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JLabel.setVisible while running

I have the main class that instantiates a GridBagLayout with a JLabel visbility set to false.
I would like to set the label visible when the program is running, I have tried this but it won't work. It will just display the default layout.
Main class:
gui = new gui();
gui.display();
gui.label.setVisible(true);
Gridbag layout class:
public JFrame frame;
public JLabel label1;
/**
* Launch the application.
*/
public static void display(){
EventQueue.invokeLater(new Runnable() {
public void run() {
try {
gridLayout window = new gridLayout();
window.frame.setVisible(true);
} catch (Exception e) {
e.printStackTrace();
}
}
});
}
* Create the application.
*/
public gridLayout() {
initialize();
}
/**
* Initialize the contents of the frame.
*/
#SuppressWarnings("static-access")
public void initialize() {
frame = new JFrame();
frame.setBounds(100, 100, 600, 1000);
frame.setDefaultCloseOperation(JFrame.EXIT_ON_CLOSE);
GridBagLayout gridBagLayout = new GridBagLayout();
frame.getContentPane().setLayout(gridBagLayout);
}
label1 = new JLabel(new ImageIcon("hi"));
GridBagConstraints gbc_label1 = new GridBagConstraints();
gbc_label1.insets = new Insets(0, 0, 5, 5);
gbc_label1.gridx = 1;
gbc_label1.gridy = 1;
label1.setVisible(false);
frame.getContentPane().add(label1, gbc_label1);

You want to display a label while a programme is running, right? This has nothing to do with the layout manager.
I give you an example where the label is visible as long as a dialog (representing your task/programme) is displayed; and I hope you can adopt it to your needs. Possibly you have to put the programme/task in an own thread.
import java.awt.*;
import java.awt.event.*;
import javax.swing.*;
public class Y extends JFrame {
public static final long serialVersionUID = 100L;
public Y() {
setDefaultCloseOperation(JFrame.EXIT_ON_CLOSE);
setSize(300, 240);
JLabel lb= new JLabel("Programme is running ...");
lb.setVisible(false);
add(lb, BorderLayout.CENTER);
JButton b= new JButton("Launch programme (dialog)");
b.addActionListener(new ActionListener() {
public void actionPerformed(ActionEvent e) {
lb.setVisible(true);
JDialog dlg= new JDialog(Y.this, "The dialog", true);
dlg.setSize(100, 100);
dlg.setVisible(true);
lb.setVisible(false);
}
});
add(b, BorderLayout.SOUTH);
setVisible(true);
}
static public void main(String args[]) {
EventQueue.invokeLater(Y::new);
}
}

Card Layout - Get Input from previous Card

I need a running order of pages 1-5 pages. I am using the card layout to navigate between each page after entering data on each page. The navigation to the next page works via an Action Listener on each text field.
My question is how do I pass the input from each card/page to the next? I can System.out.println each TextFeilds data. But I can't grab this information in the next card/action listener. The reason I need this to happen is I'd like to compare the strings of each page and also display a label of page 1's input on page/card2.
I apologize in advance for the massive block of code... Most of you will recognise most of this code anyway as it's copied from the CardLayout sample java code. I have just added two cards just now until I get the basics of passing variables back and fourth.
All help is appreciated even a small push the the right direction.
import java.awt.*;
import java.awt.CardLayout;
import java.awt.Dimension;
import java.awt.event.*;
import java.sql.Connection;
import java.sql.DriverManager;
import java.util.Scanner;
import javax.swing.*;
public class CardLayoutDemo implements ItemListener {
JPanel cards; //a panel that uses CardLayout
final static String TEXTPANEL = "Card1 with text";
final static String TEXTPANEL2 = "Card with JTextField";
public void addComponentToPane(Container pane) {
//Put the JComboBox in a JPanel to get a nicer look.
JPanel comboBoxPane = new JPanel(); //use FlowLayout
String comboBoxItems[] = { TEXTPANEL, TEXTPANEL2};
JComboBox cb = new JComboBox(comboBoxItems);
cb.setEditable(false);
cb.addItemListener(this);
comboBoxPane.add(cb);
//Create the "cards".
JPanel card1 = new JPanel();
JTextField jtf=new JTextField("", 40);
jtf.setSize(40, 10);
card1.add(jtf);
JLabel lab1 = new JLabel("Page1 Text", JLabel.LEFT);
card1.add(lab1 = new JLabel("Page1"));
JPanel card2 = new JPanel();
JTextField jtf2=new JTextField("", 40);
jtf2.setSize(40, 10);
card2.add(jtf2);
JLabel lab2 = new JLabel("Page2 Text", JLabel.LEFT);
card2.add(lab2 = new JLabel("Page2 "));
//Create the panel that contains the "cards".
cards = new JPanel(new CardLayout());
cards.add(card1, TEXTPANEL);
cards.add(card2, TEXTPANEL2);
pane.add(cards, BorderLayout.CENTER);
jtf.addActionListener(new ActionListener(){
public void actionPerformed(ActionEvent e)
{
String getText1 = jtf.getText();
System.out.println("PAGE1 ");
System.out.println(getText1);
CardLayout cl = (CardLayout)(cards.getLayout());
cl.show(cards, TEXTPANEL2);
jtf2.requestFocus();
jtf2.requestFocusInWindow();
}
//JOptionPane.showMessageDialog(null,"Action Listener is working");
});
//PAGE2
jtf2.addActionListener(new ActionListener(){
public void actionPerformed(ActionEvent e)
{
String getText2 = jtf2.getText();
System.out.println("PAGE2 ");
System.out.println(getText2);
CardLayout cl = (CardLayout)(cards.getLayout());
cl.show(cards, TEXTPANEL);
jtf.requestFocus();
jtf.requestFocusInWindow();
jtf.setText("");
}
});
}//ADD COMPONENT TO PANE
public void itemStateChanged(ItemEvent evt) {
CardLayout cl = (CardLayout)(cards.getLayout());
cl.show(cards, (String)evt.getItem());
// String getLoginUser1 = jtf.getText();
//System.out.println(getLoginUser1);
}
/**
* Create the GUI and show it. For thread safety,
* this method should be invoked from the
* event dispatch thread.
*/
private static void createAndShowGUI() {
//Create and set up the window.
JFrame frame = new JFrame("CardLayoutDemo");
frame.setDefaultCloseOperation(JFrame.EXIT_ON_CLOSE);
frame.setPreferredSize(new Dimension(600, 300));
JFrame.setDefaultLookAndFeelDecorated(true);
//Create and set up the content pane.
CardLayoutDemo demo = new CardLayoutDemo();
demo.addComponentToPane(frame.getContentPane());
//Display the window.
frame.pack();
frame.setVisible(true);
}
public static void main(String[] args) {
/* Use an appropriate Look and Feel */
try {
//UIManager.setLookAndFeel("com.sun.java.swing.plaf.windows.WindowsLookAndFeel");
UIManager.setLookAndFeel("javax.swing.plaf.metal.MetalLookAndFeel");
} catch (UnsupportedLookAndFeelException ex) {
ex.printStackTrace();
} catch (IllegalAccessException ex) {
ex.printStackTrace();
} catch (InstantiationException ex) {
ex.printStackTrace();
} catch (ClassNotFoundException ex) {
ex.printStackTrace();
}
/* Turn off metal's use of bold fonts */
UIManager.put("swing.boldMetal", Boolean.FALSE);
//Schedule a job for the event dispatch thread:
//creating and showing this application's GUI.
javax.swing.SwingUtilities.invokeLater(new Runnable() {
public void run() {
createAndShowGUI();
}
});
}
}

Here is another view on the problem. You could create some kind of cards manager and hold all required info inside of it. Here is an example:
import javax.swing.*;
import java.awt.*;
import java.awt.event.*;
import java.util.ArrayList;
public class CardLayoutDemo implements ItemListener {
private static class QuizManager {
final java.util.List<String> quizData = new ArrayList<>();
final java.util.List<JPanel> cards = new ArrayList<>();
final JPanel rootView;
public QuizManager(JPanel root){
rootView = root;
}
private JPanel createQuizPanel(String pageText, final int index) {
JPanel card = new JPanel();
JTextField jtf=new JTextField("", 40);
jtf.setSize(40, 10);
JLabel prev = new JLabel("", JLabel.LEFT);
card.add(prev);
card.add(jtf);
card.add(new JLabel(pageText, JLabel.LEFT));
jtf.addActionListener(new ActionListener() {
public void actionPerformed(ActionEvent e) {
QuizManager.this.onCardSubmited(card, index, jtf.getText());
}
});
card.addComponentListener(new ComponentAdapter() {
#Override
public void componentShown(ComponentEvent e) {
super.componentShown(e);
jtf.requestFocus();
jtf.requestFocusInWindow();
String text = QuizManager.this.getPrevStringFor(index);
if (text != null) {
prev.setText(text);
}
}
});
return card;
}
private String getPrevStringFor(int index) {
if (index == 0) return null;
return quizData.get(index-1);
}
private String buildPanelName(int index) {
return String.format("card-%d", index);
}
public QuizManager addCard(String title) {
int index = cards.size();
quizData.add(null);//not set yet, just allocating
JPanel card = createQuizPanel(title, index);
cards.add(card);//this array looks like redundant
rootView.add(card, buildPanelName(index));
return this;
}
private void showCard(int index) {
CardLayout cl = (CardLayout) (rootView.getLayout());
cl.show(rootView, buildPanelName(index));
}
public void show() {
showCard(0);
}
public void onCardSubmited(JPanel card, int cardIndex, String text) {
System.out.println("page " + cardIndex);
System.out.println("text : " + text);
quizData.set(cardIndex, text);
if (cardIndex < cards.size() - 1) {
showCard(cardIndex + 1);
} else {
System.out.println("WE FINISHED");
//add finalazing code here
}
}
}
JPanel cardsRoot;
public void addComponentToPane(Container pane) {
cardsRoot = new JPanel(new CardLayout());
QuizManager manager = new QuizManager(cardsRoot)
.addCard("First page")
.addCard("Second page")
.addCard("Third card")
.addCard("Forth card");
pane.add(cardsRoot, BorderLayout.CENTER);
manager.show();
}
public void itemStateChanged(ItemEvent evt) {
CardLayout cl = (CardLayout)(cardsRoot.getLayout());
cl.show(cardsRoot, (String)evt.getItem());
}
/**
* Create the GUI and show it. For thread safety,
* this method should be invoked from the
* event dispatch thread.
*/
private static void createAndShowGUI() {
//Create and set up the window.
JFrame frame = new JFrame("CardLayoutDemo");
frame.setDefaultCloseOperation(JFrame.EXIT_ON_CLOSE);
frame.setPreferredSize(new Dimension(600, 300));
JFrame.setDefaultLookAndFeelDecorated(true);
//Create and set up the content pane.
CardLayoutDemo demo = new CardLayoutDemo();
demo.addComponentToPane(frame.getContentPane());
//Display the window.
frame.pack();
frame.setVisible(true);
}
public static void main(String[] args) {
/* Use an appropriate Look and Feel */
try {
//UIManager.setLookAndFeel("com.sun.java.swing.plaf.windows.WindowsLookAndFeel");
UIManager.setLookAndFeel("javax.swing.plaf.metal.MetalLookAndFeel");
} catch (UnsupportedLookAndFeelException ex) {
ex.printStackTrace();
} catch (IllegalAccessException ex) {
ex.printStackTrace();
} catch (InstantiationException ex) {
ex.printStackTrace();
} catch (ClassNotFoundException ex) {
ex.printStackTrace();
}
/* Turn off metal's use of bold fonts */
UIManager.put("swing.boldMetal", Boolean.FALSE);
//Schedule a job for the event dispatch thread:
//creating and showing this application's GUI.
javax.swing.SwingUtilities.invokeLater(new Runnable() {
public void run() {
createAndShowGUI();
}
});
}
}
Take a look how easy would be to create many of cards.

You've got the variable declaration of key components buried within the addComponentToPane(...) method, limiting their scope to this method only, preventing you from getting the information you need. While the canonical solution for this sort of problem is to use an model-view-controller or MVC type pattern so that the model (the underlying program logic and data) is extracted out of the view (the GUI), you can do a quick and dirty solution just by giving your variables private class scope.
For instance, if the JTextField was called textField and was held in a JPanel that acts as a "card", say called cardPanel, you could create a class that looked something like so:
public class CardPanel extends JPanel {
// constants to give the GUI a bigger size
private static final int PREF_W = 300;
private static final int PREF_H = 100;
// our key JTextField declared at class level
private JTextField textField = new JTextField(20);
// a JLabel to display the previous cardpanel's text
private JLabel label = new JLabel(" ");
// create the JPanel
public CardPanel(String name) {
setName(name);
setBorder(BorderFactory.createTitledBorder("Panel " + name));
JPanel labelPanel = new JPanel(new FlowLayout(FlowLayout.LEADING));
labelPanel.add(new JLabel("Prior Card's Word: "));
labelPanel.add(label);
setLayout(new BorderLayout());
add(textField, BorderLayout.PAGE_START);
add(labelPanel, BorderLayout.CENTER);
}
// have to jump through this hoop if we want to JTextField to
// have focus when a card is swapped
public void setFocusOnTextField() {
textField.requestFocusInWindow();
textField.selectAll();
}
// to make our GUI larger
#Override
public Dimension getPreferredSize() {
if (isPreferredSizeSet()) {
return super.getPreferredSize();
}
return new Dimension(PREF_W, PREF_H);
}
// allow outside classes to add a listener to the JTextField
public void addActionListener(ActionListener listener) {
textField.addActionListener(listener);
}
// allow outside classes to get text from the text field
public String getTextFieldText() {
return textField.getText();
}
// allow outside classes to put text into the JLabel
public void setLabelText(String text) {
label.setText(text);
}
}
And then we could use it like so:
public class MyCardLayoutDemo extends JPanel {
private static final String[] NAMES = {"One", "Two", "Three", "Four"};
private Map<String, CardPanel> namePanelMap = new HashMap<>();
private CardLayout cardLayout = new CardLayout();
private int nameIndex = 0;
public MyCardLayoutDemo() {
setLayout(cardLayout);
MyListener listener = new MyListener();
for (String name : NAMES) {
CardPanel cardPanel = new CardPanel(name);
cardPanel.addActionListener(listener);
add(cardPanel, name);
namePanelMap.put(name, cardPanel);
}
}
private class MyListener implements ActionListener {
#Override
public void actionPerformed(ActionEvent e) {
// get the current CardPanel
String name = NAMES[nameIndex];
CardPanel currentCard = namePanelMap.get(name);
// advance the name index to get the next CardPanel
nameIndex++;
nameIndex %= NAMES.length;
name = NAMES[nameIndex];
CardPanel nextCard = namePanelMap.get(name);
// get text from current CardPanel
String text = currentCard.getTextFieldText();
nextCard.setLabelText(text); // and put it into next one
// swap cards
cardLayout.show(MyCardLayoutDemo.this, name);
nextCard.setFocusOnTextField();
}
}
private static void createAndShowGui() {
MyCardLayoutDemo mainPanel = new MyCardLayoutDemo();
JFrame frame = new JFrame("My CardLayout Demo");
frame.setDefaultCloseOperation(JFrame.EXIT_ON_CLOSE);
frame.getContentPane().add(mainPanel);
frame.pack();
frame.setLocationRelativeTo(null);
frame.setVisible(true);
}
public static void main(String[] args) {
SwingUtilities.invokeLater(() -> createAndShowGui());
}
}

Changing center JButton to a panel that changes when other buttons are pressed

I'm new so this question may seem incredibly obvious...
I'm am trying to change a border layout in Java so that the center button is a panel/Jtextarea. A panel that reacts when the other panels are pressed by saying "Going *" *being the direction. Then when I press a new button it erases the old and changes to "Going **" ** being the new direction. I have included the current code and a picture of what I'm looking for :)
/*
* BorderLayoutDemo.java
*
*/
import javax.swing.*;
import java.awt.BorderLayout;
import java.awt.Container;
import java.awt.Dimension;
public class BorderLayoutDemo {
public static boolean RIGHT_TO_LEFT = false;
public static void addComponentsToPane(Container pane) {
if (!(pane.getLayout() instanceof BorderLayout)) {
pane.add(new JLabel("Container doesn't use BorderLayout!"));
return;
}
if (RIGHT_TO_LEFT) {
pane.setComponentOrientation(
java.awt.ComponentOrientation.RIGHT_TO_LEFT);
}
JButton button = new JButton("Up");
pane.add(button, BorderLayout.PAGE_START);
//Make the center component 400x400
//typical usage of BorderLayout.
button = new JButton("Going...");
pane.setPreferredSize(new Dimension(400, 400));
pane.add(button, BorderLayout.CENTER);
button = new JButton("Left");
pane.add(button, BorderLayout.LINE_START);
button = new JButton("Down");
pane.add(button, BorderLayout.PAGE_END);
button = new JButton("Right");
pane.add(button, BorderLayout.LINE_END);
}
/**
* Create the GUI and show it. For thread safety,
* this method should be invoked from the
* event dispatch thread.
*/
private static void createAndShowGUI() {
//Create and set up the window.
JFrame frame = new JFrame("BorderLayoutDemo");
frame.setDefaultCloseOperation(JFrame.EXIT_ON_CLOSE);
//Set up the content pane.
addComponentsToPane(frame.getContentPane());
//Use the content pane's default BorderLayout. No need for
//setLayout(new BorderLayout());
//Display the window.
frame.pack();
frame.setVisible(true);
}
public static void main(String[] args) {
/* Use an appropriate Look and Feel */
try {
//UIManager.setLookAndFeel("com.sun.java.swing.plaf.windows.WindowsLookAndFeel");
UIManager.setLookAndFeel("javax.swing.plaf.metal.MetalLookAndFeel");
} catch (UnsupportedLookAndFeelException ex) {
ex.printStackTrace();
} catch (IllegalAccessException ex) {
ex.printStackTrace();
} catch (InstantiationException ex) {
ex.printStackTrace();
} catch (ClassNotFoundException ex) {
ex.printStackTrace();
}
/* Turn off metal's use bold fonts */
UIManager.put("swing.boldMetal", Boolean.FALSE);
//Schedule a job for the event dispatch thread:
//creating and showing this application's GUI.
javax.swing.SwingUtilities.invokeLater(new Runnable() {
public void run() {
createAndShowGUI();
}
});
}
}

You need to give a unique field name to the JButton in the center.
goingButton = new JButton("Going...");
pane.add(goingButton, BorderLayout.CENTER);
Then you need to write an action listener for the other buttons that change the text of the goingButton. Here's how you set the text of a JButton.
button.addActionListener(new ActionListener() {
#Override
public void actionPerformed(ActionEvent event) {
goingButton.setText("Going up");
}
});
Edited to just give you the modified code. You're not going to learn anything if others do your work for you.
Here's a screen shot of the BorderLayoutDemo.
And here's the code, formatted and modified for you:
package com.ggl.testing;
/*
* BorderLayoutDemo.java
*
*/
import java.awt.BorderLayout;
import java.awt.Container;
import java.awt.Dimension;
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.UIManager;
import javax.swing.UnsupportedLookAndFeelException;
public class BorderLayoutDemo {
private static final boolean RIGHT_TO_LEFT = false;
private JButton goingButton;
public void addComponentsToPane(Container pane) {
if (!(pane.getLayout() instanceof BorderLayout)) {
pane.add(new JLabel("Container doesn't use BorderLayout!"));
return;
}
if (RIGHT_TO_LEFT) {
pane.setComponentOrientation(java.awt.ComponentOrientation.RIGHT_TO_LEFT);
}
pane.setPreferredSize(new Dimension(400, 400));
JButton button = new JButton("Up");
button.addActionListener(new ActionListener() {
#Override
public void actionPerformed(ActionEvent e) {
goingButton.setText("Going up");
}
});
pane.add(button, BorderLayout.PAGE_START);
// Make the center component 400x400
// typical usage of BorderLayout.
goingButton = new JButton("Going...");
goingButton.addActionListener(new ActionListener() {
#Override
public void actionPerformed(ActionEvent e) {
goingButton.setText("Going crazy");
}
});
pane.add(goingButton, BorderLayout.CENTER);
button = new JButton("Left");
button.addActionListener(new ActionListener() {
#Override
public void actionPerformed(ActionEvent e) {
goingButton.setText("Going left");
}
});
pane.add(button, BorderLayout.LINE_START);
button = new JButton("Down");
button.addActionListener(new ActionListener() {
#Override
public void actionPerformed(ActionEvent e) {
goingButton.setText("Going down");
}
});
pane.add(button, BorderLayout.PAGE_END);
button = new JButton("Right");
button.addActionListener(new ActionListener() {
#Override
public void actionPerformed(ActionEvent e) {
goingButton.setText("Going right");
}
});
pane.add(button, BorderLayout.LINE_END);
}
/**
* Create the GUI and show it. For thread safety, this method should be
* invoked from the event dispatch thread.
*/
private void createAndShowGUI() {
// Create and set up the window.
JFrame frame = new JFrame("BorderLayoutDemo");
frame.setDefaultCloseOperation(JFrame.EXIT_ON_CLOSE);
// Set up the content pane.
addComponentsToPane(frame.getContentPane());
// Use the content pane's default BorderLayout. No need for
// setLayout(new BorderLayout());
// Display the window.
frame.pack();
frame.setVisible(true);
}
public static void main(String[] args) {
/* Use an appropriate Look and Feel */
try {
// UIManager.setLookAndFeel("com.sun.java.swing.plaf.windows.WindowsLookAndFeel");
UIManager.setLookAndFeel("javax.swing.plaf.metal.MetalLookAndFeel");
} catch (UnsupportedLookAndFeelException ex) {
ex.printStackTrace();
} catch (IllegalAccessException ex) {
ex.printStackTrace();
} catch (InstantiationException ex) {
ex.printStackTrace();
} catch (ClassNotFoundException ex) {
ex.printStackTrace();
}
/* Turn off metal's use bold fonts */
UIManager.put("swing.boldMetal", Boolean.FALSE);
// Schedule a job for the event dispatch thread:
// creating and showing this application's GUI.
javax.swing.SwingUtilities.invokeLater(new Runnable() {
public void run() {
new BorderLayoutDemo().createAndShowGUI();
}
});
}
}

Auto Clicker Problems

I'm having some trouble with the GUI is used to make the GUI and a button but now it makes only the GUI. Plus I can't figure out how to make the auto clicker run with the GUI itself.
import java.io.*;
import java.awt.*;
import java.awt.event.*;
import javax.swing.*;
import javax.swing.event.*;
public class Clicker {
public JTextField ClickSpd;
public static void main(String[] args) {
ButtonFrame frame = new ButtonFrame();
frame.setDefaultCloseOperation(JFrame.EXIT_ON_CLOSE);
frame.setVisible(true);
}
}
class ButtonFrame extends JFrame {
#SuppressWarnings("LeakingThisInConstructor")
public ButtonFrame() {
super("AutoClicker Version 1.0.8");
setLayout(new FlowLayout());
setSize(300, 100);
ButtonPanel panel = new ButtonPanel();
panel.add(new JLabel("Enter Clicking Speed (Milliseconds)"));
ClickSpd = new JTextField(20);
panel.add(ClickSpd);
add(panel, BorderLayout.CENTER);
}
public JTextField ClickSpd;
class ButtonPanel extends JPanel implements ActionListener {
private Component frame;
public ButtonPanel() {
final JButton b2 = new JButton("Start");
add(b2, BorderLayout.SOUTH);
b2.setActionCommand("Start");
b2.addActionListener(new ActionListener() {
public void actionPerformed(ActionEvent e) {
ButtonFrame bf = new ButtonFrame();
if ("Start".equals(e.getActionCommand())) {
int rate = 0;
while (rate == 0) {
try {
System.out.println("Speed of the autoclicker (in milliseconds): ");
BufferedReader in = new BufferedReader(new InputStreamReader(System.in));
try {
rate = Integer.parseInt(in.readLine());
if (rate < 1) {
rate = 0;
System.out.println("Must be at least 1.");
}
} catch (NumberFormatException ex) {
System.out.println("Error - please try again.");
}
} catch (IOException e1) {}
}
try {
Robot robot = new Robot();
while (true) {
try {
Thread.sleep(rate);
robot.mousePress(InputEvent.BUTTON1_MASK);
robot.keyRelease(InputEvent.BUTTON1_MASK);
} catch (InterruptedException ex) {}
}
} catch (AWTException e1) {}
}
}
});
}
#Override
public void actionPerformed(ActionEvent ae) {
throw new UnsupportedOperationException("Not Supported yet.");
}
}
}

A BorderLayout can have as many as 5 components, one per layout constraint (e.g. BorderLayout.PAGE_START).
That code adds two components to the BorderLayout.CENTER area.
Other tips:
It's always best to ask one specific question, given this is a Q&A site.
Don't extend GUI components unnecessarily. In this case you should be simply using an instance of a JFrame and JPanel.
Please learn common Java naming conventions (specifically the case used for the names) for class, method & attribute names & use them consistently.

How can i pass the data from one JPanel to other...?

I have a JFrame which contains 3 JPanels. I want to pass the JTextField value of one panel to other. Each panel is shown using JTabbedPane. I am getting null when i access the value of other text field. How can i access?

You don't show any code, and so it's impossible to know why you're getting "null" values. Two possible solutions if you want all three JPanels to hold JTextFields with the same content:
Put the shared JTextField outside of the JPanels held by the JTabbedPane and instead in a JPanel that holds the JTabbedPane, so that the field is always visible no matter what tab is displayed, or
Use several JTextFields but have them share the same Document or "model".
e.g.,
import java.awt.Dimension;
import javax.swing.*;
import javax.swing.text.PlainDocument;
public class SharedField extends JTabbedPane {
private static final int TAB_COUNT = 5;
private static final int MY_WIDTH = 600;
private static final int MY_HEIGHT = 300;
PlainDocument doc = new PlainDocument();
public SharedField() {
for (int i = 0; i < TAB_COUNT; i++) {
JTextField tField = new JTextField(10);
tField.setDocument(doc);
JPanel panel = new JPanel();
panel.add(tField);
add("Panel " + i, panel);
// to demonstrate some of the JTextFields acting like
// a label
if (i % 2 == 1) { // if i is odd
tField.setEditable(false);
tField.setBorder(null);
}
}
}
#Override
public Dimension getPreferredSize() {
return new Dimension(MY_WIDTH, MY_HEIGHT);
}
private static void createAndShowUI() {
JFrame frame = new JFrame("SharedField");
frame.getContentPane().add(new SharedField());
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();
}
});
}
}
Edit 1
I see that you've cross-posted this on java-forums.org/ where you show some of your code:
pacage Demotool;
Class:MainFrame
This is the actionPerformed code of first panel
both str and scrTxt is (public static)
public void actionPerformed(ActionEvent e)
{
String act=e.getActionCommand();
if(act.equals("ADD"))
{
str=scrnTxt.getText();
System.out.println("Hi :"+str);
Demotool.DemoTool.jtp.setSelectedIndex(1);
}
}
using the belove code i tried to access the data but I am getting null String:
System.out.println("Hello:"+Demotool.MainFrame.str);
Problems:
Don't use static variables or methods unless you have a good reason to do so. Here you don't.
You're may be trying to access the MainFrame.str variable before anything has been put into it, making it null, or you are creating a new MainFrame object in your second class, one that isn't displayed, and thus one whose str variable is empty or null -- hard to say.
Either way, this design is not good. You're better off showing us a small demo program that shows your problem with code that compiles and runs, an sscce, so we can play with and modify your code and better be able to show you a decent solution.
One such decent solution is to add a DocumentListener to the JTextField so that changes to the text held by the JTextField are "pushed" into the observers that are listening for changes (your other classes).
For example, using DocumentListeners:
import java.awt.Dimension;
import javax.swing.*;
import javax.swing.event.DocumentEvent;
import javax.swing.event.DocumentListener;
import javax.swing.text.BadLocationException;
public class SharedField2 extends JTabbedPane {
private static final int LABEL_PANEL_COUNT = 4;
private static final int MY_WIDTH = 600;
private static final int MY_HEIGHT = 300;
public SharedField2() {
TextFieldPanel tfPanel = new TextFieldPanel();
LabelPanel[] labelPanels = new LabelPanel[LABEL_PANEL_COUNT];
add("TextFieldPanel", tfPanel);
for (int i = 0; i < labelPanels.length; i++) {
labelPanels[i] = new LabelPanel();
// add each label panel's listener to the text field
tfPanel.addDocumentListenerToField(labelPanels[i].getDocumentListener());
add("Label Panel " + i, labelPanels[i]);
}
}
#Override
public Dimension getPreferredSize() {
return new Dimension(MY_WIDTH, MY_HEIGHT);
}
private static void createAndShowUI() {
JFrame frame = new JFrame("SharedField2");
frame.getContentPane().add(new SharedField2());
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 TextFieldPanel extends JPanel {
private JTextField tField = new JTextField(10);
public TextFieldPanel() {
add(tField);
}
public void addDocumentListenerToField(DocumentListener listener) {
tField.getDocument().addDocumentListener(listener);
}
}
class LabelPanel extends JPanel {
private DocumentListener myListener;
private JLabel label = new JLabel();
public LabelPanel() {
add(label);
myListener = new DocumentListener() {
#Override
public void changedUpdate(DocumentEvent e) {
updateLabel(e);
}
#Override
public void insertUpdate(DocumentEvent e) {
updateLabel(e);
}
#Override
public void removeUpdate(DocumentEvent e) {
updateLabel(e);
}
private void updateLabel(DocumentEvent e) {
try {
label.setText(e.getDocument().getText(0,
e.getDocument().getLength()));
} catch (BadLocationException e1) {
e1.printStackTrace();
}
}
};
}
public DocumentListener getDocumentListener() {
return myListener;
}
}

One simple solution will be making JTextField global so all panel can access it.
Make sure all your panel can access JTextField that is textField is globally accessible.
Following code demonstrate this:
JTextField textField = new JTextField(25);
JLabel labelForPanel2 = new JLabel(),labelForPanel3 = new JLabel();
private void panelDemo() {
JFrame frame = new JFrame();
frame.setSize(400, 400);
frame.setDefaultCloseOperation(JFrame.EXIT_ON_CLOSE);
JPanel panel1 = new JPanel();
JPanel panel2 = new JPanel();
JPanel panel3 = new JPanel();
JTabbedPane tabbedPane = new JTabbedPane();
tabbedPane.addTab("Tab 1", panel1);
tabbedPane.addTab("Tab 2", panel2);
tabbedPane.addTab("Tab 3", panel3);
panel1.add(textField);
panel2.add(labelForPanel2);
panel3.add(labelForPanel3);
textField.addKeyListener(new KeyAdapter() {
#Override
public void keyReleased(KeyEvent e) {
labelForPanel2.setText(textField.getText());
labelForPanel3.setText(textField.getText());
}
});
frame.add(tabbedPane);
frame.setVisible(true);
}

I don't know what exactly are you going to achieve, but maybe try data binding?
Take a look at BetterBeansBinding library.