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java simple bouncing ball flickers

This is just a simple red ball going up and down and i see it flickering. I already saw few subjects about that but did not find any answer that helped me.
Thank you :)
The Window class with the go method that makes the ball goes up and down.
The panel that also contains the ball positions and that just repaints.
Window.java
import java.awt.Dimension;
import javax.swing.JFrame;
public class Window extends JFrame
{
public static void main(String[] args)
{
new Window();
}
public Panel pan = new Panel();
public Window()
{
this.setSize(600, 600);
this.setDefaultCloseOperation(JFrame.EXIT_ON_CLOSE);
this.setLocationRelativeTo(null);
this.setContentPane(pan);
this.setVisible(true);
go();
}
private void go()
{
int vecY = 1;
while (true)
{
if (pan.y <= 100)
{
vecY = 1;
}
else if (pan.y >= 400)
{
vecY = -1;
}
pan.y += vecY;
pan.repaint();
try
{
Thread.sleep(10);
}
catch (InterruptedException e)
{
e.printStackTrace();
}
}
}
}
Panel.java
import java.awt.Color;
import java.awt.Graphics;
import javax.swing.JPanel;
public class Panel extends JPanel
{
public int x = 300;
public int y = 300;
public void paintComponent(Graphics g)
{
g.setColor(Color.white);
g.fillRect(0, 0, this.getWidth(), this.getHeight());
g.setColor(Color.red);
g.fillOval(x, y, 50, 50);
}
}

There are a number of possible issues. The primary issue is likely to be a thread race condition between your while-loop and the paintComponent method.
Your while-loop is capable of change the state of the y position before the paintComponent has a chance to paint it's state. Painting is done at the leisure of the paint sub system, so calling repaint simply makes a request to the RepaintManager which decides what and when an actual paint cycle might take place, this means that you could be dropping frames.
For most animations in Swing, a Swing Timer is more the capable. It's safe to update the UI from within, as the ActionListener is called within the context of the EDT but won't block the EDT
For example:
import java.awt.Color;
import java.awt.Dimension;
import java.awt.Graphics;
import java.awt.event.ActionEvent;
import java.awt.event.ActionListener;
import javax.swing.JFrame;
import javax.swing.JPanel;
import javax.swing.SwingUtilities;
import javax.swing.Timer;
public class Window extends JFrame {
public static void main(String[] args) {
SwingUtilities.invokeLater(new Runnable() {
#Override
public void run() {
new Window();
}
});
}
public Panel pan = new Panel();
public Window() {
this.setDefaultCloseOperation(JFrame.EXIT_ON_CLOSE);
this.setContentPane(pan);
pack();
this.setLocationRelativeTo(null);
this.setVisible(true);
go();
}
private void go() {
Timer timer = new Timer(10, new ActionListener() {
#Override
public void actionPerformed(ActionEvent e) {
pan.updateAnmationState();
}
});
timer.start();
}
public class Panel extends JPanel {
private int x = 300;
private int y = 300;
private int vecY = 1;
public void updateAnmationState() {
if (y <= 100) {
vecY = 1;
} else if (y >= 400) {
vecY = -1;
}
y += vecY;
repaint();
}
#Override
public Dimension getPreferredSize() {
return new Dimension(400, 400);
}
protected void paintComponent(Graphics g) {
super.paintComponent(g);
g.setColor(Color.white);
g.fillRect(0, 0, this.getWidth(), this.getHeight());
g.setColor(Color.red);
g.fillOval(x, y, 50, 50);
}
}
}
This example worked fine for me on MiniMac

Adding markers on a map - labels on a lable, on button click Java Netbeans [duplicate]

I used JFrame to import and display an image, and used mousemotionlistener to detect the mouse clicks, and I want to be able to draw on top of the image. I want to be able to, if the user makes a click, make that pixel a certain color while preserving the rest of the image, however, I couldn't find out how to use Graphics to do so without deleting the rest of the image or opening a new window.
public class Simple extends JFrame{
static ImageIcon icon;
static JFrame myframe;
static JLabel mylabel;
static BufferedImage image = null;
public static void main(String[] args) {
try{
image = ImageIO.read(new File("mypic.png"));
}
catch (IOException e) {
e.printStackTrace();
}
icon=new ImageIcon(image);
myframe=new JFrame();
myframe.setSize(200,200);
myframe.setDefaultCloseOperation(JFrame.EXIT_ON_CLOSE);
mylabel=new JLabel();
mylabel.setIcon(icon);
myframe.getContentPane().add(mylabel);
myframe.pack();
Container container = myframe.getContentPane();
MouseMotionEvents3 mousemotion = new MouseMotionEvents3();
container.add(mousemotion);
myframe.setVisible(true);
while(1 == 1) {
if(mousemotion.signal == true) {
System.out.println("second message");
mousemotion.signal = false;
}
}
}
}
class MouseMotionEvents3 extends JPanel implements MouseListener,
MouseMotionListener {
public boolean signal;
public MouseMotionEvents3() {
addMouseListener(this);
addMouseMotionListener(this);
signal = false;
}
public void mouseClicked(MouseEvent me) {
// System.out.println("i hate you");
}
public void mouseEntered(MouseEvent me) {
}
public void mouseExited(MouseEvent me) {
}
public void mousePressed(MouseEvent me) {
signal = true;
System.out.println("message");
}
public void mouseReleased(MouseEvent me) {
}
public void mouseDragged(MouseEvent me) {
}
public void mouseMoved(MouseEvent me) {
}
}

I would highly recommend that you start by having a read through Performing Custom Painting and the 2D Graphics Trail, they will provide you with a starting point.
There are a number of ways you might achieve this, this example simply keeps track of the click points and draws dots over the top of the image
import java.awt.Color;
import java.awt.Dimension;
import java.awt.Graphics;
import java.awt.Graphics2D;
import java.awt.Point;
import java.awt.event.MouseAdapter;
import java.awt.event.MouseEvent;
import java.awt.image.BufferedImage;
import java.io.File;
import java.io.IOException;
import java.util.ArrayList;
import java.util.List;
import javax.imageio.ImageIO;
import javax.swing.JFrame;
import javax.swing.JPanel;
import javax.swing.SwingUtilities;
public class Test {
public static void main(String[] args) {
new Test();
}
public Test() {
SwingUtilities.invokeLater(new Runnable() {
#Override
public void run() {
JFrame frame = new JFrame();
frame.add(new TestPane());
frame.pack();
frame.setLocationRelativeTo(null);
frame.setVisible(true);
}
});
}
public class TestPane extends JPanel {
private List<Point> points;
private BufferedImage image;
public TestPane() {
points = new ArrayList<>(25);
try {
image = ImageIO.read(new File("/Users/shanewhitehead/Desktop/Screen Shot 2017-03-09 at 1.55.18 pm.png"));
} catch (IOException ex) {
ex.printStackTrace();
}
addMouseListener(new MouseAdapter() {
#Override
public void mouseClicked(MouseEvent e) {
points.add(e.getPoint());
repaint();
}
});
}
#Override
public Dimension getPreferredSize() {
return image == null ? new Dimension(200, 200) : new Dimension(image.getWidth(), image.getHeight());
}
#Override
protected void paintComponent(Graphics g) {
super.paintComponent(g);
Graphics2D g2d = (Graphics2D) g.create();
if (image != null) {
g2d.drawImage(image, 0, 0, this);
}
g2d.setColor(Color.RED);
for (Point p : points) {
g2d.fillOval(p.x - 4, p.y - 4, 8, 8);
}
g2d.dispose();
}
}
}
This example draws the dots directly to the image itself...
import java.awt.Color;
import java.awt.Dimension;
import java.awt.Graphics;
import java.awt.Graphics2D;
import java.awt.Point;
import java.awt.event.MouseAdapter;
import java.awt.event.MouseEvent;
import java.awt.image.BufferedImage;
import java.io.File;
import java.io.IOException;
import javax.imageio.ImageIO;
import javax.swing.JFrame;
import javax.swing.JPanel;
import javax.swing.SwingUtilities;
public class Test {
public static void main(String[] args) {
new Test();
}
public Test() {
SwingUtilities.invokeLater(new Runnable() {
#Override
public void run() {
JFrame frame = new JFrame();
frame.add(new TestPane());
frame.pack();
frame.setLocationRelativeTo(null);
frame.setVisible(true);
}
});
}
public class TestPane extends JPanel {
private BufferedImage image;
public TestPane() {
try {
image = ImageIO.read(new File("/Users/shanewhitehead/Desktop/Screen Shot 2017-03-09 at 1.55.18 pm.png"));
} catch (IOException ex) {
ex.printStackTrace();
}
addMouseListener(new MouseAdapter() {
#Override
public void mouseClicked(MouseEvent e) {
if (image != null) {
Point p = e.getPoint();
Graphics2D g2d = image.createGraphics();
g2d.setColor(Color.RED);
g2d.fillOval(p.x - 4, p.y - 4, 8, 8);
g2d.dispose();
repaint();
}
}
});
}
#Override
public Dimension getPreferredSize() {
return image == null ? new Dimension(200, 200) : new Dimension(image.getWidth(), image.getHeight());
}
#Override
protected void paintComponent(Graphics g) {
super.paintComponent(g);
Graphics2D g2d = (Graphics2D) g.create();
g2d.drawImage(image, 0, 0, this);
g2d.dispose();
}
}
}
In both cases, they simply make use of the Graphics2D API

The simplest method would be to have a list of points that represent the pixels you wish to colour. Then override the paint method for the label to first call super.paint (to display the image) and then paint the pixels that have been clicked.
List<Point> points = new ArrayList<>();
myLabel = new JLabel() {
#Override
public void paint(Graphics g) {
super.paint(g);
points.forEach(p -> g.fillRect(p.x, p.y, 1, 1));
}
};
In your mouse handling just add the current point to the list and repaint the label.
public void mouseClicked(MouseEvent me) {
points.add(me.getPoint());
myLabel.repaint();
}
There are more sophisticated methods that involve buffered images but this is likely good enough to get you started.

I figured it out, I can use the getGraphics() method of the JFrame to allow myself to draw on top of the image.
edit: Andrew Thompson is right, minimizing the window removes the changes.

How to draw on top of an image in Java?

I used JFrame to import and display an image, and used mousemotionlistener to detect the mouse clicks, and I want to be able to draw on top of the image. I want to be able to, if the user makes a click, make that pixel a certain color while preserving the rest of the image, however, I couldn't find out how to use Graphics to do so without deleting the rest of the image or opening a new window.
public class Simple extends JFrame{
static ImageIcon icon;
static JFrame myframe;
static JLabel mylabel;
static BufferedImage image = null;
public static void main(String[] args) {
try{
image = ImageIO.read(new File("mypic.png"));
}
catch (IOException e) {
e.printStackTrace();
}
icon=new ImageIcon(image);
myframe=new JFrame();
myframe.setSize(200,200);
myframe.setDefaultCloseOperation(JFrame.EXIT_ON_CLOSE);
mylabel=new JLabel();
mylabel.setIcon(icon);
myframe.getContentPane().add(mylabel);
myframe.pack();
Container container = myframe.getContentPane();
MouseMotionEvents3 mousemotion = new MouseMotionEvents3();
container.add(mousemotion);
myframe.setVisible(true);
while(1 == 1) {
if(mousemotion.signal == true) {
System.out.println("second message");
mousemotion.signal = false;
}
}
}
}
class MouseMotionEvents3 extends JPanel implements MouseListener,
MouseMotionListener {
public boolean signal;
public MouseMotionEvents3() {
addMouseListener(this);
addMouseMotionListener(this);
signal = false;
}
public void mouseClicked(MouseEvent me) {
// System.out.println("i hate you");
}
public void mouseEntered(MouseEvent me) {
}
public void mouseExited(MouseEvent me) {
}
public void mousePressed(MouseEvent me) {
signal = true;
System.out.println("message");
}
public void mouseReleased(MouseEvent me) {
}
public void mouseDragged(MouseEvent me) {
}
public void mouseMoved(MouseEvent me) {
}
}

I would highly recommend that you start by having a read through Performing Custom Painting and the 2D Graphics Trail, they will provide you with a starting point.
There are a number of ways you might achieve this, this example simply keeps track of the click points and draws dots over the top of the image
import java.awt.Color;
import java.awt.Dimension;
import java.awt.Graphics;
import java.awt.Graphics2D;
import java.awt.Point;
import java.awt.event.MouseAdapter;
import java.awt.event.MouseEvent;
import java.awt.image.BufferedImage;
import java.io.File;
import java.io.IOException;
import java.util.ArrayList;
import java.util.List;
import javax.imageio.ImageIO;
import javax.swing.JFrame;
import javax.swing.JPanel;
import javax.swing.SwingUtilities;
public class Test {
public static void main(String[] args) {
new Test();
}
public Test() {
SwingUtilities.invokeLater(new Runnable() {
#Override
public void run() {
JFrame frame = new JFrame();
frame.add(new TestPane());
frame.pack();
frame.setLocationRelativeTo(null);
frame.setVisible(true);
}
});
}
public class TestPane extends JPanel {
private List<Point> points;
private BufferedImage image;
public TestPane() {
points = new ArrayList<>(25);
try {
image = ImageIO.read(new File("/Users/shanewhitehead/Desktop/Screen Shot 2017-03-09 at 1.55.18 pm.png"));
} catch (IOException ex) {
ex.printStackTrace();
}
addMouseListener(new MouseAdapter() {
#Override
public void mouseClicked(MouseEvent e) {
points.add(e.getPoint());
repaint();
}
});
}
#Override
public Dimension getPreferredSize() {
return image == null ? new Dimension(200, 200) : new Dimension(image.getWidth(), image.getHeight());
}
#Override
protected void paintComponent(Graphics g) {
super.paintComponent(g);
Graphics2D g2d = (Graphics2D) g.create();
if (image != null) {
g2d.drawImage(image, 0, 0, this);
}
g2d.setColor(Color.RED);
for (Point p : points) {
g2d.fillOval(p.x - 4, p.y - 4, 8, 8);
}
g2d.dispose();
}
}
}
This example draws the dots directly to the image itself...
import java.awt.Color;
import java.awt.Dimension;
import java.awt.Graphics;
import java.awt.Graphics2D;
import java.awt.Point;
import java.awt.event.MouseAdapter;
import java.awt.event.MouseEvent;
import java.awt.image.BufferedImage;
import java.io.File;
import java.io.IOException;
import javax.imageio.ImageIO;
import javax.swing.JFrame;
import javax.swing.JPanel;
import javax.swing.SwingUtilities;
public class Test {
public static void main(String[] args) {
new Test();
}
public Test() {
SwingUtilities.invokeLater(new Runnable() {
#Override
public void run() {
JFrame frame = new JFrame();
frame.add(new TestPane());
frame.pack();
frame.setLocationRelativeTo(null);
frame.setVisible(true);
}
});
}
public class TestPane extends JPanel {
private BufferedImage image;
public TestPane() {
try {
image = ImageIO.read(new File("/Users/shanewhitehead/Desktop/Screen Shot 2017-03-09 at 1.55.18 pm.png"));
} catch (IOException ex) {
ex.printStackTrace();
}
addMouseListener(new MouseAdapter() {
#Override
public void mouseClicked(MouseEvent e) {
if (image != null) {
Point p = e.getPoint();
Graphics2D g2d = image.createGraphics();
g2d.setColor(Color.RED);
g2d.fillOval(p.x - 4, p.y - 4, 8, 8);
g2d.dispose();
repaint();
}
}
});
}
#Override
public Dimension getPreferredSize() {
return image == null ? new Dimension(200, 200) : new Dimension(image.getWidth(), image.getHeight());
}
#Override
protected void paintComponent(Graphics g) {
super.paintComponent(g);
Graphics2D g2d = (Graphics2D) g.create();
g2d.drawImage(image, 0, 0, this);
g2d.dispose();
}
}
}
In both cases, they simply make use of the Graphics2D API

The simplest method would be to have a list of points that represent the pixels you wish to colour. Then override the paint method for the label to first call super.paint (to display the image) and then paint the pixels that have been clicked.
List<Point> points = new ArrayList<>();
myLabel = new JLabel() {
#Override
public void paint(Graphics g) {
super.paint(g);
points.forEach(p -> g.fillRect(p.x, p.y, 1, 1));
}
};
In your mouse handling just add the current point to the list and repaint the label.
public void mouseClicked(MouseEvent me) {
points.add(me.getPoint());
myLabel.repaint();
}
There are more sophisticated methods that involve buffered images but this is likely good enough to get you started.

I figured it out, I can use the getGraphics() method of the JFrame to allow myself to draw on top of the image.
edit: Andrew Thompson is right, minimizing the window removes the changes.

Easier way to make a paint application in java?

So basically I have some code I was working on a couple of days ago that is kind of like Paint, which allows you to essentially draw on the screen using the mouse. I kind of discovered this property by accident, and I realized that it is really inefficient and i'm wondering if there is a more practical way to do this. There isn't really any reason to give all of my code, but here are the important parts
private static void createAndShowGui() {
SimpleDraw mainPanel = new SimpleDraw();
MenuBar.createMenuBar();
JLabel label = new JLabel();
label.setText("Drawing prototype 0.0.1");
// label.setHorizontalTextPosition(JLabel.NORTH);
label.setFont(new Font("Serif", Font.BOLD, 20));
frame.setDefaultCloseOperation(JFrame.EXIT_ON_CLOSE);
frame.getContentPane().add(mainPanel);
frame.pack();
frame.setLocationByPlatform(true);
frame.getContentPane().setLayout(new BoxLayout(frame.getContentPane(),BoxLayout.PAGE_AXIS));
frame.setVisible(true);
frame.setJMenuBar(MenuBar.getMenuBar());
frame.setBackground(Color.WHITE);
frame.add(label);
The code block above sets up the jframe (the window)
#Override
public void mouseDragged(MouseEvent e)
{
// These console outputs are just so that I know what is happening
System.out.println("Event: MOUSE_DRAG");
System.out.println(e.getX());
System.out.println(e.getY());
System.out.println(e.getComponent());
System.out.println(e.getWhen());
System.out.println(e.getButton());
MOUSE_X = e.getX() - 5; //-5 so that the cursor represents the center of the square, not the top left corner.
MOUSE_Y = e.getY() - 5; //^
rect = new Rectangle(MOUSE_X, MOUSE_Y, 10, 10 ); //This doesn't ever come into action.
repaint();
}
The code above pretty much just sets the MOUSE_X and MOUSE_Y variables and the repaint(); method
#Override
protected void paintComponent(Graphics g) {
Graphics2D g2 = (Graphics2D) g;
if (rect != null) {
if (!colorChoice.equals("Default"))
{
g2.setColor(Color.BLACK);
}
switch(colorChoice) {
case "GRAY":
g2.setColor(Color.GRAY);
break;
case "CYAN":
g2.setColor(Color.CYAN);
break;
case "BLUE":
g2.setColor(Color.BLUE);
break;
case "RED":
g2.setColor(Color.RED);
break;
case "PINK":
g2.setColor(Color.PINK);
break;
case "YELLOW":
g2.setColor(Color.YELLOW);
break;
case "GREEN":
g2.setColor(Color.GREEN);
break;
case "PURPLE":
g2.setColor(Color.MAGENTA);
break;
case "RESET":
g2.setColor(Color.WHITE);
case "WHITE":
g2.setColor(Color.WHITE);
}
g2.fillRect(MOUSE_X, MOUSE_Y, 15, 15);
if (colorChoice.equals("RESET"))
resetColorOnCursor();
}
}
public static void clearBoard()
{
tempColor = colorChoice;
setColorChoice("RESET");
frame.repaint();
}
public static void resetColorOnCursor()
{
setColorChoice(tempColor);
}
This is the thing I came across accidentally. What I was trying to do when I found this out was basically make a square follow your cursor whenever you moved your mouse. But I forgot to type the code part paintComponent(g);, which turns this program into the thing that I originally intended. The bottom parts of this are essentially how I would clear the board. I'm 100% sure that this isn't the proper way to clear/reset a frame like this, but I couldn't find another way. If anyone has any tips or better methods to use to do this properly I would be very appreciative. Thanks! :D

You're current approach is basically breaking the requirements of the paint chain, by not calling super.paintComponent. The paintComponent method does a set of operations, which you are not taking over and which could result in some very weird paint artifacts which are difficult to replicate consistently.
Graphics is a shared resource, so the Graphics context which was used to paint some other control will be the same which is used to paint your component, unless you are "cleaning" the context before hand, what was previously painted to the context will remain (which is why you code currently "seems" to work).
Instead, you should use a MouseListener to define a anchor point, which represents the point at which the mouse was pressed and then use the MouseMotionListener to define the extent of the selection area, for example...
import java.awt.AlphaComposite;
import java.awt.Dimension;
import java.awt.EventQueue;
import java.awt.Graphics;
import java.awt.Graphics2D;
import java.awt.Point;
import java.awt.Rectangle;
import java.awt.event.MouseAdapter;
import java.awt.event.MouseEvent;
import javax.swing.JFrame;
import javax.swing.JPanel;
import javax.swing.UIManager;
import javax.swing.UnsupportedLookAndFeelException;
public class SelectExample {
public static void main(String[] args) {
new SelectExample();
}
public SelectExample() {
EventQueue.invokeLater(new Runnable() {
#Override
public void run() {
try {
UIManager.setLookAndFeel(UIManager.getSystemLookAndFeelClassName());
} catch (ClassNotFoundException | InstantiationException | IllegalAccessException | UnsupportedLookAndFeelException ex) {
ex.printStackTrace();
}
JFrame frame = new JFrame("Testing");
frame.setDefaultCloseOperation(JFrame.EXIT_ON_CLOSE);
frame.add(new TestPane());
frame.pack();
frame.setLocationRelativeTo(null);
frame.setVisible(true);
}
});
}
public class TestPane extends JPanel {
private Rectangle selection;
public TestPane() {
MouseAdapter ma = new MouseAdapter() {
private Point clickPoint;
#Override
public void mousePressed(MouseEvent e) {
clickPoint = e.getPoint();
selection = null;
}
#Override
public void mouseDragged(MouseEvent e) {
Point dragPoint = e.getPoint();
int x = Math.min(clickPoint.x, dragPoint.x);
int y = Math.min(clickPoint.y, dragPoint.y);
int width = Math.max(clickPoint.x, dragPoint.x) - x;
int height = Math.max(clickPoint.y, dragPoint.y) - y;
if (selection == null) {
selection = new Rectangle(x, y, width, height);
} else {
selection.setBounds(x, y, width, height);
}
repaint();
}
#Override
public void mouseReleased(MouseEvent e) {
selection = null;
repaint();
}
};
addMouseListener(ma);
addMouseMotionListener(ma);
}
#Override
public Dimension getPreferredSize() {
return new Dimension(200, 200);
}
protected void paintComponent(Graphics g) {
super.paintComponent(g);
if (selection != null) {
g.setColor(UIManager.getColor("List.selectionBackground"));
Graphics2D g2d = (Graphics2D) g.create();
g2d.setComposite(AlphaComposite.SrcOver.derive(0.5f));
g2d.fill(selection);
g2d.dispose();
g2d = (Graphics2D) g.create();
g2d.draw(selection);
g2d.dispose();
}
}
}
}
Just to highlight the issue you will face if you continue to violate the requirements of the paintComponent method, this is what happens when I don't call super.paintComponent
I simply added two JButton's to the JFrame (so not even directly to the panel). paintComponent does a series of important jobs, which you neglected to perform, which is going to cause more problems and issues.
Free form line example...
A free form line is actually a illusion, it's a series of (small) lines drawn between a series of points, the reason for this is because the MouseListener won't report every mouse position it moves across, depending on the speed the mouse is moved, you might get lots of call backs or a few.
So, instead of drawing to just draw the points, we store the points in a List and draw lines between them, for example...
import java.awt.AlphaComposite;
import java.awt.Dimension;
import java.awt.EventQueue;
import java.awt.Graphics;
import java.awt.Graphics2D;
import java.awt.Point;
import java.awt.Rectangle;
import java.awt.event.MouseAdapter;
import java.awt.event.MouseEvent;
import java.util.ArrayList;
import java.util.List;
import javax.swing.JFrame;
import javax.swing.JPanel;
import javax.swing.UIManager;
import javax.swing.UnsupportedLookAndFeelException;
public class FreeFormLines {
public static void main(String[] args) {
new FreeFormLines();
}
public FreeFormLines() {
EventQueue.invokeLater(new Runnable() {
#Override
public void run() {
try {
UIManager.setLookAndFeel(UIManager.getSystemLookAndFeelClassName());
} catch (ClassNotFoundException | InstantiationException | IllegalAccessException | UnsupportedLookAndFeelException ex) {
ex.printStackTrace();
}
JFrame frame = new JFrame("Testing");
frame.setDefaultCloseOperation(JFrame.EXIT_ON_CLOSE);
frame.add(new TestPane());
frame.pack();
frame.setLocationRelativeTo(null);
frame.setVisible(true);
}
});
}
public class TestPane extends JPanel {
private List<List<Point>> points;
public TestPane() {
points = new ArrayList<>(25);
MouseAdapter ma = new MouseAdapter() {
private List<Point> currentPath;
#Override
public void mousePressed(MouseEvent e) {
currentPath = new ArrayList<>(25);
currentPath.add(e.getPoint());
points.add(currentPath);
}
#Override
public void mouseDragged(MouseEvent e) {
Point dragPoint = e.getPoint();
currentPath.add(dragPoint);
repaint();
}
#Override
public void mouseReleased(MouseEvent e) {
currentPath = null;
}
};
addMouseListener(ma);
addMouseMotionListener(ma);
}
#Override
public Dimension getPreferredSize() {
return new Dimension(200, 200);
}
protected void paintComponent(Graphics g) {
super.paintComponent(g);
Graphics2D g2d = (Graphics2D) g.create();
for (List<Point> path : points) {
Point from = null;
for (Point p : path) {
if (from != null) {
g2d.drawLine(from.x, from.y, p.x, p.y);
}
from = p;
}
}
g2d.dispose();
}
}
}

This is a simple example for a practical paint Application, where you can control and change the size and the Color of your drawing.
public class Main extends Application{
#Override
public void start(Stage stage){
try{
g = can.getGraphicsContext2D();
g.setStroke(Color.BLACK);
g.setLineWidth(1);
c.setValue(Color.BLACK);
c.setOnAction(e->{
g.setStroke(c.getValue());
});
sli.setMin(1);
sli.setMax(100);
sli.setShowTickLabels(true);
sli.setShowTickMarks(true);
sli.valueProperty().addListener(e->{
double val = sli.getValue();
String str = String.format("%.1f", val);
lab.setText(str);
g.setLineWidth(val);
});
gri.addRow(0, c, sli, lab);
gri.setHgap(20);
gri.setAlignement(Pos.TOP_CENTER);
gri.setPadding( new Insets( 20, 0, 0, 0));
scene.setOnMousePressed(e->{.
g.beginPath();
g.lineTo(e.getSceneX(), e.getSceneY());
g.stroke();
});
scene.setOnMoudrDragged(e->{.
g.lineTo(e.getSceneX(), e.getSceneY());
g.stroke();
});
pan.getChildren().addAll(can, gri);
stage.setScene(scene);
stage.show();
}catch(Exception e){
e.printStrackTrace();
}
Canvas can = new Canvas(760, 490);
GraphicsContext g ;
ColorPicker c = new ColorPicker();
Slider sli = new Slider();
Label lab = new Label("1.0");
GridPane gri = new GridPane();
StackPane pan = new StackPane();
Scene scene = new Scene(pan, 760, 490);
public static void main (String [] args){
launch(args);
}
}

Or we can try drawing for only java code , I think it's so easy and powerful.
package drawingbymouse;
import java.awt.*;
import java.awt.event.*;
public class DrawingByMouse extends Frame
implements MouseMotionListener{
DrawingByMouse(){
addMouseMotionListener(this);
setSize(400, 400);
setLayout(null);
setVisible(true);
}
#Override
public void mouseDragged(MouseEvent e){
Graphics g = getGraphics();
g.setColor(Color.BLACK);
g.fillOval(e.getX(), e.getY(), 10, 10);
}
public void mouseMoved(MouseEvent e){
}
public static void main (String[]args){
new DrawingByMouse();
}
}

painting a particular button from a grid of buttons

The following grid of buttons is defined as :
JButton button_x = new RoundButton();
where RoundButton is defined as :
public class RoundButton extends JButton {
public RoundButton(String label) {
super(label);
this.setContentAreaFilled(false);
Dimension size = this.getPreferredSize();
size.height = size.width = Math.max(size.height, size.width);
this.setPreferredSize(size);
}
#Override
protected void paintComponent(Graphics g) {
if(!GameState.getIfComplete()) { // If the game is not complete or has just started
this.setBorder(null);
g.setColor(Color.BLACK);
g.fillRect(0, 0, this.getSize().width, this.getSize().height);
if(this.getModel().isArmed()) {
g.setColor(Color.RED);
}else {
g.setColor(Color.GREEN);
}
g.fillOval(0,0,this.getSize().width-1,this.getSize().height-1);
super.paintComponent(g);
}else {
this.setBorder(null);
g.setColor(Color.BLACK);
g.fillRect(0, 0, this.getSize().width, this.getSize().height);
g.setColor(Color.WHITE);
g.fillOval(0,0,this.getSize().width-1,this.getSize().height-1);
super.paintComponent(g);
}
}
}
Currently all the buttons are painted in green, but on a certain condition I want to paint particular buttons in white (which is the code in the else part).For instance when !GameState.getIfComplete() returns false I want to paint the buttons in the first column in white. So I call repaint as :
buttons[0].repaint();
buttons[3].repaint();
buttons[6].repaint();
But this doesn't work ! With the first column some other buttons are also painted in white. Why is that ?
What is wrong with the call ? How do I paint a particular button ?

The problem is the reliance on the GameState, ALL your round buttons use the same logic to paint themselves, that is, when the game is completed, they will all be painted WHITE
Instead, you should rely on the properties of the button. Set it up so that the colors are actually derived from the button itself.
import java.awt.BorderLayout;
import java.awt.Color;
import java.awt.Dimension;
import java.awt.EventQueue;
import java.awt.Graphics;
import java.awt.GridLayout;
import java.awt.event.ActionEvent;
import java.awt.event.ActionListener;
import javax.swing.JButton;
import javax.swing.JFrame;
import javax.swing.JPanel;
import javax.swing.UIManager;
import javax.swing.UnsupportedLookAndFeelException;
public class BadButton01 {
public static void main(String[] args) {
new BadButton01();
}
public BadButton01() {
EventQueue.invokeLater(new Runnable() {
#Override
public void run() {
try {
UIManager.setLookAndFeel(UIManager.getSystemLookAndFeelClassName());
} catch (ClassNotFoundException | InstantiationException | IllegalAccessException | UnsupportedLookAndFeelException ex) {
}
JFrame frame = new JFrame("Testing");
frame.setDefaultCloseOperation(JFrame.EXIT_ON_CLOSE);
frame.setLayout(new BorderLayout());
frame.add(new TestPane());
frame.pack();
frame.setLocationRelativeTo(null);
frame.setVisible(true);
}
});
}
public static class GameState {
private static boolean isComplete;
public static boolean getIfComplete() {
return isComplete;
}
public static void setComplete(boolean value) {
isComplete = value;
}
}
public class TestPane extends JPanel {
private RoundButton[] btns = new RoundButton[]
{
new RoundButton("1"),
new RoundButton("2"),
new RoundButton("3"),
new RoundButton("4"),
new RoundButton("5"),
new RoundButton("6"),
new RoundButton("7"),
new RoundButton("8"),
new RoundButton("9")
};
public TestPane() {
setLayout(new GridLayout(3, 3));
for (RoundButton btn : btns) {
add(btn);
}
btns[0].addActionListener(new ActionListener() {
#Override
public void actionPerformed(ActionEvent e) {
GameState.setComplete(true);
btns[0].setBackground(Color.WHITE);
btns[1].setBackground(Color.WHITE);
btns[2].setBackground(Color.WHITE);
repaint();
}
});
}
}
public class RoundButton extends JButton {
public RoundButton(String label) {
super(label);
this.setContentAreaFilled(false);
setBorderPainted(false);
setFocusPainted(false);
setOpaque(false);
Dimension size = this.getPreferredSize();
size.height = size.width = Math.max(size.height, size.width);
this.setPreferredSize(size);
setBackground(Color.GREEN);
}
#Override
protected void paintComponent(Graphics g) {
// if (!GameState.getIfComplete()) { // If the game is not complete or has just started
// this.setBorder(null);
// g.setColor(Color.BLACK);
// g.fillRect(0, 0, this.getSize().width, this.getSize().height);
if (this.getModel().isArmed()) {
g.setColor(Color.RED);
} else {
// g.setColor(Color.GREEN);
g.setColor(getBackground());
}
// } else {
// this.setBorder(null);
// g.setColor(Color.BLACK);
// g.fillRect(0, 0, this.getSize().width, this.getSize().height);
// g.setColor(Color.WHITE);
// g.fillOval(0, 0, this.getSize().width - 1, this.getSize().height - 1);
// g.setColor(getBackground());
// }
g.fillOval(0, 0, this.getSize().width - 1, this.getSize().height - 1);
super.paintComponent(g);
}
}
}