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turn off the old dialog before open the new one java swing

anyone help me please , i create a notepad by java-swing . But i have a problem . Anytime i using a action-event (replace , find ) and the program show it on the screen , and i using action-event again it show another on the screen but doesn't turn off the old one .
private void replaceController(MainForm mainForm) {
mainForm.getReplace().addActionListener(new ActionListener() {
#Override
public void actionPerformed(ActionEvent e) {
ReplaceForm replaceForm = new ReplaceForm(mainForm, false);
replaceForm.setVisible(true);
replaceForm.getBtnReplace().setEnabled(false);
replaceForm.getBtnReplaceAll().setEnabled(false);
ReplaceController replaceController = new ReplaceController();
replaceController.checkEmptyReplace(replaceForm);
replaceController.replace(mainForm, replaceForm);
replaceController.f(mainForm, replaceForm);
replaceController.replaceAll(mainForm, replaceForm);
replaceController.cancelReplace(replaceForm);
}
});
}

Pay attention to default close operation you apply to your top-level JFrame or JDialog.
If you want the frame just to hide and not to be disposed use HIDE_ON_CLOSE. And set it to visible when you want it to shown on the screen again. This means you need the only instance of the frame.
If you want it to be disposed (looks like that, as here you construct new one each time the action called), use DISPOSE_ON_CLOSE. Then each time user closes the frame it will be destroyed.

Setting Actor To Listen For Button Click In LibGDX

Background Information: I am currently working in a Dialog class I have extended for my game. Inside of this dialog's content table I have both an Image and a Table (lets call it ioTable). Inside of ioTable I have a combination of both Labels and TextFields. The idea is that the dialog becomes a sort of form for the use to fill out.
Next, inside of the Dialog's button table, I want to include a "Clear" TextButton (clearButton). The idea that clearButton will clear any values written to the TextFields of ioTable.
My Question: Is is possible to add a listener to each of the TextFields of ioTable that will trigger when clearButton is pressed. As always, any other creative solution is more than welcome.

You could just give the EventListener a reference to the table you want to clear:
// Assuming getSkin() and ioTable are defined elsewhere and ioTable is final
TextButton clearButton = new TextButton("Clear", getSkin());
clearButton.addListener(new EventListener() {
#Override
public boolean handle(Event event) {
for(Actor potentialField : table.getChildren()) {
if(potentialField instanceof TextField) {
((TextField)potentialField).setText("");
}
}
return true;
}
});
// Add clearButton to your dialog
If you see yourself creating multiple clearButtons, you could easily wrap this in a helper method or extend TextButton.

UnfoldingMaps doesn't refresh in JPanel

For a application I'm developing, I make use of the UnfoldingMaps library for displaying a map. The map is placed inside a JPanel. In the same JPanel other Jpanels are showed.
So I change between the map and other panels with the help of buttons.
The problem is that the map doesn't refresh. I can display it once and when I've displayed another Panel, and go back to the map, the map won't display. The only option I got then is to restart the application.
private void showVis(String chart) {
//visual is the JPanel where elements are viewed in
visual.removeAll();
if (chart.equals("bar")) {
bar.setPart("", partial, location);
bar.createVisualisation(ai);
if (bar.checkGraph()) {
System.out.println("Really creating bar");
ChartPanel panB = bar.getPanel();
JPopupMenu popB = panB.getPopupMenu();
panB.setPopupMenu(popB);
visual.add(panB);
visual.validate();
}
} else if (chart.equals("map")) {
map = null;
map = new Maps();
map.setPart("", partial, location);
map.createVisualisation(ai);
if (map.checkGraph()) {
map.init();
visual.add(map);
visual.validate();
}
}
the string chart decides which panel will be showed.

In the same JPanel other Jpanels are showed. So I change between the
map and other panels with the help of buttons.
it should be parentPanel.revalidate(); and then parentPanel.repaint();
better is usage of CardLayout (So I change between the
map and other panels with the help of buttons.) is designated for this purpose, rather than to remove and then add a new JComponent(s) to already visible Swing GUI

Perform action when button clicked once and do a different action when clicked twice, three times etc. (Netbeans, Java)

I am fairly new to Java programming and want to make a basic game that shows an image when clicked once, a different image when clicked twice and etc.
I know how to do all this but I don't know how to keep track of how any clicks and then do an actions based on how many clicks have been done (Hard to explain, my apologies...)

I ... want to make a basic game that shows an image when clicked once, a different image when clicked twice and etc. I know how to do all this but I don't know how to keep track of how any clicks
As per my comment, give the class with the ActionListener an int field, say called buttonCount, and increment it each time the button is pressed -- inside of the button ActionListener's actionPerformed method: buttonCount++
and then do an actions based on how many clicks have been done (Hard to explain, my apologies...)
In the ActionListener's actionPerformed method change the image displayed. How you change it all depends on how you show it, something that you've yet to show us, and so I can't give you any code.
One way to make it easy is to create an ArrayList of ImageIcons to hold your images (as ImageIcons of course), and then call get(buttonCount) on the ArrayList to get the appropriate ImageIcon and display it in a JLabel via its setIcon(...) method. Make sure that the buttonCount is less than the size of the ArrayList so as not to get an ArrayIndexOutOfBoundsException. One way to do this is to mod your buttonCount by the size of the ArrayList. This will allow you to cycle through your collection of images.
Again, you will want to read the Swing tutorials on how to use JButtons and then break down your big problem into small steps, trying to solve each step one at a time.
Again if you need greater detail and more specific help, then you must show what you've tried and explain in detail what problems you may be having with it. It is my sincere believe and philosophy that you learn most by by forcing your brain to do new and unfamiliar things, by mental effort and sweat. So have at it, you've nothing to lose.

You can count the the mouse clicks in this way. By using an if-else or switch case you can display the images.
public class ButtonStart extends Frame {
private int mouseclicked = 0;
TextField objTextField;
public static void main(String args[]) {
ButtonStart BS = new ButtonStart();
}
public ButtonStart() {
Frame objFrame;
Button objButton;
TextField objTextField;
objFrame = new Frame("Clicking Buttons");
objButton = new Button("Click me!");
objTextField = new TextField("0");
objFrame.addMouseListener(new MyMouseListener());
objFrame.add(objButton);
objFrame.add(objTextField);
objFrame.addWindowListener(new WindowAdapter()
{
public void windowClosing(WindowEvent we) {
System.exit(0);
}
});
}
public class MyMouseListener extends MouseAdapter {
public void mouseClicked(MouseEvent me) {
int mouseclicked = me.getClickCount();
objTextField.setText("Mouse clicked this many times:"
+ mouseclicked);
}
}
}

performing multiple actions on one button in java swing

I am trying to create a wizard in java swing programatically.
On the wizard pane I have a next button and it has to perform multiple actions according to which panel is displayed on the wizard.
Is it possible to use java command pattern? may I know how?
thanks in advance.
the code i used for the wizard is
this.mainPanel.add(fileSelectionPane,"SELECT FILE");
this.mainPanel.add(sqlConnectionPane,"SQL CONNECTION");
this.mainPanel.add(devicePane,"PARSER");
this.mainPanel.add(detailsPane,"DISPLAY");
thisLayout.show(this.mainPanel,"SELECT FILE");
this.finishButton.setEnabled(false);
this.backButton.setEnabled(false);
if(newValue==1) {
this.thisLayout.show(this.mainPanel, "SQL CONNECTION");
this.nextButton.setEnabled(true);
this.nextButton.setText("Connect..");
this.cancelButton.setEnabled(true);
this.backButton.setEnabled(true);
}
if(newValue==2) {
this.thisLayout.show(this.mainPanel, "PARSER");
this.nextButton.setEnabled(true);
this.nextButton.setText("Parse..");
this.cancelButton.setEnabled(true);
this.backButton.setEnabled(true);
}
i want the next button to perform specific actions on SELECT FILE and SQL CONNECTION.
is it possible to use command patterns?

Ok, so, You add action listeners to buttons. These action listeners do something when an event occurs.
You want to change the functionality of the button depending on which panel is being displayed? Why not set a instance variable which reflects the state of the Wizard?
For example (roughly),
int state = 0; // home panel
change panel to help page, event listener is fire, set 'state' to 1. You are now tracking which panel is being displayed.
Now, in your original problem, when the button (the one you want multiple functionality with) fires, you can choose the action it will take based on the 'state' var.

have look at CardLayout
those cards put to the JDialog (JDialog has preimplemented by default BorderLayout) to the CENTER area
create a new JPanel and place there JButtons
JPanel with JButtons put to the SOUTH area
search here, on this forum, there are a few excelent examples for wizard or image previue based on CardLayout

try the following code for button:
JButton btn1;
btn1= new javax.swing.JButton();
btn1.setToolTipText("Submit");
btn1.setContentAreaFilled(false);
btn1.setBorderPainted(false);
btn1.setMargin(new java.awt.Insets(2, 2, 2, 2));
btn1.addActionListener(this);
btn1.setIcon(this.getIcons()[21]);
add(btn1); // add to Jpanel
btn1.setBounds(250,10, 12, 12);
public void actionPerformed(java.awt.event.ActionEvent evt) {
Object obj = evt.getSource();
if (obj == btn1) {
// your function on on click of button
return;
}