.LayoutStyle.ComponentPlacement.RELATED)
.addComponent(jPanel2, javax.swing.GroupLayout.PREFERRED_SIZE, javax.swing.GroupLayout.DEFAULT_SIZE, javax.swing.GroupLayout.PREFERRED_SIZE)
.addGap(0, 286, Short.MAX_VALUE))
);
}// </editor-fold>
// ...
public static void main(String args[]) {
java.awt.EventQueue.invokeLater(new Runnable() {
public void run() {
new gui().setVisible(true);
}
}
);
}
// Variables declaration - do not modify
private javax.swing.JLabel jLabel1;
private javax.swing.JPanel jPanel1;
private javax.swing.JPanel jPanel2;
private javax.swing.JPasswordField jPasswordField1;
private javax.swing.JLabel labelTittle;
// End of variables declaration
}

What you have defined is a JPanel. A JPanel is not a top-level component. It can't be made visible on its own, but must be added to a JFrame.
Replace your run method body by
gui gui = new gui();
JFrame f = new JFrame();
f.add(gui);
f.pack();
f.setDefaultCloseOperation(WindowConstants.EXIT_ON_CLOSE);
f.setVisible(true);
And please, give a better name than gui to your class (something like PasswordPanel, for example), and respect the Java naming conventions: classes start with an uppercase letter.

Instead of this:
public void run() {
new gui().setVisible(true);
}
Put it in a JFrame first, JPanel can't display by itself. For example:
public void run() {
JFrame frame = new JFrame("your window");
frame.setDefaultCloseOperation(JFrame.EXIT_ON_CLOSE);
frame.add(new gui());
frame.pack();
frame.setVisible(true);
}
By the way, class name should being with uppercase letters. So you may want to name your gui class as Gui or GUI.

Populating Text area using button slection

I'm trying to have text displayed depending on which button is selected, but I can't seem to get it to work,
/*
* To change this license header, choose License Headers in Project Properties.
* To change this template file, choose Tools | Templates
* and open the template in the editor.
*/
package nameage;
/**
*
* #author Eddie
*/
public class NameAge extends javax.swing.JFrame {
/**
* Creates new form NameAge
*/
public NameAge() {
initComponents();
}
/**
* This method is called from within the constructor to initialize the form.
* WARNING: Do NOT modify this code. The content of this method is always
* regenerated by the Form Editor.
*/
#SuppressWarnings("unchecked")
// <editor-fold defaultstate="collapsed" desc="Generated Code">
private void initComponents() {
buttonGroup1 = new javax.swing.ButtonGroup();
jLabel1 = new javax.swing.JLabel();
jTextField1 = new javax.swing.JTextField();
jLabel2 = new javax.swing.JLabel();
jTextPane1 = new javax.swing.JTextPane();
jButton1 = new javax.swing.JButton();
jButton2 = new javax.swing.JButton();
jButton3 = new javax.swing.JButton();
jButton4 = new javax.swing.JButton();
jButton5 = new javax.swing.JButton();
jButton6 = new javax.swing.JButton();
jButton7 = new javax.swing.JButton();
jButton8 = new javax.swing.JButton();
jButton9 = new javax.swing.JButton();
jButton10 = new javax.swing.JButton();
setDefaultCloseOperation(javax.swing.WindowConstants.EXIT_ON_CLOSE);
jLabel1.setText("Name:");
jLabel2.setText("Age Group:");
buttonGroup1.add(jButton1);
jButton1.setLabel("0 - 19");
jButton2.setText("20 - 29");
buttonGroup1.add(jButton2);
jButton3.setText("30 - 39");
buttonGroup1.add(jButton3);
jButton4.setText("40 - 49");
buttonGroup1.add(jButton4);
jButton5.setText("50 - 59");
buttonGroup1.add(jButton5);
jButton6.setText("70 - 79");
buttonGroup1.add(jButton6);
jButton7.setText("60 - 69");
buttonGroup1.add(jButton7);
jButton8.setText("80 - 89");
buttonGroup1.add(jButton8);
jButton9.setText("90 - 99");
buttonGroup1.add(jButton9);
jButton10.setText("100 +");
buttonGroup1.add(jButton10);
javax.swing.GroupLayout layout = new javax.swing.GroupLayout(getContentPane());
getContentPane().setLayout(layout);
layout.setHorizontalGroup(
layout.createParallelGroup(javax.swing.GroupLayout.Alignment.LEADING)
.addGroup(layout.createSequentialGroup()
.addContainerGap()
.addGroup(layout.createParallelGroup(javax.swing.GroupLayout.Alignment.LEADING)
.addGroup(layout.createSequentialGroup()
.addGroup(layout.createParallelGroup(javax.swing.GroupLayout.Alignment.LEADING)
.addGroup(layout.createSequentialGroup()
.addGroup(layout.createParallelGroup(javax.swing.GroupLayout.Alignment.LEADING)
.addGroup(layout.createSequentialGroup()
.addComponent(jLabel1)
.addPreferredGap(javax.swing.LayoutStyle.ComponentPlacement.RELATED)
.addComponent(jTextField1, javax.swing.GroupLayout.PREFERRED_SIZE, 245, javax.swing.GroupLayout.PREFERRED_SIZE))
.addComponent(jLabel2))
.addGap(17, 17, 17))
.addGroup(layout.createSequentialGroup()
.addGroup(layout.createParallelGroup(javax.swing.GroupLayout.Alignment.TRAILING)
.addComponent(jButton1)
.addComponent(jButton7))
.addPreferredGap(javax.swing.LayoutStyle.ComponentPlacement.RELATED)
.addGroup(layout.createParallelGroup(javax.swing.GroupLayout.Alignment.LEADING, false)
.addGroup(layout.createSequentialGroup()
.addComponent(jButton6)
.addPreferredGap(javax.swing.LayoutStyle.ComponentPlacement.RELATED)
.addComponent(jButton8)
.addPreferredGap(javax.swing.LayoutStyle.ComponentPlacement.RELATED)
.addComponent(jButton9)
.addPreferredGap(javax.swing.LayoutStyle.ComponentPlacement.RELATED)
.addComponent(jButton10, javax.swing.GroupLayout.DEFAULT_SIZE, javax.swing.GroupLayout.DEFAULT_SIZE, Short.MAX_VALUE))
.addGroup(layout.createSequentialGroup()
.addComponent(jButton2)
.addPreferredGap(javax.swing.LayoutStyle.ComponentPlacement.RELATED)
.addComponent(jButton3)
.addPreferredGap(javax.swing.LayoutStyle.ComponentPlacement.RELATED)
.addComponent(jButton4)
.addPreferredGap(javax.swing.LayoutStyle.ComponentPlacement.RELATED)
.addComponent(jButton5)))
.addGap(0, 0, Short.MAX_VALUE)))
.addContainerGap(javax.swing.GroupLayout.DEFAULT_SIZE, Short.MAX_VALUE))
.addGroup(layout.createSequentialGroup()
.addComponent(jTextPane1, javax.swing.GroupLayout.PREFERRED_SIZE, 357, javax.swing.GroupLayout.PREFERRED_SIZE)
.addContainerGap(12, Short.MAX_VALUE))))
);
layout.setVerticalGroup(
layout.createParallelGroup(javax.swing.GroupLayout.Alignment.LEADING)
.addGroup(layout.createSequentialGroup()
.addContainerGap()
.addGroup(layout.createParallelGroup(javax.swing.GroupLayout.Alignment.BASELINE)
.addComponent(jLabel1)
.addComponent(jTextField1, javax.swing.GroupLayout.PREFERRED_SIZE, javax.swing.GroupLayout.DEFAULT_SIZE, javax.swing.GroupLayout.PREFERRED_SIZE))
.addPreferredGap(javax.swing.LayoutStyle.ComponentPlacement.UNRELATED)
.addComponent(jLabel2)
.addPreferredGap(javax.swing.LayoutStyle.ComponentPlacement.RELATED)
.addGroup(layout.createParallelGroup(javax.swing.GroupLayout.Alignment.BASELINE)
.addComponent(jButton1)
.addComponent(jButton2)
.addComponent(jButton3)
.addComponent(jButton4)
.addComponent(jButton5))
.addPreferredGap(javax.swing.LayoutStyle.ComponentPlacement.RELATED)
.addGroup(layout.createParallelGroup(javax.swing.GroupLayout.Alignment.BASELINE)
.addComponent(jButton6)
.addComponent(jButton7)
.addComponent(jButton8)
.addComponent(jButton9)
.addComponent(jButton10))
.addPreferredGap(javax.swing.LayoutStyle.ComponentPlacement.RELATED)
.addComponent(jTextPane1, javax.swing.GroupLayout.PREFERRED_SIZE, 126, javax.swing.GroupLayout.PREFERRED_SIZE)
.addContainerGap(13, Short.MAX_VALUE))
);
pack();
}// </editor-fold>
//THIS IS WHAT I AM TRYING TO DISPLAY
private void jButton1ActionPerformed(java.awt.event.ActionEvent evt) {
jTextPane1.setText("Hello " + jTextField1 + "\n You've still got a lot of livin' left to do!");
}
/**
* #param args the command line arguments
*/
public static void main(String args[]) {
/* Set the Nimbus look and feel */
//<editor-fold defaultstate="collapsed" desc=" Look and feel setting code (optional) ">
/* If Nimbus (introduced in Java SE 6) is not available, stay with the default look and feel.
* For details see http://download.oracle.com/javase/tutorial/uiswing/lookandfeel/plaf.html
*/
try {
for (javax.swing.UIManager.LookAndFeelInfo info : javax.swing.UIManager.getInstalledLookAndFeels()) {
if ("Nimbus".equals(info.getName())) {
javax.swing.UIManager.setLookAndFeel(info.getClassName());
break;
}
}
} catch (ClassNotFoundException ex) {
java.util.logging.Logger.getLogger(NameAge.class.getName()).log(java.util.logging.Level.SEVERE, null, ex);
} catch (InstantiationException ex) {
java.util.logging.Logger.getLogger(NameAge.class.getName()).log(java.util.logging.Level.SEVERE, null, ex);
} catch (IllegalAccessException ex) {
java.util.logging.Logger.getLogger(NameAge.class.getName()).log(java.util.logging.Level.SEVERE, null, ex);
} catch (javax.swing.UnsupportedLookAndFeelException ex) {
java.util.logging.Logger.getLogger(NameAge.class.getName()).log(java.util.logging.Level.SEVERE, null, ex);
}
//</editor-fold>
/* Create and display the form */
java.awt.EventQueue.invokeLater(new Runnable() {
public void run() {
new NameAge().setVisible(true);
}
});
}
// Variables declaration - do not modify
private javax.swing.ButtonGroup buttonGroup1;
private javax.swing.JButton jButton1;
private javax.swing.JButton jButton10;
private javax.swing.JButton jButton2;
private javax.swing.JButton jButton3;
private javax.swing.JButton jButton4;
private javax.swing.JButton jButton5;
private javax.swing.JButton jButton6;
private javax.swing.JButton jButton7;
private javax.swing.JButton jButton8;
private javax.swing.JButton jButton9;
private javax.swing.JLabel jLabel1;
private javax.swing.JLabel jLabel2;
private javax.swing.JTextField jTextField1;
private javax.swing.JTextPane jTextPane1;
// End of variables declaration
}

I suspect it will print something like
Hello avax.swing.JTextField[,0,0,0x0,invalid,layout=javax.swing.plaf.basic.BasicTextUI$UpdateHandler,alignmentX=0.0,alignmentY=0.0,border=javax.swing.plaf.BorderUIResource$CompoundBorderUIResource#58372a00,flags=296,maximumSize=,minimumSize=,preferredSize=,caretColor=sun.swing.PrintColorUIResource[r=51,g=51,b=51],disabledTextColor=javax.swing.plaf.ColorUIResource[r=184,g=207,b=229],editable=true,margin=javax.swing.plaf.InsetsUIResource[top=0,left=0,bottom=0,right=0],selectedTextColor=sun.swing.PrintColorUIResource[r=51,g=51,b=51],selectionColor=javax.swing.plaf.ColorUIResource[r=184,g=207,b=229],columns=0,columnWidth=0,command=,horizontalAlignment=LEADING]
You've still got a lot of livin' left to do!
Or some such.
This is because you're using
jTextPane1.setText("Hello " + jTextField1 + "\n You've still got a lot of livin' left to do!");
Which automatically calls the jTextField1's toString method (nice feature when you're use to it).
Instead you should be using JTextField#getText to get the text that the field contains, for example...
jTextPane1.setText("Hello " + jTextField1.getText() + "\n You've still got a lot of livin' left to do!");
The other problem is, there is nothing calling the jButton1ActionPerformed method to actually print anything.
You need to attach an ActionListener to the buttons and have them call the method to update text...
For example...
jButton1.addActionListener(new ActionListener() {
#Override
public void actionPerformed(ActionEvent e) {
jButton1ActionPerformed(e);
}
});
You'll need to do this for each button...
Now, I suggest you put away the form designer and take some time read through Creating a GUI With JFC/Swing. It will give you a greater appreciation of how Swing GUIs are created and how a tool like the form designer can be used.
Learn to cut wood with a saw before you use the bandsaw...otherwise you're likely to loose limbs ;)

How to close a jframe without closing the main program

I'm creating a program to keep track of a list of DVD's. On the main page I have set up 2 JButtons. When the user clicks the one that says new, a new JFrame from another class comes up with fields to enter information about a new DVD. I'm trying to make a cancel button on this second frame work so that when one clicks the cancel button, it brings back up the main GUI and closes the new entry GUI. Code is below, I cant figure out how to do it.
Main GUI page
package dvdlibrary;
import javax.swing.JFrame;
import javax.swing.JLabel;
import javax.swing.JOptionPane;
public class bootPage extends javax.swing.JFrame {
/** Creates new form bootPage */
public bootPage() {
initComponents();
}
#SuppressWarnings("unchecked")
private void initComponents() {
jLabel1 = new javax.swing.JLabel();
jLabel2 = new javax.swing.JLabel();
jButton1 = new javax.swing.JButton();
jButton2 = new javax.swing.JButton();
setDefaultCloseOperation(javax.swing.WindowConstants.EXIT_ON_CLOSE);
getContentPane().setLayout(new org.netbeans.lib.awtextra.AbsoluteLayout());
jLabel1.setText("DVD Library");
getContentPane().add(jLabel1, new org.netbeans.lib.awtextra.AbsoluteConstraints(168, 11, -1, -1));
jLabel2.setText("What would you like to do today?");
getContentPane().add(jLabel2, new org.netbeans.lib.awtextra.AbsoluteConstraints(113, 70, -1, -1));
jButton1.setText("Create Record");
jButton1.addMouseListener(new java.awt.event.MouseAdapter() {
public void mouseClicked(java.awt.event.MouseEvent evt) {
jButton1MouseClicked(evt);
}
});
jButton1.addActionListener(new java.awt.event.ActionListener() {
public void actionPerformed(java.awt.event.ActionEvent evt) {
jButton1ActionPerformed(evt);
}
});
getContentPane().add(jButton1, new org.netbeans.lib.awtextra.AbsoluteConstraints(50, 135, -1, -1));
jButton2.setText("View Library");
jButton2.addMouseListener(new java.awt.event.MouseAdapter() {
public void mouseClicked(java.awt.event.MouseEvent evt) {
jButton2MouseClicked(evt);
}
});
getContentPane().add(jButton2, new org.netbeans.lib.awtextra.AbsoluteConstraints(224, 135, 111, -1));
pack();
}// </editor-fold>
private void jButton1ActionPerformed(java.awt.event.ActionEvent evt) {
}
private void jButton1MouseClicked(java.awt.event.MouseEvent evt) {
if(evt.getSource()== jButton1)
dvdlibrary.createEntry.createE();
}
private void jButton2MouseClicked(java.awt.event.MouseEvent evt) {
if(evt.getSource()== jButton2)
dvdlibrary.movieChooser.movChoo();
}
public static void bootP() {
java.awt.EventQueue.invokeLater(new Runnable() {
public void run() {
new bootPage().setVisible(true);
new bootPage().setDefaultCloseOperation(JFrame.EXIT_ON_CLOSE);
}
});
}
// Variables declaration - do not modify
private javax.swing.JButton jButton1;
private javax.swing.JButton jButton2;
private javax.swing.JLabel jLabel1;
private javax.swing.JLabel jLabel2;
}
Create Entry page
package dvdlibrary;
public class createEntry extends javax.swing.JFrame {
public createEntry() {
initComponents();
}
#SuppressWarnings("unchecked")
private void initComponents() {
jLabel1 = new javax.swing.JLabel();
jLabel2 = new javax.swing.JLabel();
jLabel3 = new javax.swing.JLabel();
jLabel4 = new javax.swing.JLabel();
jLabel5 = new javax.swing.JLabel();
jLabel6 = new javax.swing.JLabel();
jTextField1 = new javax.swing.JTextField();
jComboBox1 = new javax.swing.JComboBox();
jTextField2 = new javax.swing.JTextField();
jTextField3 = new javax.swing.JTextField();
jTextField4 = new javax.swing.JTextField();
jScrollPane1 = new javax.swing.JScrollPane();
jTextArea1 = new javax.swing.JTextArea();
jButton1 = new javax.swing.JButton();
jButton2 = new javax.swing.JButton();
jButton3 = new javax.swing.JButton();
jButton4 = new javax.swing.JButton();
setDefaultCloseOperation(javax.swing.WindowConstants.EXIT_ON_CLOSE);
jLabel1.setText("Title");
jLabel2.setText("Genre");
jLabel3.setText("Length");
jLabel4.setText("Rating");
jLabel5.setText("Description");
jLabel6.setText("Year");
jComboBox1.setModel(new javax.swing.DefaultComboBoxModel(new String[] { "Item 1", "Item 2", "Item 3", "Item 4" }));
jTextArea1.setColumns(20);
jTextArea1.setRows(5);
jScrollPane1.setViewportView(jTextArea1);
jButton1.setText("Input");
jButton2.setText("Load");
jButton3.setText("Save");
jButton4.setText("Cancel");
jButton4.addMouseListener(new java.awt.event.MouseAdapter() {
public void mouseClicked(java.awt.event.MouseEvent evt) {
jButton4MouseClicked(evt);
}
});
javax.swing.GroupLayout layout = new javax.swing.GroupLayout(getContentPane());
getContentPane().setLayout(layout);
layout.setHorizontalGroup(
layout.createParallelGroup(javax.swing.GroupLayout.Alignment.LEADING)
.addGroup(layout.createSequentialGroup()
.addGroup(layout.createParallelGroup(javax.swing.GroupLayout.Alignment.LEADING)
.addGroup(layout.createSequentialGroup()
.addGap(19, 19, 19)
.addGroup(layout.createParallelGroup(javax.swing.GroupLayout.Alignment.LEADING)
.addComponent(jLabel5)
.addGroup(layout.createSequentialGroup()
.addComponent(jLabel2)
.addPreferredGap(javax.swing.LayoutStyle.ComponentPlacement.RELATED)
.addComponent(jComboBox1, javax.swing.GroupLayout.PREFERRED_SIZE, javax.swing.GroupLayout.DEFAULT_SIZE, javax.swing.GroupLayout.PREFERRED_SIZE))
.addGroup(layout.createSequentialGroup()
.addComponent(jLabel1)
.addPreferredGap(javax.swing.LayoutStyle.ComponentPlacement.RELATED)
.addComponent(jTextField1, javax.swing.GroupLayout.DEFAULT_SIZE, 174, Short.MAX_VALUE))
.addGroup(javax.swing.GroupLayout.Alignment.TRAILING, layout.createSequentialGroup()
.addGroup(layout.createParallelGroup(javax.swing.GroupLayout.Alignment.LEADING)
.addComponent(jLabel3)
.addComponent(jLabel4)
.addComponent(jLabel6))
.addPreferredGap(javax.swing.LayoutStyle.ComponentPlacement.RELATED, 32, Short.MAX_VALUE)
.addGroup(layout.createParallelGroup(javax.swing.GroupLayout.Alignment.LEADING, false)
.addComponent(jTextField2)
.addComponent(jTextField4)
.addComponent(jTextField3, javax.swing.GroupLayout.DEFAULT_SIZE, 133, Short.MAX_VALUE)))))
.addGroup(layout.createSequentialGroup()
.addGap(51, 51, 51)
.addComponent(jScrollPane1, javax.swing.GroupLayout.PREFERRED_SIZE, javax.swing.GroupLayout.DEFAULT_SIZE, javax.swing.GroupLayout.PREFERRED_SIZE)))
.addGroup(layout.createParallelGroup(javax.swing.GroupLayout.Alignment.LEADING)
.addGroup(layout.createSequentialGroup()
.addGap(124, 124, 124)
.addComponent(jButton1))
.addGroup(layout.createSequentialGroup()
.addGap(45, 45, 45)
.addComponent(jButton4)
.addGap(18, 18, 18)
.addComponent(jButton2)
.addGap(18, 18, 18)
.addComponent(jButton3)))
.addGap(23, 23, 23))
);
layout.setVerticalGroup(
layout.createParallelGroup(javax.swing.GroupLayout.Alignment.LEADING)
.addGroup(layout.createSequentialGroup()
.addGap(38, 38, 38)
.addGroup(layout.createParallelGroup(javax.swing.GroupLayout.Alignment.BASELINE)
.addComponent(jLabel1)
.addComponent(jTextField1, javax.swing.GroupLayout.PREFERRED_SIZE, javax.swing.GroupLayout.DEFAULT_SIZE, javax.swing.GroupLayout.PREFERRED_SIZE)
.addComponent(jButton1))
.addGap(18, 18, 18)
.addGroup(layout.createParallelGroup(javax.swing.GroupLayout.Alignment.TRAILING)
.addGroup(layout.createSequentialGroup()
.addGroup(layout.createParallelGroup(javax.swing.GroupLayout.Alignment.BASELINE)
.addComponent(jLabel2)
.addComponent(jComboBox1, javax.swing.GroupLayout.PREFERRED_SIZE, javax.swing.GroupLayout.DEFAULT_SIZE, javax.swing.GroupLayout.PREFERRED_SIZE))
.addGap(26, 26, 26)
.addGroup(layout.createParallelGroup(javax.swing.GroupLayout.Alignment.BASELINE)
.addComponent(jLabel6)
.addComponent(jTextField2, javax.swing.GroupLayout.PREFERRED_SIZE, javax.swing.GroupLayout.DEFAULT_SIZE, javax.swing.GroupLayout.PREFERRED_SIZE))
.addGap(29, 29, 29)
.addGroup(layout.createParallelGroup(javax.swing.GroupLayout.Alignment.BASELINE)
.addComponent(jLabel3)
.addComponent(jTextField3, javax.swing.GroupLayout.PREFERRED_SIZE, javax.swing.GroupLayout.DEFAULT_SIZE, javax.swing.GroupLayout.PREFERRED_SIZE))
.addGap(37, 37, 37)
.addGroup(layout.createParallelGroup(javax.swing.GroupLayout.Alignment.BASELINE)
.addComponent(jLabel4)
.addComponent(jTextField4, javax.swing.GroupLayout.PREFERRED_SIZE, javax.swing.GroupLayout.DEFAULT_SIZE, javax.swing.GroupLayout.PREFERRED_SIZE))
.addGap(39, 39, 39)
.addComponent(jLabel5)
.addPreferredGap(javax.swing.LayoutStyle.ComponentPlacement.RELATED, javax.swing.GroupLayout.DEFAULT_SIZE, Short.MAX_VALUE)
.addComponent(jScrollPane1, javax.swing.GroupLayout.PREFERRED_SIZE, javax.swing.GroupLayout.DEFAULT_SIZE, javax.swing.GroupLayout.PREFERRED_SIZE))
.addGroup(layout.createParallelGroup(javax.swing.GroupLayout.Alignment.BASELINE)
.addComponent(jButton3)
.addComponent(jButton2)
.addComponent(jButton4)))
.addContainerGap())
);
pack();
}
private void jButton4MouseClicked(java.awt.event.MouseEvent evt) {
}
public static void createE() {
java.awt.EventQueue.invokeLater(new Runnable() {
public void run() {
new createEntry().setVisible(true);
}
});
}
private javax.swing.JButton jButton1;
private javax.swing.JButton jButton2;
private javax.swing.JButton jButton3;
private javax.swing.JButton jButton4;
private javax.swing.JComboBox jComboBox1;
private javax.swing.JLabel jLabel1;
private javax.swing.JLabel jLabel2;
private javax.swing.JLabel jLabel3;
private javax.swing.JLabel jLabel4;
private javax.swing.JLabel jLabel5;
private javax.swing.JLabel jLabel6;
private javax.swing.JScrollPane jScrollPane1;
private javax.swing.JTextArea jTextArea1;
private javax.swing.JTextField jTextField1;
private javax.swing.JTextField jTextField2;
private javax.swing.JTextField jTextField3;
private javax.swing.JTextField jTextField4;
// End of variables declaration
}

I think you can also use DISPOSE_ON_CLOSE:
DISPOSE_ON_CLOSE (the default for
JInternalFrame)
Hide and dispose of the window when the user closes it. This removes
the window from the screen and frees up any resources used by it.

Did you read the API to find out other values for the setDefaultCloseOperation(...) method?
You can use:
DISPOSE_ON_CLOSE - the frame will close. If this is the last open frame for the application then the JVM will terminate as well
HIDE_ON_CLOSE - the frame is just set to invisible.
when user clicks the one that says new a new jframe from another class comes up with fields to enter information about a new dvd.
The real problem with your program is that you are using a frame as the popup window. You should be using a modal JDialog. An application should only ever have a single JFrame with multiple dialogs to gather additional information. A JDialog does not allow you to use EXIT_ON_CLOSE.

frame.setDefaultCloseOperation(JFrame.DO_NOTHING_ON_CLOSE)

If this is the case, make sure to use setDefaultCloseOperation(JFrame.DISPOSE_ON_CLOSE); on your JFrame when initializing, not setDefaultCloseOperation(JFrame.EXIT_ON_CLOSE);
DISPOSE_ON_CLOSE will terminate your application when the last JFrame
is closed. EXIT_ON_CLOSE will terminate your application as soon as
that JFrame is closed. HIDE_ON_CLOSE (default) will not terminate
your application even if all JFrames are hidden.

I had a similar problem and used jFrameInstanceVariable.setVisible(false); as the action that occured when I hit my CANCEL button. But every time I clicked the button that popped up the JFrame afterward, all the old content was still there in addition to the new content created from pressing the button.
I fixed this by making a new instance of JFrame every time the button is pressed that pops up the JFrame.

To hide the window without it actually closing the program, do:
f.setVisible(false);

If you just hide the program, using HIDE_ON_CLOSE or set.Visible(false), that is not a very good choice, because if you do something larger with more frames, the hidden frames will still be running, slowing down computer performance. The way, as other have said, is instead of using setDefaultCloseOperation(JFrame.EXIT_ON_CLOSE);, which will terminate the program when you click "X, closing all of the frames, use the following:
setDefaultCloseOperation(JFrame.DISPOSE_ON_CLOSE);

If your using a button like I think you said you were
this.dispose();
will do the trick..

Try putting this.dispose(); inside the cancel button method.

Cannot display image on Jpanel

I'm using the Netbeans GUI builder, but it's a little confusing now. How can I add an image to a panel? I think i'm doing it correct, but it's not showing up. I think it should be in the init() method, but netbeans does not allow me to change that part of the code. This is the code I added for the image:
//these four lines I added to add the image
imageIcon = new ImageIcon("login_icon.png");
image = new JLabel(imageIcon);
image.setToolTipText("SGS Security");
topPanel.add(image);
My Class starts here:
/*
* To change this template, choose Tools | Templates
* and open the template in the editor.
*/
/*
* Login.java
*
* Created on Oct 27, 2009, 8:34:15 PM
*/
package sgs;
import javax.swing.ImageIcon;
import javax.swing.JLabel;
public class Login extends javax.swing.JFrame {
JLabel image;
ImageIcon imageIcon;
/** Creates new form Login */
public Login() {
initComponents();
//these four lines I added to add the image
imageIcon = new ImageIcon("login_icon.png");
image = new JLabel(imageIcon);
image.setToolTipText("SGS Security");
topPanel.add(image);
}
/** This method is called from within the constructor to
* initialize the form.
* WARNING: Do NOT modify this code. The content of this method is
* always regenerated by the Form Editor.
*/
#SuppressWarnings("unchecked")
// <editor-fold defaultstate="collapsed" desc="Generated Code">
private void initComponents() {
topPanel = new javax.swing.JPanel();
userLabel = new javax.swing.JLabel();
passwordLabel = new javax.swing.JLabel();
connectLabel = new javax.swing.JLabel();
forgotPassLabel = new javax.swing.JLabel();
forgotPassCheckBox = new javax.swing.JCheckBox();
cancelButton = new javax.swing.JButton();
okButton = new javax.swing.JButton();
passwordTextField = new javax.swing.JTextField();
userTextField = new javax.swing.JTextField();
setDefaultCloseOperation(javax.swing.WindowConstants.EXIT_ON_CLOSE);
setBackground(new java.awt.Color(216, 156, 60));
topPanel.setBackground(new java.awt.Color(28, 90, 198));
javax.swing.GroupLayout topPanelLayout = new javax.swing.GroupLayout(topPanel);
topPanel.setLayout(topPanelLayout);
topPanelLayout.setHorizontalGroup(
topPanelLayout.createParallelGroup(javax.swing.GroupLayout.Alignment.LEADING)
.addGap(0, 406, Short.MAX_VALUE)
);
topPanelLayout.setVerticalGroup(
topPanelLayout.createParallelGroup(javax.swing.GroupLayout.Alignment.LEADING)
.addGap(0, 71, Short.MAX_VALUE)
);
userLabel.setText("User name:");
passwordLabel.setText("Password:");
connectLabel.setText("Connect to SGS");
forgotPassLabel.setText("Forgot password");
forgotPassCheckBox.addActionListener(new java.awt.event.ActionListener() {
public void actionPerformed(java.awt.event.ActionEvent evt) {
forgotPassCheckBoxActionPerformed(evt);
}
});
cancelButton.setText("Cancel");
okButton.setText("OK");
okButton.addActionListener(new java.awt.event.ActionListener() {
public void actionPerformed(java.awt.event.ActionEvent evt) {
okButtonActionPerformed(evt);
}
});
userTextField.addActionListener(new java.awt.event.ActionListener() {
public void actionPerformed(java.awt.event.ActionEvent evt) {
userTextFieldActionPerformed(evt);
}
});
javax.swing.GroupLayout layout = new javax.swing.GroupLayout(getContentPane());
getContentPane().setLayout(layout);
layout.setHorizontalGroup(
layout.createParallelGroup(javax.swing.GroupLayout.Alignment.LEADING)
.addGroup(layout.createSequentialGroup()
.addContainerGap()
.addGroup(layout.createParallelGroup(javax.swing.GroupLayout.Alignment.TRAILING)
.addComponent(connectLabel)
.addGroup(layout.createParallelGroup(javax.swing.GroupLayout.Alignment.LEADING)
.addComponent(passwordLabel)
.addComponent(userLabel)))
.addGap(30, 30, 30)
.addGroup(layout.createParallelGroup(javax.swing.GroupLayout.Alignment.LEADING, false)
.addComponent(userTextField)
.addComponent(passwordTextField)
.addGroup(layout.createSequentialGroup()
.addPreferredGap(javax.swing.LayoutStyle.ComponentPlacement.RELATED)
.addComponent(forgotPassCheckBox)
.addPreferredGap(javax.swing.LayoutStyle.ComponentPlacement.RELATED)
.addComponent(forgotPassLabel))
.addGroup(layout.createSequentialGroup()
.addGap(32, 32, 32)
.addComponent(okButton, javax.swing.GroupLayout.PREFERRED_SIZE, 101, javax.swing.GroupLayout.PREFERRED_SIZE)
.addGap(28, 28, 28)
.addComponent(cancelButton, javax.swing.GroupLayout.PREFERRED_SIZE, 101, javax.swing.GroupLayout.PREFERRED_SIZE)))
.addContainerGap())
.addComponent(topPanel, javax.swing.GroupLayout.DEFAULT_SIZE, javax.swing.GroupLayout.DEFAULT_SIZE, Short.MAX_VALUE)
);
layout.setVerticalGroup(
layout.createParallelGroup(javax.swing.GroupLayout.Alignment.LEADING)
.addGroup(layout.createSequentialGroup()
.addComponent(topPanel, javax.swing.GroupLayout.PREFERRED_SIZE, javax.swing.GroupLayout.DEFAULT_SIZE, javax.swing.GroupLayout.PREFERRED_SIZE)
.addGap(27, 27, 27)
.addComponent(connectLabel)
.addGap(34, 34, 34)
.addGroup(layout.createParallelGroup(javax.swing.GroupLayout.Alignment.BASELINE)
.addComponent(userLabel)
.addComponent(userTextField, javax.swing.GroupLayout.PREFERRED_SIZE, javax.swing.GroupLayout.DEFAULT_SIZE, javax.swing.GroupLayout.PREFERRED_SIZE))
.addPreferredGap(javax.swing.LayoutStyle.ComponentPlacement.RELATED)
.addGroup(layout.createParallelGroup(javax.swing.GroupLayout.Alignment.BASELINE)
.addComponent(passwordLabel)
.addComponent(passwordTextField, javax.swing.GroupLayout.PREFERRED_SIZE, javax.swing.GroupLayout.DEFAULT_SIZE, javax.swing.GroupLayout.PREFERRED_SIZE))
.addPreferredGap(javax.swing.LayoutStyle.ComponentPlacement.RELATED)
.addGroup(layout.createParallelGroup(javax.swing.GroupLayout.Alignment.TRAILING)
.addComponent(forgotPassLabel)
.addComponent(forgotPassCheckBox))
.addGap(23, 23, 23)
.addGroup(layout.createParallelGroup(javax.swing.GroupLayout.Alignment.BASELINE)
.addComponent(okButton, javax.swing.GroupLayout.PREFERRED_SIZE, 31, javax.swing.GroupLayout.PREFERRED_SIZE)
.addComponent(cancelButton, javax.swing.GroupLayout.DEFAULT_SIZE, 31, Short.MAX_VALUE))
.addContainerGap())
);
pack();
}// </editor-fold>
private void forgotPassCheckBoxActionPerformed(java.awt.event.ActionEvent evt) {
// TODO add your handling code here:
}
private void userTextFieldActionPerformed(java.awt.event.ActionEvent evt) {
// TODO add your handling code here:
}
private void okButtonActionPerformed(java.awt.event.ActionEvent evt) {
// TODO add your handling code here:
}
/**
* #param args the command line arguments
*/
public static void main(String args[]) {
java.awt.EventQueue.invokeLater(new Runnable() {
public void run() {
new Login().setVisible(true);
}
});
}
// Variables declaration - do not modify
private javax.swing.JButton cancelButton;
private javax.swing.JLabel connectLabel;
private javax.swing.JCheckBox forgotPassCheckBox;
private javax.swing.JLabel forgotPassLabel;
private javax.swing.JButton okButton;
private javax.swing.JLabel passwordLabel;
private javax.swing.JTextField passwordTextField;
private javax.swing.JPanel topPanel;
private javax.swing.JLabel userLabel;
private javax.swing.JTextField userTextField;
// End of variables declaration
}

Ditch the GUI builder and learn how to create GUIs on your own. That way you spend time learning Java instead of learning an IDE. There is probably some GroupLayout property that is not properly set and since GroupLayout was designed to be used by IDEs and not humans I have no idea what the problem might be.
The other possibility is that the IDE can't find your image. Did you add a System.out.println to diplay the image and make sure its not null.
I suggest you read the section from the Swing tutorial on How to Use Icons for a working example that you can download and test to see if it works. Just replace the icons in the tutorial with your icons to make sure they are found.
Edit:
After having a second look at the code I believe my original suggestion is correct. You attempt to add the label to the panel using a single line of code:
topPanel.add(image);
Look at the code generated by the IDE. The add statements are NOT that simple. If you want to manually add a component after the fact then you need read the section from the tutorial on "How to Use Group Layout" to understand the various constraints and methods used.
Or you need to figure out how to do it in the IDE. Thats why I prefer the do it yourself approach. Then you are responsible for the code, not the IDE.

This is one of the weird behaviors in Java (GUIs). You can manually paint the image on a panel.
Here is what I use:
protected void paintComponent(Graphics g) {
super.paintComponent(g);
Graphics2D g2= (Graphics2D) g;
if (currentImage != null) {
g2.drawImage(currentImage, null, 0, 0);
}
}
Also you should create a "ImagePanel" component, which is an JPanel that encapsolates the Image.
The middle arguement for drawImage is null, because I do not intend on performing an image operation on it.