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Can I use JButtons added to a JToolBar to scroll up and down a JPanel?

Can I scroll a JPanel using JButtons added to a JToolBar?
When I generate a large number of thumbnails, they don't all fit onto the JPanel. I want to use an up/down arrow JButton to scroll. Can this be done, and if so, how?
NOTE: I am trying to do this without a JScrollPane because I want the custom arrow icons, not a standard scroll bar.
Here is an SSCCE:
import java.awt.*;
import java.awt.event.ActionEvent;
import java.awt.event.ActionListener;
import javax.swing.*;
import javax.swing.border.LineBorder;
public class PicSlider2 {
private JButton thumbs;
private JButton[] thumbnails;
private JLabel picViewer;
private JPanel thumbPanel;
private JToolBar toolBar;
public PicSlider2() {
final JFrame frame = new JFrame("Picture Slider");
frame.setDefaultCloseOperation(JFrame.EXIT_ON_CLOSE);
frame.setPreferredSize(new Dimension(800, 600));
frame.setResizable(false);
frame.setLayout(new BorderLayout());
picViewer = new JLabel();
picViewer.setText("Image here");
picViewer.setHorizontalAlignment(JLabel.CENTER);
picViewer.setVerticalAlignment(JLabel.BOTTOM);
picViewer.setBorder(new LineBorder(Color.BLACK, 2));
JMenuBar frameMenuBar = new JMenuBar();
frame.setJMenuBar(frameMenuBar);
JMenu file = new JMenu("File");
frameMenuBar.add(file);
JMenuBar picViewerMenu = new JMenuBar();
picViewerMenu.setLayout(new FlowLayout(FlowLayout.LEFT));
thumbs = new JButton("THUMBNAILS");//an icon in actual program
thumbs.setPreferredSize(new Dimension(150,45));
thumbs.setToolTipText("Thumbnails");
thumbs.addActionListener(new ActionListener() {
#Override
public void actionPerformed(ActionEvent evt) {
picViewer.setVisible(false);
thumbPanel = new JPanel(new FlowLayout(FlowLayout.CENTER, 20,20));
thumbPanel.setBorder(BorderFactory.createEmptyBorder(50,100,50,30));
thumbnails = new JButton[30];//example size, chosen so all buttons won't fit on one page
for (int i = 0; i < 30; i++) {
thumbnails[i] = new JButton(Integer.toString(i));
thumbnails[i].setPreferredSize(new Dimension(100, 100));
thumbnails[i].addActionListener(new ActionListener() {
#Override
public void actionPerformed(ActionEvent evt) {
System.out.println("thumbnail clicked - opens full-size view of pic in the JLabel picViewer");
}
});
thumbPanel.add(thumbnails[i]);
thumbPanel.setVisible(true);
}
toolBar = new JToolBar(null, JToolBar.VERTICAL);
toolBar.setBorder(BorderFactory.createEmptyBorder(10, 10, 10, 30));
JButton up = new JButton("Up Arrow");
up.setPreferredSize(new Dimension(80,60));
up.addActionListener(new ActionListener() {
#Override
public void actionPerformed(ActionEvent evt) {
System.out.println("Up Arrow Stub - NEEDS TO SCROLL UP PAGE, as needed");
}
} );
JButton down = new JButton("Down Arrow");
down.setPreferredSize(new Dimension(80,60));
down.addActionListener(new ActionListener() {
#Override
public void actionPerformed(ActionEvent evt) {
System.out.println("Down Arrow Stub - NEEDS TO SCROLL DOWN PAGE, as needed");
}
} );
toolBar.add(Box.createGlue());
toolBar.add(up);
toolBar.add(Box.createVerticalStrut(40));
toolBar.add(down);
toolBar.add(Box.createGlue());
frame.getContentPane().add(thumbPanel, BorderLayout.CENTER);
frame.getContentPane().add(toolBar, BorderLayout.LINE_END);
}
});
picViewerMenu.add(thumbs);
frame.getContentPane().add(picViewerMenu, BorderLayout.SOUTH);
frame.add(picViewer, BorderLayout.CENTER);
frame.setLocation(300, 50);
frame.pack();
frame.setVisible(true);
}
public static void main(String[] args) {
SwingUtilities.invokeLater(new Runnable() {
#Override
public void run() {
PicSlider2 ps = new PicSlider2();
}
});
}
}

I am trying to do this without a JScrollPane because I want the custom arrow icons
You can use a JScrollPane and use the default scroll Action to create a button with your custom Icon:
import java.awt.*;
import javax.swing.*;
import javax.swing.plaf.basic.*;
public class ScrollPaneSSCCE extends JPanel
{
public ScrollPaneSSCCE()
{
setLayout( new BorderLayout() );
JTable table = new JTable(50, 5);
JScrollPane scrollPane = new JScrollPane( table );
scrollPane.setVerticalScrollBarPolicy(ScrollPaneConstants.VERTICAL_SCROLLBAR_NEVER);
add(scrollPane);
JScrollBar vertical = scrollPane.getVerticalScrollBar();
JPanel east = new JPanel( new BorderLayout() );
add(east, BorderLayout.EAST);
JButton north = new JButton( new ActionMapAction("UP", vertical, "negativeUnitIncrement") );
east.add(north, BorderLayout.NORTH);
JButton south = new JButton( new ActionMapAction("DOWN", vertical, "positiveUnitIncrement") );
east.add(south, BorderLayout.SOUTH);
}
private static void createAndShowUI()
{
JFrame frame = new JFrame("ScrollPaneSSCCE");
frame.setDefaultCloseOperation(JFrame.EXIT_ON_CLOSE);
frame.add(new ScrollPaneSSCCE());
frame.setSize(200, 300);
frame.setLocationByPlatform( true );
frame.setVisible( true );
}
public static void main(String[] args)
{
EventQueue.invokeLater(new Runnable()
{
public void run()
{
createAndShowUI();
}
});
}
}
You will need the Action Map Action class which is just a simple wrapper class that gets the default Action from the ActionMap of the specified component.
You will need to set the scroll increment for you panel. Since your image size is 100 you might want to use:
vertical.setUnitIncrement( 100 );

I found a way to achieve your desired result by reordering the items on the JPanel. The JFrame needs to be declared outside of the constructor. I added an index variable for tracking the scroll position and a reloadThumbs() method for reloading the reordered thumbs.
This is the entire code after the changes:
import java.awt.*;
import java.awt.event.ActionEvent;
import java.awt.event.ActionListener;
import javax.swing.*;
import javax.swing.border.LineBorder;
public class PicSlider2 {
private JButton thumbs;
private JButton[] thumbnails;
private JLabel picViewer;
private JPanel thumbPanel;
private JToolBar toolBar;
private int scrollIndex;
private final JFrame frame;
public PicSlider2() {
scrollIndex = 0;
frame = new JFrame("Picture Slider");
frame.setDefaultCloseOperation(JFrame.EXIT_ON_CLOSE);
frame.setPreferredSize(new Dimension(800, 600));
frame.setResizable(false);
frame.setLayout(new BorderLayout());
picViewer = new JLabel();
picViewer.setText("Image here");
picViewer.setHorizontalAlignment(JLabel.CENTER);
picViewer.setVerticalAlignment(JLabel.BOTTOM);
picViewer.setBorder(new LineBorder(Color.BLACK, 2));
JMenuBar frameMenuBar = new JMenuBar();
frame.setJMenuBar(frameMenuBar);
JMenu file = new JMenu("File");
frameMenuBar.add(file);
JMenuBar picViewerMenu = new JMenuBar();
picViewerMenu.setLayout(new FlowLayout(FlowLayout.LEFT));
thumbs = new JButton("THUMBNAILS");//an icon in actual program
thumbs.setPreferredSize(new Dimension(150,45));
thumbs.setToolTipText("Thumbnails");
thumbs.addActionListener(new ActionListener() {
#Override
public void actionPerformed(ActionEvent evt) {
picViewer.setVisible(false);
thumbPanel = new JPanel(new FlowLayout(FlowLayout.CENTER, 20,20));
thumbPanel.setBorder(BorderFactory.createEmptyBorder(50,100,50,30));
thumbnails = new JButton[30];//example size, chosen so all buttons won't fit on one page
for (int i = 0; i < 30; i++) {
thumbnails[i] = new JButton(Integer.toString(i));
thumbnails[i].setPreferredSize(new Dimension(100, 100));
thumbnails[i].addActionListener(new ActionListener() {
#Override
public void actionPerformed(ActionEvent evt) {
System.out.println("thumbnail clicked - opens full-size view of pic in the JLabel picViewer");
}
});
thumbPanel.add(thumbnails[i]);
thumbPanel.setVisible(true);
}
toolBar = new JToolBar(null, JToolBar.VERTICAL);
toolBar.setBorder(BorderFactory.createEmptyBorder(10, 10, 10, 30));
JButton up = new JButton("Up Arrow");
up.setPreferredSize(new Dimension(80,60));
up.addActionListener(new ActionListener() {
#Override
public void actionPerformed(ActionEvent evt) {
System.out.println("Up Arrow Stub - NEEDS TO SCROLL UP PAGE, as needed");
if(scrollIndex > 3) scrollIndex -= 4;
else scrollIndex = 0;
reloadThumbs();
}
} );
JButton down = new JButton("Down Arrow");
down.setPreferredSize(new Dimension(80,60));
down.addActionListener(new ActionListener() {
#Override
public void actionPerformed(ActionEvent evt) {
System.out.println("Down Arrow Stub - NEEDS TO SCROLL DOWN PAGE, as needed");
if(scrollIndex < 27) scrollIndex += 4;
else scrollIndex = 30;
reloadThumbs();
}
} );
toolBar.add(Box.createGlue());
toolBar.add(up);
toolBar.add(Box.createVerticalStrut(40));
toolBar.add(down);
toolBar.add(Box.createGlue());
frame.getContentPane().add(thumbPanel, BorderLayout.CENTER);
frame.getContentPane().add(toolBar, BorderLayout.LINE_END);
}
});
picViewerMenu.add(thumbs);
frame.getContentPane().add(picViewerMenu, BorderLayout.SOUTH);
frame.add(picViewer, BorderLayout.CENTER);
frame.setLocation(300, 50);
frame.pack();
frame.setVisible(true);
}
private void reloadThumbs(){
thumbPanel.removeAll();
for(int i = scrollIndex; i < 30; ++i){
thumbPanel.add(thumbnails[i]);
}
for(int i = 0; i < scrollIndex; ++i){
thumbPanel.add(thumbnails[i]);
}
thumbPanel.revalidate();
frame.revalidate();
}
public static void main(String[] args) {
SwingUtilities.invokeLater(new Runnable() {
#Override
public void run() {
PicSlider2 ps = new PicSlider2();
}
});
}
}

Calling method from one class in other

I know that this kind of issue has been discussed here many times, but I'm confused. I'm totally beginner in Java and I honestly don't know what to do and I admit that I don't have that much time to read whole documentation provided by Oracle. Here's my problem:
I'm trying to program a GUI for my program that will be show interference of acoustic waves. Mathematical functionality doesn't matter in here. I've got two classes called Window and Sliders. Window is intended to be a 'main GUI class' and Sliders is supposed to inherit (?) from it.
This comes from another issue that I need to implement ActionListener in class Window and ChangeListener in Sliders class. I heard that one class can't implement several classes that's why I made two.
Now, I wrote a little bit chaotic those two classes, but I don't know how to combine them. It's really silly, but after C++ I'm pretty confused how to tell the program that it is supposed to show in one frame either buttons defined in Window class and sliders defined in Sliders class. Currently it shows only buttons I want to make it showing sliders too.
I'm very sorry for chaotic pseudo code, please help. Please, try to explain as simply as you can/possible. Please feel free to ignore overrided methods, they're not finished yet.
import javax.swing.*;
import java.awt.*;
import java.awt.event.ActionEvent;
import java.awt.event.ActionListener;
import java.util.*;
public class Window extends JFrame implements ActionListener
{
private JButton showChord, playSound, getSample, getPlot;
private JLabel chordInfo;
private JPanel basicFunctions;
public Window()
{
init();
}
private void init()
{
setVisible(true);
setSize(new Dimension(1000,500));
setDefaultCloseOperation(JFrame.EXIT_ON_CLOSE);
basicFunctions = new JPanel();
FlowLayout basicLayout = new FlowLayout();
basicFunctions.setLayout(basicLayout);
showChord = new JButton("Akord");
playSound = new JButton("Odtwórz");
getSample = new JButton("Pobierz dźwięk");
getPlot = new JButton("Pobierz wykres");
showChord.addActionListener(this);
playSound.addActionListener(this);
getSample.addActionListener(this);
getPlot.addActionListener(this);
basicFunctions.add(showChord);
basicFunctions.add(playSound);
basicFunctions.add(getSample);
basicFunctions.add(getPlot);
add(basicFunctions);
Sliders param = new Sliders();
}
public static void main(String[] args)
{
Window frame = new Window();
}
//Action Listener
#Override
public void actionPerformed(ActionEvent a)
{
Object event = a.getSource();
if(event == showChord)
{
}
else if(event == playSound)
{
}
else if(event == getSample)
{
}
else if(event == getPlot)
{
}
}
}
import java.awt.*;
import javax.swing.event.ChangeEvent;
import javax.swing.*;
import javax.swing.event.ChangeListener;
public class Sliders extends Window implements ChangeListener
{
private JPanel sliders, sliderSub;
private JTextField accAmplitude, accFrequency, accPhase;
private JSlider amplitude, frequency, phase;
private double amplitudeValue, frequencyValue, phaseValue;
public Sliders()
{
sliders = new JPanel();
sliders.setLayout(new FlowLayout());
amplitude = new JSlider(0,100,0);
amplitude.setMajorTickSpacing(10);
amplitude.setMinorTickSpacing(5);
amplitude.setPaintTicks(true);
amplitude.setPaintLabels(true);
frequency = new JSlider(0,10,0);
frequency.setMajorTickSpacing(1);
frequency.setMinorTickSpacing(1/10);
frequency.setPaintTicks(true);
frequency.setPaintLabels(true);
phase = new JSlider(0,1,0);
phase.setMinorTickSpacing(2/10);
phase.setPaintTicks(true);
phase.setPaintLabels(true);
accAmplitude = new JTextField();
accFrequency = new JTextField();
accPhase = new JTextField();
sliders.add(amplitude, BorderLayout.NORTH);
sliders.add(frequency, BorderLayout.CENTER);
sliders.add(phase, BorderLayout.SOUTH);
add(sliders);
}
#Override
public void stateChanged(ChangeEvent arg0)
{
}
}
I've done this so far, but those text fields just stopped showing sliders values and I don't know why. They are defined in the Parameters class and Window class. Can someone help? Additionally in the future I'd like to make those text fields editable so that you can set slider value by typing it in the text field.
import java.awt.*;
import java.awt.event.*;
import javax.swing.*;
import javax.swing.border.BevelBorder;
import javax.swing.event.*;
public class Window extends JPanel
{
private JMenuBar mainMenu = new JMenuBar();
private Plot plot = new Plot();
private Parameters param = new Parameters();
private JComboBox chooseChord = new JComboBox();
private JButton playSound = new JButton("Odtwórz");
private JButton getSample = new JButton("Pobierz dźwięk");
private JButton getPlot = new JButton("Pobierz wykres");
private JPanel mainPanel = new JPanel();
private JPanel subPanel = new JPanel();
private JPanel buttonsPanel = new JPanel();
private JPanel slidersPanel = new JPanel();
private JLabel chord = new JLabel("Akord:");
private JTextField aValue = new JTextField();
private JTextField fValue = new JTextField();
private JTextField pValue = new JTextField();
public Window()
{
mainPanel.setLayout(new FlowLayout());
buttonsPanel.setLayout(new BoxLayout(buttonsPanel, BoxLayout.Y_AXIS));
slidersPanel.setLayout(new BorderLayout());
subPanel.setLayout(new BorderLayout());
chooseChord.addItem("A");
chooseChord.addItem("A#");
chooseChord.addItem("Ab");
chooseChord.addItem("B");
chooseChord.addItem("Bb");
chooseChord.addItem("C");
chooseChord.addItem("C#");
chooseChord.addItem("Cb");
chooseChord.addItem("D");
chooseChord.addItem("D#");
chooseChord.addItem("E");
chooseChord.addItem("F");
chooseChord.addItem("F#");
buttonsPanel.add(chord);
buttonsPanel.add(chooseChord);
buttonsPanel.add(Box.createRigidArea(new Dimension(0,10)));
buttonsPanel.add(playSound);
buttonsPanel.add(Box.createRigidArea(new Dimension(0,10)));
buttonsPanel.add(getSample);
buttonsPanel.add(Box.createRigidArea(new Dimension(0,10)));
buttonsPanel.add(getPlot);
buttonsPanel.setBorder(BorderFactory.createTitledBorder("Menu"));
slidersPanel.add(param);
JMenu langMenu = new JMenu("Język");
mainMenu.add(langMenu);
subPanel.add(buttonsPanel, BorderLayout.NORTH);
subPanel.add(slidersPanel, BorderLayout.SOUTH);
mainPanel.add(subPanel);
mainPanel.add(plot);
add(mainPanel);
param.addAmplitudeListener(new ChangeListener()
{
public void stateChanged(ChangeEvent a)
{
double ampValue = param.getAmplitudeValue();
aValue.setText(String.valueOf(ampValue));
}
}
);
param.addFrequencyListener(new ChangeListener()
{
public void stateChanged(ChangeEvent f)
{
double frValue = param.getFrequencyValue();
fValue.setText(String.valueOf(frValue));
}
}
);
param.addPhaseListener(new ChangeListener()
{
public void stateChanged(ChangeEvent p)
{
double phValue = param.getPhaseValue();
pValue.setText(String.valueOf(phValue));
}
}
);
}
public JMenuBar getmainMenu()
{
return mainMenu;
}
private static void GUI()
{
Window mainPanel = new Window();
JFrame frame = new JFrame();
frame.setDefaultCloseOperation(JFrame.EXIT_ON_CLOSE);
frame.getContentPane().add(mainPanel);
frame.setJMenuBar(mainPanel.getmainMenu());
frame.pack();
frame.setVisible(true);
}
public static void main(String[] args)
{
SwingUtilities.invokeLater(new Runnable()
{
public void run()
{
GUI();
}
}
);
}
}
class Parameters extends JPanel
{
private JPanel pane = new JPanel();
private JPanel ampPanel = new JPanel();
private JPanel frPanel = new JPanel();
private JPanel phPanel = new JPanel();
private JSlider amplitude = new JSlider(0,100,0);
private JSlider frequency = new JSlider(0,10000,0);
private JSlider phase = new JSlider(0,180,0);
private JLabel pLabel = new JLabel("Faza");
private JLabel aLabel = new JLabel("Amplituda (dB)");
private JLabel fLabel = new JLabel("Częstotliwość (Hz)");
private JTextField preciseAmplitude = new JTextField(3);
private JTextField preciseFrequency = new JTextField(4);
private JTextField precisePhase = new JTextField(3);
public Parameters()
{
preciseAmplitude.setEditable(true);
preciseFrequency.setEditable(true);
precisePhase.setEditable(true);
pane.setLayout(new BoxLayout(pane, BoxLayout.PAGE_AXIS));
ampPanel.setLayout(new FlowLayout());
frPanel.setLayout(new FlowLayout());
phPanel.setLayout(new FlowLayout());
amplitude.setMajorTickSpacing(10);
amplitude.setMinorTickSpacing(5);
amplitude.setPaintTicks(true);
amplitude.setPaintLabels(true);
frequency.setMajorTickSpacing(2000);
frequency.setMinorTickSpacing(100);
frequency.setPaintTicks(true);
frequency.setPaintLabels(true);
phase.setMajorTickSpacing(2/10);
phase.setPaintTicks(true);
phase.setPaintLabels(true);
setBorder(BorderFactory.createTitledBorder("Parametry fali"));
ampPanel.add(aLabel);
ampPanel.add(preciseAmplitude);
pane.add(ampPanel);
pane.add(Box.createRigidArea(new Dimension(0,5)));
pane.add(amplitude);
pane.add(Box.createRigidArea(new Dimension(0,10)));
frPanel.add(fLabel);
frPanel.add(preciseFrequency);
pane.add(frPanel);
pane.add(Box.createRigidArea(new Dimension(0,5)));
pane.add(frequency);
pane.add(Box.createRigidArea(new Dimension(0,10)));
phPanel.add(pLabel);
phPanel.add(precisePhase);
pane.add(phPanel);
pane.add(Box.createRigidArea(new Dimension(0,5)));
pane.add(phase);
pane.add(Box.createRigidArea(new Dimension(0,10)));
add(pane);
}
public int getAmplitudeValue()
{
return amplitude.getValue();
}
public int getFrequencyValue()
{
return frequency.getValue();
}
public int getPhaseValue()
{
return phase.getValue();
}
public void addAmplitudeListener(ChangeListener ampListener)
{
amplitude.addChangeListener(ampListener);
}
public void addFrequencyListener(ChangeListener frListener)
{
frequency.addChangeListener(frListener);
}
public void addPhaseListener(ChangeListener phListener)
{
phase.addChangeListener(phListener);
}
}
class Plot extends JPanel
{
private JPanel componentWave = new JPanel();
private JPanel netWave = new JPanel();
private JLabel componentLabel = new JLabel("Fale składowe");
private JLabel netLabel = new JLabel("Fala wypadkowa");
private JLabel wave = new JLabel("Wybierz falę składową");
private JPanel labels = new JPanel();
private JComboBox chooseWave = new JComboBox();
public Plot()
{
labels.setLayout(new BoxLayout(labels, BoxLayout.PAGE_AXIS));
componentWave.setBackground(new Color(255,255,255));
netWave.setBackground(new Color(255,255,255));
componentWave.setBorder(BorderFactory.createBevelBorder(BevelBorder.LOWERED));
netWave.setBorder(BorderFactory.createBevelBorder(BevelBorder.LOWERED));
componentWave.setPreferredSize(new Dimension(400,200));
netWave.setPreferredSize(new Dimension(400,200));
labels.add(wave);
labels.add(Box.createRigidArea(new Dimension(0,10)));
labels.add(chooseWave);
labels.add(componentLabel);
labels.add(componentWave);
labels.add(Box.createRigidArea(new Dimension(0,20)));
labels.add(netLabel);
labels.add(netWave);
add(labels);
}
}

Window is intended to be a 'main GUI class' and Sliders is supposed to inherit (?) from it.
Nope: this is a misuse of inheritance and will only lead to problems since the Windows instance that Sliders inherently is, is completely distinct from the displayed Windows instance. What you need to do is to pass references.
For example, the following code uses outside classes for the JButton and JMenuItem Actions (Actions are like ActionListeners on steroids), and uses a class that holds a JSlider that allows itside classes to attach listeners to the slider.
import java.awt.Component;
import java.awt.Window;
import java.awt.event.ActionEvent;
import java.awt.event.KeyEvent;
import javax.swing.*;
import javax.swing.event.ChangeEvent;
import javax.swing.event.ChangeListener;
public class Foo extends JPanel {
private static final long serialVersionUID = 1L;
private Action helloAction = new HelloAction("Hello", KeyEvent.VK_H);
private Action exitAction = new ExitAction("Exit", KeyEvent.VK_X);
private JMenuBar menuBar = new JMenuBar();
private JTextField sliderValueField = new JTextField(10);
private Bar bar = new Bar();
public Foo() {
sliderValueField.setEditable(false);
sliderValueField.setFocusable(false);
add(new JButton(helloAction));
add(new JButton(exitAction));
add(new JLabel("Slider Value: "));
add(sliderValueField);
add(bar);
JMenu fileMenu = new JMenu("File");
fileMenu.setMnemonic(KeyEvent.VK_F);
fileMenu.add(new JMenuItem(exitAction));
fileMenu.add(new JMenuItem(helloAction));
menuBar.add(fileMenu);
bar.addSliderListener(new ChangeListener() {
#Override
public void stateChanged(ChangeEvent e) {
int sliderValue = bar.getSliderValue();
sliderValueField.setText(String.valueOf(sliderValue));
}
});
}
public JMenuBar getJMenuBar() {
return menuBar;
}
private static void createAndShowGui() {
Foo mainPanel = new Foo();
JFrame frame = new JFrame("Foo");
frame.setDefaultCloseOperation(JFrame.DISPOSE_ON_CLOSE);
frame.getContentPane().add(mainPanel);
frame.setJMenuBar(mainPanel.getJMenuBar());
frame.pack();
frame.setLocationByPlatform(true);
frame.setVisible(true);
}
public static void main(String[] args) {
SwingUtilities.invokeLater(new Runnable() {
public void run() {
createAndShowGui();
}
});
}
}
class HelloAction extends AbstractAction {
public HelloAction(String name, int mnemonic) {
super(name); // sets name property and gives button its title
putValue(MNEMONIC_KEY, mnemonic);
}
#Override
public void actionPerformed(ActionEvent e) {
JOptionPane.showMessageDialog(null, "Hello!");
}
}
class ExitAction extends AbstractAction {
private static final long serialVersionUID = 1L;
public ExitAction(String name, int mnemonic) {
super(name);
putValue(MNEMONIC_KEY, mnemonic);
}
#Override
public void actionPerformed(ActionEvent e) {
Component component = (Component) e.getSource();
Window win = SwingUtilities.getWindowAncestor(component);
if (win == null) {
// if no window, then a JMenuItem held in a JPopupMenu
JPopupMenu popup = (JPopupMenu) component.getParent();
component = popup.getInvoker();
win = SwingUtilities.getWindowAncestor(component);
}
win.dispose();
}
}
class Bar extends JPanel {
private JSlider slider = new JSlider(0, 100, 50);
public Bar() {
slider.setPaintLabels(true);
slider.setPaintTicks(true);
slider.setMajorTickSpacing(20);
slider.setMinorTickSpacing(5);
slider.setSnapToTicks(true);
setBorder(BorderFactory.createTitledBorder("Slider Panel"));
add(slider);
}
public int getSliderValue() {
return slider.getValue();
}
// one way to let outside classes listen for changes
public void addSliderListener(ChangeListener listener) {
slider.addChangeListener(listener);
}
}
You ask about decimal labels, and yes this can be done but requires use of a label table. For example,
JSlider slider = new JSlider(0, 100, 50);
slider.setPaintLabels(true);
slider.setPaintTicks(true);
slider.setMajorTickSpacing(20);
slider.setMinorTickSpacing(2);
Dictionary<Integer, JLabel> labels = new Hashtable<>();
for (int i = 0; i <= 100; i += 20) {
labels.put(i, new JLabel(String.format("%.1f", i / 200.0)));
}
slider.setLabelTable(labels);
Which displays as:
You would also have to translate the value back from int to its corresponding floating point number.

Populating JList,attribute of class with JFrame from a JDialog

I have a MainForm class that extends JFrame and has a JList in it.
Now on clicking a button a JDialog pops up, to enter credentials, which in turn downloads a list of values which is to be populated in the Jlist of the parent window.
Now how do I populate my mainForm attribute from my child class ?
MainForm.java
public class MainForm extends JFrame {
static MainForm mainForm;
public static void main(String[] args) {
SwingUtilities.invokeLater(new Runnable() {
#Override
public void run() {
mainForm = new MainForm();
mainForm.setVisible(true);
}
});
}
public MainForm() {
loadUI();
}
private void loadUI() {
JPanel panel = new JPanel();
getContentPane().add(panel);
final JList<String> jList = new JList<String>();
final JButton settings = new JButton(settingImage);
settings.setBorder(new EmptyBorder(3, 0, 3, 0));
settings.setBounds(50, 60, 100, 30);
vertical.add(settings);
settings.addActionListener(new ActionListener() {
#Override
public void actionPerformed(ActionEvent e) {
LoginDialog loginDlg = new LoginDialog(mainForm);
loginDlg.setVisible(true);
// if logon successfully
if(loginDlg.isSucceeded()){
settings.setText("Hi " + loginDlg.getUsername() + "!");
}
}
});
add(vertical, BorderLayout.WEST);
add(jList, BorderLayout.CENTER);
DialogWindow.java
public LoginDialog(final Frame parent) {
super(parent, "Login", true);
//
JPanel panel = new JPanel(new GridBagLayout());
//some more lines of code
btnLogin.addActionListener(new ActionListener() {
public void actionPerformed(ActionEvent e) {
ftpAuthenticationVO.setIp(urlIP.getText());
ftpAuthenticationVO.setUsername(tfUsername.getText());
ftpAuthenticationVO.setPassword(pfPassword.getText());
FileUtils.saveFTPDetails(ftpAuthenticationVO);
if(ftpConnect.startFTP(CommonConstants.TEMP_TXT_FILE));
{
List<String> list = readSplitTextFiles.readTextFile(CommonConstants.TEMP_TXT_FILE);
//This is the value that is to be populated in the Jlist inside the parent window.
}

Just make your JList as attribute of the MainForm
public class MainForm extends JFrame {
private JList jlist;
.
.
.
private void loadUI() {
JPanel panel = new JPanel();
getContentPane().add(panel);
jList = new JList<String>();
final JButton settings = new JButton(settingImage);
settings.setBorder(new EmptyBorder(3, 0, 3, 0));
settings.setBounds(50, 60, 100, 30);
vertical.add(settings);
.
.
}
public void setJListModel(List<String> list){
jlist.setModel(new Vector(list));
}
}
And in JDialog
public void actionPerformed(ActionEvent e) {
ftpAuthenticationVO.setIp(urlIP.getText());
ftpAuthenticationVO.setUsername(tfUsername.getText());
ftpAuthenticationVO.setPassword(pfPassword.getText());
FileUtils.saveFTPDetails(ftpAuthenticationVO);
if(ftpConnect.startFTP(CommonConstants.TEMP_TXT_FILE));
{
List<String> list = readSplitTextFiles.readTextFile(CommonConstants.TEMP_TXT_FILE);
(MainForm)parent.setJListModel(list);
}
Also parent must be declared as final.

After updating JComboBox, how to refresh length of box

I am trying to create a way to update a JComboBox so that when the user enters something into the text field, some code will process the entry and update the JComboBox accordingly.The one issue that I am having is I can update the JComboBox, but the first time it is opened, the box has not refresh the length of the options in it and as seen in the code below it displays extra white space. I do not know if there is a better different way to do this, but this is what I came up with.
Thanks for the help,
Dan
import java.awt.event.*;
import javax.swing.JComboBox;
import javax.swing.JFrame;
import javax.swing.JPanel;
import javax.swing.JTextField;
public class Catch{
public static JComboBox dropDown;
public static String dropDownOptions[] = {
"Choose",
"1",
"2",
"3"};
public static void main(String[] args) {
dropDown = new JComboBox(dropDownOptions);
final JTextField Update = new JTextField("Update", 10);
final JFrame frame = new JFrame("Subnet Calculator");
final JPanel panel = new JPanel();
frame.setSize(315,430);
frame.setDefaultCloseOperation(JFrame.DISPOSE_ON_CLOSE);
Update.addFocusListener(new FocusListener(){
public void focusGained(FocusEvent arg0) {
}
public void focusLost(FocusEvent arg0) {
dropDown.removeAllItems();
dropDown.insertItemAt("0", 0);
dropDown.insertItemAt("1", 1);
dropDown.setSelectedIndex(0);
}
});
panel.add(Update);
panel.add(dropDown);
frame.getContentPane().add(panel);
frame.setVisible(true);
Update.requestFocus();
Update.selectAll();
}
}

1) JTextField listening for ENTER key from ActionListener
2) remove FocusListener
3) example about add new Item as last Item from JTextField to the JList, only you have to modify for JComboBox and add method insertItemAt() correctly
import java.awt.*;
import java.awt.event.*;
import javax.swing.*;
public class ListBottom2 {
private static final long serialVersionUID = 1L;
private JFrame frame = new JFrame();
private DefaultListModel model = new DefaultListModel();
private JList list = new JList(model);
private JTextField textField = new JTextField("Use Enter to Add");
private JPanel panel = new JPanel(new BorderLayout());
public ListBottom2() {
model.addElement("First");
list.setVisibleRowCount(5);
panel.setBackground(list.getBackground());
panel.add(list, BorderLayout.SOUTH);
JScrollPane scrollPane = new JScrollPane(panel);
scrollPane.setPreferredSize(new Dimension(200, 100));
frame.add(scrollPane);
frame.add(textField, BorderLayout.NORTH);
textField.addActionListener(new ActionListener() {
public void actionPerformed(ActionEvent e) {
JTextField textField = (JTextField) e.getSource();
DefaultListModel model = (DefaultListModel) list.getModel();
model.addElement(textField.getText());
int size = model.getSize() - 1;
list.scrollRectToVisible(list.getCellBounds(size, size));
textField.setText("");
}
});
frame.setDefaultCloseOperation(JFrame.EXIT_ON_CLOSE);
frame.pack();
frame.setLocationRelativeTo(null);
frame.setVisible(true);
}
public static void main(String[] args) {
EventQueue.invokeLater(new Runnable() {
#Override
public void run() {
ListBottom2 frame = new ListBottom2();
}
});
}
}

JProgressbar width using Grid/FlowLayout

I'm working on a downloader which looks like this at the moment:
The JFrame uses a BorderLayout.
In the NORTH, I have a JPanel(FlowLayout). In the SOUTH there is also a JPanel(FlowLayout), in the WEST I just have a JTextArea (in a JScrollPane). This is all shown correctly. However, in the EAST I currently have a JPanel(GridLayout(10, 1)).
I want to show up to 10 JProgressBars in the EAST section which are added and removed from the panel dynamically. The problem is, I can not get them to look like I want to them to look: I want the JProgressBars' width to fill up the entire EAST section because 1) This gives the app a more symmetrical look and 2) The ProgressBars may contain long strings that don't fit at the moment. I've tried putting the JPanel that contains the GridLayout(10, 1) in a flowlayout and then put that flowlayout in the EAST section, but that didn't work either.
My code (SSCCE) is currently as follows:
import javax.swing.*;
import java.awt.*;
import java.awt.event.ActionEvent;
import java.awt.event.ActionListener;
import java.util.HashMap;
import java.util.Map;
public class Main {
public static void main(String[] args) {
new DownloadFrame();
}
private static class DownloadFrame extends JFrame {
private JButton downloadButton;
private JTextField threadIdTextField;
private JTextArea downloadStatusTextArea;
private JScrollPane scrollPane;
private JTextField downloadLocationTextField;
private JButton downloadLocationButton;
private JPanel North;
private JPanel South;
private JPanel ProgressBarPanel;
private Map<String, JProgressBar> progressBarMap;
public DownloadFrame() {
InitComponents();
InitLayout();
AddComponents();
AddActionListeners();
setVisible(true);
setSize(700, 300);
}
private void InitComponents() {
downloadButton = new JButton("Dowload");
threadIdTextField = new JTextField(6);
downloadStatusTextArea = new JTextArea(10, 30);
scrollPane = new JScrollPane(downloadStatusTextArea, ScrollPaneConstants.VERTICAL_SCROLLBAR_AS_NEEDED, ScrollPaneConstants.HORIZONTAL_SCROLLBAR_NEVER);
downloadLocationTextField = new JTextField(40);
downloadLocationButton = new JButton("...");
North = new JPanel();
South = new JPanel();
ProgressBarPanel = new JPanel();
progressBarMap = new HashMap<String, JProgressBar>();
}
private void InitLayout() {
North.setLayout(new FlowLayout());
South.setLayout(new FlowLayout());
ProgressBarPanel.setLayout(new GridLayout(10, 1));
}
private void AddComponents() {
North.add(threadIdTextField);
North.add(downloadButton);
add(North, BorderLayout.NORTH);
add(ProgressBarPanel, BorderLayout.EAST);
South.add(downloadLocationTextField);
South.add(downloadLocationButton);
add(South, BorderLayout.SOUTH);
add(scrollPane, BorderLayout.WEST);
}
private void AddActionListeners() {
downloadButton.addActionListener(new ActionListener() {
public void actionPerformed(ActionEvent e) {
addNewProgessBar(threadIdTextField.getText());
}
});
}
public void addNewProgessBar(String threadId) {
JProgressBar progressBar = new JProgressBar();
progressBar.setStringPainted(true);
progressBarMap.put(threadId, progressBar);
drawProgessBars();
}
void drawProgessBars() {
ProgressBarPanel.removeAll();
for (JProgressBar progressBar : progressBarMap.values()) {
ProgressBarPanel.add(progressBar);
}
validate();
repaint();
}
}
}
Thanks in advance.
EDIT
Easiest solution: change
add(ProgressBarPanel, BorderLayout.EAST);
to
add(ProgressBarPanel, BorderLayout.CENTER);

import javax.swing.*;
import javax.swing.border.*;
import java.awt.*;
import java.awt.event.ActionEvent;
import java.awt.event.ActionListener;
import java.util.HashMap;
import java.util.Map;
public class Main {
public static void main(String[] args) {
new DownloadFrame();
}
private static class DownloadFrame extends JFrame {
private JButton downloadButton;
private JTextField threadIdTextField;
private JTextArea downloadStatusTextArea;
private JScrollPane scrollPane;
private JTextField downloadLocationTextField;
private JButton downloadLocationButton;
private JPanel North;
private JPanel South;
private JPanel ProgressBarPanel;
private Map<String, JProgressBar> progressBarMap;
public DownloadFrame() {
InitComponents();
AddComponents();
AddActionListeners();
pack();
setVisible(true);
//setSize(700, 300);
}
private void InitComponents() {
setLayout(new BorderLayout());
downloadButton = new JButton("Dowload");
threadIdTextField = new JTextField(6);
downloadStatusTextArea = new JTextArea(10, 30);
scrollPane = new JScrollPane(downloadStatusTextArea, ScrollPaneConstants.VERTICAL_SCROLLBAR_AS_NEEDED, ScrollPaneConstants.HORIZONTAL_SCROLLBAR_NEVER);
downloadLocationTextField = new JTextField(40);
downloadLocationButton = new JButton("...");
North = new JPanel(new FlowLayout());
South = new JPanel(new FlowLayout());
ProgressBarPanel = new JPanel(new GridLayout(0, 1));
ProgressBarPanel.setBorder(new LineBorder(Color.black));
ProgressBarPanel.setPreferredSize(new Dimension(300,20));
progressBarMap = new HashMap<String, JProgressBar>();
}
private void AddComponents() {
North.add(threadIdTextField);
North.add(downloadButton);
add(North, BorderLayout.NORTH);
add(ProgressBarPanel, BorderLayout.EAST);
South.add(downloadLocationTextField);
South.add(downloadLocationButton);
add(South, BorderLayout.SOUTH);
add(scrollPane, BorderLayout.WEST);
}
private void AddActionListeners() {
downloadButton.addActionListener(new ActionListener() {
public void actionPerformed(ActionEvent e) {
addNewProgessBar(threadIdTextField.getText());
}
});
}
public void addNewProgessBar(String threadId) {
JProgressBar progressBar = new JProgressBar();
progressBar.setStringPainted(true);
progressBarMap.put(threadId, progressBar);
drawProgessBars();
}
void drawProgessBars() {
ProgressBarPanel.removeAll();
for (JProgressBar progressBar : progressBarMap.values()) {
ProgressBarPanel.add(progressBar);
}
validate();
repaint();
}
}
}

well. that possible, but in your example CENTER area occupated some Rectangle, its hard to reduce/remove CENTER area to the zero Size
to the North JPanel (BorderLayout) place another JPanel and put it to the EAST (with LayoutManager would be GridLayout(1,2,10,10)) and put here two JComponents JTextField - threadIdTextField and JButton - downloadButton, there you are needed setPreferredSize 1) for JComponents (correct way) or 2) for whole JPanel (possible way too)
JScrollPane with JTextArea must be placed to the CENTER area
JPanel with JProgressBars place to EAST, but again set same PreferredSize as for JPanel with JTextField and JButton from the NORTH
SOUTH JPanel remains without changes

Please post a compilable runnable small program for the quickest best help, an SSCCE.
Suggestions include using GridLayout(0, 1) (variable number of rows, one column), or display the JProgressBars in a JList that uses a custom renderer that extends JProgressBar.
Edit 1:
I know that Andrew has already posted the accepted answer (and 1+ for an excellent answer), but I just wanted to demonstrate that this can be done readily with a JList, something like so:
import java.awt.*;
import java.awt.event.*;
import java.beans.*;
import java.util.Random;
import javax.swing.*;
public class EastProgressList extends JPanel {
private DefaultListModel myListModel = new DefaultListModel();
private JList myList = new JList(myListModel);
private JTextField downloadUrlField = new JTextField(10);
public EastProgressList() {
JButton downLoadBtn = new JButton("Download");
downLoadBtn.addActionListener(new ActionListener() {
#Override
public void actionPerformed(ActionEvent e) {
downloadAction();
}
});
JPanel northPanel = new JPanel();
northPanel.add(new JLabel("File to Download:"));
northPanel.add(downloadUrlField);
northPanel.add(Box.createHorizontalStrut(15));
northPanel.add(downLoadBtn);
myList.setCellRenderer(new ProgressBarCellRenderer());
JScrollPane eastSPane = new JScrollPane(myList);
eastSPane.setPreferredSize(new Dimension(200, 100));
setLayout(new BorderLayout());
add(new JScrollPane(new JTextArea(20, 30)), BorderLayout.CENTER);
add(northPanel, BorderLayout.NORTH);
add(eastSPane, BorderLayout.EAST);
}
private void downloadAction() {
String downloadUrl = downloadUrlField.getText();
final MyData myData = new MyData(downloadUrl);
myListModel.addElement(myData);
myData.addPropertyChangeListener(new PropertyChangeListener() {
public void propertyChange(PropertyChangeEvent evt) {
if (evt.getPropertyName().equals(MyData.VALUE)) {
myList.repaint();
if (myData.getValue() >= 100) {
myListModel.removeElement(myData);
}
}
}
});
}
private class ProgressBarCellRenderer extends JProgressBar implements ListCellRenderer {
protected ProgressBarCellRenderer() {
setBorder(BorderFactory.createLineBorder(Color.blue));
}
public Component getListCellRendererComponent(JList list, Object value,
int index, boolean isSelected, boolean cellHasFocus) {
//setText(value.toString());
MyData myData = (MyData)value;
setValue(myData.getValue());
setString(myData.getText());
setStringPainted(true);
return this;
}
}
private static void createAndShowUI() {
JFrame frame = new JFrame("EastProgressList");
frame.getContentPane().add(new EastProgressList());
frame.setDefaultCloseOperation(JFrame.EXIT_ON_CLOSE);
frame.pack();
frame.setLocationRelativeTo(null);
frame.setVisible(true);
}
public static void main(String[] args) {
java.awt.EventQueue.invokeLater(new Runnable() {
public void run() {
createAndShowUI();
}
});
}
}
class MyData {
public static final int TIMER_DELAY = 300;
public static final String VALUE = "value";
protected static final int MAX_DELTA_VALUE = 5;
private String text;
private int value = 0;
private Random random = new Random();
private PropertyChangeSupport pcSupport = new PropertyChangeSupport(this);
public MyData(String text) {
this.text = text;
new Timer(TIMER_DELAY, new ActionListener() {
#Override
public void actionPerformed(ActionEvent e) {
int deltaValue = random.nextInt(MAX_DELTA_VALUE);
int newValue = value + deltaValue;
if (newValue >= 100) {
newValue = 100;
((Timer)e.getSource()).stop();
}
setValue(newValue);
}
}).start();
}
public String getText() {
return text;
}
public int getValue() {
return value;
}
public void setValue(int value) {
int oldValue = this.value;
this.value = value;
PropertyChangeEvent pcEvent = new PropertyChangeEvent(this, VALUE, oldValue, value);
pcSupport.firePropertyChange(pcEvent);
}
public void addPropertyChangeListener(PropertyChangeListener pcListener) {
pcSupport.addPropertyChangeListener(pcListener);
}
}
This results in a GUI looking like so: