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Adding an image to a frame by button press

I am trying to implement an image appearing when a button is pressed. For this purpose I thought I could just copy the concept of button 4 (which works) and exchange the System.exit(0) with code to add an image, but while I've been able to use that code elsewhere successfully, here it does not seem to work.
import java.awt.EventQueue;
import javax.swing.JFrame;
import java.awt.FlowLayout;
import javax.swing.ImageIcon;
import javax.swing.JButton;
import java.awt.event.ActionListener;
import java.awt.event.ActionEvent;
import javax.swing.JPanel;
import javax.swing.JLabel;
import javax.swing.JComboBox;
import javax.swing.JSpinner;
import java.awt.Color;
import java.util.ArrayList;
public class Mainframe {
private JFrame frmOceanlife;
/**
* Launch the application.
*/
public static void main(String[] args) {
EventQueue.invokeLater(new Runnable() {
public void run() {
try {
Mainframe window = new Mainframe();
window.frmOceanlife.setVisible(true);
} catch (Exception e) {
e.printStackTrace();
}
}
});
}
/**
* Create the application.
*/
public Mainframe() {
initialize();
}
/**
* Initialize the contents of the frame.
*/
private void initialize() {
frmOceanlife = new JFrame();
frmOceanlife.setTitle("OceanLife");
frmOceanlife.setBounds(100, 100, 750, 600);
frmOceanlife.setDefaultCloseOperation(JFrame.EXIT_ON_CLOSE);
frmOceanlife.getContentPane().setLayout(null);
JButton btnNewButton_4 = new JButton("Quit");
btnNewButton_4.setBounds(640, 6, 81, 29);
frmOceanlife.getContentPane().add(btnNewButton_4);
btnNewButton_4.addActionListener(new ActionListener() {
public void actionPerformed(ActionEvent e) {
System.exit(0);
}
});
JButton btnNewButton_5 = new JButton("Einfügen");
btnNewButton_5.setBounds(410, 34, 103, 29);
frmOceanlife.getContentPane().add(btnNewButton_5);
btnNewButton_5.addActionListener(new ActionListener() {
public void actionPerformed(ActionEvent e) {
ImageIcon icon = new ImageIcon("Stone.png");
JLabel label = new JLabel(icon);
// label.setBounds(25,25,50,50);
frmOceanlife.getContentPane().add(label);
}
});
JPanel panel = new JPanel();
panel.setBackground(Color.WHITE);
panel.setBounds(70, 75, 600, 450);
panel.setLayout(new FlowLayout());
JLabel piclabel = new JLabel(new ImageIcon("underwater-600x450.png"));
panel.add(piclabel);
frmOceanlife.getContentPane().add(panel);
JLabel lblNewLabel_2 = new JLabel("Welcome to Oceanlife - Your Ocean size is 600x450!");
lblNewLabel_2.setBounds(6, 539, 334, 16);
frmOceanlife.getContentPane().add(lblNewLabel_2);
}
}

The problem is that you are creating a new JLabel and trying to add it to the frame, once the button is pressed. Instead, you should just change the Icon of the label that is already added to the frame (i.e., piclabel), using piclabel.setIcon(icon);. So, you should declare picLabel at the start of your code, so that it can be accessible in the actionPerformed method of your button.
public class Mainframe {
private JFrame frmOceanlife;
JLabel piclabel;
...
Then, instantiate the label in the initialize() method as below:
...
panel.setBounds(70, 75, 600, 450);
panel.setLayout(new FlowLayout());
piclabel = new JLabel(new ImageIcon("underwater-600x450.png"));
...
Finally, your actionPerformed method for btnNewButton_5 (please consider using descriptive names instead) should look like this:
btnNewButton_5.addActionListener(new ActionListener() {
public void actionPerformed(ActionEvent e) {
ImageIcon icon = new ImageIcon("Stone.png");
piclabel.setIcon(icon);
}
});
Update
If, however, what you want is to add a new JLabel each time, and not change the icon of the existing one, you could use Box object with BoxLayout added to a ScrollPane. Then add the ScrollPane to your JFrame. Working example is shown below, based on the code you provided (again, please consider using descriptive names and removing unecessary code):
import java.awt.event.ActionListener;
import java.awt.event.ActionEvent;
import java.awt.*;
import javax.swing.*;
public class Mainframe {
private JFrame frmOceanlife;
Box box;
JScrollPane scrollPane;
/**
* Launch the application.
*/
public static void main(String[] args) {
EventQueue.invokeLater(new Runnable() {
public void run() {
try {
Mainframe mf = new Mainframe();
mf.initialize();
} catch (Exception e) {
e.printStackTrace();
}
}
});
}
/**
* Initialize the contents of the frame.
*/
private void initialize() {
JButton insertBtn = new JButton("Einfügen");
insertBtn.addActionListener(new ActionListener() {
public void actionPerformed(ActionEvent e) {
ImageIcon icon = new ImageIcon("Stone.png");
JLabel label = new JLabel(icon);
box.add(Box.createRigidArea(new Dimension(0, 5)));// creates space between the JLabels
box.add(label);
frmOceanlife.repaint();
frmOceanlife.revalidate();
Rectangle bounds = label.getBounds();
scrollPane.getViewport().scrollRectToVisible(bounds);// scroll to the new image
}
});
JButton quitBtn = new JButton("Quit");
quitBtn.addActionListener(new ActionListener() {
public void actionPerformed(ActionEvent e) {
System.exit(0);
}
});
box = new Box(BoxLayout.Y_AXIS);
JLabel piclabel = new JLabel(new ImageIcon("underwater-600x450.png"));
box.add(piclabel);
scrollPane = new JScrollPane(box);
Dimension dim = new Dimension(box.getComponent(0).getPreferredSize());
scrollPane.getViewport().setPreferredSize(dim);
scrollPane.getVerticalScrollBar().setUnitIncrement(dim.height);
scrollPane.getViewport().setBackground(Color.WHITE);
JPanel controlPanel = new JPanel();
controlPanel.setLayout(new FlowLayout());
controlPanel.add(insertBtn);
controlPanel.add(quitBtn);
JLabel titleLbl = new JLabel("Welcome to Oceanlife - Your Ocean size is 600x450!", SwingConstants.CENTER);
frmOceanlife = new JFrame();
frmOceanlife.getContentPane().add(titleLbl, BorderLayout.NORTH);
frmOceanlife.getContentPane().add(scrollPane, BorderLayout.CENTER);
frmOceanlife.getContentPane().add(controlPanel, BorderLayout.SOUTH);
frmOceanlife.setTitle("OceanLife");
frmOceanlife.pack();
frmOceanlife.setDefaultCloseOperation(JFrame.EXIT_ON_CLOSE);
frmOceanlife.setLocationRelativeTo(null);
frmOceanlife.setVisible(true);
}
}

Here is a sample application demonstrating the use of CardLayout. Note that I used [Eclipse] WindowBuilder. All the below code was generated by WindowBuilder apart from the ActionListener implementations. Also note that the ActionListener implementation for quitButton uses a lambda expression while the insertButton implementation uses a method reference.
More notes after the code.
import java.awt.EventQueue;
import javax.swing.JFrame;
import javax.swing.JPanel;
import java.awt.BorderLayout;
import java.awt.CardLayout;
import javax.swing.JLabel;
import java.awt.FlowLayout;
import java.awt.event.ActionEvent;
import javax.swing.ImageIcon;
import javax.swing.JButton;
public class MainFram {
private JFrame frame;
private JPanel cardsPanel;
private JPanel firstPanel;
private JLabel firstLabel;
private JPanel secondPanel;
private JLabel secondLabel;
private JPanel buttonsPanel;
private JButton insertButton;
private JButton quitButton;
/**
* Launch the application.
*/
public static void main(String[] args) {
EventQueue.invokeLater(new Runnable() {
public void run() {
try {
MainFram window = new MainFram();
window.frame.setVisible(true);
}
catch (Exception e) {
e.printStackTrace();
}
}
});
}
/**
* Create the application.
*/
public MainFram() {
initialize();
}
/**
* Initialize the contents of the frame.
*/
private void initialize() {
frame = new JFrame();
frame.setBounds(100, 100, 450, 300);
frame.setDefaultCloseOperation(JFrame.EXIT_ON_CLOSE);
frame.getContentPane().add(getCardsPanel(), BorderLayout.CENTER);
frame.getContentPane().add(getButtonsPanel(), BorderLayout.SOUTH);
}
private JPanel getCardsPanel() {
if (cardsPanel == null) {
cardsPanel = new JPanel();
cardsPanel.setLayout(new CardLayout(0, 0));
cardsPanel.add(getFirstPanel(), "first");
cardsPanel.add(getSecondPanel(), "second");
}
return cardsPanel;
}
private JPanel getFirstPanel() {
if (firstPanel == null) {
firstPanel = new JPanel();
firstPanel.setLayout(new FlowLayout(FlowLayout.CENTER, 5, 5));
firstPanel.add(getFirstLabel());
}
return firstPanel;
}
private JLabel getFirstLabel() {
if (firstLabel == null) {
firstLabel = new JLabel("");
firstLabel.setIcon(new ImageIcon(getClass().getResource("underwater-600x450.png")));
}
return firstLabel;
}
private JPanel getSecondPanel() {
if (secondPanel == null) {
secondPanel = new JPanel();
secondPanel.setLayout(new FlowLayout(FlowLayout.CENTER, 5, 5));
secondPanel.add(getLabel_1());
}
return secondPanel;
}
private JLabel getLabel_1() {
if (secondLabel == null) {
secondLabel = new JLabel("");
secondLabel.setIcon(new ImageIcon(getClass().getResource("Stone.png")));
}
return secondLabel;
}
private JPanel getButtonsPanel() {
if (buttonsPanel == null) {
buttonsPanel = new JPanel();
buttonsPanel.setLayout(new FlowLayout(FlowLayout.CENTER, 5, 5));
buttonsPanel.add(getInsertButton());
buttonsPanel.add(getQuitButton());
}
return buttonsPanel;
}
private JButton getInsertButton() {
if (insertButton == null) {
insertButton = new JButton("Einfügen");
insertButton.addActionListener(this::insertAction);
}
return insertButton;
}
private JButton getQuitButton() {
if (quitButton == null) {
quitButton = new JButton("Quit");
quitButton.addActionListener(e -> System.exit(0));
}
return quitButton;
}
private void insertAction(ActionEvent event) {
CardLayout cardLayout = (CardLayout) cardsPanel.getLayout();
cardLayout.next(cardsPanel);
}
}
The above code requires that the image files, i.e. underwater-600x450.png and Stone.png, be located in the same directory as file MainFram.class. Refer to How to Use Icons.
When you click on the insertButton, the panel containing the underwater-600x450.png image is hidden and the panel containing the Stone.png image is displayed. Clicking the insertButton a second time will hide Stone.png and display underwater-600x450.png. In other words, clicking the insertButton toggles the images.

The first thing to do is using layout managers instead of setting bounds manually:
import java.awt.*;
import javax.swing.*;
public class Mainframe {
/**
* Launch the application.
*/
public static void main(String[] args) {
EventQueue.invokeLater(() -> {
try {
new Mainframe();
} catch (Exception e) {
e.printStackTrace();
}
});
}
/**
* Create the application.
*/
public Mainframe() {
initialize();
}
/**
* Initialize the contents of the frame.
*/
private void initialize() {
JFrame frmOceanlife = new JFrame();
frmOceanlife.setTitle("OceanLife");
//frmOceanlife.setBounds(100, 100, 750, 600);
frmOceanlife.setDefaultCloseOperation(JFrame.EXIT_ON_CLOSE);
//frmOceanlife.getContentPane().setLayout(null);
frmOceanlife.setLayout(new BoxLayout(frmOceanlife.getContentPane(), BoxLayout.PAGE_AXIS));
JButton btnNewButton_4 = new JButton("Quit");
btnNewButton_4.addActionListener(e -> System.exit(0));
//btnNewButton_4.setBounds(640, 6, 81, 29);
JPanel quitPanel = new JPanel();
quitPanel.setLayout(new FlowLayout(FlowLayout.RIGHT));
quitPanel.add(btnNewButton_4);
frmOceanlife.getContentPane().add(quitPanel);
JPanel stonesPanel = new JPanel();
frmOceanlife.getContentPane().add(stonesPanel);
JButton btnNewButton_5 = new JButton("Insert");
//btnNewButton_5.setBounds(410, 34, 103, 29);
btnNewButton_5.addActionListener(e -> {
ImageIcon icon = new ImageIcon("Stone.png");
JLabel label = new JLabel(icon);
//label.setBounds(25,25,50,50);
stonesPanel.add(label);
frmOceanlife.revalidate();
});
JPanel insertPanel = new JPanel();
insertPanel.setLayout(new FlowLayout(FlowLayout.CENTER));
insertPanel.add(btnNewButton_5);
frmOceanlife.getContentPane().add(insertPanel);
JPanel panel = new JPanel();
panel.setBackground(Color.WHITE);
//panel.setBounds(70, 75, 600, 450);
panel.setLayout(new FlowLayout());
panel.setPreferredSize(new Dimension(700,550));
JLabel piclabel = new JLabel(new ImageIcon("underwater-600x450.png"));
panel.add(piclabel);
frmOceanlife.getContentPane().add(panel);
JLabel lblNewLabel_2 = new JLabel("Welcome to Oceanlife - Your Ocean size is 600x450!");
//lblNewLabel_2.setBounds(6, 539, 334, 16);
JPanel infoPanel = new JPanel();
infoPanel.setLayout(new FlowLayout(FlowLayout.CENTER));
infoPanel.add(lblNewLabel_2);
frmOceanlife.getContentPane().add(infoPanel);
frmOceanlife.pack();
frmOceanlife.setVisible(true);
}
}
Next, let's introduce better names and use publicly available images to make the code more readable and more of an mre:
import java.awt.*;
import java.net.*;
import javax.swing.*;
public class Mainframe {
private static final String STONE = "https://cdn3.iconfinder.com/data/icons/softwaredemo/PNG/32x32/Circle_Red.png",
OCEAN ="https://media-gadventures.global.ssl.fastly.net/media-server/dynamic/blogs/posts/robin-wu/2014/12/PB110075.jpg";
public Mainframe() {
initialize();
}
private void initialize() {
JFrame frmOceanlife = new JFrame();
frmOceanlife.setTitle("OceanLife");
frmOceanlife.setDefaultCloseOperation(JFrame.EXIT_ON_CLOSE);
frmOceanlife.setLayout(new BoxLayout(frmOceanlife.getContentPane(), BoxLayout.PAGE_AXIS));
JButton quitBtn = new JButton("Quit");
quitBtn.addActionListener(e -> System.exit(0));
JPanel quitPanel = new JPanel();
quitPanel.setLayout(new FlowLayout(FlowLayout.RIGHT));
quitPanel.add(quitBtn);
frmOceanlife.getContentPane().add(quitPanel);
JPanel stonesPanel = new JPanel();
frmOceanlife.getContentPane().add(stonesPanel);
JButton insertBtn = new JButton("Insert");
insertBtn.addActionListener(e -> {
try {
ImageIcon icon = new ImageIcon(new URL(STONE));
JLabel stoneLbl = new JLabel(icon);
stonesPanel.add(stoneLbl);
frmOceanlife.revalidate();
} catch (MalformedURLException ex) {
ex.printStackTrace();
}
});
JPanel insertPanel = new JPanel();
insertPanel.setLayout(new FlowLayout(FlowLayout.CENTER));
insertPanel.add(insertBtn);
frmOceanlife.getContentPane().add(insertPanel);
JPanel oceanPanel = new JPanel();
oceanPanel.setBackground(Color.WHITE);
oceanPanel.setLayout(new FlowLayout());
oceanPanel.setPreferredSize(new Dimension(700,550));
try {
JLabel oceanLbl = new JLabel(new ImageIcon(new URL(OCEAN)));
oceanPanel.add(oceanLbl);
} catch (MalformedURLException ex) {
ex.printStackTrace();
}
frmOceanlife.getContentPane().add(oceanPanel);
JLabel infoLabel = new JLabel("Welcome to Oceanlife - Your Ocean size is 600x450!");
JPanel infoPanel = new JPanel();
infoPanel.setLayout(new FlowLayout(FlowLayout.CENTER));
infoPanel.add(infoLabel);
frmOceanlife.getContentPane().add(infoPanel);
frmOceanlife.pack();
frmOceanlife.setVisible(true);
}
public static void main(String[] args) {
//no change in main
}
}
And add some final touchups :
public class Mainframe {
private static final String STONE = "https://cdn3.iconfinder.com/data/icons/softwaredemo/PNG/32x32/Circle_Red.png",
OCEAN ="https://media-gadventures.global.ssl.fastly.net/media-server/dynamic/blogs/posts/robin-wu/2014/12/PB110075.jpg";
private ImageIcon oceanIcon;
public Mainframe() {
initialize();
}
private void initialize() {
JFrame frmOceanlife = new JFrame();
frmOceanlife.setTitle("OceanLife");
frmOceanlife.setDefaultCloseOperation(JFrame.EXIT_ON_CLOSE);
frmOceanlife.setLayout(new BoxLayout(frmOceanlife.getContentPane(), BoxLayout.PAGE_AXIS));
JButton quitBtn = new JButton("Quit");
quitBtn.addActionListener(e -> System.exit(0));
JPanel quitPanel = new JPanel();
quitPanel.setLayout(new FlowLayout(FlowLayout.RIGHT));
quitPanel.add(quitBtn);
frmOceanlife.getContentPane().add(quitPanel);
JPanel stonesPanel = new JPanel();
JLabel stoneLbl = new JLabel();
stonesPanel.add(stoneLbl);
frmOceanlife.getContentPane().add(stonesPanel);
JButton insertBtn = new JButton("Insert");
insertBtn.addActionListener(e -> {
try {
ImageIcon icon = new ImageIcon(new URL(STONE));
stoneLbl.setIcon(icon);
} catch (MalformedURLException ex) {
ex.printStackTrace();
}
});
JPanel insertPanel = new JPanel();
insertPanel.setLayout(new FlowLayout(FlowLayout.CENTER));
insertPanel.add(insertBtn);
frmOceanlife.getContentPane().add(insertPanel);
try {
oceanIcon = new ImageIcon(new URL(OCEAN));
} catch (MalformedURLException ex) {
ex.printStackTrace();
}
JLabel oceanLbl = new JLabel();
oceanLbl.setIcon(oceanIcon);
JPanel oceanPanel = new JPanel(){
#Override
public Dimension getPreferredSize() {
return new Dimension(oceanIcon.getIconWidth()+100, oceanIcon.getIconHeight());
};
};
oceanPanel.add(oceanLbl);
oceanPanel.setBackground(Color.WHITE);
oceanPanel.setLayout(new GridBagLayout()); //center image in panel
frmOceanlife.getContentPane().add(oceanPanel);
JLabel infoLabel = new JLabel("Welcome to Oceanlife - Your Ocean size is "+oceanIcon+oceanIcon.getIconWidth()+
"x"+oceanIcon.getIconHeight()+"!");
JPanel infoPanel = new JPanel();
infoPanel.setLayout(new FlowLayout(FlowLayout.CENTER));
infoPanel.add(infoLabel);
frmOceanlife.getContentPane().add(infoPanel);
frmOceanlife.pack();
frmOceanlife.setVisible(true);
}
public static void main(String[] args) {
//no change in main
}
}

What's wrong with this code? (JScrollPanel and JFrame)

For some reason, when I run this code, my JFrame comes up as blank. I have been trying online tutorials for maybe an hour now, and I'm wondering if I'm misunderstanding something.
Here is the code:
public class Application {
public static JFrame f;
public static JButton submit;
public static JTextField unscramblee;
public static String scrambledWord, possibleWords;
public static JLabel possibleWordsDisplay;
public static JPanel UI;
public static JScrollPane scrollPane;
Application() {
f = new JFrame("test");
f.setResizable(true);
f.setLayout(null);
f.setVisible(true);
f.setDefaultCloseOperation(JFrame.EXIT_ON_CLOSE);
UI = new JPanel();
scrollPane = new JScrollPane(UI);
unscramblee = new JTextField("test");
unscramblee.setBounds(240, 200, 400, 50);
submit = new JButton("Submit");
submit.setBounds(240, 350, 400, 100);
possibleWordsDisplay = new JLabel("possibleWordsDisplay - this is a display for words that are possible");
possibleWordsDisplay.setBounds(240, 0, 200, 200);
scrollPane.add(unscramblee);
scrollPane.add(submit);
scrollPane.add(possibleWordsDisplay);
f.getContentPane().add(scrollPane);
f.pack();
f.setSize(1280,720);
}
}
I hope this is enough information to help. Thanks.
(If anyone is wondering why the setSize method comes after the pack method, it's because the JFrame keeps collapsing on itself when I run it. If you also know how to fix that please tell me! I'd be very thankful.)

Setting bound manually is not a viable practice.
Instead use the appropriate Layout Managers for the desired layout.
The following is mre1 (note the comments) :
import javax.swing.JButton;
import javax.swing.JFrame;
import javax.swing.JLabel;
import javax.swing.JPanel;
import javax.swing.JScrollPane;
import javax.swing.JTextField;
public class Application {
Application() {
JFrame f = new JFrame("test");
//f.setSize(1280,720); f.pack should automatically set the size
f.setResizable(true);
//f.setLayout(null); do not use null layout
f.setDefaultCloseOperation(JFrame.EXIT_ON_CLOSE);
JPanel UI = new JPanel(); // uses flowlayout by default
//UI.setBounds(0, 0, 1280, 720); do not set bounds. that the job of the layout manager
JTextField unscramblee = new JTextField("test", 10);
//unscramblee.setBounds(240, 200, 400, 50);
JButton submit = new JButton("Submit");
//submit.setBounds(240, 350, 400, 100);
JLabel possibleWordsDisplay = new JLabel("possibleWordsDisplay - this is a display for words that are possible");
//possibleWordsDisplay.setBounds(240, 0, 200, 200);
UI.add(unscramblee);
UI.add(submit);
UI.add(possibleWordsDisplay);
JScrollPane scrollPane = new JScrollPane(UI);
f.getContentPane().add(scrollPane); //uses borderlayout by default
f.pack();
f.setVisible(true); //make frame visible after construction is completed
}
public static void main(String[] args) {
new Application();
}
}
1 Always consider an mre when posting question or answers

When creating a GUI, consider following the below design to start:
private JFrame frame;
private JPanel contentPane;
public static void main(String[] args) {
GUI gui = new GUI();
gui.start();
}
private void start() {
frame = new JFrame("test");
frame.setDefaultCloseOperation(JFrame.EXIT_ON_CLOSE);
makeContent();
frame.setSize(500, 130);
frame.setVisible(true);
}
private void makeContent() {
contentPane = (JPanel) frame.getContentPane();
makePanel();
}
private void makePanel() {
JPanel ui = new JPanel();
ui.setLayout(new BoxLayout(ui, BoxLayout.Y_AXIS));
JLabel possibleWordsDisplay = new JLabel("possibleWordsDisplay - this is a display for words that are possible");
ui.add(possibleWordsDisplay);
JTextField unscramblee = new JTextField();
JScrollPane scroll = new JScrollPane(unscramblee);
scroll.setHorizontalScrollBarPolicy(ScrollPaneConstants.HORIZONTAL_SCROLLBAR_AS_NEEDED);
ui.add(scroll);
JButton submit = new JButton("Submit");
ui.add(submit);
contentPane.add(ui, BorderLayout.CENTER);
}

Java - Unable to open a new frame from ActionListener

I am currently designing a login screen, but I ran into a strange issue. I already designed my GUI with the help of swing, and it was time to make functional buttons. I wanted to test my login button and if it would take me to the frame I want, but it is unable to. I can set a JOptionPane.showMessageDialog for example, which works just fine, but I am unable to open another frame from the button. I tried with New JFrameName().setVisible(true), and also JFrameName test = new JFrameName(); test.setVisible(true);, but the methods show up in red. Here is my code.
package com.edu4java.swing.tutrial3;
import javax.swing.*;
import java.awt.event.ActionEvent;
import java.awt.event.ActionListener;
public class LoginView {
public static void main(String[] args) {
JFrame frame = new JFrame("Bus Tour Booking System");
frame.setSize(300, 200);
frame.setResizable(false);
frame.setDefaultCloseOperation(JFrame.EXIT_ON_CLOSE);
JPanel panel = new JPanel();
frame.add(panel);
placeComponents(panel);
frame.setVisible(true);
}
private static void placeComponents(JPanel panel) {
panel.setLayout(null);
JLabel titleLabel = new JLabel("Bus Tour Booking System");
titleLabel.setBounds(70,15,150,25);
panel.add(titleLabel);
JLabel userLabel = new JLabel("Username: ");
userLabel.setBounds(30, 50, 80, 25);
panel.add(userLabel);
JTextField userText = new JTextField(20);
userText.setBounds(120, 50, 130, 25);
panel.add(userText);
JLabel passwordLabel = new JLabel("Password: ");
passwordLabel.setBounds(30, 80, 80, 25);
panel.add(passwordLabel);
JPasswordField passwordText = new JPasswordField(20);
passwordText.setBounds(120, 80, 130, 25);
panel.add(passwordText);
JButton loginButton = new JButton("login");
loginButton.setBounds(100, 125, 80, 25);
panel.add(loginButton);
ActionListener myButtonListener = new MyButtonListener();
loginButton.addActionListener(myButtonListener);
}
private static class MyButtonListener implements ActionListener {
#Override
public void actionPerformed(ActionEvent e) {
//can't access a new frame from here :(
}
}
}
I would be very grateful if someone could help me out, I read a lot on Stackoverflow and Reddit, but just can't find the solution. I am also new to Java, so that doesn't help a lot either :D. Thanks in advance!
P.S. As far as the actual functionality for the login screen, I am going to do that in a later stage.

This is your login class. I put the JFrame frame in the global scope, so you can manipulate it from the ButtonListener method. I also created a SomeFrame class, just to demonstrate the new JFrame that would be created when you click the button. When an action is performed(the button is clicked) a new object of SomeFrame is created. Since SomeFrame extends JFrame we can use the method setVisible() to a SomeFrame object. The SomeFrame frame appears and the LoginView is no longer visible.
import javax.swing.*;
import java.awt.event.ActionEvent;
import java.awt.event.ActionListener;
public class LoginView {
public static JFrame frame = new JFrame("Bus Tour Booking System");
public static void main(String[] args) {
frame.setSize(300, 200);
frame.setResizable(false);
frame.setDefaultCloseOperation(JFrame.EXIT_ON_CLOSE);
JPanel panel = new JPanel();
frame.add(panel);
placeComponents(panel);
frame.setVisible(true);
}
private static void placeComponents(JPanel panel) {
panel.setLayout(null);
JLabel titleLabel = new JLabel("Bus Tour Booking System");
titleLabel.setBounds(70,15,150,25);
panel.add(titleLabel);
JLabel userLabel = new JLabel("Username: ");
userLabel.setBounds(30, 50, 80, 25);
panel.add(userLabel);
JTextField userText = new JTextField(20);
userText.setBounds(120, 50, 130, 25);
panel.add(userText);
JLabel passwordLabel = new JLabel("Password: ");
passwordLabel.setBounds(30, 80, 80, 25);
panel.add(passwordLabel);
JPasswordField passwordText = new JPasswordField(20);
passwordText.setBounds(120, 80, 130, 25);
panel.add(passwordText);
JButton loginButton = new JButton("login");
loginButton.setBounds(100, 125, 80, 25);
panel.add(loginButton);
ActionListener myButtonListener = new MyButtonListener();
loginButton.addActionListener(myButtonListener);
}
private static class MyButtonListener implements ActionListener {
#Override
public void actionPerformed(ActionEvent e) {
SomeFrame newFrame = new SomeFrame();
newFrame.setVisible(true);
frame.setVisible(false);
}
}
}
This is the SomeFrame class.
import javax.swing.JFrame;
import javax.swing.JPanel;
public class SomeFrame extends JFrame {
public SomeFrame(){
super("something");
this.setSize(300, 200);
this.setResizable(false);
this.setDefaultCloseOperation(JFrame.EXIT_ON_CLOSE);
JPanel panel = new JPanel();
this.add(panel);
this.setVisible(true);
}
}

Can I mix Horizontal and vertical boxes in Java BoxLayout?

I have to make a simple program and the GUI would look like this:
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| Read | <---a Button
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name |``````````| <---a Textfield
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|
|
a Label
My problem is how do I get the Label 'name' in the Vertical Box of Button 'Read' and text field` as the name and the text field are horizontal?

please DYM???
import java.awt.*;
import java.awt.event.*;
import javax.swing.*;
public class BoxStructAndJComponents {
private JLabel intro = new JLabel("The chosen name:");
private JFrame frame;
private JLabel name = new JLabel("JLabel");
public BoxStructAndJComponents() {
frame = new JFrame("JFrame");
frame.setDefaultCloseOperation(JFrame.EXIT_ON_CLOSE);
JComponent newContentPane = createUI();
frame.setContentPane(newContentPane);
frame.pack();
frame.setVisible(true);
}
public JPanel createUI() {
intro = new JLabel("The chosen name:");
intro.setLabelFor(name);
final JButton button = new JButton("Pick a new name...");
button.addActionListener(new ActionListener() {
#Override
public void actionPerformed(ActionEvent e) {
}
});
JPanel panel = new JPanel();
panel.setLayout(new BoxLayout(panel, BoxLayout.PAGE_AXIS));
panel.setBorder(BorderFactory.createEmptyBorder(20, 20, 10, 20));
intro.setAlignmentX(JComponent.CENTER_ALIGNMENT);
name.setAlignmentX(JComponent.CENTER_ALIGNMENT);
button.setAlignmentX(JComponent.CENTER_ALIGNMENT);
panel.add(intro);
panel.add(Box.createVerticalStrut(5));
panel.add(name);
panel.add(Box.createRigidArea(new Dimension(150, 10)));
panel.add(button);
return panel;
}
public static void main(String[] args) {
javax.swing.SwingUtilities.invokeLater(new Runnable() {
#Override
public void run() {
BoxStructAndJComponents bb = new BoxStructAndJComponents();
}
});
}
}

how can I make this class an applet

I have the following class which is a simple gui, and I would like to make it an applet so it can be displayed in the browser. I know how to embed the code into an html page(got that done)... but how can make my class an applet? Also, I assuming I don't need a web server just to display the applet in my browser...
package tester1;
import javax.swing.*;
import java.awt.*;
import java.awt.event.ActionEvent;
import java.awt.event.ActionListener;
public class PanelTest implements ActionListener {
JFrame frame;
JLabel inputLabel;
JLabel outputLabel;
JLabel outputHidden;
JTextField inputText;
JButton button;
JButton clear;
JButton about;
public PanelTest() {
frame = new JFrame("User Name");
frame.setDefaultCloseOperation(JFrame.EXIT_ON_CLOSE);
frame.setLayout(new GridLayout(3, 2, 10, 10));
//creating first row
JPanel row1 = new JPanel();
inputLabel = new JLabel("Your Name");
inputText = new JTextField(15);
// FlowLayout flow1 = new FlowLayout(FlowLayout.CENTER, 10, 10);
// row1.setLayout(flow1);
row1.add(inputLabel);
row1.add(inputText);
frame.add(row1);
//creating second row
JPanel row2 = new JPanel();
button = new JButton("Display");
clear = new JButton("Clear");
about = new JButton("About");
button.addActionListener(this);
clear.addActionListener(this);
about.addActionListener(new displayAbout());
row2.add(button);
row2.add(clear);
row2.add(about);
frame.add(row2);
//creating third row
JPanel row3 = new JPanel();
outputLabel = new JLabel("Output:", JLabel.LEFT);
outputHidden = new JLabel("", JLabel.RIGHT);
// FlowLayout flow2 = new FlowLayout(FlowLayout.CENTER, 10, 10);
// row3.setLayout(flow2);
row3.add(outputLabel);
row3.add(outputHidden);
frame.add(row3);
frame.pack();
frame.setVisible(true);
}
//same method listen for two different events
#Override
public void actionPerformed(ActionEvent e) {
String command = e.getActionCommand();
if(command.equals("Display")) {
outputHidden.setText(inputText.getText());
}
if(command.equals("Clear")) {
outputHidden.setText("");
inputText.setText("");
}
}
//another way to listen for events
class displayAbout implements ActionListener {
#Override
public void actionPerformed(ActionEvent e) {
JOptionPane.showMessageDialog(frame, "Username 1.1 \n by Jorge L. Vazquez");
}
}
public static void main(String[] args) {
PanelTest frameTest = new PanelTest();
}
}

Use a JApplet rather than a JFrame. Make sure you read the relevant Java Tutorial, which covers the applet lifecycle methods like init, start, stop, and destroy.
As a side note, you should not be building your UI outside of the event dispatch thread.

Use a JApplet instead of a JFrame like veer said, but you must also remove frame.setDefaultCloseOperation(JFrame.EXIT_ON_CLOSE);, frame.pack();, and frame.setVisible(true);
Also, replace main(String[] args) with init().