Exact Positioning When using Drag and Drop in GUI - java

I'm trying to implement a drag and drop functionality for a GUI I'm creating using WindowBuilder/ SWT Designer. At present, in order to determine where exactly on the canvas the drop takes place, I use
canvas.addPaintListener(new PaintListener() {
public void paintControl(PaintEvent e) {
int x = event.x - shell.getBounds().x - canvas.getBounds().x;
int y = event.y - shell.getBounds().y - canvas.getBounds().y;
e.gc.drawString(d, x, y);
}
});
But this is not an exact positioning at the mouse drop, instead it is very much further towards the right. How can I fix this? Thanks.

All you need is the very helpful function Control#toControl(int, int):
Returns a point which is the result of converting the argument, which is specified in display relative coordinates, to coordinates relative to the receiver.
canvas.addPaintListener(new PaintListener()
{
public void paintControl(PaintEvent e)
{
Point point = canvas.toControl(event.x, event.y);
e.gc.drawString(d, point.x, point.y);
}
});
That'll do it.

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How can I get first data while using MouseAdapter?

I want to make code that When I pressed left upper area, the rectangle chosen and resize it using drag and drop (right down is fixed and use left up point to resize).
class MyMouseListener extends MouseAdapter {
public void mousePressed(MouseEvent e) {
start = e.getPoint();
if((up.a<start.x&&start.x<up.a+10&&up.b<start.y&&start.y<up.b+10)) {//When I pressed Rectangle's left up area
Label.setText("up");
if(tempshape==null) {
tempshape=shapes.get(now);
}
ud=1;
}
tempshape is a global variable and I want to get only first data so
I claimed tempshape as:
shape tempshape=null;
if(ud==1) {
else if(nowshape=="Rectangle") {
shapes.get(now).setA(end.x);
shapes.get(now).setB(end.y);
shapes.get(now).setC(tempshape.c+end.x);
shapes.get(now).setD(tempshape.d+end.y);
}
} ]
But tempshape is still update it's value while I dragging so I get trash data from tempshape.
I want to know:
Why tempshape is updating while dragging? (I only Write tempshape's update code in pressed.)
How can I solve this problem?

How to properly "layer" images (and changing the source) without inheriting from Swing

I'm finishing my homework in OOP Java. The assignment is to load images on a JFrame, be able to move them around (top layer should be prioritized, it is currently not) and click them to "flip them" (change the source of the image essentially). I'm currently having trouble finding a solution on how to properly "layer" images that are visible on the screen and to prioritize the images on the top first (currently the bottom ones are being prioritized).
I also have issues finding a good way to change the source of the images, as our teacher has prohibited extending the Picture class with Swing.
My first attempt at solving this was saving the information of every individual "Picture" object in an ArrayList. This works to save the position of the images but does not solve my issue with the layering. I also wanted to use JLayeredPane but as I found out, it was harder than I thought as I have yet to find a viable solution this way (I might be missing some obvious facts about how it works).
I'm thinking what probably needs to happen is that I save the "position" of each image in some type of Array, then using this array to print out the images via paintComponent # ImagePanel. This is currently what I am doing but it does not act as I wish it to. I think my way of loading in the images in the "Picture" class might have something to do with it. I don't have a lot of experience in Java so all of this is new to me.
I don't want to print out all of my codes as I have 4 classes, so I'm going to print out what I feel are the essential methods in each class. If there's something missing that you guys need in order to guide me in the right direction I'll provide that aswell.
draw # Picture
public void draw(Graphics g, int i) {
try {
BufferedImage img = ImageIO.read(new File("images/icon_"+ i +".gif"));
g.drawImage(img, x, y, null);
} catch(IOException ie) {
System.out.println("Could not find images");
}
}
mousePressed & mouseDragged # MouseHandler
public void mousePressed (MouseEvent e) {
Point point = e.getPoint();
chosen = imagepanel.locateImage(point);
}
public void mouseDragged (MouseEvent e) {
int x = e.getX();
int y = e.getY();
if (chosen != null) {
imagepanel.moveImage(chosen, x, y);
}
}
loadImages & paintComponent # ImagePanel
private final static int IMAGES = 7;
private ArrayList <Picture> imageCollection = new ArrayList<>();
private Picture im;
Random rand = new Random();
public void loadImages() {
for(int i=0; i<IMAGES; i++) {
int x = rand.nextInt(400) + 40;
int y = rand.nextInt(400) + 60;
im = new Picture(x,y);
imageCollection.add(im);
}
}
#Override
public void paintComponent(Graphics g) {
super.paintComponent(g);
int i = 0;
for (Picture im : imageCollection) {
i++;
im.draw(g, i);
}
}
I expect the images to stack on top of eachother whenever "flipped" (clicked) or moved (dragged). They do not currently do this as they just maintain their "depth" position. I've tried implementing an Image[] without success.
I also have a flip method where I tried using setIcon (I was using ImageIcon instead of Image previously) but this did not really work for some reason.
I also would love for any feedback on the code so far and any improvements that could be made as I always want to improve.
EDIT: I manage to solve my problems, however I'm sure there's a better way to do this.
public void placeFirst(Picture im) {
int pos = imageCollection.indexOf(im);
imageCollection.remove(pos);
imageCollection.add(0, im);
}
public void flipImage(Picture im) {
im.flip();
placeFirst(im);
repaint();
}
public void moveImage(Picture im, Point point) {
im.move(point.x-(im.getWidth(im)/2), point.y-(im.getHeight(im)/2));
placeFirst(im);
repaint();
}
public Picture locateImage(Point point) {
for (int i=0; i<imageCollection.size(); i++) {
Picture im = imageCollection.get(i);
if (im.fits(point)) {
return im;
}
}
return null;
}
#Override
public void paintComponent(Graphics g) {
super.paintComponent(g);
// There probably exists a better and visually nicer way of doing this
for (int i=imageCollection.size()-1; i>=0; i--) {
Picture im = imageCollection.get(i);
im.draw(g);
}
}
chosen = imagepanel.locateImage(point);
Well, we don't know how the locateImage(...) method works, but I would guess you just iterate through the array until you find a match.
So you will always find the same match.
So if you want an image to stack on top you have two issues:
you need to modify the search order so that when you click on an image you move it to position 0 in the ArrayList so it is always found first
but know when you paint images you need to paint images from the end of the ArrayList to the beginning, so the first image in the ArrayList gets painted last.

Offset between click detection and button graphics in libgdx

I have a libgdx application that contains a class Button. The constructor of Button takes three arguements: Filename of graphics, position, and game (the latter being used for callbacks of various sorts).
The button scales itself based on the graphics provided, thus setting its width and height based on the properties of the graphics.
The main class, Game, when a click is detected compares the coordinates of the click up against the coordinates of the button combined with its width and height.
Now, the main issue is that there is a little bit of a horizontal offset between the button and the click coordinates, so the effect is that the graphics show up a few pixels to the right of the clickable area. I cannot for the life of me figure out the source of this discrepancy, so I would greatly appreciate some fresh eyes to see where I'm going wrong here.
Button, constructor and polling-method for clickable area.
public Rectangle getClickArea() {
return new Rectangle(pos.x - (img.getWidth() / 2), pos.y + (img.getHeight() / 2), w, h);
}
public Button(String assetfile, int x, int y, Game game) {
this.game = game;
img = new Pixmap(new FileHandle(assetfile));
pos = new Vector2(x, y);
this.w = img.getWidth();
this.h = img.getHeight();
}
A relevant snippet from InputHandler. It listens for input and passes on the event. Please note that the vertical click position is subtracted from the vertical size of the screen, as vertical 0 is opposite in InputHandler:
public boolean touchDown(int screenX, int screenY, int pointer, int button) {
tracker.click(screenX, Settings.windowSize_Y - screenY);
return false;
}
ClickTracker (referenced as tracker in the above snippet), the Class that does the actual comparison between clicks and clickables:
public void click(int x, int y) {
Vector2 clickPos = new Vector2(x, y);
for (Tickable c : world.getPaintables())
{
if (!(c instanceof Unit))
continue;
if (((Clickable)c).getClickArea().contains(clickPos)) {
System.out.println("Clicked on unit");
}
}
for (Clickable c : clickables)
{
if (c.getClickArea().contains(clickPos)) {
c.clicked(x, y);
}
}
In short: The vertical alignment works as intended, but the horizontal is slightly off. The button graphics appear maybe around 10-20 pixels to the right of the clickable area.
I'll gladly post more info or code if needed, but I believe I have the relevant parts covered.
Edit:
As Maciej Dziuban requested, here's the snipped that draws the UI elements. batch is a SpriteBatch as provided by libgdx:
for (Paintable p : ui) {
batch.draw(new Texture(p.getImg()), p.getImgPos().x, p.getImgPos().y);
}
the getImgPos() is an interface method implemented by all drawable items:
public Vector2 getImgPos() {
return new Vector2(pos.x - (getImg().getWidth() / 2), pos.y);
}
It's worth noting that half of the horizontal image size is subtracted from the X pos, as X pos refers to the bottom center.
You have inconsistency in your position transformations:
Your clickArea's corner is pos translated by [-width/2, height/2] vector.
Your drawArea's corner is pos translated by [-width/2, 0] vector
They clearly should be the same, so if you want your pos to represent bottom-center of your entity (as you've explicitly stated) you have to change your getClickArea() method to, so it matches getImgPos().
public Rectangle getClickArea() {
return new Rectangle(pos.x - (img.getWidth() / 2), pos.y, w, h);
}
Side note: as Tenfour04 noticed, you create new texture each frame and this is huge memory leak. You should make it a field initialized in constructor or even a static variable given some buttons share the texture. Don't forget to call dispose() on resources. For more powerful asset management check out this article (note it may be an overkill in small projects).

How do you embed a resizable JPanel inside of a JTextPane?

There are many questions of the converse, inserting a JTextPane into a JPanel. This is not my question. I need to be able to insert a custom JPanel (with drag and drop, drag, and mouse click listeners) into a JTextPane, which is then put into a JScrollPane, and finally put into a JFrame for displaying. The reason is because I need to have an image with support for resizing by dragging it within a chat client, which is itself primarily text.
Conveniently enough, there is a relevant method in JTextPane: insertComponent(Component c), but whenever I use it, my components end up being squished to exactly one line of text worth of space (even though they report having a larger size). This is perfect for plain buttons, but if I need anything larger, I'm out of luck. I can insert images by themselves just fine, with ImageIcons, but images wrapped inside a JPanel don't work at all (plus I can't add any listeners to ImageIcons, since they're not GUI elements; overriding one isn't an option).
Whenever a user drags an image into the chat client, this bit of code inserts the custom JPanel:
private void sendImage(BufferedImage im, int cl) throws IOException {
if(output == null) return;
//Send the image itself over to your friend
byte[] toSend = toBytes(im, cl);
sendString(nickname.hashCode() + "image"); //Header for image
output.writeInt(toSend.length); //Tells how many bytes to read.
output.write(toSend);
//Let the user know that the image was sent
float linmb = (float)(toSend.length / 1048576.0); //Size of file sent
addText("\n" + nickname + " sent an image! (" + linmb + " MB)\n", Color.RED.darker());
//Show the image itself
DraggerPanel d = new DraggerPanel(im, true);
text.insertComponent(d);
d.repaint();
//Spacer
addText("\n");
}
This is the source for DraggerPanel, the custom JPanel that holds an image:
public class DraggerPanel extends JPanel {
private BufferedImage image; //The image we're drawing
private Point startingPoint = null; //Starting point for resizing
private boolean first = true; //Is this the first drag?
private boolean lockedDrag; //If true, then lock x and y to be proportionally dragged.
public DraggerPanel(BufferedImage image, boolean lockedDrag) {
super();
this.image = image;
this.lockedDrag = lockedDrag;
//The listener for dragging events.
addMouseMotionListener(new MouseMotionListener() {
private int inWidth = 0, inHeight = 0; //Initial height and width values
private double ratio = 0; //Ratio of height to width for locked drag.
public void mouseDragged(MouseEvent m) {
if (first) { //If we're first, record initial position.
startingPoint = m.getPoint();
first = false;
inWidth = getWidth();
inHeight = getHeight();
ratio = (double)inHeight / inWidth;
} else { //Otherwise, change the size of the window.
if (!lockedDrag) {
int w = (int)startingPoint.getX() - m.getX();
int h = (int)startingPoint.getY() - m.getY();
setSize(Math.abs(inWidth - w), Math.abs(inHeight - h));
} else {
int w = (int)startingPoint.getX() - m.getX();
int h = (int)((double)ratio * w);
setSize(Math.abs(inWidth - w), Math.abs(inHeight - h));
}
}
repaint();
}
public void mouseMoved(MouseEvent m){
}
});
//Lets us know when you're not dragging anymore.
addMouseListener(new MouseAdapter(){public void mouseReleased(MouseEvent m){first = true;}});
//Set appropriate size.
if(image != null) setSize(image.getWidth(), image.getHeight());
else setSize(200,200);
//We're live, baby.
setVisible(true);
}
public void paint(Graphics g) {
if (image == null) super.paint(g);
else g.drawImage(image, 0, 0, getWidth(), getHeight(), null);
}
}
Update 1: I followed #camickr 's advice, and updated the DraggerPanel to use setPreferredSize instead of setSize, as well as overrode paintComponent() instead of paint(). Now, the image has the proper height, but is stretched to the width of the JTextPane (which seems like what it was doing before). Furthermore, resizing doesn't seem to matter- the image doesn't change its size at all. Mouse events are definitely going through, but not affecting the size. It seems as though the original problem isn't fully resolved, since the JPanel's size isn't what I need it to be, and the solution to that will also lead to a solution to the resizing issue.
Update 2: I did it! I finally did it. To the future time travelers who have this issue, I basically yelled at the JTextPane by not only using setSize() in my overridden JPanel, but also setPreferredSize() and setMaximumSize(). The preferred one works well with height, and the maximum sets the width (God knows why). Thanks for your tips, #camickr!
my components end up being squished to exactly one line of text worth of space (even though they report having a larger size).
I would guess the size is not important.
I would think you need to override the getPreferredSize() method of your DraggerPanel to return the preferred size of the panel so the text pane can display the panel.
Also, custom painting is done by overriding the paintComponent(...) method NOT the paint() method.

2D arraylist to keep a point

i made a program that whenever i click my mouse, it draws a circle in the point that i clicked,
now i want it to check if there is already a circle in the point that i am clicking , and if there is then i want to delete that circle.
i thought to do it with a 2D arralist that will keep all the points already taken, can anyone show me how do i do it?
this is my code so far:
public class delta extends Applet implements MouseListener {
private Graphics globalg;
public void init(){
this.addMouseListener(this);
}
public void paint(Graphics g){
this.setSize(new Dimension (1000, 1000));
globalg = g.create();
}
public void draw(int x, int y , int width , int height){
globalg.setColor(getColor());
Ellipse2D circle = new Ellipse2D.Double((double) x , (double) y ,(double) width , (double) height);
Graphics2D g2 = (Graphics2D) globalg;
g2.fill(circle);
}
public Color getColor(){
int r = (int) (Math.random() * 256);
int g = (int) (Math.random() * 256);
int b = (int) (Math.random() * 256);
return new Color(r , g ,b);
}
#Override
public void mouseClicked(MouseEvent e) {
int x = e.getX();
int y = e.getY();
draw(x , y , 20 , 20);
}
#Override
public void mousePressed(MouseEvent e) {
// TODO Auto-generated method stub
}
#Override
public void mouseReleased(MouseEvent e) {
// TODO Auto-generated method stub
}
#Override
public void mouseEntered(MouseEvent e) {
// TODO Auto-generated method stub
}
#Override
public void mouseExited(MouseEvent e) {
// TODO Auto-generated method stub
}
}
I won't be telling you exactly what to do, but I'll get you in the right direction.
Step one - Your Data Structure
Now, I can see why you wanted to use a nested ArrayList for this, but conceptually this isn't very nice. You can represent a matrix of values without a complex data structure by enclosing the relevant values inside an Object. Now, you could make your own object or you can use the Java Point class. For the purposes of this, we'll make your own object so you can easily add your own values (colour, size, etc).
public class MyCircle {
}
And in there, you can store your x and y positions. These can then be stored into a List, so your MyCircle objects will be accessed via something like:
private List<MyCircle> circles;
Step Two - Handling Mouse Clicks
You've already implemented the MouseListener interface, so we're in a good place to get building on that. Now, the way I see it, there are two possibilities that you need to account for when handling a mouse click.
No Circle exists and you need to draw one.
A Circle exists and you need to delete it.
No Circle Exists
If no circle exists, then you draw it. You seem to have got this bit handled so there's no sense explaining it.
A Circle Exists
This is where you've stopped. So, first things first, you'll need to traverse your data structure, which we've named circles..
for(MyCircle circle : circles) {
}
Now, I'll assume you've got something like x and y in here, a long with the relevant accessors and mutators. You then can check the co-ordinates..
if(circle.getX() == x && circle.getY() == y) {
// A circle was put at this point..
}
NOTE: This will make it quite hard to delete a circle. What you really want is to be able to check if the use has clicked inside a circle! How do you do this? Well, that's about comparing the values. You want to make sure that the user clicked at an x value that is larger than the x value of the circle, but smaller than x + width of the circle. Likewise, you want to make sure the user also clicked at a y value that is larger than the y value of the circle, but smaller than y + width of the circle.
if(x > circle.getX() && x < (circle.getX() + circle.getWidth())) {
// This was a click inside the circle on the X axis. Your turn to check the y!
}

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