Re: Changing button icon on pressing

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Date:
Wed, 08 Jul 2009 10:41:39 -0700
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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 );
     }

}

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