Why won't my Jbutton do anything on click? - java

I've been trying to make it so my button will close out of the frame on click but it never does anything. I've looked through several stackoverflow threads but none of them seems to work on my this.. here is what I have so far
JButton start = new JButton("Start");
start.setBounds(251, 216, 119, 23);
start.addActionListener(new ActionListener(){
#Override
public void actionPerformed(ActionEvent evt) {
try {
int hpToEat = Integer.parseInt(GUI.textField.getText());
Frost.hp = hpToEat;
} catch(NumberFormatException nfe) {
GUI.textField.setText("");
}
setVisible(false);
}
});
contentPane.add(start);
I have tried making a closeFrame method which uses super.dispose(); and I've also tried system.exit(0);
Does anyone have any idea as to why My button won't do What i want it to do?
Someone requested the rest of my code so here it is:
import java.awt.BorderLayout;
import java.awt.EventQueue;
import javax.swing.JFrame;
import javax.swing.JPanel;
import javax.swing.border.EmptyBorder;
import javax.swing.JLabel;
import java.awt.Font;
import java.awt.event.ActionEvent;
import java.awt.event.ActionListener;
import javax.swing.JCheckBox;
import javax.swing.JTextField;
import javax.swing.JButton;
public class GUI extends JFrame{
private JPanel contentPane;
public static JTextField textField;
/**
* Launch the application.
*/
public static void main(String[] args) {
EventQueue.invokeLater(new Runnable() {
public void run() {
try {
GUI frame = new GUI();
frame.setVisible(true);
} catch (Exception e) {
e.printStackTrace();
}
}
});
}
/**
* Create the frame.
*/
public GUI() {
//LABELS ===================================================================================================

The problem is that GUI.textfield is not what you think it is. You're shadowing the field here:
JTextField textField = new JTextField();
That creates a local variable by the name textField, it does not set the static field you're using in the action listener. A quick fix would be writing just:
textField = new JTextField();
However, I recommend getting out of the habit of using static fields. That approach does not scale. Furthermore, don't use absolute positioning. It leads to no end of trouble (just browse a few questions in the swing tag for examples). Learn to use layout managers right from the start.

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Bypass forced JOptionPane

I am using a scripting API for making a script for a bot for a game I play, however whenever I override a bot manager, a JOptionPane appears that blocks execution until I close it, however I would like to run this script without human intervention, so I would like to bypass this pane.
I have tried to overwrite the JOptionPane class at runtime to no avail, and I have tried contacting the developer of the bot's API to add an override however he doesn't want to add an override.
I am open to any methods of resolving this (reflection, etc.), I was thinking of detecting the pane's title and force-closing it however that it way beyond my skill level.
Pane title: Override Warning!
I would add the pane text however it reveals personal information.
Here is the possibility to suppress all JOptionPane dialogs. If you want to do it with some of them you probably need to provide additional check for dialog title.
import java.awt.AWTEvent;
import java.awt.BorderLayout;
import java.awt.Component;
import java.awt.FlowLayout;
import java.awt.Toolkit;
import java.awt.event.AWTEventListener;
import java.awt.event.ActionEvent;
import java.awt.event.ActionListener;
import java.awt.event.WindowEvent;
import javax.swing.JButton;
import javax.swing.JCheckBox;
import javax.swing.JDialog;
import javax.swing.JFrame;
import javax.swing.JOptionPane;
import javax.swing.JPanel;
import javax.swing.SwingUtilities;
import javax.swing.WindowConstants;
public class CloseDialog implements Runnable {
private final AWTEventListener hideOptionPaneListener = new AWTEventListener() {
#Override
public void eventDispatched(AWTEvent event) {
if (event instanceof WindowEvent) {
processWindowEvent((WindowEvent) event);
}
}
};
private void processWindowEvent(WindowEvent we) {
if (we.getID() == WindowEvent.WINDOW_OPENED && we.getWindow() instanceof JDialog) {
final JDialog dlg = (JDialog) we.getWindow();
Component[] comps = dlg.getContentPane().getComponents();
if (comps.length > 0 && comps[0] instanceof JOptionPane) { // probably also check dialog title
dlg.setVisible(false);
}
}
}
#Override
public void run() {
final JFrame frm = new JFrame("Test frame");
JButton button = new JButton("Show option pane");
button.addActionListener(new ActionListener() {
#Override
public void actionPerformed(ActionEvent e) {
JOptionPane.showMessageDialog(frm, "Simple message");
}
});
final JCheckBox checkBox = new JCheckBox("Suppress option pane");
checkBox.addActionListener(new ActionListener() {
#Override
public void actionPerformed(ActionEvent e) {
if (checkBox.isSelected()) {
Toolkit.getDefaultToolkit().addAWTEventListener(hideOptionPaneListener, AWTEvent.WINDOW_EVENT_MASK);
} else {
Toolkit.getDefaultToolkit().removeAWTEventListener(hideOptionPaneListener);
}
}
});
JPanel top = new JPanel(new FlowLayout());
top.add(button);
frm.add(top, BorderLayout.NORTH);
frm.add(checkBox, BorderLayout.SOUTH);
frm.setSize(400, 200);
frm.setLocationRelativeTo(null);
frm.setDefaultCloseOperation(WindowConstants.EXIT_ON_CLOSE);
frm.setVisible(true);
}
public static void main(String[] args) {
SwingUtilities.invokeLater(new CloseDialog());
}
}

Resize JDialog by pushing it against the edge of the screen

I have a JFrame and a JDialog. The latter simply contains a JTextArea. Windows 7 gives now the possibility to resize a window to the half of the screen by pushing it against the right or the left edge. This works fine with the JFrame window. However, the JDialog window does not react to it, though it is manually resizable. I suppose it is closely connected with the missing maximize/minimize function of JDialogs. On the other hand, creating a JFrame as subframe is not recommended.
** Edit 1 **
Here a test code:
import java.awt.FlowLayout;
import java.awt.event.ActionEvent;
import java.awt.event.ActionListener;
import javax.swing.JButton;
import javax.swing.JDialog;
import javax.swing.JFrame;
import javax.swing.JTextPane;
import javax.swing.WindowConstants;
public class JDialogResizetest extends JFrame {
private JButton openButton;
public JDialogResizetest() {
openButton = new JButton();
setDefaultCloseOperation(WindowConstants.EXIT_ON_CLOSE);
getContentPane().setLayout(new FlowLayout());
openButton.setText("Open");
openButton.addActionListener(new ActionListener() {
public void actionPerformed(ActionEvent evt) {
openButtonActionPerformed(evt);
}
});
getContentPane().add(openButton);
pack();
}
private void openButtonActionPerformed(ActionEvent evt) {
JDialog dialog = new JDialog(this, false);
dialog.getContentPane().add(new JTextPane());
dialog.setVisible(true);
}
public static void main(String args[]) {
java.awt.EventQueue.invokeLater(new Runnable() {
public void run() {
new JDialogResizetest().setVisible(true);
}
});
}
}
Here a picture of the desired behavior:

Java - Changing Icon of JLabel does not Work

I am trying to change the icon (background) of a JLabel, but I am having an issue with the icon not updating. Whenever I tried lblStatusImg.setIcon(new ImageIcon(Brix_Updater_Module.class.getResource("/resources/fail.png"))); to change the JLabel in the main method, the compiler was first complaining that the variable lblStatusImg did not exist, so I moved it from the JFrame initialization method to a class level variable. After this, Eclipse complained that I was trying to reference a nonstatic method from static context, so I made lblStatusImg static. This made it possible for the program to compile, but the icon did not change whenever it was supposed to.
Since it's kind of hard to understand my problem here is a download link for an Eclipse workspace that demonstrates my problem. When you first open it, you will notice that there are some problems with it. They were left there on purpose to make it easier for you to see where I am having a hard time. If Eclipse asks you to make the items in question static, just do it and then run the program. You'll notice that it does not change the label icons as it should.
Since not all of you have Eclipse, here's the entire code from the workspace.
import java.awt.Component;
import java.awt.EventQueue;
import javax.swing.JFrame;
import javax.swing.JLabel;
import java.awt.Font;
import javax.swing.SwingConstants;
import java.awt.Window.Type;
import java.io.BufferedOutputStream;
import java.net.HttpURLConnection;
import java.net.URL;
import java.util.Timer;
import javax.swing.JOptionPane;
import javax.swing.JPanel;
import javax.swing.ImageIcon;
import javax.swing.JButton;
import java.awt.event.ActionEvent;
import java.awt.event.ActionListener;
import java.awt.event.MouseAdapter;
import java.awt.event.MouseEvent;
public class StackOverflow_Image_Resource_Demo {
private JFrame frmUpdate;
JLabel lblStatusImg = new JLabel("");
JButton btnUpdateComplete = new JButton("OK");
/**
* Launch the application.
*/
public static void main(String[] args) {
EventQueue.invokeLater(new Runnable() {
public void run() {
try {
StackOverflow_Image_Resource_Demo window = new StackOverflow_Image_Resource_Demo();
window.frmUpdate.setVisible(true);
} catch (Exception e) {
e.printStackTrace();
}
}
});
try {
lblStatusImg.setIcon(new ImageIcon(StackOverflow_Image_Resource_Demo.class.getResource("success.png")));
btnUpdateComplete.setVisible(true);
}
catch(Exception e)
{
Component frame = null;
lblStatusImg.setIcon(new ImageIcon(StackOverflow_Image_Resource_Demo.class.getResource("/resources/fail.png")));
JOptionPane.showMessageDialog(frame, "Update Failed", "Update Failed", JOptionPane.ERROR_MESSAGE);
System.exit(1);
}
}
/**
* Create the application.
*/
public StackOverflow_Image_Resource_Demo() {
initialize();
}
/**
* Initialize the contents of the frame.
*/
private void initialize() {
frmUpdate = new JFrame();
frmUpdate.setType(Type.UTILITY);
frmUpdate.setTitle("StackOverflow Image Resource Issue Demo");
frmUpdate.setBounds(100, 100, 450, 300);
frmUpdate.setDefaultCloseOperation(JFrame.EXIT_ON_CLOSE);
frmUpdate.getContentPane().setLayout(null);
//JLabel lblStatusImg = new JLabel(""); - Commented out when I made lblStatusImg class level.
lblStatusImg.setIcon(new ImageIcon(StackOverflow_Image_Resource_Demo.class.getResource("/resources/updating.gif")));
lblStatusImg.setBounds(10, 22, 414, 97);
frmUpdate.getContentPane().add(lblStatusImg);
//JButton btnUpdateComplete = new JButton("OK"); - Commented out when I made btnUpdateComplete class level.
btnUpdateComplete.setVisible(false);
btnUpdateComplete.addMouseListener(new MouseAdapter() {
#Override
public void mouseReleased(MouseEvent arg0) {
System.exit(1);
}
});
btnUpdateComplete.setBounds(170, 179, 89, 23);
frmUpdate.getContentPane().add(btnUpdateComplete);
}
}
Here is a newer version of my code that updates the image, but doesn't fully load the UI until everything else is done.
import java.awt.Component;
import java.awt.EventQueue;
import javax.swing.JFrame;
import javax.swing.JLabel;
import java.awt.Font;
import javax.swing.SwingConstants;
import java.awt.Window.Type;
import java.io.BufferedOutputStream;
import java.net.HttpURLConnection;
import java.net.URL;
import java.util.Timer;
import javax.swing.JOptionPane;
import javax.swing.JPanel;
import javax.swing.ImageIcon;
import javax.swing.JButton;
import java.awt.event.ActionEvent;
import java.awt.event.ActionListener;
import java.awt.event.MouseAdapter;
import java.awt.event.MouseEvent;
public class StackOverflow_Image_Resource_Demo {
private JFrame frmUpdate;
JLabel lblStatusImg = new JLabel("");
JButton btnUpdateComplete = new JButton("OK");
/**
* Launch the application.
*/
public static void main(String[] args) {
EventQueue.invokeLater(new Runnable() {
public void run() {
try {
StackOverflow_Image_Resource_Demo window = new StackOverflow_Image_Resource_Demo();
try {
lblStatusImg.setIcon(new ImageIcon(StackOverflow_Image_Resource_Demo.class.getResource("success.png")));
btnUpdateComplete.setVisible(true);
}
catch(Exception e)
{
Component frame = null;
lblStatusImg.setIcon(new ImageIcon(StackOverflow_Image_Resource_Demo.class.getResource("/resources/fail.png")));
JOptionPane.showMessageDialog(frame, "Update Failed", "Update Failed", JOptionPane.ERROR_MESSAGE);
System.exit(1);
}
window.frmUpdate.setVisible(true);
} catch (Exception e) {
e.printStackTrace();
}
}
});
}
/**
* Create the application.
*/
public StackOverflow_Image_Resource_Demo() {
initialize();
}
/**
* Initialize the contents of the frame.
*/
private void initialize() {
frmUpdate = new JFrame();
frmUpdate.setType(Type.UTILITY);
frmUpdate.setTitle("StackOverflow Image Resource Issue Demo");
frmUpdate.setBounds(100, 100, 450, 300);
frmUpdate.setDefaultCloseOperation(JFrame.EXIT_ON_CLOSE);
frmUpdate.getContentPane().setLayout(null);
//JLabel lblStatusImg = new JLabel(""); - Commented out when I made lblStatusImg class level.
lblStatusImg.setIcon(new ImageIcon(StackOverflow_Image_Resource_Demo.class.getResource("/resources/updating.gif")));
lblStatusImg.setBounds(10, 22, 414, 97);
frmUpdate.getContentPane().add(lblStatusImg);
//JButton btnUpdateComplete = new JButton("OK"); - Commented out when I made btnUpdateComplete class level.
btnUpdateComplete.setVisible(false);
btnUpdateComplete.addMouseListener(new MouseAdapter() {
#Override
public void mouseReleased(MouseEvent arg0) {
System.exit(1);
}
});
btnUpdateComplete.setBounds(170, 179, 89, 23);
frmUpdate.getContentPane().add(btnUpdateComplete);
}
}
Two things come to find. The first is, as you say, you're trying to reference a non-static variable from a static context.
The second is, you don't seem to understand how threading works...
Basically, main is typically executed within the "main" thread (when executed by the JVM).
You then use EventQueue.invokeLater. Which as, the name suggests, will execute the Runnable "later"...at some time in the future...
EventQueue.invokeLater(new Runnable() {
public void run() {
You then try and change the the icon (let's pass over the non-static reference for a momement)...but lblStatusImg won't have been initialized nor is it likely to have been displayed, as the Runnable has not yet been executed, meaning, even if you didn't run into a NullPointerException, you won't see the change...
You can test by adding a System.out in your Runnable and before the first lblStatusImg.setIcon call in the main method.
What you should do is...
Move the "status" change change to within the Runnable context.
Provide a setStatus method that is capable of changing the label and UI content as required based on the provide status
For example...
public static final int SUCCESS = 0;
public static final int FAIL = 0;
//...
public static void main(String[] args) {
EventQueue.invokeLater(new Runnable() {
public void run() {
try {
StackOverflow_Image_Resource_Demo window = new StackOverflow_Image_Resource_Demo();
// This e
window.frmUpdate.setVisible(true);
window.setStatus(StackOverflow_Image_Resource_Demo.SUCCESS);
} catch (Exception e) {
e.printStackTrace();
Component frame = null;
window.setStatus(StackOverflow_Image_Resource_Demo.FAIL);
JOptionPane.showMessageDialog(frame, "Update Failed", "Update Failed", JOptionPane.ERROR_MESSAGE);
window.dispose();
}
}
});
}
You should avoid exposing instance fields as public and instead, provide methods that either change their state indirectly (such as setStatus) or directly (setStatusIcon). In this case, I prefer the first method as this allows the class to determine what a change in status actually means.

Tanslucent Java Chat showing duplicate components?

Pretty much, once I make my JTextArea and my JTextField transparent, as I type it looks as if all of my components are being duplicated and added to the screen. Am I doing something wrong, or is this a NetBeans bug?
package game;
import java.awt.Color;
import java.awt.event.ActionEvent;
import java.awt.event.ActionListener;
import java.awt.event.MouseAdapter;
import java.awt.event.MouseEvent;
import javax.swing.JButton;
import javax.swing.JFrame;
import javax.swing.JLabel;
import javax.swing.JLayeredPane;
import javax.swing.JScrollPane;
import javax.swing.JTextArea;
import javax.swing.JTextField;
/**
*
* #author xDaegothx
*/
public class Game extends JFrame
{
JLayeredPane LP;
Game_Chat GC;
public Game()
{
LP = new JLayeredPane();
LP.setBackground(Color.black);
LP.setOpaque(true);
GC = new Game_Chat();
GC.setBounds(0,350,400,250);
LP.add(GC);
this.getContentPane().add(LP);
this.setBounds(0,0,1200,700);
this.setDefaultCloseOperation(JFrame.EXIT_ON_CLOSE);
this.setVisible(true);
}
public static void main(String[] args)
{
new Game();
}
public class Game_Chat extends JLabel
{
JTextArea TA;
JScrollPane JSP;
JTextField TF;
JButton Submit_btn;
public Game_Chat()
{
TA = new JTextArea();
TA.setForeground(new Color(255,255,255,0));
TA.setBackground(new Color(255,255,255,0));
TA.setOpaque(true);
TA.setText("Welcome to 'Game'!");
JSP = new JScrollPane(TA);
JSP.setOpaque(true);
JSP.setForeground(new Color(255,255,255,0));
JSP.setBackground(new Color(255,255,255,0));
JSP.setBounds(0,0,400,225);
TF = new JTextField();
TF.setOpaque(true);
//TF.setBackground(new Color(255,255,255,0));
TF.setBounds(0,225,350,25);
Submit_btn = new JButton("Send");
Submit_btn.setBorder(null);
Submit_btn.setBounds(350,225,50,25);
TF.addActionListener(new ActionListener()
{
#Override
public void actionPerformed(ActionEvent ae)
{
Submit();
}
});
Submit_btn.addMouseListener(new MouseAdapter()
{
#Override
public void mouseClicked(MouseEvent me)
{
Submit();
}
});
add(JSP);
add(TF);
add(Submit_btn);
setBackground(Color.gray);
setOpaque(true);
}
public void Submit()
{
String charname = "MyName";
TA.append("\n"+charname+": "+TF.getText());
}
}
}
What is the point of setting both the foreground and background transparent? You will never see the text if it is transparent!
Anyway to make a component completely transparent you don't play with the background. Instead you just use:
textArea.setOpaque(false);
If you want partially transparent backgrounds then you do use the setBackground() method. But you will have painting problems. See Backgrounds With Transparency for an explanation of the problems and some potential solutions.
Also, you should NOT be using setBounds() to set the size/location of a component. Swing was designed to be used with layout managers. So take the time to learn how to use them for better functioning programs.

java, apple default look and feel: How to set color of a button

i want to know how to set the color of a button (in example, but i will need to set every component color) with the apple look and feel.
I found an answer in stackoverflow that suggest to change to the standard look and feel, that works for me, but i prefer not to change because I like apple's one.
Is there any solution?
I know there is because I saw many apps written in java that have colored buttons and also that use particular styles or images as background.
Can you tell me a solution?
Extend the Jbutton class and in that override the repaint() method and call setBackground(COLOR.ORANGE), to change the button color.
Now use this class to create all your buttons. If you wish to change color of a specific button, call the setBackground(COLOR.ORANGE) method on that specific button. Hope this helps. Have a look at the code below
package solutions;
import java.awt.BorderLayout;
import java.awt.Color;
import java.awt.Frame;
import java.awt.event.ActionEvent;
import java.awt.event.ActionListener;
import javax.swing.InputVerifier;
import javax.swing.JButton;
import javax.swing.JComponent;
import javax.swing.JFrame;
import javax.swing.JOptionPane;
import javax.swing.JTextField;
public class VerifierTest extends JFrame {
private static final long serialVersionUID = 1L;
public VerifierTest() {
final JTextField tf = new JTextField("TextField1");
getContentPane().add(tf, BorderLayout.NORTH);
tf.setInputVerifier(new PassVerifier());
final JTextField tf2 = new JTextField("TextField2");
getContentPane().add(tf2, BorderLayout.SOUTH);
tf2.setInputVerifier(new PassVerifier());
final JButton b = new JButton("Button");
b.setBackground(Color.ORANGE);
b.setVerifyInputWhenFocusTarget(true);
getContentPane().add(b, BorderLayout.EAST);
b.addActionListener(new ActionListener() {
#Override
public void actionPerformed(ActionEvent e) {
if (!tf.getInputVerifier().verify(tf)) {
JOptionPane.showMessageDialog(tf.getParent(), "illegal value: " + tf.getText(), "Illegal Value",
JOptionPane.ERROR_MESSAGE);
}
if (b.isFocusOwner()) {
System.out.println("Button clicked");
}
}
});
setDefaultCloseOperation(EXIT_ON_CLOSE);
}
public static void main(String[] args) {
Frame frame = new VerifierTest();
frame.setSize(400, 200);
frame.setVisible(true);
}
class PassVerifier extends InputVerifier {
#Override
public boolean verify(JComponent input) {
final JTextField tf = (JTextField) input;
String pass = tf.getText();
if (pass.equals("Manish")) {
return true;
} else {
return false;
}
}
}
}
Comment the line "b.setBackground(Color.ORANGE);" and see the difference.

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