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Is there any way to make a translucent JButton? [duplicate]

I have simple GUI code as follows, in which I want to make the JButton one translucent, so that the image behind the JButton is visible!
package dealORnodeal;
import java.awt.BorderLayout;
import java.awt.Color;
import java.awt.Container;
import java.awt.event.ActionEvent;
import java.awt.event.ActionListener;
import javax.swing.ImageIcon;
import javax.swing.JButton;
import javax.swing.JFrame;
import javax.swing.JMenu;
import javax.swing.JMenuBar;
import javax.swing.JMenuItem;
public class Deal extends JFrame implements ActionListener
{
private Container contentPane = getContentPane();
private JButton one = new JButton("1"),two = new JButton("2");
private JMenu menu1 = new JMenu("JumpTo");
private JMenuBar bar1 = new JMenuBar();
private ImagePanel bg = new ImagePanel(new ImageIcon("bg.jpg").getImage());
public Deal()
{
super("Deal Or No Deal");
setSize(800,850);
setDefaultCloseOperation(JFrame.EXIT_ON_CLOSE);
setResizable(false);
setLayout(null);
contentPane.add(bg);
JMenuItem item1;
item1 = new JMenuItem("Start Game");
item1.addActionListener(this);
menu1.add(item1);
item1 = new JMenuItem("GoTo Rules");
item1.addActionListener(this);
menu1.add(item1);
item1 = new JMenuItem("GoTo Credits");
item1.addActionListener(this);
menu1.add(item1);
item1 = new JMenuItem("GoTo Menu");
item1.addActionListener(this);
menu1.add(item1);
bar1.add(menu1);
setJMenuBar(bar1);
//GAME CODE
one.setBounds(25,151,190,49);
one.addActionListener(this);
add(one);
//GAME CODE END
setVisible(true);
}
#Override
public void actionPerformed(ActionEvent e)
{}
}
Now how would the code be if I wanted to set the button to be translucent so that the background image would be visible through the button. BTW please don't confuse Translucent with transparent!

I can't comment to your question, so I'll answer you here..
if you use this code:
myButton.setOpaque(false);
It would not paint the button - because now it's a trasnparent.
to create the button translucent I think you should override the button paint method..
take a look at this thread

setOpaque doesn't work for JButtons, the right property is:
button.setContentAreaFilled(false);

Clear a JLabel with a Jbutton

I am actually a beginner in Java Programming (on eclipse and without netbeans), and want to clear a JLabel presents in a JFrame by clicking a JButton without removing the JButton present at the top of this frame.
import java.awt.Color;
import java.awt.Container;
import java.awt.event.ActionEvent;
import java.awt.event.ActionListener;
import java.awt.event.WindowAdapter;
import java.awt.event.WindowEvent;
import javax.swing.JButton;
import javax.swing.JFrame;
import javax.swing.JPanel;
import javax.swing.JOptionPane;
import java.awt.*;
import java.awt.BorderLayout;
import java.awt.event.KeyEvent;
import javax.swing.BoundedRangeModel;
import javax.swing.JFrame;
import javax.swing.JLabel;
import javax.swing.JPanel;
import javax.swing.JTextField;
public class ButtonTest extends JPanel implements ActionListener {
private JButton ouvrirButton = new JButton("Ouvrir");
private JButton retirerButton = new JButton("Retirer");
private JButton ajouterButton = new JButton("Ajouter");
public ButtonTest() {
add(ouvrirButton);
add(retirerButton);
add(ajouterButton);
ouvrirButton.addActionListener(this);
retirerButton.addActionListener(this);
ajouterButton.addActionListener(this);}
public void actionPerformed(ActionEvent evt) {
Object source = evt.getSource();
Color color = getBackground();
// ACTION Button "OUVRIR"
// I WANT TO REMOVE THIS JLABEL TEXT WHEN I CLICK FOR EXEMPLE ON
// OR "RETIRER"
if (source == ouvrirButton)
{
color = Color.yellow;
JLabel lab1 = new JLabel("Text", JLabel.LEFT);
setLayout(new FlowLayout());
add(lab1 = new JLabel("INVENTAIRE : "));
lab1.setBounds(20, 15, 500, 100);
}
else if (source == retirerButton)
color = Color.red;
else if (source == ajouterButton)
color = Color.red;
setBackground(color);
repaint();
}
// The main
public static void main(String[] args) {
// NOM DE LA FENETRE
JFrame frame = new JFrame("Programme ");
frame.addWindowListener(new WindowAdapter() {
public void windowClosing(WindowEvent e) {
System.exit(0);
}
});
Container contentPane = frame.getContentPane();
contentPane.add(new ButtonTest());
frame.setVisible(true);
frame.setDefaultCloseOperation(JFrame.EXIT_ON_CLOSE);
frame.setSize(1300, 700);
frame.setVisible(true);
}
}
I tried .setText("") but it doesn't work... Please help me !

I tried .setText("") but it doesn't work...
Yes it does. The problem is you create the label in the ActionListener so that label reference is only valid in the block of code that created it.
You need to create the label as an instance variable (the way you did for all you buttons) and add the label to the fame at the same time you add the buttons to the panel.
Then you will be able to access the label in the ActionListener and change the text.

Hide left/right component of a JSplitPane (or different layout)

At the moment I write a little client application. I have a window with a JTextArea (Display area for the server output) and a user-list.
My plan is to show/hide this user-list over a menu item, but I don't know how. My ideas:
Use a BorderLayout: Without a JScrollPane for the list. It works, but I cannot change the width of the user-list (Because BorderLayout.WEST and BorderLayout.EAST ignore the width)
Use a BorderLayout with a JScrollPane for the user list and show/hide the JScrollPane -> Does not work, don't ask me why...anyway, this way is not a nice solution
Use a JSplitPane, set the resize weight to 0.9. When the user-list should disappear, I minimize the right component (aka the user list) -> How ?
My code at the moment:
import java.awt.Dimension;
import java.awt.event.ActionEvent;
import java.awt.event.ActionListener;
import javax.swing.DefaultListModel;
import javax.swing.JCheckBox;
import javax.swing.JFrame;
import javax.swing.JList;
import javax.swing.JMenu;
import javax.swing.JMenuBar;
import javax.swing.JScrollPane;
import javax.swing.JSplitPane;
import javax.swing.JTextArea;
public class SplitPaneTest extends JFrame implements ActionListener
{
private JSplitPane splitPane;
private JTextArea textDisplay;
private JList<String> listUser;
private JScrollPane scrollTextDisplay;
private JScrollPane scrollListUser;
private JCheckBox itemShowUser;
public static void main(String[] args)
{
new SplitPaneTest();
}
public SplitPaneTest()
{
setTitle("Chat Client");
setMinimumSize(new Dimension(800, 500));
setDefaultCloseOperation(JFrame.EXIT_ON_CLOSE);
textDisplay = new JTextArea();
listUser = new JList<>();
DefaultListModel<String> modelUser = new DefaultListModel<>();
listUser.setModel(modelUser);
modelUser.addElement(new String("User 1"));
modelUser.addElement(new String("User 2"));
modelUser.addElement(new String("User 3"));
scrollTextDisplay = new JScrollPane(textDisplay);
scrollListUser = new JScrollPane(listUser);
splitPane = new JSplitPane(JSplitPane.HORIZONTAL_SPLIT);
splitPane.setLeftComponent(scrollTextDisplay);
splitPane.setRightComponent(scrollListUser);
splitPane.setResizeWeight(0.9);
setContentPane(splitPane);
JMenuBar menubar = new JMenuBar();
JMenu menuWindow = new JMenu("Window");
itemShowUser = new JCheckBox("Show user list");
itemShowUser.addActionListener(this);
itemShowUser.setSelected(true);
menuWindow.add(itemShowUser);
menubar.add(menuWindow);
setJMenuBar(menubar);
setVisible(true);
}
public boolean isUserListEnabled()
{
return itemShowUser.isSelected();
}
public void setUserListEnabled(boolean status)
{
scrollListUser.setVisible(status);
}
#Override
public void actionPerformed(ActionEvent ae)
{
if(ae.getSource() == itemShowUser)
{
boolean status = isUserListEnabled();
setUserListEnabled(status);
}
}
}
And the result is:
And with hidden JScrollPane scrollListUser:
Can anybody give me a tipp ? The user-list is still visible ( I thought the JSplitPane would repaint..) .I come from Qt (C++) and in Qt I could use a dock widget - but Swing does not have one and to use third libs....I don't know - maybe there is a solution.

Looks like the splitPane can't handle invisible components well - a way out is to add/remove the scrollPane as appropriate:
public void setUserListEnabled(boolean status)
{
splitPane.setRightComponent(status ? scrollListUser : null);
splitPane.revalidate();
}

My JMenu Bar is not showing up

My JMenuBar is not showing up when i run my App.
How can I fix this??
So when I run my JFrame I need to see my JMenuBar on top.
my Layout is Null
Code:
package view;
import java.awt.BorderLayout;
import java.awt.Container;
import java.awt.Dimension;
import java.awt.event.ActionListener;
import javax.swing.JButton;
import javax.swing.JFrame;
import javax.swing.JMenu;
import javax.swing.JMenuBar;
import javax.swing.WindowConstants;
public class Home extends JFrame {
private Container window = getContentPane();
public Home(){
initGUI();
}
public void initGUI(){
setDefaultCloseOperation(WindowConstants.EXIT_ON_CLOSE);
setPreferredSize(new Dimension(800, 600));
setLayout(null);
JMenuBar menu = new JMenuBar();
JMenu file = new JMenu("File");
menu.add(file);
window.add(menu);
pack();
}
}

you not added JMenuBar to the JFrame
use setJMenuBar(menu);

Instead of add(menu) call
setJMenuBar(menu);
Also you better use SwingUtilities.invokeLater()

How to refresh a panel?

I have a JMenu and when a person clicks on a JMenuItem I want the middle panel to refresh and display some new stuff. So I tried the .removeAll which works fine but when I try to add something it wont show.
Note: I'm using the WindowBuilder PRO, so I still trying to get use to it and whatnot
Here is my code:
import java.awt.EventQueue;
import javax.swing.JFrame;
import javax.swing.JMenuBar;
import javax.swing.JMenuItem;
import javax.swing.JCheckBoxMenuItem;
import javax.swing.JMenu;
import javax.swing.JOptionPane;
import javax.swing.JPanel;
import javax.swing.JTextField;
import javax.swing.SpringLayout;
import java.awt.List;
import javax.swing.JLabel;
import javax.swing.JTextPane;
import javax.swing.JSeparator;
import org.eclipse.wb.swing.FocusTraversalOnArray;
import java.awt.Component;
import java.awt.Container;
import java.awt.FlowLayout;
import java.awt.Font;
import java.awt.GridBagLayout;
import java.awt.GridLayout;
import java.awt.event.ActionEvent;
import java.awt.event.ActionListener;
import java.awt.Panel;
import java.awt.GridBagConstraints;
public class HomeScreen {
JFrame frame;
private final Panel panel = new Panel();
public HomeScreen(String name) {
initialize(name);
}
/**
* Initialize the contents of the frame.
*/
private void initialize(String name) {
frame = new JFrame("Timzys CMS / Monitor / Account( " + name + " )");
frame.setResizable(false);
frame.setSize(694,525);
frame.setLocationRelativeTo(null);
frame.setDefaultCloseOperation(JFrame.EXIT_ON_CLOSE);
JMenuBar menuBar = new JMenuBar();
frame.setJMenuBar(menuBar);
JMenu mnMonitor = new JMenu("Monitor");
menuBar.add(mnMonitor);
JMenuItem mntmUsers = new JMenuItem("Users");
mnMonitor.add(mntmUsers);
JMenuItem mntmContentPosts = new JMenuItem("Content Posts");
mnMonitor.add(mntmContentPosts);
JMenuItem mntmLogs = new JMenuItem("Logs");
mnMonitor.add(mntmLogs);
JMenu mnExtras = new JMenu("Extras");
menuBar.add(mnExtras);
mntmUsers.addActionListener(new ActionListener(){
public void actionPerformed(ActionEvent e)
{
frame.getContentPane().removeAll();
frame.getContentPane().add(new JLabel("Test"));
frame.getContentPane().revalidate();
}
});
JMenuItem mntmFeedbacksuggestions = new JMenuItem("Feedback/Suggestions");
mnExtras.add(mntmFeedbacksuggestions);
frame.getContentPane().setLayout(null);
panel.setBounds(0, 0, 688, 476);
frame.getContentPane().add(panel);
panel.setLayout(null);
JTextPane txtpnWelcomeTimzysCms = new JTextPane();
txtpnWelcomeTimzysCms.setFont(new Font("Arial", Font.PLAIN, 18));
txtpnWelcomeTimzysCms.setEditable(false);
txtpnWelcomeTimzysCms.setText("Welcome Timzys CMS Monitor. If you are here then you are a admin! So please do not tamper with any important things. If you have questions or suggestions goto the extras tab and submit a feedback idea. Enjoy!");
txtpnWelcomeTimzysCms.setBounds(10, 11, 668, 72);
panel.add(txtpnWelcomeTimzysCms);
}
}

Probably you're facing similar problem as someone else in the question:
Java Swing revalidate() vs repaint()
As suggested: try to call repaint instead of revalidate (the one you're calling right now in your implementation of method actionPerformed)

The problem is that because you have set the frame's layout to null, the new JLabel that you add will need to have its size set. e.g.:
JLabel label = new JLabel("Test");
label.setSize(100, 100);
frame.getContentPane().add(label);
As an aside:
Actually I wonder why you are mixing AWT & Swing components here. You have a heavyweight AWT panel added to the frame which blocks out the menus. Switching to JPanel would fix this.