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JAVA - Gui class won't open from another Gui Class

Gui class closes the one I'm currently in but doesn't open my main menu gui class.
JButton btnNewButton_1 = new JButton("Main Menu");
btnNewButton_1.setFont(new Font("Tahoma", Font.BOLD, 13));
btnNewButton_1.addActionListener(new ActionListener() {
public void actionPerformed(ActionEvent arg0) {
Main_GUI mainGUI = new Main_GUI();
dispose();
}
});
main code that lists it set as visible, really not sure what is making it not work.main code that lists it set as visible, really not sure what is making it not work.
package GUI;
import java.awt.BorderLayout;
import java.awt.EventQueue;
import javax.swing.JFrame;
import javax.swing.JPanel;
import javax.swing.border.EmptyBorder;
import javax.swing.JButton;
import java.awt.event.ActionListener;
import java.awt.event.ActionEvent;
import java.awt.Font;
import javax.swing.ImageIcon;
import java.awt.Color;
import javax.swing.JLabel;
public class Main_GUI extends JFrame {
private JPanel contentPane;
/**
* Launch the application.
*/
public static void main(String[] args) {
EventQueue.invokeLater(new Runnable() {
public void run() {
try {
Main_GUI frame = new Main_GUI();
frame.setVisible(true);
} catch (Exception e) {
e.printStackTrace();
}
}
});
}
/**
* Create the frame.
*/

how to add jpanel to jpanel in java

I have a problem when i add a jpanel to existing jpanel!
i want jlist at center loction and jbuttom in south location!
i can see the jlist, but the jbuttom won't show on!
I'm using Eclipse 3.0 version.
this is my code:
package classes;
import java.awt.BorderLayout;
import java.awt.Color;
import java.awt.Font;
import java.awt.GridLayout;
import java.awt.event.ActionEvent;
import java.awt.event.ActionListener;
import java.awt.event.KeyEvent;
import java.util.LinkedList;
import javax.swing.JButton;
import javax.swing.JComponent;
import javax.swing.JLabel;
import javax.swing.JList;
import javax.swing.JPanel;
import javax.swing.JTabbedPane;
public class JPanelDecorator extends JPanel implements ActionListener
{
private static final long serialVersionUID = 1L;
private JList<String> list = null;
private JButton Change=null;
public JPanelDecorator()
{
super();
setLayout(new BorderLayout());
setSize(450 ,400);
String animals_list[] = new String[AquaPanel.swims.size()];
LinkedList<Swimmable> ir = new LinkedList<Swimmable>(AquaPanel.swims);
for(int i=0;i<ir.size();i++)
{
animals_list[i]=(i+1+". "+ir.get(i).toString());
}
list = new JList<String>(animals_list );
list.setFont(new Font("Tahoma",Font.BOLD,15));
list.setSize(450, 300);
add(list,BorderLayout.CENTER);
Change = new JButton("Change Color");
Change.addActionListener(this);
add(Change,BorderLayout.CENTER);
repaint();
}
#Override
public void actionPerformed(ActionEvent e) {
}
}
please help!

You have a subtle bug. In the constructor of JPanelDecorator you have :
public JPanelDecorator()
{
//....
add(list,BorderLayout.CENTER);
//...
add(Change,BorderLayout.CENTER); // center again...
//...
}
But what you need is this:
public JPanelDecorator()
{
//....
add(list,BorderLayout.CENTER);
//...
add(Change,BorderLayout.SOUTH); // south
//...
}

Having ActionEvent called when Radio Button is not selected

I've noticed that ActionEvent would still be triggered within my group of JRadioButtonMenuItem even when specifying the conditional statement:
if(!button.isSelected())
//Do stuff
defaultTheme = new JRadioButtonMenuItem("Default theme");
defaultTheme.addActionListener(new ActionListener() {
#Override
public void actionPerformed(ActionEvent e) {
if(!defaultTheme.isSelected())
System.out.println("temp");
}
});
I have multiple theme options within my settings menu, however if a say (say default) is already selected, I don't want to execute any redundant code if the default menu is already selected and the user clicks on the already selected Radio Button.

ActionListener will tell you whenever the button is "actioned" (clicked, pressed, what ever), which doesn't always change it's state. Instead, you could attach a ItemListener to the buttons model, which will tell, more accurately, when the actual state of the button changes, for example...
import java.awt.Dimension;
import java.awt.EventQueue;
import java.awt.Graphics;
import java.awt.Graphics2D;
import java.awt.GridBagConstraints;
import java.awt.GridBagLayout;
import java.awt.event.ActionEvent;
import java.awt.event.ActionListener;
import java.awt.event.ItemEvent;
import java.awt.event.ItemListener;
import java.beans.PropertyChangeEvent;
import java.beans.PropertyChangeListener;
import javax.swing.ButtonGroup;
import javax.swing.JFrame;
import javax.swing.JPanel;
import javax.swing.JRadioButton;
import javax.swing.UIManager;
import javax.swing.UnsupportedLookAndFeelException;
import javax.swing.event.ChangeEvent;
import javax.swing.event.ChangeListener;
public class ButtonTest {
public static void main(String[] args) {
new ButtonTest();
}
public ButtonTest() {
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 {
public TestPane() {
setLayout(new GridBagLayout());
GridBagConstraints gbc = new GridBagConstraints();
gbc.gridwidth = GridBagConstraints.REMAINDER;
ButtonGroup bg = new ButtonGroup();
final JRadioButton bananas = new JRadioButton("Bananas");
final JRadioButton apples = new JRadioButton("Apples");
bg.add(bananas);
bg.add(apples);
bananas.getModel().addItemListener(new ItemListener() {
#Override
public void itemStateChanged(ItemEvent e) {
System.out.println("Bananas " + bananas.isSelected());
}
});
apples.getModel().addItemListener(new ItemListener() {
#Override
public void itemStateChanged(ItemEvent e) {
System.out.println("Apples " + apples.isSelected());
}
});
add(bananas, gbc);
add(apples, gbc);
}
}
}

Not sure since I haven't seen the rest of your program, but you have to put all the radiobuttons in a ButtonGroup. Because if you don't it would be impossible to deselect the radiobutton.

JButton & Action & KeyBinding

I have created a JButton class that recieving Action, the JButton class includes keystrokes & mouse listener so i can use the same class in multiple frames as needed.
My problems is that:
JButton not getting the focus when pressing the key, but it doing the action.
i need to make a new background or something that tell the user that the button did the action.
Any ideas??
Here is my code:
import java.awt.Color;
import java.awt.Dimension;
import java.awt.Insets;
import java.awt.event.KeyEvent;
import java.awt.event.MouseAdapter;
import java.awt.event.MouseEvent;
import javax.swing.Action;
import javax.swing.JButton;
import javax.swing.JComponent;
import javax.swing.KeyStroke;
import javax.swing.SwingConstants;
import javax.swing.border.LineBorder;
import swtdesigner.SwingResourceManager;
public class IButtonSave extends JButton{
private static final long serialVersionUID = 1L;
private Action action = null;
public IButtonSave() {
super();
setFocusPainted(true);
setFocusable(true);
try {
jbInit();
} catch (Throwable e) {
e.printStackTrace();
}
}
private void jbInit() throws Exception {
setMargin(new Insets(0, 0, 0, 0));
setBorder(new LineBorder(Color.black, 1, true));
setIconTextGap(0);
setHorizontalTextPosition(SwingConstants.CENTER);
setVerticalTextPosition(SwingConstants.TOP);
setPreferredSize(new Dimension(50, 43));
setMinimumSize(new Dimension(50, 43));
setMaximumSize(new Dimension(50, 43));
addMouseListener(new ThisMouseListener());
setVerifyInputWhenFocusTarget(true);
}
public void setAction(Action a){
action = a;
KeyStroke ks = KeyStroke.getKeyStroke(KeyEvent.VK_F1,0,true);
KeyStroke ks2 = KeyStroke.getKeyStroke(KeyEvent.VK_ENTER,0);
getInputMap(JComponent.WHEN_IN_FOCUSED_WINDOW).put(ks, "Save");
getInputMap(JComponent.WHEN_FOCUSED).put(ks2, "Save");
getActionMap().put("Save", a);
setText("Save [F1]");
setIcon(SwingResourceManager.getIcon(SwingResourceManager.class, "/images/small/save.png"));
setToolTipText("[F1]");
}
private class ThisMouseListener extends MouseAdapter {
public void mouseClicked(MouseEvent e) {
this_mouseClicked(e);
}
}
protected void this_mouseClicked(MouseEvent e) {
if(e.getClickCount() >= 1){
action.actionPerformed(null);
}
}
}

Why extend JButton class when you can simply add KeyBindings to its instance?
Not to sure what you want but this works fine for me:
Basically a JButton which can be activated by mouse click, or pressing F1 (as long as focus is in window and if pressed will shift focus to JButton) or ENTER (only when in focus of JButton).
When the AbstractAction is called it will call requestFocusInWindow() on JButton (thus pressing F1 will make button gain focus which is what I think you wanted):
import java.awt.BorderLayout;
import java.awt.event.ActionEvent;
import java.awt.event.KeyEvent;
import javax.swing.AbstractAction;
import javax.swing.JButton;
import javax.swing.JComponent;
import javax.swing.JFrame;
import javax.swing.JTextField;
import javax.swing.KeyStroke;
import javax.swing.SwingUtilities;
public class Test {
public static void main(String[] args) {
SwingUtilities.invokeLater(new Runnable() {
#Override
public void run() {
JFrame frame = new JFrame();
frame.setDefaultCloseOperation(JFrame.EXIT_ON_CLOSE);
final JButton btn = new JButton("Button");
AbstractAction aa = new AbstractAction() {
#Override
public void actionPerformed(ActionEvent ae) {
System.out.println("Here");
btn.requestFocusInWindow();//request that the button has focus
}
};
//so button can be pressed using F1 and ENTER
btn.getInputMap(JComponent.WHEN_FOCUSED).put(KeyStroke.getKeyStroke(KeyEvent.VK_ENTER, 0), "Enter");
btn.getActionMap().put("Enter", aa);
btn.getInputMap(JComponent.WHEN_IN_FOCUSED_WINDOW).put(KeyStroke.getKeyStroke(KeyEvent.VK_F1, 0), "F1");
btn.getActionMap().put("F1", aa);
btn.addActionListener(aa);//so button can be clicked
JTextField tf = new JTextField("added to show ENTER wont work unless button in focus");
frame.add(tf);
frame.add(btn, BorderLayout.SOUTH);
frame.pack();
frame.setVisible(true);
}
});
}
}
UPADTE:
alternatively as #GuillaumePolet suggested (+1 to him) override processKeyBinding of JButton and check for appropriate key and than call the method:
import java.awt.BorderLayout;
import java.awt.event.ActionEvent;
import java.awt.event.KeyEvent;
import javax.swing.AbstractAction;
import javax.swing.JButton;
import javax.swing.JComponent;
import javax.swing.JFrame;
import javax.swing.JTextField;
import javax.swing.KeyStroke;
import javax.swing.SwingUtilities;
public class Test {
public static void main(String[] args) {
SwingUtilities.invokeLater(new Runnable() {
#Override
public void run() {
final JFrame frame = new JFrame();
frame.setDefaultCloseOperation(JFrame.EXIT_ON_CLOSE);
final JButton btn = new JButton("Button") {
#Override
protected boolean processKeyBinding(KeyStroke ks, KeyEvent ke, int i, boolean bln) {
boolean b = super.processKeyBinding(ks, ke, i, bln);
if (b && ks.getKeyCode() == KeyEvent.VK_F1) {
requestFocusInWindow();
}
return b;
}
};
AbstractAction aa = new AbstractAction() {
#Override
public void actionPerformed(ActionEvent ae) {
System.out.println("Here");
}
};
//so button can be pressed using F1 and ENTER
btn.getInputMap(JComponent.WHEN_FOCUSED).put(KeyStroke.getKeyStroke(KeyEvent.VK_ENTER, 0), "Enter");
btn.getActionMap().put("Enter", aa);
btn.getInputMap(JComponent.WHEN_IN_FOCUSED_WINDOW).put(KeyStroke.getKeyStroke(KeyEvent.VK_F1, 0), "F1");
btn.getActionMap().put("F1", aa);
btn.addActionListener(aa);//so button can be clicked
JTextField tf = new JTextField("added to show ENTER wont work unless button in focus");
frame.add(tf);
frame.add(btn, BorderLayout.SOUTH);
frame.pack();
frame.setVisible(true);
}
});
}
}

Not sure this is the best way to do it, but it works decently enough and if it is not the best way, you get a free SSCCE out of this answer.
I override processKeyBindings() and if it returns true then I grab the focus to indicate that the action has been performed. If you want to do something else you just need to modify the code there.
import java.awt.BorderLayout;
import java.awt.event.ActionEvent;
import java.awt.event.KeyEvent;
import javax.swing.AbstractAction;
import javax.swing.Action;
import javax.swing.JButton;
import javax.swing.JComponent;
import javax.swing.JFrame;
import javax.swing.JPanel;
import javax.swing.JScrollPane;
import javax.swing.JTextArea;
import javax.swing.KeyStroke;
import javax.swing.SwingUtilities;
public class IButtonSave extends JButton {
private static final long serialVersionUID = 1L;
public IButtonSave() {
super();
setFocusPainted(true);
setFocusable(true);
}
#Override
protected boolean processKeyBinding(KeyStroke ks, KeyEvent e, int condition, boolean pressed) {
boolean processKeyBinding = super.processKeyBinding(ks, e, condition, pressed);
if (processKeyBinding) {
requestFocusInWindow();
}
return processKeyBinding;
}
#Override
public void setAction(Action a) {
super.setAction(a);
KeyStroke ks = KeyStroke.getKeyStroke(KeyEvent.VK_F1, 0, true);
KeyStroke ks2 = KeyStroke.getKeyStroke(KeyEvent.VK_ENTER, 0);
getInputMap(JComponent.WHEN_IN_FOCUSED_WINDOW).put(ks, "Save");
getInputMap(JComponent.WHEN_FOCUSED).put(ks2, "Save");
getActionMap().put("Save", a);
setText("Save [F1]");
setToolTipText("[F1]");
}
protected void initUI() {
JFrame frame = new JFrame(IButtonSave.class.getSimpleName());
frame.setDefaultCloseOperation(JFrame.EXIT_ON_CLOSE);
JTextArea textarea = new JTextArea(5, 30);
JPanel buttonPanel = new JPanel();
AbstractAction someAction = new AbstractAction() {
#Override
public void actionPerformed(ActionEvent e) {
System.err.println("Action performed");
}
};
IButtonSave button = new IButtonSave();
button.setAction(someAction);
buttonPanel.add(button);
frame.add(new JScrollPane(textarea));
frame.add(buttonPanel, BorderLayout.SOUTH);
frame.pack();
frame.setVisible(true);
}
public static void main(String[] args) {
SwingUtilities.invokeLater(new Runnable() {
#Override
public void run() {
new IButtonSave().initUI();
}
});
}
}

Look and feel is not updating in Swing JTabbedPane

I have created an application in Java Swing. I offer the option to change the look and feel of the application from a menu, but after adding a new tab in JTabbedPane, it is not getting updated with the new look and feel.
I have already used this code:
Window windows[] = Frame.getWindows();
for(Window window : windows) {
SwingUtilities.updateComponentTreeUI(window);
}

Leveraging #Andrew's example and this old thing, it seems to work for me.
import java.awt.BorderLayout;
import java.awt.Component;
import java.awt.EventQueue;
import java.awt.event.ActionEvent;
import java.awt.event.ActionListener;
import java.util.ArrayList;
import java.util.List;
import javax.swing.Box;
import javax.swing.BoxLayout;
import javax.swing.JComboBox;
import javax.swing.JFrame;
import javax.swing.JLabel;
import javax.swing.JTabbedPane;
import javax.swing.JTextArea;
import javax.swing.JTextField;
import javax.swing.JToolBar;
import javax.swing.SwingUtilities;
import javax.swing.UIManager;
import javax.swing.UIManager.LookAndFeelInfo;
/**
* #see https://stackoverflow.com/a/11949899/230513
* #see https://stackoverflow.com/a/5773956/230513
*/
public class JTabbedText {
public static void main(String[] args) {
EventQueue.invokeLater(new Runnable() {
private final JTabbedPane jtp = new JTabbedPane();
#Override
public void run() {
JFrame f = new JFrame();
f.setDefaultCloseOperation(JFrame.EXIT_ON_CLOSE);
jtp.addTab("Model", createPanel());
jtp.addTab("View", createPanel());
jtp.addTab("Control", createPanel());
f.add(createToolBar(f), BorderLayout.NORTH);
f.add(jtp, BorderLayout.CENTER);
f.pack();
f.setLocationRelativeTo(null);
f.setVisible(true);
}
});
}
private static JToolBar createToolBar(final Component parent) {
final UIManager.LookAndFeelInfo[] available =
UIManager.getInstalledLookAndFeels();
List<String> names = new ArrayList<String>();
for (LookAndFeelInfo info : available) {
names.add(info.getName());
}
final JComboBox combo = new JComboBox(names.toArray());
String current = UIManager.getLookAndFeel().getName();
combo.setSelectedItem(current);
combo.addActionListener(new ActionListener() {
#Override
public void actionPerformed(ActionEvent ae) {
int index = combo.getSelectedIndex();
try {
UIManager.setLookAndFeel(
available[index].getClassName());
SwingUtilities.updateComponentTreeUI(parent);
} catch (Exception e) {
e.printStackTrace(System.err);
}
}
});
JToolBar bar = new JToolBar("L&F");
bar.add(combo);
return bar;
}
private static Box createPanel() {
Box panel = new Box(BoxLayout.X_AXIS);
JLabel label = new JLabel("Code: ", JLabel.LEFT);
label.setAlignmentY(JLabel.TOP_ALIGNMENT);
JTextArea text = new JTextArea(4, 16);
text.setAlignmentY(JTextField.TOP_ALIGNMENT);
text.append("#" + panel.hashCode());
text.append("\n#" + label.hashCode());
text.append("\n#" + label.hashCode());
panel.add(label);
panel.add(text);
return panel;
}
}