Re: How to change JPanels?

From:
Eric <e.d.programmer@gmail.com>
Newsgroups:
comp.lang.java.help
Date:
Wed, 9 Feb 2011 12:06:09 -0800 (PST)
Message-ID:
<f6c341f1-f28d-4be5-b3cf-b820eb68a9c8@o39g2000prb.googlegroups.com>
On Feb 9, 11:10 am, Ian Shef <inva...@avoiding.spam> wrote:

Eric <e.d.program...@gmail.com> wrote in news:3ace5bbb-ab88-4d11-af96-
cfeece509...@k9g2000yqi.googlegroups.com:

I created an object which extends JFrame.
I added a JPanel object to it. I can see that panel just fine.
I remove that object and add a custom object of a class which extends
JPanel. I can see that just fine.
I try to remove that object to add the first panel back on and I still
see it.
I tried the getComponents method on the JFrame object and it returns
one object of type JRootPane.
I tried the getContentPane method and got a Container, then tried
getComponents on that object. It contains my custom panel. I trie=

d a

remove method on that object and I still see the panel! I tried
setContentPane on that object after the remove, I tried adding a
repaint on the ContentPane object, I'm repainting the JFrame object,
nothing is removing this panel!


The problem is in your code. :-)

Please provide the code and perhaps we can be more specific.

Even better would be a SSCCE (see http://sscce.org/ ).

Perhaps you didn't follow the instructions in the Javadocs:

  Note: If a component has been removed from a container that had been =

 

  displayed, validate() must be called on that container to reflect cha=

nges.

  If multiple components are being removed, you can improve efficiency =

by

  calling validate() only once, after all the components have been remo=

ved.

What did getComponents reveal AFTER you executed the remove ?


Ok, it seems the actual problem is that gui commands will not redraw a
gui screen while the program is running a listener action event.
I wrote the class as SSCCE. You can paste this directly into a new
class and see it run. Hopefully it's not too lengthy.
The listener action shows panel 2 then does processing which takes
some time then shows panel 1. If you comment out the last statement
which puts panel 1 back you can see it switch to panel 2. I just
can't get it to display panel 2 while it's doing the processing.

import java.awt.CardLayout;
import java.awt.Container;
import java.awt.Menu;
import java.awt.MenuBar;
import java.awt.MenuItem;
import java.awt.event.ActionEvent;
import java.awt.event.ActionListener;

import javax.swing.JFrame;
import javax.swing.JPanel;
import javax.swing.JTextArea;
import javax.swing.WindowConstants;

public class TestWindow {

     InnerTestWindow win = null;

     protected class InnerTestWindow extends JFrame {

     protected CardLayout cardLayout = null;
     protected Container contentPane = null;
     protected JPanel panelOne = null;
     protected JPanel panelTwo = null;
     private JTextArea dummyTextOne = null;
     private JTextArea dummyTextTwo = null;

     protected InnerTestWindow() {
          contentPane = getContentPane();
          contentPane.setLayout(new CardLayout());
          cardLayout = (CardLayout)contentPane.getLayout();
          MenuBar menuBar = new MenuBar();
          Menu menu = new Menu("Test");
          addMenuItem(menu,"First","FirstItem",new
FirstItemListener());
          menuBar.add(menu);
          setMenuBar(menuBar);
 
setDefaultCloseOperation( WindowConstants.DISPOSE_ON_CLOSE );
          setSize(600, 600);
          setLocation(100, 100);
          panelOne = new JPanel();
          contentPane.add(panelOne,"Panel One");
          dummyTextOne = new JTextArea("Panel One");
          panelOne.add(dummyTextOne);
          panelTwo = new JPanel();
          contentPane.add(panelTwo,"Panel Two");
          dummyTextTwo = new JTextArea("Panel Two");
          panelTwo.add(dummyTextTwo);
          setContentPane(contentPane);
          loadOne();
     }

     private void addMenuItem(Menu menu, String menuItemTitle, String
menuItemName, ActionListener menuListener) {
          MenuItem menuItem = new MenuItem(menuItemTitle);
          menuItem.setActionCommand(menuItemName);
          menuItem.addActionListener(menuListener);
          menu.add(menuItem);
     }

     private class FirstItemListener implements ActionListener {
          public void actionPerformed(ActionEvent ev) {
               loadTwo();
               long t0, t1;
               t0 = System.currentTimeMillis();
               do {
                    t1 = System.currentTimeMillis();
               } while ((t1 - t0) < (3000));
               loadOne();
          }
     }

     protected void loadOne() {
          cardLayout.show(contentPane, "Panel One");
          repaint();
     }

     public void loadTwo() {
          cardLayout.show(contentPane, "Panel Two");
          repaint();
     }
     }

     public void createWindow() {
          win = new InnerTestWindow();
          win.setVisible(true);
     }

     public static void main(String[] args) throws Exception {
          TestWindow testWin = new TestWindow();
          testWin.createWindow();
     }

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