Re: Buttons and Event Handlers
On 2/21/2010 3:26 PM, Nessuno wrote:
Hi,
I am a newbie in Java. While learning from the Horstmann I have
modified a little example from the book. The problem is that the
buttons it creates are never shown.
Please, would someone explain what I am missing? The code follows.
Thanks in advance to everyone who will reply.
fabio
ButtonTest.java
import javax.swing.*;
import java.awt.*;
import java.awt.event.ActionEvent;
import java.awt.event.ActionListener;
public class ButtonTest
{
public static void main( String[] args )
{
EventQueue.invokeLater(new Runnable()
{
public void run()
{
ButtonFrame frame = new ButtonFrame();
frame.setDefaultCloseOperation(JFrame.EXIT_ON_CLOSE);
frame.setVisible(true);
}
});
}
}
@SuppressWarnings("serial")
class ButtonFrame extends JFrame
{
public ButtonFrame()
{
setTitle("ButtonTest");
setSize(300, 200);
buttonPanel = new JPanel();
makeButton("Red", Color.RED);
makeButton("Green", Color.GREEN);
makeButton("Blue", Color.BLUE);
add(buttonPanel);
}
private void makeButton(String name, final Color backgroundColor)
{
JButton button = new JButton(name);
buttonPanel.add(button);
button.addActionListener(new ActionListener()
{
public void actionPerformed(ActionEvent event)
{
buttonPanel.setBackground(backgroundColor);
}
});
}
private JPanel buttonPanel;
}
You need to add the buttonPanel to the JFrame.
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