this is the first time I've had a look at JFrames and JPannels and I've come a little stuck.
What I am trying to do is this, I wish to have an starting screen then based on the users button choice it swaps to another screen. To start I have only 2 screens, however once I've moved on there will be multiple screens. I've looked at CardLayout and while that is good it's not the way I wish to go I want to be able to do this first. Here is what I have.
Main.java
import java.awt.BorderLayout;
public class Main extends JFrame {
private JPanel contentPane;
protected boolean someCondition = false;
/**
* Launch the application.
*/
public static void main(String[] args) {
EventQueue.invokeLater(new Runnable() {
public void run() {
try {
Main frame = new Main();
frame.setVisible(true);
} catch (Exception e) {
e.printStackTrace();
}
}
});
}
/**
* Create the frame.
*/
public Main() {
setDefaultCloseOperation(JFrame.EXIT_ON_CLOSE);
setBounds(100, 100, 450, 300);
contentPane = new JPanel();
contentPane.setBorder(new EmptyBorder(5, 5, 5, 5));
contentPane.setLayout(new BorderLayout(0, 0));
setContentPane(contentPane);
if( someCondition == false ){
showTest();
someCondition = test.needToReg();
}else{
showTest2();
}
}
private void showTest(){
contentPane.removeAll();
contentPane.add(new test());
setContentPane(contentPane);
revalidate();
repaint();
}
private void showTest2(){
contentPane.removeAll();
contentPane.add(new test2());
setContentPane(contentPane);
revalidate();
repaint();
}
}
test.java
import javax.swing.JPanel;
public class test extends JPanel {
private JTextField textField;
protected static boolean toReg = false;
/**
* Create the panel.
*/
public test() {
setLayout(null);
JButton btnNewButton = new JButton("New button");
btnNewButton.addMouseListener(new MouseAdapter() {
#Override
public void mouseClicked(MouseEvent e) {
System.out.println("Mouse Clicked");
System.out.println("Before " + toReg);
toReg = true;
System.out.println("After " + toReg);
}
});
btnNewButton.setBounds(188, 166, 89, 23);
add(btnNewButton);
textField = new JTextField();
textField.setBounds(150, 135, 86, 20);
add(textField);
textField.setColumns(10);
JRadioButton rdbtnNewRadioButton = new JRadioButton("New radio button");
rdbtnNewRadioButton.setBounds(6, 166, 109, 23);
add(rdbtnNewRadioButton);
}
public static boolean needToReg(){
return toReg;
}
}
test2.java
import javax.swing.JPanel;
import javax.swing.JButton;
import javax.swing.JLabel;
public class test2 extends JPanel {
/**
* Create the panel.
*/
public test2() {
setLayout(null);
JButton btnNewButton = new JButton("New button");
btnNewButton.setBounds(56, 59, 89, 23);
add(btnNewButton);
JLabel lblNewLabel = new JLabel("New label");
lblNewLabel.setBounds(122, 165, 46, 14);
add(lblNewLabel);
}
}
Running the program with the outputs I included I get this.
Mouse Clicked
Before false
After true
Mouse Clicked
Before true
After true
Mouse Clicked
Before true
After true
Mouse Clicked
Before true
After true
Mouse Clicked
Before true
After true
I hope it's clear what I am trying to do and I hope you can lend a hand with this. Thanks
Try this out
On clicking the screenSwapper button in the main frame a new Panel is added to the main frame that can have multiple components I have added one button only
On second click this panel is removed and second panel is added to the main frame and previous one is removed.
The swapping is carried as you click the button continuously
You may use two singletons if you want to preserve once created panel in case of MyPanel1 and MyPanel2
You may add more components on each panel and test.
import java.awt.GridLayout;
import java.awt.event.ActionEvent;
import java.awt.event.ActionListener;
import javax.swing.JButton;
import javax.swing.JFrame;
import javax.swing.JPanel;
public class Test extends JFrame {
public boolean switcher;
public JPanel currentPanel;
public JPanel panel1;
public JPanel panel2;
public Test() {
this.switcher = false;
this.currentPanel = null;
this.setSize(200, 200);
panel1 = new JPanel();
JButton screenSwapper = new JButton("Screen Swapper");
panel1.add(screenSwapper);
panel2 = new JPanel();
this.getContentPane().setLayout(new GridLayout(2, 2));
this.getContentPane().add(panel1);
this.getContentPane().add(panel2);
this.setVisible(true);
this.setDefaultCloseOperation(JFrame.EXIT_ON_CLOSE);
screenSwapper.addActionListener(new ActionListener() {
#Override
public void actionPerformed(ActionEvent arg0) {
if (switcher == false) {
currentPanel = new MyPanel1();
switcher = true;
if (panel2.getComponentCount() != 0) {
panel2.removeAll();
}
} else {
switcher = false;
currentPanel = new MyPanel2();
if (panel2.getComponentCount() != 0) {
panel2.removeAll();
}
}
panel2.add(currentPanel);
panel2.repaint();
panel2.revalidate();
}
});
}
public static void main(String[] args) {
Test t = new Test();
}
}
This is the first panel
import java.awt.BorderLayout;
import java.awt.Button;
import javax.swing.JPanel;
public class MyPanel1 extends JPanel{
public MyPanel1() {
// TODO Auto-generated constructor stub
this.setLayout(new BorderLayout());
this.add(new Button("Button1"));
}
}
This is the second Panel
import java.awt.BorderLayout;
import javax.swing.JButton;
import javax.swing.JPanel;
public class MyPanel2 extends JPanel {
public MyPanel2() {
this.setLayout(new BorderLayout());
this.add(new JButton("button2"));
}
}
Related
I have a gui that has:
a label at the top
a JFrame at the bottom with 2 Buttons called left and right
a panel in center that is gridlayout with 2 JLabel to either display an image or change the back ground color. (currently the background color is set to black for both jLabels).
*what I would like to happen.
When you click on button "left" the image appears on lblPicture1 and lblPicture2 has a black background and no image. and vise versa for the right button. and when you click on the left again, it repeats this cycle.
I accomplish that however, when i click the left and right button I just have two images and neither one has a black background.
I belive this is due to the image not resetting.
Can you direct me to the right place on how I can get this to work?
Thank you
package gui;
import java.awt.BorderLayout;
import java.awt.EventQueue;
import javax.swing.JFrame;
import javax.swing.JPanel;
import javax.swing.border.EmptyBorder;
import javax.swing.JLabel;
import javax.swing.SwingConstants;
import java.awt.Font;
import javax.swing.JButton;
import java.awt.GridLayout;
import javax.swing.ImageIcon;
import java.awt.Color;
import java.awt.event.ActionListener;
import java.awt.event.ActionEvent;
public class ExampleGUI extends JFrame {
private JPanel contentPane;
private JLabel lblPicture1;
private JLabel lblPicture2;
private int change;
/**
* Launch the application.
*/
public static void main(String[] args) {
EventQueue.invokeLater(new Runnable() {
public void run() {
try {
ExampleGUI frame = new ExampleGUI();
frame.setVisible(true);
} catch (Exception e) {
e.printStackTrace();
}
}
});
}
/**
* Create the frame.
*/
public ExampleGUI() {
setDefaultCloseOperation(JFrame.EXIT_ON_CLOSE);
setBounds(100, 100, 450, 300);
contentPane = new JPanel();
contentPane.setBorder(new EmptyBorder(5, 5, 5, 5));
contentPane.setLayout(new BorderLayout(0, 0));
setContentPane(contentPane);
JLabel lblExampleGui = new JLabel("Example GUI");
lblExampleGui.setBorder(new EmptyBorder(8, 0, 8, 0));
lblExampleGui.setFont(new Font("Lucida Grande", Font.PLAIN, 24));
lblExampleGui.setHorizontalAlignment(SwingConstants.CENTER);
contentPane.add(lblExampleGui, BorderLayout.NORTH);
JPanel panelButton = createPanelButton();
contentPane.add(panelButton, BorderLayout.SOUTH);
JButton btnLeft = createBtnLeft();
panelButton.add(btnLeft);
JButton btnRight = createBtnRight();
panelButton.add(btnRight);
JPanel panelCenter = createPanelCenter();
contentPane.add(panelCenter, BorderLayout.CENTER);
JLabel lblPicture1 = createLblPicture1();
panelCenter.add(lblPicture1);
JLabel lblPicture2 = createPicture2();
panelCenter.add(lblPicture2);
}
public JLabel createPicture2() {
lblPicture2 = new JLabel();
lblPicture2.setOpaque(true);
lblPicture2.setBackground(Color.BLACK);
return lblPicture2;
}
public JLabel createLblPicture1() {
lblPicture1 = new JLabel();
lblPicture1.setOpaque(true);
lblPicture1.setBackground(Color.BLACK);
//lblPicture1.setIcon(new ImageIcon(ExampleGUI.class.getResource("/gui/schlange.gif")));
return lblPicture1;
}
public JPanel createPanelCenter() {
JPanel panelCenter = new JPanel();
panelCenter.setLayout(new GridLayout(0, 2, 8, 0));
return panelCenter;
}
public JButton createBtnRight() {
JButton btnRight = new JButton("right");
btnRight.addActionListener(new ActionListener() {
public void actionPerformed(ActionEvent e) {
//TODO
lblPicture1.setBackground(Color.BLACK);
lblPicture2.setIcon(new ImageIcon(ExampleGUI.class.getResource("/gui/schlange.gif")));
}
});
btnRight.setFont(new Font("Lucida Grande", Font.PLAIN, 14));
return btnRight;
}
public JButton createBtnLeft() {
JButton btnLeft = new JButton("left");
btnLeft.addActionListener(new ActionListener() {
public void actionPerformed(ActionEvent e) {
//TODO
lblPicture2.setBackground(Color.BLACK);
lblPicture1.setIcon(new ImageIcon(ExampleGUI.class.getResource("/gui/schlange.gif")));
}
});
btnLeft.setFont(new Font("Lucida Grande", Font.PLAIN, 14));
return btnLeft;
}
public JPanel createPanelButton() {
JPanel panelButton = new JPanel();
return panelButton;
}
}
The background is painted beneath the icon, so if the icon is not reset, then it will continue to be displayed.
You can simply set the icon property by passing it null, for example
public JButton createBtnLeft() {
JButton btnLeft = new JButton("left");
btnLeft.addActionListener(new ActionListener() {
public void actionPerformed(ActionEvent e) {
//TODO
lblPicture2.setIcon(null);
lblPicture2.setBackground(Color.BLACK);
lblPicture1.setIcon(new ImageIcon(ExampleGUI.class.getResource("/gui/schlange.gif")));
}
});
btnLeft.setFont(new Font("Lucida Grande", Font.PLAIN, 14));
return btnLeft;
}
I want to open a new JFrame by clicking a button (btnAdd); I have tried to create an actionlistener but I am having no luck; the code runs but nothing happens when the button is clicked. The methods in question are the last two in the following code. Any help is much appreciated!
package AdvancedWeatherApp;
import java.awt.BorderLayout;
import java.awt.Color;
import java.awt.Component;
import java.awt.Container;
import java.awt.Dimension;
import java.awt.FlowLayout;
import java.awt.Font;
import java.awt.Toolkit;
import java.awt.event.ActionEvent;
import java.awt.event.ActionListener;
import javax.swing.BoxLayout;
import javax.swing.JFrame;
import javax.swing.JPanel;
import javax.swing.SwingConstants;
import javax.swing.event.ListSelectionListener;
import weatherforecast.FetchWeatherForecast;
public class MainFrame extends JFrame implements ListSelectionListener {
private boolean initialized = false;
private Actions actions = new Actions();
private javax.swing.JScrollPane jspFavouritesList = new javax.swing.JScrollPane();
private javax.swing.DefaultListModel<String> listModel = new javax.swing.DefaultListModel<String>();
private javax.swing.JList<String> favouritesList = new javax.swing.JList<String>(
listModel);
private javax.swing.JLabel lblAcknowledgement = new javax.swing.JLabel();
private javax.swing.JLabel lblTitle = new javax.swing.JLabel();
private javax.swing.JButton btnAdd = new javax.swing.JButton();
private javax.swing.JButton btnRemove = new javax.swing.JButton();
public void initialize() {
initializeGui();
initializeEvents();
this.setDefaultCloseOperation(JFrame.DISPOSE_ON_CLOSE);
}
/**
*
*/
private void initializeGui() {
if (initialized)
return;
initialized = true;
this.setSize(500, 400);
Dimension windowSize = this.getSize();
Dimension screenSize = Toolkit.getDefaultToolkit().getScreenSize();
this.setLocation(screenSize.width / 2 - windowSize.width / 2,
screenSize.height / 2 - windowSize.height / 2);
Container pane = this.getContentPane();
pane.setLayout(new BorderLayout());
setLayout(new BorderLayout());
setTitle("Favourite Weather Locations");
JPanel jpSouth = new JPanel();
jpSouth.setLayout(new FlowLayout());
JPanel jpNorth = new JPanel();
jpNorth.setLayout(new FlowLayout());
JPanel jpCenter = new JPanel();
jpCenter.setLayout(new BoxLayout(jpCenter, BoxLayout.PAGE_AXIS));
JPanel jpEast = new JPanel();
JPanel jpWest = new JPanel();
getContentPane().setBackground(Color.WHITE);
jpEast.setBackground(Color.WHITE);
jpWest.setBackground(Color.WHITE);
jpCenter.setBackground(Color.WHITE);
getContentPane().add(jspFavouritesList);
jpCenter.add(jspFavouritesList);
jspFavouritesList.setViewportView(favouritesList);
favouritesList
.setSelectionMode(javax.swing.ListSelectionModel.SINGLE_SELECTION);
favouritesList.addListSelectionListener(this);
jpCenter.add(btnAdd);
jpCenter.add(btnRemove);
jpCenter.setAlignmentY(CENTER_ALIGNMENT);
btnAdd.setText("Add Location");
btnAdd.setAlignmentX(Component.CENTER_ALIGNMENT);
btnAdd.setFont(new Font("Calibri", Font.PLAIN, 18));
jpCenter.add(btnRemove);
btnRemove.setText("Remove Location");
btnRemove.setAlignmentX(Component.CENTER_ALIGNMENT);
btnRemove.setFont(new Font("Calibri", Font.PLAIN, 18));
getContentPane().add(jpEast, BorderLayout.EAST);
getContentPane().add(jpWest, BorderLayout.WEST);
getContentPane().add(jpSouth);
jpSouth.add(lblAcknowledgement);
add(lblAcknowledgement, BorderLayout.SOUTH);
lblAcknowledgement.setText(FetchWeatherForecast.getAcknowledgement());
lblAcknowledgement.setHorizontalAlignment(SwingConstants.CENTER);
lblAcknowledgement.setFont(new Font("Tahoma", Font.ITALIC, 12));
getContentPane().add(jpNorth);
jpNorth.add(lblTitle);
add(lblTitle, BorderLayout.NORTH);
lblTitle.setText("Your Favourite Locations");
lblTitle.setHorizontalAlignment(SwingConstants.CENTER);
lblTitle.setFont(new Font("Calibri", Font.PLAIN, 32));
lblTitle.setForeground(Color.DARK_GRAY);
getContentPane().add(jpCenter);
}
private void initializeEvents() {
// TODO: Add action listeners, etc
}
public class Actions implements ActionListener {
public void actionPerformed(ActionEvent e) {
String command = e.getActionCommand();
command = command == null ? "" : command;
// TODO: add if...if else... for action commands
}
}
public void dispose() {
// TODO: Save settings
// super.dispose();
System.exit(0);
}
public void setVisible(boolean b) {
initialize();
super.setVisible(b);
}
public static void main(String[] args) {
new MainFrame().setVisible(true);
}
public void actionPerformed(ActionEvent evt){
if (evt.getSource() == btnAdd) {
showNewFrame();
//OPEN THE SEARCH WINDOW
}
}
private void showNewFrame() {
JFrame frame = new JFrame("Search Window" );
frame.setSize( 500,120 );
frame.setLocationRelativeTo( null );
frame.setVisible( true );
}
}
Although you have implemented the actionPerformed method as per the ActionListener interface, you class is not of that that type as you haven't implemented the interface. Once you implement that interface and register it with the JButton btnAdd,
btnAdd.addActionListener(this);
the method will be called.
A more compact alternative might be to use an anonymous interface:
btnAdd.addActionListener(new ActionListener() {
#Override
public void actionPerformed(ActionEvent e) {
// handle button ActionEvent & display dialog...
}
});
Side notes:
Using more than one JFrame in an application creates a lot of overhead for managing updates that may need to exist between frames. The preferred approach is to
use a modal JDialog if another window is required. This is discussed more here.
Use this :
btnAdd.addActionListener(this);
#Override
public void actionPerformed(ActionEvent e)
{
MainFrame frame = new MainFrame();
frame.setVisible(true);
}
Type this inside the button
private void jButton1ActionPerformed(java.awt.event.ActionEvent evt) {
this.dispose();
ActionListener ActList = new ActionListener();
ActList.setVisible(true);
}
see my last line
{
ActList.setVisible(true);
}
So I'm revising a random number generator I made a while back and instead of making it in JOptionPane, I decided to try to create it in JFrame. The 2 problems I'm having is:
I can't figure out how to access the number of attempts in class "Easy" to use for class "PlayAgain".
How could I loop back to the beginning of the program and start at the Menu screen again if they decide to click btnPlayAgain? Creating a new instance of Menu does not work the way I want it to, as the Menu frame doesn't close after you choose a difficulty.
The code is for the 3 classes, Menu, Easy, and PlayAgain. I didn't include the code for buttons Medium or Hard as it is pretty much identical to Easy.
Menu
import java.awt.BorderLayout;
import java.awt.EventQueue;
import javax.swing.JFrame;
import javax.swing.JPanel;
import javax.swing.border.EmptyBorder;
import javax.swing.JLabel;
import javax.swing.SwingConstants;
import java.awt.Font;
import java.awt.event.ActionEvent;
import java.awt.event.ActionListener;
import javax.swing.JButton;
public class Menu extends JFrame {
private JPanel contentPane;
public static Menu frame;
public static Easy eFrame;
public static Medium mFrame;
public static Hard hFrame;
/**
* Launch the application.
*/
public static void main(String[] args) {
EventQueue.invokeLater(new Runnable() {
public void run() {
try {
frame = new Menu();
frame.setVisible(true);
} catch (Exception e) {
e.printStackTrace();
}
}
});
}
public Menu() {
setResizable(false);
setDefaultCloseOperation(JFrame.EXIT_ON_CLOSE);
setBounds(100, 100, 450, 149);
contentPane = new JPanel();
contentPane.setBorder(new EmptyBorder(5, 5, 5, 5));
setContentPane(contentPane);
contentPane.setLayout(null);
JLabel lblSelectADifficulty = new JLabel("Select a difficulty");
lblSelectADifficulty.setBounds(10, 49, 424, 19);
lblSelectADifficulty.setFont(new Font("Tahoma", Font.PLAIN, 15));
lblSelectADifficulty.setHorizontalAlignment(SwingConstants.CENTER);
contentPane.add(lblSelectADifficulty);
JLabel lblRandomNumberGuessing = new JLabel("Random Number Guessing Game");
lblRandomNumberGuessing.setHorizontalAlignment(SwingConstants.CENTER);
lblRandomNumberGuessing.setFont(new Font("Tahoma", Font.PLAIN, 22));
lblRandomNumberGuessing.setBounds(10, 11, 424, 27);
contentPane.add(lblRandomNumberGuessing);
JButton btnEasy = new JButton("Easy (0-100)");
btnEasy.setBounds(10, 79, 134, 23);
contentPane.add(btnEasy);
JButton btnMedium = new JButton("Medium (0-1000)");
btnMedium.setBounds(155, 79, 134, 23);
contentPane.add(btnMedium);
JButton btnHard = new JButton("Hard (0-10000)");
btnHard.setBounds(300, 79, 134, 23);
contentPane.add(btnHard);
btnEasy.addActionListener(new ActionListener() {
public void actionPerformed(ActionEvent e) {
frame.setVisible(false);
EventQueue.invokeLater(new Runnable() {
public void run() {
try {
eFrame = new Easy();
eFrame.setVisible(true);
} catch (Exception e) {
e.printStackTrace();
}
}
});
}
});
}
}
Easy
import java.awt.BorderLayout;
import java.awt.EventQueue;
import javax.swing.JFrame;
import javax.swing.JPanel;
import javax.swing.border.EmptyBorder;
import javax.swing.JLabel;
import javax.swing.SwingConstants;
import java.awt.Font;
import java.awt.event.ActionEvent;
import java.awt.event.ActionListener;
import java.util.Random;
import javax.swing.JTextField;
import javax.swing.JButton;
public class Easy extends JFrame {
private JPanel contentPane;
private JTextField textField;
private int rand;
public int attempts;
public Easy() {
attempts = 1;
Random rnd = new Random();
rand = rnd.nextInt(100 + 1);
setResizable(false);
setTitle("Take a guess");
setDefaultCloseOperation(JFrame.EXIT_ON_CLOSE);
setBounds(100, 100, 300, 135);
contentPane = new JPanel();
contentPane.setBorder(new EmptyBorder(5, 5, 5, 5));
setContentPane(contentPane);
contentPane.setLayout(null);
final JLabel lblGuessANumber = new JLabel("Guess a number between 0 - 100");
lblGuessANumber.setBounds(10, 11, 274, 19);
lblGuessANumber.setFont(new Font("Tahoma", Font.PLAIN, 15));
lblGuessANumber.setHorizontalAlignment(SwingConstants.CENTER);
contentPane.add(lblGuessANumber);
textField = new JTextField();
textField.setBounds(20, 41, 110, 20);
contentPane.add(textField);
textField.setColumns(10);
final JButton btnGuess = new JButton("Guess");
btnGuess.setBounds(164, 41, 110, 20);
contentPane.add(btnGuess);
final JLabel label = new JLabel("");
label.setFont(new Font("Tahoma", Font.PLAIN, 12));
label.setHorizontalAlignment(SwingConstants.CENTER);
label.setBounds(10, 72, 274, 24);
contentPane.add(label);
btnGuess.addActionListener(new ActionListener() {
public void actionPerformed(ActionEvent e) {
if((Integer.parseInt(textField.getText())) >= 0 && (Integer.parseInt(textField.getText())) <= 100){
if((Integer.parseInt(textField.getText())) < rand){
label.setText("You guessed too low.");
System.out.println(rand);
attempts++;
}
else if((Integer.parseInt(textField.getText())) > rand){
label.setText("You guessed too high.");
attempts++;
}
else if((Integer.parseInt(textField.getText())) == rand){
dispose();
PlayAgain pl = new PlayAgain();
pl.setVisible(true);
}
}
else
label.setText("Please enter a valid input.");
}
});
}
public int returnAttempts(){
return attempts;
}
}
PlayAgain
import java.awt.BorderLayout;
import java.awt.EventQueue;
import javax.swing.JFrame;
import javax.swing.JPanel;
import javax.swing.border.EmptyBorder;
import javax.swing.JLabel;
import javax.swing.SwingConstants;
import java.awt.Font;
import java.awt.event.ActionEvent;
import java.awt.event.ActionListener;
import javax.swing.JButton;
public class PlayAgain extends JFrame {
private JPanel contentPane;
public PlayAgain() {
setResizable(false);
setDefaultCloseOperation(JFrame.EXIT_ON_CLOSE);
setBounds(100, 100, 240, 110);
contentPane = new JPanel();
contentPane.setBorder(new EmptyBorder(5, 5, 5, 5));
setContentPane(contentPane);
contentPane.setLayout(null);
JLabel lblPlayAgain = new JLabel("Play Again?");
lblPlayAgain.setFont(new Font("Tahoma", Font.PLAIN, 15));
lblPlayAgain.setHorizontalAlignment(SwingConstants.CENTER);
lblPlayAgain.setBounds(10, 27, 214, 23);
contentPane.add(lblPlayAgain);
JButton btnYes = new JButton("Yes");
btnYes.setBounds(10, 49, 89, 23);
contentPane.add(btnYes);
JButton btnQuit = new JButton("Quit");
btnQuit.setBounds(135, 49, 89, 23);
contentPane.add(btnQuit);
//Need to return number of attempts from Easy.java in lblYouGuessedCorrectly
JLabel lblYouGuessedCorrectly = new JLabel("You guessed correctly! Attempts: ");
lblYouGuessedCorrectly.setHorizontalAlignment(SwingConstants.CENTER);
lblYouGuessedCorrectly.setBounds(10, 11, 214, 14);
contentPane.add(lblYouGuessedCorrectly);
btnYes.addActionListener(new ActionListener() {
public void actionPerformed(ActionEvent e) {
//Need to start the program over again, starting with from the Menu screen
}
});
btnQuit.addActionListener(new ActionListener() {
public void actionPerformed(ActionEvent e) {
System.exit(0);
}
});
}
}
Suggestions:
You're creating an event-driven Swing GUI, and so you won't "loop" back to the beginning of your program as you would in a linear console program, because that's not how event driven programs work. Rather you'd simply display the menu view when needed, usually in response to some event such as within the ActionListener of a JButton and/or JMenuItem.
So add a reset JButton or JMenuItem or both, have them share the same ResetAction AbstractAction, and inside of that Action, re-show the menu view.
Side recommendation 1 (not related to your main problem): Don't use null layouts or setBounds as that will lead to rigid hard to debug and enhance GUI's that look good on one platform only.
Side recommendation 2: Don't code towards creation of JFrames but rather JPanel views as this will increase the flexibility of your program greatly, allowing you to swap JPanel views if need be using a CardLayout, or displaying views within a JFrame or JDialog or anywhere else they're needed.
For example using a CardLayout to swap JPanel views and a JOptionPane to get user input on re-starting:
import java.awt.BorderLayout;
import java.awt.CardLayout;
import java.awt.Font;
import java.awt.GridBagLayout;
import java.awt.GridLayout;
import java.awt.Window;
import java.awt.event.ActionEvent;
import javax.swing.AbstractAction;
import javax.swing.BorderFactory;
import javax.swing.Box;
import javax.swing.BoxLayout;
import javax.swing.JButton;
import javax.swing.JFrame;
import javax.swing.JLabel;
import javax.swing.JOptionPane;
import javax.swing.JPanel;
import javax.swing.JTextField;
import javax.swing.SwingConstants;
import javax.swing.SwingUtilities;
#SuppressWarnings("serial")
public class Main2 extends JPanel {
private MenuPanel menuPanel = new MenuPanel(this);
private GamePanel gamePanel = new GamePanel(this);
private CardLayout cardLayout = new CardLayout();
public Main2() {
setLayout(cardLayout);
add(menuPanel, MenuPanel.NAME);
add(gamePanel, GamePanel.NAME);
}
public void setDifficulty(Difficulty difficulty) {
gamePanel.setDifficulty(difficulty);
}
public void showCard(String name) {
cardLayout.show(Main2.this, name);
}
private static void createAndShowGui() {
JFrame frame = new JFrame("Main2");
frame.setDefaultCloseOperation(JFrame.EXIT_ON_CLOSE);
frame.getContentPane().add(new Main2());
frame.pack();
frame.setLocationRelativeTo(null);
frame.setVisible(true);
}
public static void main(String[] args) {
SwingUtilities.invokeLater(new Runnable() {
public void run() {
createAndShowGui();
}
});
}
}
#SuppressWarnings("serial")
class MenuPanel extends JPanel {
public static final String NAME = "menu panel";
private static final String MAIN_TITLE = "Random Number Guessing Game";
private static final String SUB_TITLE = "Select a difficulty";
private static final int GAP = 3;
private static final float TITLE_SIZE = 20f;
private static final float SUB_TITLE_SIZE = 16;
private Main2 main2;
public MenuPanel(Main2 main2) {
this.main2 = main2;
JLabel titleLabel = new JLabel(MAIN_TITLE, SwingConstants.CENTER);
titleLabel.setFont(titleLabel.getFont().deriveFont(Font.BOLD, TITLE_SIZE));
JPanel titlePanel = new JPanel();
titlePanel.add(titleLabel);
JLabel subTitleLabel = new JLabel(SUB_TITLE, SwingConstants.CENTER);
subTitleLabel.setFont(subTitleLabel.getFont().deriveFont(Font.PLAIN, SUB_TITLE_SIZE));
JPanel subTitlePanel = new JPanel();
subTitlePanel.add(subTitleLabel);
JPanel buttonPanel = new JPanel(new GridLayout(1, 0, GAP, GAP));
for (Difficulty difficulty : Difficulty.values()) {
buttonPanel.add(new JButton(new DifficultyAction(difficulty)));
}
setBorder(BorderFactory.createEmptyBorder(GAP, GAP, GAP, GAP));
setLayout(new BoxLayout(this, BoxLayout.PAGE_AXIS));
add(titlePanel);
add(subTitlePanel);
add(buttonPanel);
}
private class DifficultyAction extends AbstractAction {
private Difficulty difficulty;
public DifficultyAction(Difficulty difficulty) {
this.difficulty = difficulty;
String name = String.format("%s (0-%d)", difficulty.getText(), difficulty.getMaxValue());
putValue(NAME, name);
int mnemonic = (int) name.charAt(0);
putValue(MNEMONIC_KEY, mnemonic);
}
#Override
public void actionPerformed(ActionEvent e) {
main2.setDifficulty(difficulty);
main2.showCard(GamePanel.NAME);
}
}
}
enum Difficulty {
EASY("Easy", 100), MEDIUM("Medium", 1000), HARD("Hard", 10000);
private String text;
private int maxValue;
private Difficulty(String text, int maxValue) {
this.text = text;
this.maxValue = maxValue;
}
public String getText() {
return text;
}
public int getMaxValue() {
return maxValue;
}
}
#SuppressWarnings("serial")
class GamePanel extends JPanel {
public static final String NAME = "game panel";
private String labelText = "Guess a number between 0 - ";
private JLabel label = new JLabel(labelText + Difficulty.HARD.getMaxValue(), SwingConstants.CENTER);
private Main2 main2;
GuessAction guessAction = new GuessAction("Guess");
private JTextField textField = new JTextField(10);
private JButton guessButton = new JButton(guessAction);
private boolean guessCorrect = false;
private Difficulty difficulty;
public GamePanel(Main2 main2) {
this.main2 = main2;
textField.setAction(guessAction);
JPanel guessPanel = new JPanel();
guessPanel.add(textField);
guessPanel.add(Box.createHorizontalStrut(10));
guessPanel.add(guessButton);
JPanel centerPanel = new JPanel(new GridBagLayout());
centerPanel.add(guessPanel);
setLayout(new BorderLayout());
add(label, BorderLayout.PAGE_START);
add(centerPanel, BorderLayout.CENTER);
}
public void setDifficulty(Difficulty difficulty) {
this.difficulty = difficulty;
label.setText(labelText + difficulty.getMaxValue());
}
private class GuessAction extends AbstractAction {
private int attempts = 1;
public GuessAction(String name) {
super(name);
int mnemonic = (int) name.charAt(0);
putValue(MNEMONIC_KEY, mnemonic);
}
#Override
public void actionPerformed(ActionEvent e) {
// TODO use difficulty and all to check guesses, and reply to user
// we'll just show the go back to main menu dialog
guessCorrect = true; // TODO: Delete this later
if (guessCorrect) {
String message = "Attempts: " + attempts + ". Play Again?";
String title = "You've Guessed Correctly!";
int optionType = JOptionPane.YES_NO_OPTION;
int selection = JOptionPane.showConfirmDialog(GamePanel.this, message, title, optionType);
if (selection == JOptionPane.YES_OPTION) {
textField.setText("");
main2.showCard(MenuPanel.NAME);
} else {
Window window = SwingUtilities.getWindowAncestor(GamePanel.this);
window.dispose();
}
}
}
}
}
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I want to know how do you go to another panel by pressing a button.
The codes for my main GUI is below:
import java.awt.Color;
import java.awt.EventQueue;
import java.awt.Font;
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 javax.swing.JTextField;
import javax.swing.border.LineBorder;
public class MainMenu extends JFrame {
private JPanel contentPane, confirmPage_Panel;
private JTextField NumberofSoups_TEXTFIELD;
private JTextField NumberofSandwiches_TEXTFIELD;
private JTextField totalCost_TEXTFIELD;
private JTextField OrderNumber_TEXTFIELD;
private int Soupclicks = 0;
private int Sandwichclicks = 0;
/**
* Launch the application.
*/
public static void main(String[] args) {
EventQueue.invokeLater(new Runnable() {
public void run() {
try {
MainMenu frame = new MainMenu();
frame.setVisible(true);
} catch (Exception e) {
e.printStackTrace();
}
}
});
}
/**
* Create the frame.
*/
public MainMenu() {
super("Welcome Yo!");
setDefaultCloseOperation(JFrame.EXIT_ON_CLOSE);
setBounds(100, 100, 1268, 716);
contentPane = new JPanel();
contentPane.setBackground(Color.DARK_GRAY);
contentPane.setBorder(new LineBorder(new Color(255, 200, 0), 4, true));
setContentPane(contentPane);
contentPane.setLayout(null);
JPanel Header_Panel = new JPanel();
Header_Panel.setBackground(Color.DARK_GRAY);
Header_Panel.setBounds(145, 11, 977, 35);
contentPane.add(Header_Panel);
JLabel Header_Label = new JLabel("Super Sandwich Store");
Header_Label.setForeground(Color.PINK);
Header_Label.setFont(new Font("Tahoma", Font.PLAIN, 22));
Header_Panel.add(Header_Label);
JPanel Soup_Panel = new JPanel();
Soup_Panel.setBackground(Color.PINK);
Soup_Panel.setBounds(10, 71, 459, 339);
contentPane.add(Soup_Panel);
Soup_Panel.setLayout(null);
JButton Confirm_Button = new JButton("Confirm Now");
Confirm_Button.setFont(new Font("Tahoma", Font.PLAIN, 14));
Confirm_Button.setBounds(511, 558, 121, 23);
contentPane.add(Confirm_Button);
JButton Exit_Button = new JButton("Exit");
Exit_Button.addActionListener(new ActionListener() {
public void actionPerformed(ActionEvent arg0) {
System.exit(0);
}
});
Exit_Button.setFont(new Font("Tahoma", Font.PLAIN, 13));
Exit_Button.setBounds(641, 558, 111, 23);
contentPane.add(Exit_Button);
}// end of MainMenu()
}
And when i clicked the confirm button it will invoke this page :
public class ConfirmationGUI extends JFrame {
private JPanel contentPane;
private JTextField ConfirmedOrder_Field;
private JTextField totalCost_Field;
/**
* Launch the application.
*/
public static void main(String[] args) {
EventQueue.invokeLater(new Runnable() {
public void run() {
try {
ConfirmationGUI frame = new ConfirmationGUI();
frame.setVisible(true);
} catch (Exception e) {
e.printStackTrace();
}
}
});
}
/**
* Create the frame.
*/
public ConfirmationGUI() {
super("Confirmation Yo!");
setDefaultCloseOperation(JFrame.EXIT_ON_CLOSE);
setBounds(100, 100, 668, 457);
contentPane = new JPanel();
contentPane.setBackground(Color.DARK_GRAY);
contentPane.setBorder(new LineBorder(Color.ORANGE, 4, true));
setContentPane(contentPane);
contentPane.setLayout(null);
JPanel Top_Panel = new JPanel();
Top_Panel.setBackground(Color.DARK_GRAY);
Top_Panel.setBounds(5, 5, 637, 93);
contentPane.add(Top_Panel);
Top_Panel.setLayout(null);
JLabel lblNewLabel = new JLabel("Super Sandwich Store");
lblNewLabel.setForeground(Color.PINK);
lblNewLabel.setBounds(245, 11, 185, 45);
Top_Panel.add(lblNewLabel);
lblNewLabel.setFont(new Font("Tahoma", Font.PLAIN, 18));
}
}
It would be much of a help,
Thank you :)
To switch between JFrames, call setVisible(true) for the JFrame you want to reveal and setVisible(false) for the one you want to hide. CardLayout doesn't apply here.
Suggestions: read the Swing tutorial on layouts, don't use null layouts with absolutely positioning, and familiarize yourself with the differences between ordinary containers and top-level containers.
I created a JPanel and i have added a TitleBorder with BorderFactory but it's showing a blue line around the panel.
I would like to remove this line.
Any suggestions?
Thank you
never tried to extract this value from TitleBorders API, methods are protected, or by using UIManager
have to use LineBorder inside TitleBorder
simpliest syntax could be xxx.setBorder(new TitledBorder(new LineBorder(Color.ORANGE, 1), "label")); or get the Color from (for example) myPanel.getBackground() instread of Color.ORANGE
another options are (is possible)
move desciption (top, bottom.....)
change Font
change Foreground (Color for description)
more options and description in Oracle tutorial How to Use Borders (CompounBorders)
for example
import java.awt.Color;
import java.awt.Dimension;
import java.awt.EventQueue;
import java.awt.GridLayout;
import java.awt.event.ActionEvent;
import java.awt.event.ActionListener;
import javax.swing.JButton;
import javax.swing.JCheckBox;
import javax.swing.JFrame;
import javax.swing.JPanel;
import javax.swing.border.LineBorder;
import javax.swing.border.TitledBorder;
public class AddComponentsAtRuntime {
private JFrame f;
private JPanel panel;
private JCheckBox checkValidate, checkReValidate, checkRepaint, checkPack;
public AddComponentsAtRuntime() {
JButton b = new JButton();
b.setBackground(Color.red);
b.setBorder(new LineBorder(Color.black, 2));
b.setPreferredSize(new Dimension(600, 10));
panel = new JPanel(new GridLayout(0, 1));
panel.add(b);
panel.setBorder(new TitledBorder(new LineBorder(Color.ORANGE, 1),
"Add Components At Runtime"));
f = new JFrame();
f.setDefaultCloseOperation(JFrame.EXIT_ON_CLOSE);
f.add(panel, "Center");
f.add(getCheckBoxPanel(), "South");
f.setLocation(200, 200);
f.pack();
f.setVisible(true);
}
private JPanel getCheckBoxPanel() {
checkValidate = new JCheckBox("validate");
checkValidate.setSelected(false);
checkReValidate = new JCheckBox("revalidate");
checkReValidate.setSelected(false);
checkRepaint = new JCheckBox("repaint");
checkRepaint.setSelected(false);
checkPack = new JCheckBox("pack");
checkPack.setSelected(false);
JButton addComp = new JButton("Add New One");
addComp.addActionListener(new ActionListener() {
#Override
public void actionPerformed(ActionEvent e) {
JButton b = new JButton();
b.setBackground(Color.red);
b.setBorder(new LineBorder(Color.black, 2));
b.setPreferredSize(new Dimension(600, 10));
panel.add(b);
makeChange();
System.out.println(" Components Count after Adds :" + panel.getComponentCount());
}
});
JButton removeComp = new JButton("Remove One");
removeComp.addActionListener(new ActionListener() {
#Override
public void actionPerformed(ActionEvent e) {
int count = panel.getComponentCount();
if (count > 0) {
panel.remove(0);
}
makeChange();
System.out.println(" Components Count after Removes :" + panel.getComponentCount());
}
});
JPanel panel2 = new JPanel();
panel2.add(checkValidate);
panel2.add(checkReValidate);
panel2.add(checkRepaint);
panel2.add(checkPack);
panel2.add(addComp);
panel2.add(removeComp);
return panel2;
}
private void makeChange() {
if (checkValidate.isSelected()) {
panel.validate();
}
if (checkReValidate.isSelected()) {
panel.revalidate();
}
if (checkRepaint.isSelected()) {
panel.repaint();
}
if (checkPack.isSelected()) {
f.pack();
}
}
public static void main(String[] args) {
EventQueue.invokeLater(new Runnable() {
public void run() {
AddComponentsAtRuntime makingChanges = new AddComponentsAtRuntime();
}
});
}
}
The blue line (in metal) is the default border used by TitledBorder if none is given explicitly. You need to provide another border if you don't like the default, f.i. an EmptyBorder:
myPanel.setBorder(BorderFactory.createTitledBorder
(BorderFactory.createEmptyBorder(), someTitle));