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1. In swing GUI how to show a JPanel as maximized when the user clicks a button?    stackoverflow.com

I want to maximize a JPanel inside a JFrame when the user clicks a button.What is the best way to achieve this.The view and the data model should be in sync ...

2. Disposing JFrame by clicking from an inner JPanel    stackoverflow.com

I'm trying to dispose my JFrame by clicking a button, located on a JPanel that is placed on the JFrame that I want to close. I tried to make a static method ...

3. Why will BoxLayout not allow me to change the width of a JButton but let me change the height?    stackoverflow.com

I'm trying to get the Layout of a JDialog of mine to fit a particular look that a program in which I'm porting to Java has, I've used several LayoutManagers before ...

4. Add JButtons to JPanel    stackoverflow.com

I want to add a number of JButtons to a JPanel using a For loop. When the user presses a button, the following code is run:

for (i = 0; i < ...

5. What is the best way to rotate several buttons in a jpanel around a central point?    stackoverflow.com

I am working on a project in which I have a background image with specific points of interest. Each of these specific points will have a custom button class overlaid on ...

6. why does my button not appear on my JPanel - Java    stackoverflow.com

Or maybe my JPanel is not appearing at all. I am trying to have a JPanel at the bottom of the screen that hold several buttons. Can someone set me strait?

public class ...

7. Can't a Swing component be added to multiple containers?    stackoverflow.com

I'm trying (testing something else) to add one JButton reference into two JPanels to test it, and it disappears from the first panel it was added to! So, can't a Swing component ...

8. center vertically jbutton inside jpanel -java    stackoverflow.com

I have a border layout with 4 panels, north, south, east and west. For example in east side I have a jpanel which have four buttons. My problem is that all ...

9. What can I use instead of buttons in the JPanel to get the same appearance in all OS?    stackoverflow.com

I need to generate a rectangular grid (let say 3 by 4) consisting of squares of different colors. Moreover, the squares (cells of the grid) have to contain same short text. ...





10. Simple Java GUI problem I cannot figure out    stackoverflow.com

Sorry, I have asked about this before, but I have redone and simplified my code to the extent that I thought it was deserving of it's own post. What my code currently ...

11. Java App - Add, Delete, Reorder elements of the JButtons    stackoverflow.com

I'm developping a Java application. I created this interface with MockupScreens. Please look at these pictures. enter image description here enter image description here At first time, there's only one element, the ...

12. access button in jpanel    stackoverflow.com

during the setup this function is called

 private JPanel Defer()      
    {            ...

13. How to add ActionListener to a JButton added to a JPanel?    stackoverflow.com

My aim is to make a paint type application. Thank you for your suggestions.. but there is still error in the code. In netbeans IDE error : 'method addActionListener in class cannot be applied ...

14. Nullpointer Exception when passing JButton actionListener to another Java Class    stackoverflow.com

I have two classes (MainMenu and CancelListner). When i called an instance of my CancelListener to use the proper actionPerformed method, i get a NullPointerException. In my MainMenu.java class, i declare ...

15. Check Whether a jpanel contains a jbutton    stackoverflow.com

I have added a button to a JPanel. I want to remove the button if the JPanel contains the button. Is there any way to check whether the JPanel contains ...

16. Java GUI - JPanels, JFrames, JButtons    stackoverflow.com

I'm trying to open a window that has both an image and buttons in it. But I can't seem to figure out how to add the button. The image displays great ...





17. Issues with JFrame and JPanel Separation?    stackoverflow.com

I cant tell If i'm just not getting what these 2 things are but from what I gathered, the JFrame is just a big open box, So what I am trying ...

18. Can't add a JButton to a JPanel while running    stackoverflow.com

I want to add a JButton to a JPanel after a click on a button so here is my code :

   JButton testButton = null;

   private void ...

19. jButtons to jPanels    forums.netbeans.org

What is the easiest to switch between jPanels using jButtons. I have a main panel with four buttons which lead to four seperate panel pages. I have been using cardLayout but it has been giving me errors using the CardLayout cl = (CardLayout) (jPanel2.getLayout()); cl.show(jPanel2, "card3"); Is there an easier way to do this.

20. Can't add button group to a JPanel?    forums.netbeans.org

Hi, all. I'm working with a Panel in design view, and I tried dragging a button group from the palette to the panel. It wouldn't drop, and then I noticed the button group was added to a section in the Navigator called "Other Components". I tried to move it in the navigator, and no go either. Are button groups not allowed ...

21. Swing/JButton/JPanel    coderanch.com

hello Sir , I am really happy with the replies with what i get. It works perfectly for me.Thanks a lot. One More problem, i have panel1. Panel1-North has Panel2(panel2 has 5 buttons). Panel1-center has Panel3. when each button is pressed i have add a panel(which is different for each 5 buttons say p1,p2,p3,p4,p5) ,but all to Panel3. one common Panel-panel3 ...

23. JPanel and buttons    coderanch.com

the behaviour you desribe occurs when you add a button directly to the frame, instead of adding it/them to the panel, then adding the panel to the frame. if this is not the case, post a sample program - a frame with a panel in center and another panel (with 2 buttons) in south

24. Jbutton in JPanel    coderanch.com

25. Which JPanel is the button on    coderanch.com

You have misunderstood: any component can have only one parent. If you want the "same" button on both panels, you probably should switch to an Action instead. This action can be used for multiple buttons, and if you disable the action you disable all buttons (and menu items, etc) that use the action.

26. swing beginner - getting a jpanel launched by clicking a button    coderanch.com

hi. just getting my feet wet with a desktop swing database app. i'm using postgres along with netbeans 6.5.1. followed the sun/netbeans doc and got a single jpanel app working that binds to one table. it operates as billed, allowing me to scroll through the records in one table, edit them, and add new ones. this start i created with the ...

28. Use stop button to stop moving (stop timers) on JPanel    coderanch.com

I have made many timers on my JPanel causing moving of rectangle in different directions. When one timer ends, the second starts and so on. I controlled that starting of timers by following the coordinates of the elements that draw rectangle. Now i have created a Stop button and I would like to stop the current timer when I click on ...

29. Linking two JPanels with a JButton    coderanch.com

There are methods which request focus, and you can put the panels into an array and iterate the array, requesting focus on different members of the array in turn. That's one way to do it, and there are doubtless many others . . . But I am a bit confused by the notion of redirecting "to a panel" when both panels ...

30. Why am I getting a copy of a button in my JPanel?    coderanch.com

You will notice that I only add one button to my frame, but when I add the animation loop in, another button mysteriously appears on the left! What's going on? import javax.swing.*; import java.awt.*; public class findbug { JButton midiButton; JFrame frame; int x, y; public static void main(String[] args) { new findbug().runGui(); } public void runGui() { frame = new ...

31. creating a new JPanel from another JPanel "choice" button    coderanch.com

Hi again, So, I have been trying to remove the JPanel i added when another button is clicked , so it removes the current on and adds the new one. Not sure i am doing it properly? the entire code is below ,maybe someone can steer me in the right direction? import java.awt.FlowLayout; import java.awt.GridLayout; import java.awt.event.ActionEvent; import java.awt.event.ActionListener; import java.text.DecimalFormat; ...

32. Re: Problem with JPanel, It is realigning the buttons when it loads first time    coderanch.com

Hello, There is a problem in JPanel,when we click on first time on the page(it has N number of buttons which is shown in the screen shots),it is realigning the buttons,Even if we click on the Panel also same action performed.It should not perform that and it has to do some operation onclick of button ,please let me know any alternative ...

33. JButton in JPanel    coderanch.com

34. Problem on adding JButton on JPanel NEED HELP    java-forums.org

I added Jbuttons but I cant see them I tried many things, but then no luck. Any help would be really appreciated! Here is the code: import javax.swing.*; import java.awt.*; import java.awt.event.*; import java.util.*; public class GameBoard extends JFrame implements Runnable { private Image imgBG, imgPlayers, imgDice1, imgDice2; private ImageIcon imgButtonGreen, imgButtonRed, imgButtonRollDice; private Image img0, img1, img2, img3, img4, img5, ...

35. Switching JPanels with a button inside one of the JPanels    java-forums.org

Hi everyone I,m new to this forum. Iv'e been having a really frustrating problem with swing. I have a program were i have a Main class that is a JFrame and some other classes that extend JPanel. On one panel is a button that when clicked should go to the Main class and the Main class should remove the frame and ...

36. jButtons to jPanels    java-forums.org

I am new to Netbeans and Swing I have a mainPanel with various buttons on the panel (jButtons) What is the easiest way to have each button show a new, different panel I.e jButton1 -> jPanel2 jButton2 - > jPanel3 etc. I have been using cardLayout for this but have been having trouble with the cl.show(Container, String) command.

37. Button in a jpanel    java-forums.org

HELLO I WANT TO ADD A BUTTON UNDER THE TABLE I HAVE DONE!!!HOW CAN I DO THIS ANY HELPS PLEASE...I HAVE STUCK HERE!! HERE IS MY CODE, I DIPLAY A TXT FILE IN A TABLE AND I WANT TO ADD A BUTTON UNDER IT! Java Code: import javax.swing.table.*; import java.awt.*; import java.io.*; import java.util.*; import javax.swing.*; import javax.swing.table.DefaultTableModel; /** * * ...

38. Adding JButton to JPanel    java-forums.org

private static final long serialVersionUID = 1L; static ImagePanel panel = new ImagePanel(new ImageIcon("res/back10.png").getImage()); static JLabel username = new JLabel("User Name"); static JButton ok = new JButton("ok"); public JWinTest(){ super("Enter Username | Password"); getContentPane().add(panel); panel.add(username); panel.add(ok); setVisible(true); } public static void main(String[] args){ JWinTest t = new JWinTest(); t.getContentPane().add(panel); t.pack(); t.setVisible(true); }

39. Use stop button to stop moving (stop timers) on JPanel    java-forums.org

Hello! I have a problem trying to add a stop button to my JAplet to make rectangle stop move by stoping it's timers. I have posted this on this forum: Use stop button to stop moving (stop timers) on JPanel (Swing / AWT / SWT / JFace forum at JavaRanch) but I didn't got a solution. Here is how I did: ...

40. [SWING]Adding JButton(class1) to JPanel(class2)    java-forums.org

Hello, I have a problem. I have one class with the JButtons and one class with the JPanel. I want to add the JButtons from one class to the JPanel in another class. How do I do this? I can get it to work if the buttons are in the JPanel class this.add(button). But how do I do when they are ...

41. Open JPanel with JButton    java-forums.org

42. center button on JPanel? help please    java-forums.org

so as the title says i'm stuck... :( i just can't seem to fit my buttons around the mid of my panel... in short: i'm making a game like minesweaper.. so my first JFrame is a frame with one JPanel with four buttons on it... (on for each difficulty) making the frame and panel isn't a problem, but i would like ...

43. How can I connect radito button choice to apppriate Jpanel?    forums.oracle.com

I am creating a J frame. I have given choices as radio buttons. say i have 2 radio buttons. Rbutton1 Rbutton2 and if i choose Rbutton1, i want to pop up a window [Jpanle] associated with Button 1. Let say label of Button 1 is Bird label of Button 2 is Animal I want if i select Bird, it should pop ...

44. JButton not being added to JPanel?    forums.oracle.com

45. GridBagLayout, JPanels, and JButtons GUI    forums.oracle.com

I am trying to create a GUI that is basically a wall of buttons. I have one column of labels on the left side, and a column of JPanels on the right side. Each of the JPanels uses a GridBagLayout, and can consist of multiple rows of JButtons. It looks like a brick wall, with different sized bricks because there can ...

46. Update a JFrame upon clicking a JButton in a JPanel    forums.oracle.com

The SwingUtilities.windowForComponent method does seem like a nicer way of doing this. But I still require my interface, and to cast from Window to TerritoryGUI, to alert the JFrame class - I just hate casting. But I suppose I could catch a ClassCastException if needs be. Thanks for pointing out the SwingUtilities class, though. That looks really helpful.

47. putting a space between buttons in JPanel    forums.oracle.com

It may depend on which layout manager you are using. Often you need to set the Hgap (horizontal gap) and Vgap (vertical gap) properties of the layout either on construction or through the setHgap and setVgap methods. For BoxLayout the mechanisms are entirely different. Your best bet is to read the api of the layout manager you will be using and ...

48. Dragging JButton from a JPanel to another JPanel    forums.oracle.com

Hi all, I have two JPanels in my program. In one of them, there is a number of buttons, each of them representing a component. For example, one button represents a text field, another one represents a text area and so on. I want to implement such an action that when I drag a button to the other JPanel I want ...

49. JButton not visible after use of Jpanel removeAll ..    forums.oracle.com

// Constructor public Calculator(String title) { /* Set Up the JMenuBar. * Have Provided All JMenu's with Mnemonics * Have Provided some JMenuItem components with Keyboard Accelerators */ //super(title); this.title = title; //displayCalculator(title); } //End of Contructor Calculator private void displayCalculator (String title) { //add WindowListener for closing frame and ending program addWindowListener ( new WindowAdapter() { public void windowClosed(WindowEvent e) ...

50. Using JButton to change used components in a JPanel with NetBeans    forums.oracle.com

I'm using the NetBeans GUI designer to create a webpage using a Java applet. Right now, I have the basic GUI built and I have decided on creating a new class file for each 'page'. So- The main screen has a JPanel for the menu and another JPanel for the main content window. Inside the main content JPanel, homePage.class is displayed. ...

51. JPanel and JButton problem    forums.oracle.com

806418 wrote: hi, i am attempting to create a custom GUI component described as an "Item()" that i would like to be able to add to a JList within a JScrollPane. I have successfully done this with the exception that the JButton within the comonent does not behave like a button, but simply is present along with the JLabel (the only ...