I have this code sample in a separate jDialog (jDialog is in the same package as that of JFrame) which used to check (using a Thread) if the jCheckBox1 in the jFrame is whether visible or not. JDialog is set to visible by clicking a JLabel (Change Password) in JFrame. I have not set the visibility of the JFrame even to false even after I click on the Change Password JLabel.
The problem I encountered is that even if the JFrame is not visible i.e when I run the JDialog separately (without clicking on the Change Password JLabel) it prints the "Visible" and I'm more than sure that the jFrame is not visible and not running.
This is the code snippet (Thread) I have used to check the visibility of the JFrame's jCheckBox1:
LockOptions lock = new LockOptions();
private void setLocation2() {
new Thread() {
public void run() {
boolean running = true;
while (running) {
try {
Thread.sleep(1000);
if (lock.jCheckBox1.isVisible()) {
System.out.println("Visible");
} else {
System.out.println("Not Visible");
}
} catch (InterruptedException e) {
e.printStackTrace();
}
}
}
}.start();
}
And this is the Code I have written in JFrame's Change Password JLabel:
private void jLabel9MouseClicked(java.awt.event.MouseEvent evt) {
Container c = new ChangePassword(this, rootPaneCheckingEnabled);
if (!c.isShowing()) {
c.setVisible(true);
hideMeToSystemTray();
this.requestFocusInWindow();
}
}
But when I run the JDialog separately (without clicking on the Change Password JLabel) it prints the "Visible"
I have attached a Screenshots of both JFrame and JDialog
JFrame containing jCheckBox1
JDialog:
OK, let's have the simplest possible example.
The following code creates a main frame having a button to create a new frame of class LockOptionsWindow, which extends JFrame.
The class FrameDemo implements Runnable. So can it be accessed on the event dispatching thread using SwingUtilities.invokeLater as mentioned in Swing's Threading Policy. So it is possible creating a new thread checklockoptionswindow which then can check whether the new window created by the button is visible or not visible.
import java.awt.*;
import java.awt.event.*;
import javax.swing.*;
public class FrameDemo extends WindowAdapter implements ActionListener, Runnable {
private LockOptionsWindow lockoptionswindow;
private Thread checklockoptionswindow = new Thread();
private void showLockOptionsWindow() {
if (lockoptionswindow != null && lockoptionswindow.isDisplayable()) {
lockoptionswindow.setVisible(true);
lockoptionswindow.setExtendedState(Frame.NORMAL);
} else {
lockoptionswindow = new LockOptionsWindow();
lockoptionswindow.setSize(new Dimension(300, 100));
lockoptionswindow.setVisible(true);
lockoptionswindow.setExtendedState(Frame.NORMAL);
}
}
private void startCheckLockOptionsWindow() {
if (!checklockoptionswindow.isAlive()) {
checklockoptionswindow = new Thread() {
public void run() {
boolean running = true;
while (running) {
try {
Thread.sleep(1000);
if (lockoptionswindow.isVisible()) {
if (lockoptionswindow.getExtendedState() == Frame.ICONIFIED) {
System.out.println("Visible iconified");
} else {
System.out.print("Visible on screen ");
int x = lockoptionswindow.getLocation().x;
int y = lockoptionswindow.getLocation().y;
System.out.println("at position " + x + ", " + y);
}
} else {
System.out.println("Not Visible");
}
} catch (InterruptedException e) {
e.printStackTrace();
}
}
}
};
checklockoptionswindow.start();
}
}
public void actionPerformed(ActionEvent e) {
showLockOptionsWindow();
startCheckLockOptionsWindow();
}
public void run() {
JFrame frame = new JFrame("FrameDemo");
frame.setDefaultCloseOperation(JFrame.EXIT_ON_CLOSE);
JButton button = new JButton("Show LockOptions frame");
button.addActionListener(this);
Container contentPane = frame.getContentPane();
contentPane.add(button);
frame.setLocationRelativeTo(null);
frame.pack();
frame.setVisible(true);
}
public static void main(String[] args) {
javax.swing.SwingUtilities.invokeLater(new FrameDemo());
}
class LockOptionsWindow extends JFrame {
public LockOptionsWindow() {
super("LockOptions frame");
setDefaultCloseOperation(DISPOSE_ON_CLOSE);
}
}
}
Edited to determine whether the LockOptionsWindow is visible iconified only or is really showed as window on the screen.
i am trying to make a program that, when a button is pressed it will start to create many invisible frames to the point it should crash a pc. however when i try and run it the console instantly terminates
this is the code for the program:
public class JavaTester extends JFrame {
static JFrame frame;
static ImageIcon img;
private static boolean a = false;
public JavaTester() {
frame = new JFrame();
frame.setDefaultCloseOperation(JFrame.EXIT_ON_CLOSE);
frame.setSize(670, 700);
frame.setLocationRelativeTo(null);
frame.getContentPane().setBackground(new Color(0,255,0,0));
frame.getContentPane().setLayout(null);
frame.setUndecorated(true);
frame.setResizable(false);
frame.setVisible(true);
addKeyListener(new KeyListener() {
public void keyPressed(KeyEvent e) {
a = true;
}
public void keyReleased(KeyEvent e) {
}
public void keyTyped(KeyEvent e) {
}
});
}
public static void main(String[] args) {
do {
if (a) {
while (true)
new JavaTester();
}
} while (a = false);
}
}
is this a problem with the way my loops are ordered or is there something else that makes it instantly stop running?
Problem is here:
while (a = false);
By doing that, a is set to false.
Instead you need to use conditional operator equal to (a == false)
This question already has answers here:
Make splash screen with progress bar like Eclipse
(2 answers)
Closed 9 years ago.
i get this source code for creating splash screen and thread management in Java. But i don't know how to implement it.
public class SplashWindow extends JWindow {
public SplashWindow(String filename, Frame f, int waitTime)
{
super(f);
JLabel l = new JLabel(new ImageIcon(filename));
getContentPane().add(l, BorderLayout.CENTER);
pack();
Dimension screenSize =
Toolkit.getDefaultToolkit().getScreenSize();
Dimension labelSize = l.getPreferredSize();
setLocation(screenSize.width/2 - (labelSize.width/2),
screenSize.height/2 - (labelSize.height/2));
addMouseListener(new MouseAdapter()
{
public void mousePressed(MouseEvent e)
{
setVisible(false);
dispose();
}
});
final int pause = waitTime;
final Runnable closerRunner = new Runnable()
{
public void run()
{
setVisible(false);
dispose();
}
};
Runnable waitRunner = new Runnable()
{
public void run()
{
try
{
Thread.sleep(pause);
SwingUtilities.invokeAndWait(closerRunner);
}
catch(Exception e)
{
e.printStackTrace();
// can catch InvocationTargetException
// can catch InterruptedException
}
}
};
setVisible(true);
Thread splashThread = new Thread(waitRunner, "SplashThread");
splashThread.start();
}
}
I try to implement like this :
...
public static void main(String[] args) {
JFrame frame = new JFrame();
frame.setSize(500, 500);
SplashWindow window = new SplashWindow("splash-scren.jpg", frame, 1000);
}
...
But nothing to show.
Please help me, thank you :)
Dont put :
"setVisible(true);"
In the constructor , after
SplashWindow window = new SplashWindow("splash-scren.jpg", frame, 1000);
write:
window.setVisible(true);
I am trying to create a circle-shaped window that follows the mouse and pass clicks to the underlying windows.
I was doing this with Python and Qt (see Python overlay window) but then I switched to Java and Swing. However I'm not able to make the window transparent. I tried this method but it doesn't work, however I think that my system supports the transparency because if I start Screencast-O-Matic (which is in Java), the rectangle is actually transparent.
How can I achieve something like that? (I'm on Linux KDE4)
Why did the Java tutorial How to Create Translucent and Shaped Windows fail to work? Are you using the latest version of Java 6 or Java 7?
In the May/June issue of Java Magazine, there was a tutorial on shaped and transparent windows requiring java 7. You will probably need to sign up for Java magazine in order to read it. See if you can get this to run on your system:
import java.awt.*; //Graphics2D, LinearGradientPaint, Point, Window, Window.Type;
import javax.swing.JComponent;
import javax.swing.JFrame;
import javax.swing.SwingUtilities;
/**
* From JavaMagazine May/June 2012
* #author josh
*/
public class ShapedAboutWindowDemo {
/**
* #param args the command line arguments
*/
public static void main(String[] args) {
//switch to the right thread
SwingUtilities.invokeLater(new Runnable() {
#Override
public void run() {
JFrame frame = new JFrame("About box");
//turn of window decorations
frame.setUndecorated(true);
//turn off the background
frame.setBackground(new Color(0,0,0,0));
frame.setContentPane(new AboutComponent());
frame.pack();
//size the window
frame.setSize(500, 200);
frame.setVisible(true);
//center on screen
frame.setLocationRelativeTo(null);
}
}
);
}
private static class AboutComponent extends JComponent {
public void paintComponent(Graphics graphics) {
Graphics2D g = (Graphics2D) graphics;
//create a translucent gradient
Color[] colors = new Color[]{
new Color(0,0,0,0)
,new Color(0.3f,0.3f,0.3f,1f)
,new Color(0.3f,0.3f,0.3f,1f)
,new Color(0,0,0,0)};
float[] stops = new float[]{0,0.2f,0.8f,1f};
LinearGradientPaint paint = new LinearGradientPaint(
new Point(0,0), new Point(500,0),
stops,colors);
//fill a rect then paint with text
g.setPaint(paint);
g.fillRect(0, 0, 500, 200);
g.setPaint(Color.WHITE);
g.drawString("My Killer App", 200, 100);
}
}
}
If you're using Java 6, you need to make use of the private API AWTUtilities. Check out the Java SE 6 Update 10 API for more details
EXAMPLE
This is a bit of quick hack, but it gets the idea across
public class TransparentWindow {
/**
* #param args the command line arguments
*/
public static void main(String[] args) {
EventQueue.invokeLater(new Runnable() {
#Override
public void run() {
MyFrame frame = new MyFrame();
frame.setUndecorated(true);
String version = System.getProperty("java.version");
if (version.startsWith("1.7")) {
GraphicsEnvironment ge = GraphicsEnvironment.getLocalGraphicsEnvironment();
GraphicsDevice graphicsDevice = ge.getDefaultScreenDevice();
System.out.println("Transparent from under Java 7");
/* This won't run under Java 6, uncomment if you are using Java 7
System.out.println("isPerPixelAlphaTranslucent = " + graphicsDevice.isWindowTranslucencySupported(GraphicsDevice.WindowTranslucency.PERPIXEL_TRANSLUCENT));
System.out.println("isPerPixelAlphaTransparent = " + graphicsDevice.isWindowTranslucencySupported(GraphicsDevice.WindowTranslucency.PERPIXEL_TRANSPARENT));
System.out.println("isPerPixelAlphaTranslucent = " + graphicsDevice.isWindowTranslucencySupported(GraphicsDevice.WindowTranslucency.TRANSLUCENT));
*/
frame.setBackground(new Color(0, 0, 0, 0));
} else if (version.startsWith("1.6")) {
System.out.println("Transparent from under Java 6");
System.out.println("isPerPixelAlphaSupported = " + supportsPerAlphaPixel());
setOpaque(frame, false);
}
frame.setSize(400, 400);
frame.setLocationRelativeTo(null);
frame.setVisible(true);
}
});
}
public static class MyFrame extends JFrame {
public MyFrame() throws HeadlessException {
setContentPane(new MyContentPane());
setDefaultCloseOperation(EXIT_ON_CLOSE);
addMouseListener(new MouseAdapter() {
#Override
public void mouseClicked(MouseEvent e) {
if (e.getClickCount() == 2) {
dispose();
}
}
});
}
}
public static class MyContentPane extends JPanel {
public MyContentPane() {
setLayout(new GridBagLayout());
add(new JLabel("Hello, I'm a transparent frame under Java " + System.getProperty("java.version")));
setOpaque(false);
}
#Override
protected void paintComponent(Graphics g) {
super.paintComponent(g);
Graphics2D g2d = (Graphics2D) g.create();
g2d.setColor(Color.BLUE);
g2d.setComposite(AlphaComposite.getInstance(AlphaComposite.SRC_OVER, 0.5f));
g2d.fillRoundRect(0, 0, getWidth() - 1, getHeight() - 1, 20, 20);
}
}
public static boolean supportsPerAlphaPixel() {
boolean support = false;
try {
Class<?> awtUtilsClass = Class.forName("com.sun.awt.AWTUtilities");
support = true;
} catch (Exception exp) {
}
return support;
}
public static void setOpaque(Window window, boolean opaque) {
try {
Class<?> awtUtilsClass = Class.forName("com.sun.awt.AWTUtilities");
if (awtUtilsClass != null) {
Method method = awtUtilsClass.getMethod("setWindowOpaque", Window.class, boolean.class);
method.invoke(null, window, opaque);
// com.sun.awt.AWTUtilities.setWindowOpaque(this, opaque);
// ((JComponent) window.getContentPane()).setOpaque(opaque);
}
} catch (Exception exp) {
}
}
public static void setOpacity(Window window, float opacity) {
try {
Class<?> awtUtilsClass = Class.forName("com.sun.awt.AWTUtilities");
if (awtUtilsClass != null) {
Method method = awtUtilsClass.getMethod("setWindowOpacity", Window.class, float.class);
method.invoke(null, window, opacity);
}
} catch (Exception exp) {
exp.printStackTrace();
}
}
public static float getOpacity(Window window) {
float opacity = 1f;
try {
Class<?> awtUtilsClass = Class.forName("com.sun.awt.AWTUtilities");
if (awtUtilsClass != null) {
Method method = awtUtilsClass.getMethod("getWindowOpacity", Window.class);
Object value = method.invoke(null, window);
if (value != null && value instanceof Float) {
opacity = ((Float) value).floatValue();
}
}
} catch (Exception exp) {
exp.printStackTrace();
}
return opacity;
}
}
On Windows 7 it produces
Under Java 6
Under Java 7
i guess this will work,i already tried it..to make a JFrame or a window transparent you need to undecorate Undecorated(true) the frame first. Here is sample code :
import javax.swing.*;
import com.sun.awt.AWTUtilities;
import java.awt.Color;
class transFrame {
private JFrame f=new JFrame();
private JLabel msg=new JLabel("Hello I'm a Transparent Window");
transFrame() {
f.setBounds(400,150,500,500);
f.setLayout(null);
f.setUndecorated(true); // Undecorates the Window
f.setBackground(new Color(0,0,0,25)); // fourth index decides the opacity
f.setDefaultCloseOperation(JFrame.EXIT_ON_CLOSE);
msg.setBounds(150,250,300,25);
f.add(msg);
f.setVisible(true);
}
public static void main(String[] args) {
new transFrame();
}
}
The only problem is you need to add your own code for close and minimize using buttons.
If you want to do it on your own, without using a external lib, you could start a thread that performs :
set the transparent window invisible
make a Screenshot of the desktop
put this screenshot as background image of your window
Or you could use JavaFX
I was also facing the same problem. After hours of searching, I finally found the problem! These are the lines you must write, if you want to make a transparent JFrame:
public void enableTransparentWindow(float opacity) {
GraphicsEnvironment ge =
GraphicsEnvironment.getLocalGraphicsEnvironment();
GraphicsDevice gd = ge.getDefaultScreenDevice();
f.setLocationRelativeTo(null);
f.setBackground(new Color(0, 0, 0));
//If translucent windows aren't supported, exit.
f.setUndecorated(true);
if (!gd.isWindowTranslucencySupported(TRANSLUCENT)) {
System.err.println(
"Translucency is not supported");
System.exit(0);
}
f.setOpacity(opacity);
}
Don't forget to call the setVisible() method after this code.
Happy Coding!
The part of the application that I am currently having trouble getting to work is being able to scroll through and display a list of images, one at a time. I'm getting a directory from the user, spooling through all of the files in that directory, and then loading an array of just the jpegs and pngs. Next, I want to update a JLabel with the first image, and provide previous and next buttons to scroll through and display each image in turn. When I try to display the second image, it doesn't get updated... Here's what I've got so far:
public class CreateGallery
{
private JLabel swingImage;
The method that I'm using to update the image:
protected void updateImage(String name)
{
BufferedImage image = null;
Image scaledImage = null;
JLabel tempImage;
try
{
image = ImageIO.read(new File(name));
} catch (IOException e)
{
// TODO Auto-generated catch block
e.printStackTrace();
}
// getScaledImage returns an Image that's been resized proportionally to my thumbnail constraints
scaledImage = getScaledImage(image, THUMB_SIZE_X, THUMB_SIZE_Y);
tempImage = new JLabel(new ImageIcon(scaledImage));
swingImage = tempImage;
}
Then in my createAndShowGUI method that puts the swingImage on...
private void createAndShowGUI()
{
//Create and set up the window.
final JFrame frame = new JFrame();
// Miscellaneous code in here - removed for brevity
// Create the Image Thumbnail swingImage and start up with a default image
swingImage = new JLabel();
String rootPath = new java.io.File("").getAbsolutePath();
updateImage(rootPath + "/images/default.jpg");
// Miscellaneous code in here - removed for brevity
rightPane.add(swingImage, BorderLayout.PAGE_START);
frame.add(rightPane, BorderLayout.LINE_END);
public static void main(String[] args)
{
SwingUtilities.invokeLater(new Runnable()
{
public void run()
{
UIManager.put("swing.boldMetal", Boolean.FALSE);
new CreateGalleryXML().createAndShowGUI();
}
});
}
If you've gotten this far, the first image is my default.jpg, and once I get the directory and identify the first image in that directory, that's where it fails when I try to update the swingImage. Now, I've tried to swingImage.setVisible() and swingImage.revalidate() to try to force it to reload. I'm guessing it's my tempImage = new JLabel that's the root cause. But I'm not sure how to convert my BufferedImage or Image to a JLabel in order to just update swingImage.
Instead of creating a New Instance of the JLabel for each Image, simply use JLabel#setIcon(...) method of the JLabel to change the image.
A small sample program :
import java.awt.*;
import java.awt.event.*;
import javax.swing.*;
public class SlideShow extends JPanel
{
private int i = 0;
private Timer timer;
private JLabel images = new JLabel();
private Icon[] icons = {UIManager.getIcon("OptionPane.informationIcon"),
UIManager.getIcon("OptionPane.errorIcon"),
UIManager.getIcon("OptionPane.warningIcon")};
private ImageIcon pictures1, pictures2, pictures3, pictures4;
private ActionListener action = new ActionListener()
{
public void actionPerformed(ActionEvent ae)
{
i++;
System.out.println(i);
if(i == 1)
{
pictures1 = new ImageIcon("image/caIcon.png");
images.setIcon(icons[i - 1]);
System.out.println("picture 1 should be displayed here");
}
if(i == 2)
{
pictures2 = new ImageIcon("image/Keyboard.png");
images.setIcon(icons[i - 1]);
System.out.println("picture 2 should be displayed here");
}
if(i == 3)
{
pictures3 = new ImageIcon("image/ukIcon.png");
images.setIcon(icons[i - 1]);
System.out.println("picture 3 should be displayed here");
}
if(i == 4)
{
pictures4 = new ImageIcon("image/Mouse.png");
images.setIcon(icons[0]);
System.out.println("picture 4 should be displayed here");
}
if(i == 5)
{
timer.stop();
System.exit(0);
}
revalidate();
repaint();
}
};
public SlideShow()
{
JFrame frame = new JFrame("SLIDE SHOW");
frame.setDefaultCloseOperation(JFrame.EXIT_ON_CLOSE);
frame.setLocationByPlatform(true);
frame.getContentPane().add(this);
add(images);
frame.setSize(300, 300);
frame.setVisible(true);
timer = new Timer(2000, action);
timer.start();
}
public static void main(String... args)
{
SwingUtilities.invokeLater(new Runnable()
{
public void run()
{
new SlideShow();
}
});
}
}
Since you doing it with ImageIO, here is a good example related to that JLabel using ImageIO
Information relating to your case, as to what is happening :
Inside your createAndShowGUI() method you initializing your JLabel (swingImage), and you added that to your JPanel by virtue of which indirectly to the JFrame.
But now inside your updateImage() method, you are initializing a new JLabel, now it resides in some another memory location, by writing tempImage = new JLabel(new ImageIcon(scaledImage)); and after this you pointing your swingImage(JLabel) to point to this newly created JLabel, but this newly created JLabel was never added to the JPanel, at any point. Hence it will not be visible, even if you try revalidate()/repaint()/setVisible(...). Hence either you change the code for your updateImage(...) method to this :
protected void updateImage(String name)
{
BufferedImage image = null;
Image scaledImage = null;
JLabel tempImage;
try
{
image = ImageIO.read(new File(name));
}
catch (IOException e)
{
// TODO Auto-generated catch block
e.printStackTrace();
}
// getScaledImage returns an Image that's been resized
// proportionally to my thumbnail constraints
scaledImage = getScaledImage(image, THUMB_SIZE_X, THUMB_SIZE_Y);
tempImage = new JLabel(new ImageIcon(scaledImage));
rightPane.remove(swingImage);
swingImage = tempImage;
rightPane.add(swingImage, BorderLayout.PAGE_START);
rightPane.revalidate();
rightPane.repaint(); // required sometimes
}
Or else use JLabel.setIcon(...) as mentioned earlier :-)
UPDATED THE ANSWER
Here see how a New JLabel is placed at the position of the old one,
import java.awt.*;
import java.awt.event.*;
import javax.swing.*;
public class SlideShow extends JPanel
{
private int i = 0;
private Timer timer;
private JLabel images = new JLabel();
private Icon[] icons = {UIManager.getIcon("OptionPane.informationIcon"),
UIManager.getIcon("OptionPane.errorIcon"),
UIManager.getIcon("OptionPane.warningIcon")};
private ActionListener action = new ActionListener()
{
public void actionPerformed(ActionEvent ae)
{
i++;
System.out.println(i);
if(i == 4)
{
timer.stop();
System.exit(0);
}
remove(images);
JLabel temp = new JLabel(icons[i - 1]);
images = temp;
add(images);
revalidate();
repaint();
}
};
private void createAndDisplayGUI()
{
JFrame frame = new JFrame("SLIDE SHOW");
frame.setDefaultCloseOperation(JFrame.EXIT_ON_CLOSE);
frame.setLocationByPlatform(true);
this.setLayout(new FlowLayout(FlowLayout.LEFT));
add(images);
frame.getContentPane().add(this, BorderLayout.CENTER);
frame.setSize(300, 300);
frame.setVisible(true);
timer = new Timer(2000, action);
timer.start();
}
public static void main(String... args)
{
SwingUtilities.invokeLater(new Runnable()
{
public void run()
{
new SlideShow().createAndDisplayGUI();
}
});
}
}
And for your Question : Of the two options that I have tried, is one better than the other?
setIcon(...) has an edge over the other way, in the sense, you doesn't have to bother about revalidate()/repaint() thingy after adding/remove JLabel. Moreover, you don't need to remember the placement of your JLabel everytime, you add it. It remains at it's position, and you simply call the one method to change the image, with no strings attached and the work is done, without any headaches.
And for Question 2 : I had a bit of doubt, as to what is Array of Records ?