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Keybinding not working for Some Keys like Insert,Delete

I'm trying to bind a shortcut for JTable It's working fine for Alphabets but not for Keys like Insert,Delete,Space etc.
For Ex the below code is working for Ctrl+I or whatever alphabet but If I go for Ctrl+Insert it's not working why is that?
import java.awt.BorderLayout;
import java.awt.event.ActionEvent;
import java.awt.event.KeyEvent;
import javax.swing.AbstractAction;
import javax.swing.JComponent;
import javax.swing.JFrame;
import javax.swing.JScrollPane;
import javax.swing.JTable;
import javax.swing.KeyStroke;
import javax.swing.table.DefaultTableModel;
public class NewClass {
public static void main(String args[]) {
try {
for (javax.swing.UIManager.LookAndFeelInfo info : javax.swing.UIManager.getInstalledLookAndFeels()) {
if ("Windows".equals(info.getName())) {
javax.swing.UIManager.setLookAndFeel(info.getClassName());
break;
}
}
} catch (ClassNotFoundException | InstantiationException | IllegalAccessException | javax.swing.UnsupportedLookAndFeelException ex) {
java.util.logging.Logger.getLogger(NewClass.class.getName()).log(java.util.logging.Level.SEVERE, null, ex);
}
java.awt.EventQueue.invokeLater(new Runnable() {
#Override
public void run() {
JFrame frame = new JFrame();
frame.setLayout(new BorderLayout());
frame.add(new JScrollPane(createTable()), BorderLayout.CENTER);
frame.setDefaultCloseOperation(JFrame.EXIT_ON_CLOSE);
frame.setSize(400, 500);
frame.setLocationRelativeTo(null);
frame.setVisible(true);
}
});
}
public static JTable createTable() {
DefaultTableModel tmodel = new DefaultTableModel(3, 5);
JTable table = new JTable(tmodel);
table.getInputMap(JComponent.WHEN_IN_FOCUSED_WINDOW).put(KeyStroke.getKeyStroke(KeyEvent.VK_I, KeyEvent.CTRL_MASK), "Insert");
//Not working for VK_INSERT or VK_DELETE or VK_SPACE
table.getActionMap().put("Insert", new AbstractAction() {
#Override
public void actionPerformed(ActionEvent e) {
System.out.println("Insert Action");
}
});
return table;
}
}
Update 1
It's not working when using WHEN_IN_FOCUSED_WINDOW but working fine if I go for WHEN_FOCUSED or WHEN_ANCESTOR_OF_FOCUSED_COMPONENT

required WHEN_ANCESTOR_OF_FOCUSED_COMPONENT as corect setting for focus (hidden behind JScrolPanes JViewport)
JComponent.WHEN_ANCESTOR_OF_FOCUSED_COMPONENT
The component contains (or is) the component that has the focus. This input map is commonly used for a composite component — a
component whose implementation depends on child components. For
example, JTables make all their bindings using
WHEN_ANCESTOR_OF_FOCUSED_COMPONENT so that if the user is editing, the
up-arrow key (for example) still changes the selected cell.
then all KeyEvent combinations from OPs question and comments works me correctly in Win7 / Win10, Java7 / Java8, from deleted post by MadProgrammer too ( users_rep > 10k )
AFAIK there is restiction, with numbers of modifiers, if is > 2, then CTRL + ALT + SHIFT + Whatever is possible to catch from AWTEventListener or from very complicated KeyListener
code for simulation in SSCCE /MCVE form
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import java.awt.BorderLayout;
import java.awt.event.ActionEvent;
import java.awt.event.KeyEvent;
import javax.swing.AbstractAction;
import javax.swing.JComponent;
import javax.swing.JFrame;
import javax.swing.JScrollPane;
import javax.swing.JTable;
import javax.swing.KeyStroke;
import javax.swing.table.DefaultTableModel;
public class NewClass {
public static void main(String args[]) {
try {
for (javax.swing.UIManager.LookAndFeelInfo info
: javax.swing.UIManager.getInstalledLookAndFeels()) {
if ("Windows".equals(info.getName())) {
javax.swing.UIManager.setLookAndFeel(info.getClassName());
break;
}
}
} catch (ClassNotFoundException | InstantiationException |
IllegalAccessException | javax.swing.UnsupportedLookAndFeelException ex) {
java.util.logging.Logger.getLogger(
NewClass.class.getName()).log(java.util.logging.Level.SEVERE, null, ex);
}
java.awt.EventQueue.invokeLater(new Runnable() {
#Override
public void run() {
JFrame frame = new JFrame();
frame.setLayout(new BorderLayout());
frame.add(new JScrollPane(createTable()), BorderLayout.CENTER);
frame.setDefaultCloseOperation(JFrame.EXIT_ON_CLOSE);
frame.setSize(400, 500);
frame.setLocationRelativeTo(null);
frame.setVisible(true);
}
});
}
public static JTable createTable() {
DefaultTableModel tmodel = new DefaultTableModel(3, 5);
JTable table = new JTable(tmodel);
table.getInputMap(JComponent.WHEN_ANCESTOR_OF_FOCUSED_COMPONENT).put(
KeyStroke.getKeyStroke(KeyEvent.VK_DELETE, KeyEvent.CTRL_MASK), "Insert");
table.getInputMap(JComponent.WHEN_ANCESTOR_OF_FOCUSED_COMPONENT).put(
KeyStroke.getKeyStroke(KeyEvent.VK_INSERT, KeyEvent.CTRL_MASK), "Insert");
table.getInputMap(JComponent.WHEN_ANCESTOR_OF_FOCUSED_COMPONENT).put(
KeyStroke.getKeyStroke(KeyEvent.VK_SPACE, KeyEvent.CTRL_MASK), "Insert");
table.getInputMap(JComponent.WHEN_ANCESTOR_OF_FOCUSED_COMPONENT).put(
KeyStroke.getKeyStroke(KeyEvent.VK_I, KeyEvent.CTRL_MASK), "Insert");
table.getActionMap().put("Insert", new AbstractAction() {
#Override
public void actionPerformed(ActionEvent e) {
System.out.println("Action from JTable");
}
});
return table;
}
}

code made by Rob (camickr), print out the KeyBindings (sorry I haven't a link to his and Darryls code ...)
import java.awt.*;
import java.awt.event.*;
import java.io.*;
import java.util.*;
import javax.swing.*;
import javax.swing.border.*;
import javax.swing.table.*;
import javax.swing.filechooser.*;
public class KeyBindings implements ItemListener {
private static final String PACKAGE = "javax.swing.";
private static final String[] COLUMN_NAMES = {"Action", "When Focused",
"When In Focused Window", "When Ancestor"};
private static String selectedItem;
private JComponent contentPane;
private JMenuBar menuBar;
private JTable table;
private JComboBox comboBox;
private Hashtable<String, DefaultTableModel> models;
public KeyBindings() {
models = new Hashtable<String, DefaultTableModel>();
contentPane = new JPanel(new BorderLayout());
contentPane.add(buildNorthComponent(), BorderLayout.NORTH);
contentPane.add(buildCenterComponent(), BorderLayout.CENTER);
resetComponents();
}
public JComponent getContentPane() {
return contentPane;
}
public JMenuBar getMenuBar() {
if (menuBar == null) {
menuBar = createMenuBar();
}
return menuBar;
}
private JComponent buildNorthComponent() {
comboBox = new JComboBox();
JLabel label = new JLabel("Select Component:");
label.setDisplayedMnemonic('S');
label.setLabelFor(comboBox);
JPanel panel = new JPanel();
panel.setBorder(new EmptyBorder(15, 0, 15, 0));
panel.add(label);
panel.add(comboBox);
return panel;
}
private String checkForUIKey(String key) {
if (key.endsWith("UI") && key.indexOf(".") == -1) {
String componentName = key.substring(0, key.length() - 2);
if (componentName.equals("PopupMenuSeparator")
|| componentName.equals("ToolBarSeparator")
|| componentName.equals("DesktopIcon")) {
return null;
} else {
return componentName;
}
}
return null;
}
private JComponent buildCenterComponent() {
DefaultTableModel model = new DefaultTableModel(COLUMN_NAMES, 0);
table = new JTable(model) {
private static final long serialVersionUID = 1L;
#Override
public boolean isCellEditable(int row, int column) {
return false;
}
};
table.setAutoCreateColumnsFromModel(false);
table.getColumnModel().getColumn(0).setPreferredWidth(200);
table.getColumnModel().getColumn(1).setPreferredWidth(200);
table.getColumnModel().getColumn(2).setPreferredWidth(200);
table.getColumnModel().getColumn(3).setPreferredWidth(200);
Dimension d = table.getPreferredSize();
d.height = 350;
table.setPreferredScrollableViewportSize(d);
table.getTableHeader().setFocusable(true);
return new JScrollPane(table);
}
public void resetComponents() {
models.clear();
Vector<String> comboBoxItems = new Vector<String>(50);
UIDefaults defaults = UIManager.getLookAndFeelDefaults();
for (Object key : defaults.keySet()) {
String componentName = checkForUIKey(key.toString());
if (componentName != null) {
comboBoxItems.add(componentName);
}
}
Collections.sort(comboBoxItems);
comboBox.removeItemListener(this);
comboBox.setModel(new DefaultComboBoxModel(comboBoxItems));
comboBox.setSelectedIndex(-1);
comboBox.addItemListener(this);
comboBox.requestFocusInWindow();
if (selectedItem != null) {
comboBox.setSelectedItem(selectedItem);
}
}
private JMenuBar createMenuBar() {
JMenuBar menuBar = new JMenuBar();
menuBar.add(createFileMenu());
menuBar.add(createLAFMenu());
return menuBar;
}
private JMenu createFileMenu() {
JMenu menu = new JMenu("Application");
menu.setMnemonic('A');
menu.addSeparator();
menu.add(new ExitAction());
return menu;
}
private JMenu createLAFMenu() {
ButtonGroup bg = new ButtonGroup();
JMenu menu = new JMenu("Look & Feel");
menu.setMnemonic('L');
String lafId = UIManager.getLookAndFeel().getID();
UIManager.LookAndFeelInfo[] lafInfo = UIManager.getInstalledLookAndFeels();
for (int i = 0; i < lafInfo.length; i++) {
String laf = lafInfo[i].getClassName();
String name = lafInfo[i].getName();
Action action = new ChangeLookAndFeelAction(laf, name);
JRadioButtonMenuItem mi = new JRadioButtonMenuItem(action);
menu.add(mi);
bg.add(mi);
if (name.equals(lafId)) {
mi.setSelected(true);
}
}
return menu;
}
#Override
public void itemStateChanged(ItemEvent e) {
String componentName = (String) e.getItem();
changeTableModel(getClassName(componentName));
selectedItem = componentName;
}
private String getClassName(String componentName) {
if (componentName.equals("TableHeader")) {
return PACKAGE + "table.JTableHeader";
} else {
return PACKAGE + "J" + componentName;
}
}
private void changeTableModel(String className) {
DefaultTableModel model = models.get(className);
if (model != null) {
table.setModel(model);
return;
}
model = new DefaultTableModel(COLUMN_NAMES, 0);
table.setModel(model);
models.put(className, model);
JComponent component = null;
try {// Hack so I don't have to sign the jar file for usage in Java Webstart
if (className.endsWith("JFileChooser")) {
component = new JFileChooser(new DummyFileSystemView());
} else {
Object o = Class.forName(className).newInstance();
component = (JComponent) o;
}
} catch (Exception e) {
Object[] row = {e.toString(), "", "", ""};
model.addRow(row);
return;
}
ActionMap actionMap = component.getActionMap();
Object[] keys = actionMap.allKeys();
if (keys == null) {
Object[] row = {"No actions found", "", "", ""};
model.addRow(row);
return;
}
for (int i = 0; i < keys.length; i++) {
Object key = keys[i];
if (key instanceof String) {
continue;
} else {
keys[i] = "";
}
}
Arrays.sort(keys);
for (int i = 0; i < keys.length; i++) {
Object key = keys[i];
if (key != "") {
Object[] row = {key, "", "", ""};
model.addRow(row);
}
}
updateModelForInputMap(model, 1,
component.getInputMap(JComponent.WHEN_FOCUSED));
updateModelForInputMap(model, 2,
component.getInputMap(JComponent.WHEN_IN_FOCUSED_WINDOW));
updateModelForInputMap(model, 3,
component.getInputMap(JComponent.WHEN_ANCESTOR_OF_FOCUSED_COMPONENT));
}
private void updateModelForInputMap(TableModel model, int column, InputMap inputMap) {
if (inputMap == null) {
return;
}
KeyStroke[] keys = inputMap.allKeys();
if (keys == null) {
return;
}
Hashtable<Object, String> actions = new Hashtable<Object, String>(keys.length);
for (int i = 0; i < keys.length; i++) {
KeyStroke key = keys[i];
Object actionName = inputMap.get(key);
Object value = actions.get(actionName);
if (value == null) {
actions.put(actionName, key.toString().replace("pressed ", ""));
} else {
actions.put(actionName, value + ", " + key.toString().replace("pressed ", ""));
}
}
for (int i = 0; i < model.getRowCount(); i++) {
String o = actions.get(model.getValueAt(i, 0));
if (o != null) {
model.setValueAt(o.toString(), i, column);
}
}
}
class ChangeLookAndFeelAction extends AbstractAction {
private static final long serialVersionUID = 1L;
private String laf;
protected ChangeLookAndFeelAction(String laf, String name) {
this.laf = laf;
putValue(Action.NAME, name);
putValue(Action.SHORT_DESCRIPTION, getValue(Action.NAME));
}
#Override
public void actionPerformed(ActionEvent e) {
try {
JMenuItem mi = (JMenuItem) e.getSource();
JPopupMenu popup = (JPopupMenu) mi.getParent();
JRootPane rootPane = SwingUtilities.getRootPane(popup.getInvoker());
Component c = rootPane.getContentPane().getComponent(0);
rootPane.getContentPane().remove(c);
UIManager.setLookAndFeel(laf);
KeyBindings bindings = new KeyBindings();
rootPane.getContentPane().add(bindings.getContentPane());
SwingUtilities.updateComponentTreeUI(rootPane);
rootPane.requestFocusInWindow();
} catch (Exception ex) {
System.out.println("Failed loading L&F: " + laf);
System.out.println(ex);
}
}
}
class ExitAction extends AbstractAction {
private static final long serialVersionUID = 1L;
public ExitAction() {
putValue(Action.NAME, "Exit");
putValue(Action.SHORT_DESCRIPTION, getValue(Action.NAME));
putValue(Action.MNEMONIC_KEY, new Integer(KeyEvent.VK_X));
}
#Override
public void actionPerformed(ActionEvent e) {
System.exit(0);
}
}
class DummyFileSystemView extends FileSystemView {
#Override
public File createNewFolder(File containingDir) {
return null;
}
#Override
public File getDefaultDirectory() {
return null;
}
#Override
public File getHomeDirectory() {
return null;
}
}
private static void createAndShowGUI() {
KeyBindings application = new KeyBindings();
JFrame.setDefaultLookAndFeelDecorated(true);
JFrame frame = new JFrame("Key Bindings");
frame.setDefaultCloseOperation(JFrame.EXIT_ON_CLOSE);
frame.setJMenuBar(application.getMenuBar());
frame.getContentPane().add(application.getContentPane());
frame.pack();
frame.setLocationRelativeTo(null);
frame.setVisible(true);
/*try {
SynthLookAndFeel laf = new SynthLookAndFeel();
UIManager.setLookAndFeel(laf);
KeyBindings bindings = new KeyBindings();
} catch (UnsupportedLookAndFeelException ex) {
Logger.getLogger(KeyBindings.class.getName()).log(Level.SEVERE, null, ex);
} */
}
public static void main(String[] args) {
SwingUtilities.invokeLater(new Runnable() {
#Override
public void run() {
createAndShowGUI();
}
});
}
}

without selection
Delete Action from JTable
Insert Action from JTable
Space Action from JTable
I Action from JTable
after cell is selected
Delete Action from JTable
Insert Action from JTable
Space Action from JTable
I Action from JTable
from code, for correctness is required (otherwise there is bunch of unfilteres events, but completed for testing purposes) to test for CTRL && Whatever is Pressed insideAWTEventListener
import java.awt.AWTEvent;
import java.awt.BorderLayout;
import java.awt.Component;
import java.awt.Toolkit;
import java.awt.event.AWTEventListener;
import java.awt.event.ActionEvent;
import java.awt.event.KeyEvent;
import javax.swing.AbstractAction;
import javax.swing.JComponent;
import javax.swing.JFrame;
import javax.swing.JScrollPane;
import javax.swing.JTable;
import javax.swing.JViewport;
import javax.swing.KeyStroke;
import javax.swing.SwingUtilities;
import javax.swing.table.DefaultTableModel;
public class NewClass {
private JFrame frame = new JFrame();
private DefaultTableModel tmodel = new DefaultTableModel(3, 5);
private JTable table = new JTable(tmodel);
public NewClass() {
frame.add(new JScrollPane(createTable()), BorderLayout.CENTER);
frame.setDefaultCloseOperation(JFrame.EXIT_ON_CLOSE);
frame.pack();
frame.setLocation(150, 150);
frame.setVisible(true);
Toolkit.getDefaultToolkit().addAWTEventListener(new AWTEventListener() {
#Override
public void eventDispatched(AWTEvent event) {
if (event instanceof KeyEvent) {
KeyEvent ke = (KeyEvent) event;
Component comp = ke.getComponent();
if (comp instanceof JTable) {
System.out.println(comp);
} else if (comp instanceof JScrollPane) {
System.out.println(comp);
} else if (comp instanceof JViewport) {
System.out.println(comp);
} else if (comp instanceof JFrame) {
System.out.println(comp);
} else {
System.out.println(comp);
}
}
}
}, AWTEvent.KEY_EVENT_MASK);
}
public JTable createTable() {
table.setPreferredScrollableViewportSize(table.getPreferredSize());
table.getInputMap(JComponent.WHEN_ANCESTOR_OF_FOCUSED_COMPONENT).put(
KeyStroke.getKeyStroke(KeyEvent.VK_DELETE, KeyEvent.CTRL_MASK), "Delete");
table.getInputMap(JComponent.WHEN_ANCESTOR_OF_FOCUSED_COMPONENT).put(
KeyStroke.getKeyStroke(KeyEvent.VK_INSERT, KeyEvent.CTRL_MASK), "Insert");
table.getInputMap(JComponent.WHEN_ANCESTOR_OF_FOCUSED_COMPONENT).put(
KeyStroke.getKeyStroke(KeyEvent.VK_SPACE, KeyEvent.CTRL_MASK), "Space");
table.getInputMap(JComponent.WHEN_ANCESTOR_OF_FOCUSED_COMPONENT).put(
KeyStroke.getKeyStroke(KeyEvent.VK_I, KeyEvent.CTRL_MASK), "I");
table.getActionMap().put("Delete", new AbstractAction() {
#Override
public void actionPerformed(ActionEvent e) {
System.out.println("Delete Action from JTable");
}
});
table.getActionMap().put("Insert", new AbstractAction() {
#Override
public void actionPerformed(ActionEvent e) {
System.out.println("Insert Action from JTable");
}
});
table.getActionMap().put("Space", new AbstractAction() {
#Override
public void actionPerformed(ActionEvent e) {
System.out.println("Space Action from JTable");
}
});
table.getActionMap().put("I", new AbstractAction() {
#Override
public void actionPerformed(ActionEvent e) {
System.out.println("I Action from JTable");
}
});
return table;
}
public static void main(String args[]) {
try {
for (javax.swing.UIManager.LookAndFeelInfo info
: javax.swing.UIManager.getInstalledLookAndFeels()) {
if ("Windows".equals(info.getName())) {
javax.swing.UIManager.setLookAndFeel(info.getClassName());
break;
}
}
} catch (ClassNotFoundException | InstantiationException |
IllegalAccessException |
javax.swing.UnsupportedLookAndFeelException ex) {
java.util.logging.Logger.getLogger(
NewClass.class.getName()).log(
java.util.logging.Level.SEVERE, null, ex);
}
java.awt.EventQueue.invokeLater(new Runnable() {
#Override
public void run() {
new NewClass();
}
});
}
}

When my app opens a new java program, how do I prevent my app from repainting itself with a new theme?

Basically what I'm doing is creating a swing application that acts as a launcher. All it does is gives the user 3 options they can choose from to open a new java application. The 3 different java applications all have different themes, and one doesn't have a theme at all. I'm trying to get it so when I select an option, my launcher app doesn't repaint it self to what the new program is. I want the launcher to maintain its theme.
I'm probably not using EventQueue right but I'm not sure which one to use.
package wind;
import java.awt.Desktop;
import java.awt.EventQueue;
import java.awt.Frame;
import java.awt.GridBagConstraints;
import java.awt.GridBagLayout;
import java.awt.Image;
import java.awt.event.ActionEvent;
import java.awt.event.ActionListener;
import java.awt.image.RenderedImage;
import java.io.File;
import java.io.IOException;
import java.net.MalformedURLException;
import java.net.URI;
import java.net.URL;
import java.text.ParseException;
import javax.imageio.ImageIO;
import javax.swing.ImageIcon;
import javax.swing.JButton;
import javax.swing.JFrame;
import javax.swing.JMenu;
import javax.swing.JMenuBar;
import javax.swing.JMenuItem;
import javax.swing.JOptionPane;
import javax.swing.JPanel;
import javax.swing.JPopupMenu;
import javax.swing.SwingUtilities;
import javax.swing.UIManager;
import javax.swing.UnsupportedLookAndFeelException;
import de.javasoft.plaf.synthetica.SyntheticaAluOxideLookAndFeel;
public class Launcher {
/**
*
*/
private static final long serialVersionUID = 1L;
private JButton btn1, btn2, btn3;
private GridBagConstraints gbc = new GridBagConstraints();
private JMenuBar menuBar;
private JMenu menu, menu2, menu3, menu4;
private JMenuItem menuItem, menuItem2, menuItem3, menuItem4,
menuItem5, menuItem6, menuItem7, menuItem8, menuItem9, menuItem10,
menuItem11, menuItem12, menuItem13, submenu1, submenu2, submenu3, submenu4, submenu5,
submenu6, submenu7, submenu8, submenu9, submenu10;
JFrame frame;
public Launcher() {
JFrame.setDefaultLookAndFeelDecorated(true);
JPopupMenu.setDefaultLightWeightPopupEnabled(false);
try {
UIManager.setLookAndFeel(new SyntheticaAluOxideLookAndFeel());
} catch (UnsupportedLookAndFeelException e) {
// TODO Auto-generated catch block
e.printStackTrace();
} catch (ParseException e) {
// TODO Auto-generated catch block
e.printStackTrace();
}
EventQueue.invokeLater(new Runnable() {
public void run() {
frame = new JFrame();
frame.setTitle("Project Wind Client Launcher");
Image icon = getImage("windicon.png");
if (icon != null)
frame.setIconImage(icon);
components();
frame.add(mainPanel());
frame.setJMenuBar(menuBar);
frame.setDefaultCloseOperation(JFrame.EXIT_ON_CLOSE);
frame.setSize(500, 300);
frame.setResizable(false);
frame.setVisible(true);
}
});
}
private JPanel mainPanel() {
JPanel mainPanel = new JPanel();
mainPanel.setLayout(new GridBagLayout());
btn1 = new JButton();
try {
Image img = ImageIO.read(getClass().getResource("/resources/gui.png"));
btn1.setIcon(new ImageIcon(img));
} catch (IOException ex) {
}
btn1.setToolTipText("Click here to launch the client with a graphic user interface.");
btn1.addActionListener(new ActionListener() {
#Override
public void actionPerformed(ActionEvent e) {
runGUIMode(e);
}
});
//btn1.setBorder(null);
btn1.setOpaque(true);
btn1.setContentAreaFilled(false);
gbc.gridx = 1;
gbc.gridy = 0;
gbc.weightx = 0.25;
mainPanel.add(btn1, gbc);
btn2 = new JButton();
try {
Image img2 = ImageIO.read(getClass().getResource("/resources/nogui.png"));
btn2.setIcon(new ImageIcon(img2));
} catch (IOException ex) {
}
btn2.setToolTipText("This will launch the client without a graphic user interface.");
btn2.addActionListener(new ActionListener() {
#Override
public void actionPerformed(ActionEvent e) {
runNoGUI(e);
}
});
btn2.setContentAreaFilled(false);
gbc.gridx = 2;
gbc.gridy = 0;
gbc.weightx = 0.25;
mainPanel.add(btn2, gbc);
btn3 = new JButton();
try {
Image img2 = ImageIO.read(getClass().getResource("/resources/app.png"));
btn3.setIcon(new ImageIcon(img2));
} catch (IOException ex) {
}
btn3.setToolTipText("This will launch the client in application mode.");
btn3.addActionListener(new ActionListener() {
#Override
public void actionPerformed(ActionEvent e) {
runApplicationMode(e);
}
});
btn3.setContentAreaFilled(false);
gbc.gridx = 0;
gbc.gridy = 0;
gbc.weightx = 0.25;
mainPanel.add(btn3, gbc);
return mainPanel;
}
private void runApplicationMode(ActionEvent e) {
new FrameListener(FrameListener.LaunchMode.APPLICATION);
}
private void runNoGUI(ActionEvent e) {
new FrameListener(FrameListener.LaunchMode.NOGUI);
}
private void runGUIMode(ActionEvent e) {
new FrameListener(FrameListener.LaunchMode.GUI);
}
public void components() {
menuBar = new JMenuBar();
menu = new JMenu("File");
menu2 = new JMenu("Links");
menu3 = new JMenu("Guides");
menu4 = new JMenu("Help");
menuBar.add(menu);
menuBar.add(menu2);
menuBar.add(menu3);
menuBar.add(menu4);
menuItem = new JMenuItem("Exit");
menuItem.setToolTipText("Click here to exit the client launcher.");
menuItem.addActionListener(new ActionListener() {
#Override
public void actionPerformed(ActionEvent e) {
exitClient(e);
}
});
menuItem2 = new JMenuItem("Update");
menuItem2.setToolTipText("Click here to update your client.");
menuItem2.addActionListener(new ActionListener() {
#Override
public void actionPerformed(ActionEvent e) {
updateClient(e);
}
});
menuItem3 = new JMenuItem("Check Version");
menuItem3.setToolTipText("Click here to check the version of your client.");
menuItem3.addActionListener(new ActionListener() {
#Override
public void actionPerformed(ActionEvent e) {
checkVersion(e);
}
});
menuItem13 = new JMenuItem("Hide Launcher");
menuItem13.setToolTipText("Click here to hide the client launcher.");
menuItem13.addActionListener(new ActionListener() {
#Override
public void actionPerformed(ActionEvent e) {
hideLauncher(e);
}
});
menu.add(menuItem3);
menu.add(menuItem);
menu.add(menuItem13);
menu.add(menuItem2);
menuItem4 = new JMenuItem("Home");
menuItem4.setToolTipText("Click here to open up your homepage.");
menuItem4.addActionListener(new ActionListener() {
#Override
public void actionPerformed(ActionEvent e) {
home(e);
}
});
menuItem5 = new JMenuItem("YouTube");
menuItem5.setToolTipText("Click here to open up YouTube.");
menuItem5.addActionListener(new ActionListener() {
#Override
public void actionPerformed(ActionEvent e) {
if (e.getSource() == menuItem5)
openURL("http://youtube.com");
}
});
menuItem6 = new JMenuItem("Twitter");
menuItem6.setToolTipText("Click here to open up Twitter.");
menuItem6.addActionListener(new ActionListener() {
#Override
public void actionPerformed(ActionEvent e) {
if (e.getSource() == menuItem6)
openURL("http://twitter.com");
}
});
menuItem10 = new JMenuItem("Twitch");
menuItem10.setToolTipText("Click here to open up Twitch.");
menuItem10.addActionListener(new ActionListener() {
#Override
public void actionPerformed(ActionEvent e) {
if (e.getSource() == menuItem10)
openURL("http://twitch.tv");
}
});
menu2.add(menuItem4);
menu2.add(menuItem10);
menu2.add(menuItem6);
menu2.add(menuItem5);
menuItem7 = new JMenu("Combat");
menuItem7.setToolTipText("Click here to view more options related to combat.");
submenu1 = new JMenu("Attack");
submenu2 = new JMenu("Strength");
submenu3 = new JMenu("Defence");
submenu4 = new JMenu("Hitpoints");
submenu5 = new JMenu("Prayer");
submenu6 = new JMenu("Ranged");
submenu7 = new JMenu("Magic");
menuItem7.add(submenu1);
menuItem7.add(submenu3);
menuItem7.add(submenu4);
menuItem7.add(submenu5);
menuItem7.add(submenu7);
menuItem7.add(submenu6);
menuItem7.add(submenu2);
menuItem8 = new JMenu("Skilling");
menuItem8.setToolTipText("Click here to view more options about skilling.");
submenu8 = new JMenu("Cooking");
submenu9 = new JMenu("Fishing");
submenu10 = new JMenu("Fletching");
menuItem8.add(submenu8);
menuItem8.add(submenu9);
menuItem8.add(submenu10);
menuItem9 = new JMenu("Money Making");
menuItem9.setToolTipText("Click here to view more options related to money making.");
menu3.add(menuItem7);
menu3.add(menuItem8);
menu3.add(menuItem9);
menuItem11 = new JMenu("Report a Bug");
menuItem11.setToolTipText("See any bugs? Click here and report them.");
menuItem12 = new JMenu("Commands");
menuItem12.setToolTipText("Click here to see which commands are available.");
menu4.add(menuItem11);
menu4.add(menuItem12);
}
private void exitClient(ActionEvent e) {
System.exit(1);
}
private void updateClient(ActionEvent e) {
JOptionPane.showMessageDialog(null,
"Client will now update.");
}
private void checkVersion(ActionEvent e) {
JOptionPane.showMessageDialog(null,
"Your files are fully updated.");
}
private void hideLauncher(ActionEvent e) {
frame.setState(Frame.ICONIFIED);
}
private void home(ActionEvent e) {
openURL("http://google.com");
}
public static void main(String[] args) {
SwingUtilities.invokeLater(new Runnable() {
public void run() {
new Launcher();
}
});
}
public void openURL(String url) {
try {
Desktop desktop = java.awt.Desktop.getDesktop();
URI oURL = new URI(url);
desktop.browse(oURL);
} catch (Exception e) {
e.printStackTrace();
}
}
private Image getImage(String name) {
String url = "https://dl.dropboxusercontent.com/u/5173165/icons/" + name;
try {
File f = new File(name);
if (f.exists())
return ImageIO.read(f.toURI().toURL());
Image img = ImageIO.read(new URL(url));
if (img != null) {
ImageIO.write((RenderedImage) img, "PNG", f);
return img;
}
} catch (MalformedURLException e) {
System.out.println("Error connecting to image URL: " + url);
} catch (IOException e) {
System.out.println("Error reading file: " + name);
}
return null;
}
}
This is a class that creates the new application the user selects
package wind;
import java.awt.EventQueue;
import javax.swing.JLabel;
import javax.swing.SwingUtilities;
import wind.gui.Application;
import wind.gui.Gui;
import wind.web.WebClient;
public class FrameListener {
static JLabel image;
LaunchMode mode;
public FrameListener(LaunchMode mode) {
this.mode = mode;
initClient();
}
public enum LaunchMode {
APPLICATION,
GUI,
NOGUI;
}
public void initClient() {
switch(mode) {
case APPLICATION:
EventQueue.invokeLater(new Runnable() {
#Override
public void run() {
new Application();
}
});
break;
case GUI:
EventQueue.invokeLater(new Runnable() {
#Override
public void run() {
new Gui();
}
});
break;
case NOGUI:
EventQueue.invokeLater(new Runnable() {
#Override
public void run() {
new WebClient(null);
}
});
break;
default:
mode = LaunchMode.GUI;
break;
}
}
}

This Swing based Launcher uses ProcessBuilder to run programs in a separate JVM. You can assess its suitability for your application by running it with a non-default Look & Feel. Note MetalLookAndFeel on the left and AquaLookAndFeel on the right in the illustration below.
$ java -Dswing.defaultlaf=javax.swing.plaf.metal.MetalLookAndFeel \
-cp build/classes gui.Launcher

How to create a instance

I am having two classes, a main class and class which extends JPanel and implements Runnable. I am trying to create two threads for the same instance of the JPanel class in an actionListener, but i just don't know where to create the JPanel1 object...
//Edit: Button1 is the start of the application .After that , button 2 will appear with a quick animation of labels and when clicked it(button2) will start the same animation too. How can i do whenever one of these buttons is clicked to launch the run method ?
public void run() {
if(isTom){
repaint();
revalidate();
try {
Thread.sleep(500);
} catch (InterruptedException e) {
}
panel.removeAll();
panel.add(tomLabel1);
repaint();
revalidate();
try {
Thread.sleep(500);
} catch (InterruptedException e) {
}
panel.add(tomLabel2);
repaint();
revalidate();
try {
Thread.sleep(500);
} catch (InterruptedException e) {
}
panel.add(tomLabel3);
repaint();
revalidate();
try {
Thread.sleep(500);
} catch (InterruptedException e) {
}
panel.add(tomLabel4);
repaint();
revalidate();
try {
Thread.sleep(500);
} catch (InterruptedException e) {
}
panel.add(tomLabel5);
repaint();
revalidate();
try {
Thread.sleep(500);
} catch (InterruptedException e) {
}
panel.removeAll();
repaint();
revalidate();
try {
Thread.sleep(500);
} catch (InterruptedException e) {
}
}
public Game(){
JFrame frame = new JFrame();
Panel1 key = new Panel1();
key.addKeyListener(key);
frame.add(key);
frame.setDefaultCloseOperation(JFrame.EXIT_ON_CLOSE);
frame.setLocationRelativeTo(null);
frame.setExtendedState(JFrame.MAXIMIZED_BOTH);
frame.setUndecorated(true);
frame.setVisible(true);
}
public static void main(String[] args) {
new Game();
}
public class Panel1 extends JPanel implements KeyListener,Runnable{
JButton button1 = new JButton("BUTTON1");
JButton button2 = new JButton("BUTTON2");
add(button1);add(button2);
Thread t = new Thread(this); // This works, but i need it inside the actionListener.
button1.addActionListener(new ActionListener(){
public void actionPerformed(ActionEvent e){
System.out.println("button1");
Thread x = new Thread(j);//'j' is an JPanel1 object. I need something like this i guess
x.setName("Thread x");});
button2.addActionListener(new ActionListener(){
public void actionPerformed(ActionEvent e){
System.out.println("button2");
Thread y = new Thread(j);
y.setName("Thread y");
});
public void run(){
System.out.println(Thread.currentThread().getName());
}

First, Swing is NOT thread safe! This means that you should NEVER create or modify the UI from outside of context of the Event Dispatching Thread!
Second, Swing is a single threaded environment, this means that you should never block or execute long running code from within the context of the Event Dispatching Thread, this will cause the UI to freeze until the block is removed.
Your concept is correct, you implementation is wrong, you should use a Swing Timer instead.
Instead of removing and adding labels, use a single label and change it's properties (text/icon, what ever)
See Concurrency in Swing and How to use Swing Timers for more details
import java.awt.BorderLayout;
import java.awt.Dimension;
import java.awt.EventQueue;
import java.awt.HeadlessException;
import java.awt.event.ActionEvent;
import java.awt.event.ActionListener;
import java.io.IOException;
import javax.imageio.ImageIO;
import javax.swing.Icon;
import javax.swing.ImageIcon;
import javax.swing.JButton;
import javax.swing.JFrame;
import javax.swing.JLabel;
import javax.swing.JPanel;
import javax.swing.Timer;
import javax.swing.UIManager;
import javax.swing.UnsupportedLookAndFeelException;
public class Test {
public static void main(String[] args) {
new Test();
}
public Test() {
EventQueue.invokeLater(new Runnable() {
#Override
public void run() {
try {
UIManager.setLookAndFeel(UIManager.getSystemLookAndFeelClassName());
} catch (ClassNotFoundException | InstantiationException | IllegalAccessException | UnsupportedLookAndFeelException ex) {
ex.printStackTrace();
}
try {
JFrame frame = new JFrame("Testing");
frame.setDefaultCloseOperation(JFrame.EXIT_ON_CLOSE);
frame.add(new TestPane());
frame.pack();
frame.setLocationRelativeTo(null);
frame.setVisible(true);
} catch (IOException exp) {
exp.printStackTrace();
}
}
});
}
public class TestPane extends JPanel {
private JButton button1;
private JButton button2;
private SplashScreen splashScreen;
public TestPane() throws IOException {
button1 = new JButton("Button One");
button2 = new JButton("Button Two");
JPanel buttons = new JPanel();
buttons.add(button1);
buttons.add(button2);
button1.addActionListener(new ActionListener() {
#Override
public void actionPerformed(ActionEvent e) {
splashScreen.run();
}
});
button2.addActionListener(new ActionListener() {
#Override
public void actionPerformed(ActionEvent e) {
splashScreen.run();
}
});
splashScreen = new SplashScreen();
setLayout(new BorderLayout());
add(splashScreen);
add(buttons, BorderLayout.SOUTH);
}
}
public static class SplashScreen extends JPanel {
protected static final int IMAGE_COUNT = 4;
private JLabel label;
private Timer timer;
private int delta;
private int count;
private Icon[] icons;
private Dimension preferredSize;
public SplashScreen() throws IOException {
String path = "/images/splash";
String ext = ".png";
icons = new Icon[IMAGE_COUNT];
int maxWidth = 0;
int maxHeight = 0;
for (int index = 0; index < IMAGE_COUNT; index++) {
String name = path + (index + 1) + ext;
System.out.println(name);
icons[index] = new ImageIcon(ImageIO.read(getClass().getResource(name)));
maxWidth = Math.max(maxWidth, icons[index].getIconWidth());
maxHeight = Math.max(maxHeight, icons[index].getIconHeight());
}
preferredSize = new Dimension(maxWidth, maxHeight);
timer = new Timer(250, new ActionListener() {
#Override
public void actionPerformed(ActionEvent e) {
if (count >= IMAGE_COUNT) {
count = IMAGE_COUNT - 2;
delta = -1;
} else if (count < 0) {
((Timer)e.getSource()).stop();
} else {
label.setIcon(icons[count]);
count += delta;
}
}
});
setLayout(new BorderLayout());
label = new JLabel();
add(label);
}
#Override
public Dimension getPreferredSize() {
return preferredSize;
}
public void run() {
if (!timer.isRunning()) {
delta = 1;
count = 0;
timer.start();
}
}
}
}

Create a new instance of a Thread with your Panel1 class instance:
button1.addActionListener(new ActionListener(){
public void actionPerformed(ActionEvent e){
System.out.println("button1");
Thread x = new Thread(Panel1.this);
x.start();
x.setName("Thread x");});
Repeat for the other button with a new Thread object:
button2.addActionListener(new ActionListener(){
public void actionPerformed(ActionEvent e){
System.out.println("button2");
Thread y = new Thread(Panel1.this);
y.start();
y.setName("Thread y"); });
Panel1.this is referring to the instance of the Panel1 class that is currently running, making sure that your Threads are executing run() of that instance.

internal frame not working

Hi I have created three frames inside a container and each frame has three buttons which performs the functions of min,max and close. For surprise only one frame is working and the rest three are not working.can you please sort it out.thanks
package Project;
import java.awt.Component;
import java.awt.EventQueue;
import java.awt.GridLayout;
import java.awt.event.*;
import java.beans.PropertyVetoException;
import java.util.ArrayList;
import java.util.List;
import javax.swing.*;
import javax.swing.plaf.basic.BasicInternalFrameTitlePane;
import javax.swing.plaf.basic.BasicInternalFrameUI;
public class Test4 {
JInternalFrame inf ;
DesktopPane pane;
public static void main(String[] args) {
new Test4();
}
private int xpos = 0;
private int ypos = 0;
public Test4() {
EventQueue.invokeLater(new Runnable() {
#Override
public void run() {
try {
UIManager.setLookAndFeel(UIManager.getSystemLookAndFeelClassName());
} catch (Exception exp) {
exp.printStackTrace();
}
pane = new DesktopPane();
pane.add(newInternalFrame());
pane.add(newInternalFrame());
pane.add(newInternalFrame());
JFrame frame = new JFrame();
frame.add(pane);
frame.setDefaultCloseOperation(JFrame.EXIT_ON_CLOSE);
frame.setSize(400, 400);
frame.setLocationRelativeTo(null);
frame.setVisible(true);
}
});
}
public JInternalFrame newInternalFrame() {
inf= new JInternalFrame("Blah", true, true, true, true);
inf.setLocation(xpos, ypos);
inf.setSize(200, 100);
inf.setVisible(true);
xpos += 50;
ypos += 50;
JPanel jp = new JPanel();
JLabel jl=new JLabel("panel"+xpos);
JButton jb = new JButton("_");
JButton jb2 = new JButton("[]");
JButton jb3 = new JButton("X");
inf.setLayout(new GridLayout(2, 2));
jp.add(jl);
jp.add(jb);
jp.add(jb2);
jp.add(jb3);
inf.add(jp);
jb.addActionListener(new ActionListener() {
#Override
public void actionPerformed(ActionEvent ae) {
try {
if (inf.getLayer() == JDesktopPane.FRAME_CONTENT_LAYER) {
pane.remove(inf);
pane.add(inf, JDesktopPane.DEFAULT_LAYER);
pane.revalidate();
pane.repaint();
}
inf.pack();
inf.setIcon(true);
} catch (PropertyVetoException ex) {
ex.printStackTrace();
}
}
});
jb2.addActionListener(new ActionListener() {
#Override
public void actionPerformed(ActionEvent ae) {
try {
if (inf.isMaximum()) {//restore
inf.pack();
} else {//maximize
inf.setMaximum(true);
}
pane.remove(inf);
pane.add(inf, JDesktopPane.FRAME_CONTENT_LAYER);
pane.revalidate();
pane.repaint();
} catch (Exception e) {
e.printStackTrace();
}
}
});
jb3.addActionListener(new ActionListener() {
#Override
public void actionPerformed(ActionEvent ae) {
try {
inf.dispose();
} catch (Exception ex) {
ex.printStackTrace();
}
}
});
BasicInternalFrameTitlePane titlePane = (BasicInternalFrameTitlePane) ((BasicInternalFrameUI) inf.getUI()).getNorthPane();
inf.remove(titlePane);
return inf;
}
public class DesktopPane extends JDesktopPane {
#Override
public void doLayout() {
super.doLayout();
List<Component> icons = new ArrayList<Component>(25);
int maxLayer = 0;
for (Component comp : getComponents()) {
if (comp instanceof JInternalFrame.JDesktopIcon) {
icons.add(comp);
maxLayer = Math.max(getLayer(comp), maxLayer);
}
}
maxLayer++;
int x = 0;
for (Component icon : icons) {
int y = getHeight() - icon.getHeight();
icon.setLocation(x, y);
x += icon.getWidth();
setLayer(icon, maxLayer);
}
}
/* public void doLayout() {
super.doLayout();
List<Component> icons = new ArrayList<Component>(25);
for (Component comp : getComponents()) {
if (comp instanceof JInternalFrame.JDesktopIcon) {
icons.add(comp);
}
}
int x = 0;
for (Component icon : icons) {
int y = getHeight() - icon.getHeight();
icon.setLocation(x, y);
x += icon.getWidth();
}
}*/
}
}

package Project;
import java.awt.Component;
import java.awt.Dimension;
import java.awt.EventQueue;
import java.awt.GridLayout;
import java.awt.event.*;
import java.beans.PropertyVetoException;
import java.util.ArrayList;
import java.util.List;
import javax.swing.JButton;
import javax.swing.JDesktopPane;
import javax.swing.JFrame;
import javax.swing.JInternalFrame;
import javax.swing.JLabel;
import javax.swing.JPanel;
import javax.swing.UIManager;
import javax.swing.plaf.basic.BasicInternalFrameTitlePane;
import javax.swing.plaf.basic.BasicInternalFrameUI;
public class Test4 {
private JDesktopPane pane;
public static void main(String[] args) {
new Test4();// there was a little change here
}
private int xpos = 0;
private int ypos = 0;
public Test4() {
EventQueue.invokeLater(new Runnable() {
#Override
public void run() {
try {
UIManager.setLookAndFeel(UIManager.getSystemLookAndFeelClassName());
} catch (Exception exp) {
exp.printStackTrace();
}
pane = new Test4.DesktopPane() {
#Override
public Dimension getPreferredSize() {
return new Dimension(400, 400);
}
};
pane.add(newInternalFrame());
pane.add(newInternalFrame());
pane.add(newInternalFrame());
JFrame frame = new JFrame();
frame.add(pane);
frame.setDefaultCloseOperation(JFrame.EXIT_ON_CLOSE);
frame.pack();
frame.setLocationRelativeTo(null);
frame.setVisible(true);
}
});
}
public JInternalFrame newInternalFrame() {
final JInternalFrame inf = new JInternalFrame("Blah", true, true, true, true);
inf.setLocation(xpos, ypos);
inf.setSize(200, 100);
inf.setVisible(true);
xpos += 50;
ypos += 50;
JPanel jp = new JPanel();
JLabel jl = new JLabel("panel" + xpos);
JButton jb = new JButton("_");
JButton jb2 = new JButton("[]");
JButton jb3 = new JButton("X");
inf.setLayout(new GridLayout(2, 2));
jp.add(jl);
jp.add(jb);
jp.add(jb2);
jp.add(jb3);
inf.add(jp);
jb.addActionListener(new ActionListener() {
#Override
public void actionPerformed(ActionEvent ae) {
try {
if (inf.getLayer() == JDesktopPane.FRAME_CONTENT_LAYER) {
pane.remove(inf);
pane.add(inf, JDesktopPane.DEFAULT_LAYER);
pane.revalidate();
pane.repaint();
}
inf.pack();
inf.setIcon(true);
} catch (PropertyVetoException ex) {
ex.printStackTrace();
}
}
});
jb2.addActionListener(new ActionListener() {
#Override
public void actionPerformed(ActionEvent ae) {
try {
if (inf.isMaximum()) {//restore
inf.pack();
} else {//maximize
inf.setMaximum(true);
}
pane.remove(inf);
pane.add(inf, JDesktopPane.FRAME_CONTENT_LAYER);
pane.revalidate();
pane.repaint();
} catch (Exception e) {
e.printStackTrace();
}
}
});
jb3.addActionListener(new ActionListener() {
#Override
public void actionPerformed(ActionEvent ae) {
try {
inf.dispose();
} catch (Exception ex) {
ex.printStackTrace();
}
}
});
BasicInternalFrameTitlePane titlePane = (BasicInternalFrameTitlePane) ((BasicInternalFrameUI) inf.getUI()).getNorthPane();
inf.remove(titlePane);
return inf;
}
public class DesktopPane extends JDesktopPane {
#Override
public void doLayout() {
super.doLayout();
List<Component> icons = new ArrayList<Component>(25);
int maxLayer = 0;
for (Component comp : getComponents()) {
if (comp instanceof JInternalFrame.JDesktopIcon) {
icons.add(comp);
maxLayer = Math.max(getLayer(comp), maxLayer);
}
}
maxLayer++;
int x = 0;
for (Component icon : icons) {
int y = getHeight() - icon.getHeight();
icon.setLocation(x, y);
x += icon.getWidth();
setLayer(icon, maxLayer);
}
}
}
}

just add the following line
final JInternalFrame inf= new JInternalFrame("Blah", true, true, true, true);
in place of inf= new JInternalFrame("Blah", true, true, true, true);
and remove this JInternalFrame inf from main.

how to drag and drop files from a directory in java

I want to implement dragging and dropping of files from a directory such as someones hard drive but can't figure out how to do it. I've read the java api but it talks of color pickers and dragging and dropping between lists but how to drag files from a computers file system and drop into my application. I tried writing the transferhandler class and a mouse event for when the drag starts but nothing seems to work. Now I'm back to just having my JFileChooser set so drag has been enabled but how to drop?
Any info or point in the right direction greatly appreciated.
import javax.swing.*;
import java.awt.BorderLayout;
import java.awt.GridLayout;
import java.awt.event.ActionEvent;
import java.awt.event.ActionListener;
import java.io.File;
import javax.swing.BorderFactory;
import javax.swing.DefaultListModel;
import javax.swing.JButton;
import javax.swing.JComponent;
import javax.swing.JFileChooser;
import javax.swing.JFrame;
import javax.swing.JLabel;
import javax.swing.JList;
import javax.swing.JPanel;
import javax.swing.JScrollPane;
import javax.swing.SwingUtilities;
import javax.swing.filechooser.FileFilter;
public class FileChooserDemo
extends JPanel
implements ActionListener
{
JLabel selectedFileLabel;
JList selectedFilesList;
JLabel returnCodeLabel;
public FileChooserDemo()
{
super();
createContent();
}
void initFrameContent()
{
JPanel closePanel = new JPanel();
add(closePanel, BorderLayout.SOUTH);
}
private void createContent()
{
setLayout(new BorderLayout());
JPanel NorthPanel = new JPanel();
JMenuBar menuBar = new JMenuBar();
JMenu menu = new JMenu("File");
JMenuItem quit = new JMenuItem("Quit");
menuBar.add(menu);
menu.add(quit);
NorthPanel.add(menu,BorderLayout.NORTH);
JPanel buttonPanel = new JPanel(new GridLayout(7,1 ));
JButton openButton = new JButton("Open...");
openButton.setActionCommand("OPEN");
openButton.addActionListener(this);
buttonPanel.add(openButton);
JButton saveButton = new JButton("Save...");
saveButton.setActionCommand("SAVE");
saveButton.addActionListener(this);
buttonPanel.add(saveButton);
JButton delete = new JButton("Delete");
delete.addActionListener(this);
delete.setActionCommand("DELETE");
buttonPanel.add(delete);
add(buttonPanel, BorderLayout.WEST);
// create a panel to display the selected file(s) and the return code
JPanel displayPanel = new JPanel(new BorderLayout());
selectedFileLabel = new JLabel("-");
selectedFileLabel.setBorder(BorderFactory.createTitledBorder
("Selected File/Directory "));
displayPanel.add(selectedFileLabel, BorderLayout.NORTH);
selectedFilesList = new JList();
JScrollPane sp = new JScrollPane(selectedFilesList);
sp.setBorder(BorderFactory.createTitledBorder("Selected Files "));
MouseListener listener = new MouseAdapter()
{
public void mousePressed(MouseEvent me)
{
JComponent comp = (JComponent) me.getSource();
TransferHandler handler = comp.getTransferHandler();
handler.exportAsDrag(comp, me, TransferHandler.MOVE);
}
};
selectedFilesList.addMouseListener(listener);
displayPanel.add(sp);
returnCodeLabel = new JLabel("");
returnCodeLabel.setBorder(BorderFactory.createTitledBorder("Return Code"));
displayPanel.add(returnCodeLabel, BorderLayout.SOUTH);
add(displayPanel);
}
public void actionPerformed(ActionEvent e)
{
int option = 0;
File selectedFile = null;
File[] selectedFiles = new File[0];
if (e.getActionCommand().equals("CLOSE"))
{
System.exit(0);
}
else if (e.getActionCommand().equals("OPEN"))
{
JFileChooser chooser = new JFileChooser();
chooser.setDragEnabled(true);
chooser.setMultiSelectionEnabled(true);
option = chooser.showOpenDialog(this);
selectedFiles = chooser.getSelectedFiles();
}
else if (e.getActionCommand().equals("SAVE"))
{
JFileChooser chooser = new JFileChooser();
option = chooser.showSaveDialog(this);
selectedFiles = chooser.getSelectedFiles();
}
// display the selection and return code
if (selectedFile != null)
selectedFileLabel.setText(selectedFile.toString());
else
selectedFileLabel.setText("null");
DefaultListModel listModel = new DefaultListModel();
for (int i =0; i < selectedFiles.length; i++)
listModel.addElement(selectedFiles[i]);
selectedFilesList.setModel(listModel);
returnCodeLabel.setText(Integer.toString(option));
}
public static void main(String[] args)
{
SwingUtilities.invokeLater
(new Runnable()
{
public void run()
{
FileChooserDemo app = new FileChooserDemo();
app.initFrameContent();
JFrame frame = new JFrame("LoquetUP");
frame.getContentPane().add(app);
frame.setDefaultCloseOperation(3);
frame.setSize(600,400);
frame.setResizable(false);
frame.setLocationRelativeTo(null);
//frame.pack();
frame.setVisible(true);
}
});
}
}

This is my take on the idea. I've used the "traditional" drag and drop API in this example. It has some extra "paint" tweaks just to show off what you might be able to do.
This example doesn't scan folders dropped onto it, so any folder will only register as a single file, but I'm sure you can work it out
public class TestDragNDropFiles {
public static void main(String[] args) {
new TestDragNDropFiles();
}
public TestDragNDropFiles() {
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 DropPane());
frame.pack();
frame.setLocationRelativeTo(null);
frame.setVisible(true);
}
});
}
public class DropPane extends JPanel {
private DropTarget dropTarget;
private DropTargetHandler dropTargetHandler;
private Point dragPoint;
private boolean dragOver = false;
private BufferedImage target;
private JLabel message;
public DropPane() {
try {
target = ImageIO.read(new File("target.png"));
} catch (IOException ex) {
ex.printStackTrace();
}
setLayout(new GridBagLayout());
message = new JLabel();
message.setFont(message.getFont().deriveFont(Font.BOLD, 24));
add(message);
}
#Override
public Dimension getPreferredSize() {
return new Dimension(400, 400);
}
protected DropTarget getMyDropTarget() {
if (dropTarget == null) {
dropTarget = new DropTarget(this, DnDConstants.ACTION_COPY_OR_MOVE, null);
}
return dropTarget;
}
protected DropTargetHandler getDropTargetHandler() {
if (dropTargetHandler == null) {
dropTargetHandler = new DropTargetHandler();
}
return dropTargetHandler;
}
#Override
public void addNotify() {
super.addNotify();
try {
getMyDropTarget().addDropTargetListener(getDropTargetHandler());
} catch (TooManyListenersException ex) {
ex.printStackTrace();
}
}
#Override
public void removeNotify() {
super.removeNotify();
getMyDropTarget().removeDropTargetListener(getDropTargetHandler());
}
#Override
protected void paintComponent(Graphics g) {
super.paintComponent(g);
if (dragOver) {
Graphics2D g2d = (Graphics2D) g.create();
g2d.setColor(new Color(0, 255, 0, 64));
g2d.fill(new Rectangle(getWidth(), getHeight()));
if (dragPoint != null && target != null) {
int x = dragPoint.x - 12;
int y = dragPoint.y - 12;
g2d.drawImage(target, x, y, this);
}
g2d.dispose();
}
}
protected void importFiles(final List files) {
Runnable run = new Runnable() {
#Override
public void run() {
message.setText("You dropped " + files.size() + " files");
}
};
SwingUtilities.invokeLater(run);
}
protected class DropTargetHandler implements DropTargetListener {
protected void processDrag(DropTargetDragEvent dtde) {
if (dtde.isDataFlavorSupported(DataFlavor.javaFileListFlavor)) {
dtde.acceptDrag(DnDConstants.ACTION_COPY);
} else {
dtde.rejectDrag();
}
}
#Override
public void dragEnter(DropTargetDragEvent dtde) {
processDrag(dtde);
SwingUtilities.invokeLater(new DragUpdate(true, dtde.getLocation()));
repaint();
}
#Override
public void dragOver(DropTargetDragEvent dtde) {
processDrag(dtde);
SwingUtilities.invokeLater(new DragUpdate(true, dtde.getLocation()));
repaint();
}
#Override
public void dropActionChanged(DropTargetDragEvent dtde) {
}
#Override
public void dragExit(DropTargetEvent dte) {
SwingUtilities.invokeLater(new DragUpdate(false, null));
repaint();
}
#Override
public void drop(DropTargetDropEvent dtde) {
SwingUtilities.invokeLater(new DragUpdate(false, null));
Transferable transferable = dtde.getTransferable();
if (dtde.isDataFlavorSupported(DataFlavor.javaFileListFlavor)) {
dtde.acceptDrop(dtde.getDropAction());
try {
List transferData = (List) transferable.getTransferData(DataFlavor.javaFileListFlavor);
if (transferData != null && transferData.size() > 0) {
importFiles(transferData);
dtde.dropComplete(true);
}
} catch (Exception ex) {
ex.printStackTrace();
}
} else {
dtde.rejectDrop();
}
}
}
public class DragUpdate implements Runnable {
private boolean dragOver;
private Point dragPoint;
public DragUpdate(boolean dragOver, Point dragPoint) {
this.dragOver = dragOver;
this.dragPoint = dragPoint;
}
#Override
public void run() {
DropPane.this.dragOver = dragOver;
DropPane.this.dragPoint = dragPoint;
DropPane.this.repaint();
}
}
}
}

You need to experiment with Drag & Drop and see exactly what flavors are available when you try to drag files. If you do this in your custom TransferHandler you'll be pleasantly surprised one Flavor is the DataFlavor.javaFileListFlavor, which indicates that the item can be used simply as a List. Try it and you'll see that it works!
Note on review of your posted code, I don't see any code for your attempt at using a TransferHandler, so it is hard to say what you could be doing wrong here.
Edit 1
You seem to be trying to use a MouseListener for your drag and drop, and I'm not familiar with this usage. Can you show a reference to a tutorial that tells you to do this?
Edit 2
import java.awt.datatransfer.DataFlavor;
import java.awt.datatransfer.UnsupportedFlavorException;
import java.io.File;
import java.io.IOException;
import java.util.List;
import javax.swing.*;
#SuppressWarnings("serial")
public class FileDragDemo extends JPanel {
private JList list = new JList();
public FileDragDemo() {
list.setDragEnabled(true);
list.setTransferHandler(new FileListTransferHandler(list));
add(new JScrollPane(list));
}
private static void createAndShowGui() {
FileDragDemo mainPanel = new FileDragDemo();
JFrame frame = new JFrame("FileDragDemo");
frame.setDefaultCloseOperation(JFrame.EXIT_ON_CLOSE);
frame.getContentPane().add(mainPanel);
frame.pack();
frame.setLocationByPlatform(true);
frame.setVisible(true);
}
public static void main(String[] args) {
SwingUtilities.invokeLater(new Runnable() {
public void run() {
createAndShowGui();
}
});
}
}
#SuppressWarnings("serial")
class FileListTransferHandler extends TransferHandler {
private JList list;
public FileListTransferHandler(JList list) {
this.list = list;
}
public int getSourceActions(JComponent c) {
return COPY_OR_MOVE;
}
public boolean canImport(TransferSupport ts) {
return ts.isDataFlavorSupported(DataFlavor.javaFileListFlavor);
}
public boolean importData(TransferSupport ts) {
try {
#SuppressWarnings("rawtypes")
List data = (List) ts.getTransferable().getTransferData(
DataFlavor.javaFileListFlavor);
if (data.size() < 1) {
return false;
}
DefaultListModel listModel = new DefaultListModel();
for (Object item : data) {
File file = (File) item;
listModel.addElement(file);
}
list.setModel(listModel);
return true;
} catch (UnsupportedFlavorException e) {
return false;
} catch (IOException e) {
return false;
}
}
}