Re: Changing button icon on pressing

From:
Dirk Bruere at NeoPax <dirk.bruere@gmail.com>
Newsgroups:
comp.lang.java.programmer
Date:
Wed, 08 Jul 2009 19:08:25 +0100
Message-ID:
<7bk5kaF243va2U1@mid.individual.net>
markspace wrote:

Simon wrote:

Dirk Bruere at NeoPax wrote:

I want to be able to change the icon of a button when it is pressed.
So, for example, I have a red button. I press it and it changes to a
green button. I have set the new icon in the button action code, but
cannot find a way to redraw it so that it changes instantly. What
method do I use?


repaint()?

However, what about just using

http://java.sun.com/javase/6/docs/api/javax/swing/AbstractButton.html#setPressedIcon(javax.swing.Icon)


Works for me:

package fubar;

import java.net.MalformedURLException;
import java.net.URL;
import java.util.logging.Level;
import java.util.logging.Logger;
import javax.swing.ImageIcon;
import javax.swing.JButton;
import javax.swing.JFrame;
import javax.swing.JLabel;
import javax.swing.JPanel;
import javax.swing.SwingUtilities;

public class ButtonIconTest {

    public static void main(String[] args) throws Exception
    {

        SwingUtilities.invokeLater( new Runnable() {

            public void run()
            {
                createAndShowGui();
            }
        } );
    }

    private static void createAndShowGui()
    {
        ImageIcon dog = null;
        ImageIcon pig = null;
        try
        {
            dog = new ImageIcon(
                    new
URL("http://java.sun.com/docs/books/tutorial/uiswing/" +

"examples/components/SplitPaneDemoProject/src/components/" +
                    "images/Dog.gif"));
            pig = new ImageIcon(
                    new
URL("http://java.sun.com/docs/books/tutorial/uiswing/"
                    +
"examples/components/SplitPaneDemoProject/src/components/"
                    + "images/Pig.gif"));
        } catch (MalformedURLException ex)
        {

Logger.getLogger(ButtonIconTest.class.getName()).log(Level.SEVERE,
                    "Error loading images:", ex);
            return;
        }
        JFrame frame = new JFrame( "Example Images" );
        JPanel panel = new JPanel();
        panel.add( new JLabel( dog ) );
        panel.add( new JLabel( pig ) );

        JButton button = new JButton( dog );
        button.setPressedIcon( pig );
        panel.add( button );

        frame.add( panel );

        frame.pack();
        frame.setLocationRelativeTo( null );
        frame.setDefaultCloseOperation( JFrame.EXIT_ON_CLOSE );
        frame.setVisible( true );
    }

}


I already use pressed icon.
So, I have redIcon and pressedRedIcon and when I push the button I want
it to change to greenIcon and greenPressedIcon as a toggle on an if-else
statement

repaint() doesn't seem to do anything

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