I have to write a card game. When a card is clicked a random card image is generated but because you can only click on the card once, the button is set to be disabled after clicked. How can I stop the card image from going gray once it's clicked so that the new generated card image is clearly visible?
//Actions performed when an event occurs
public void actionPerformed(ActionEvent e)
{
if (e.getSource() == card1)
{
randomInteger();
card1.setIcon(cardImages[randomInt]);
card1.setEnabled(false);
}
else if (e.getSource() == card2)
{
randomInteger();
card2.setIcon(cardImages[randomInt]);
card2.setEnabled(false);
}
else if (e.getSource() == card3)
{
randomInteger();
card3.setIcon(cardImages[randomInt]);
card3.setEnabled(false);
}
else if (e.getSource() == card4)
{
randomInteger();
card4.setIcon(cardImages[randomInt]);
card4.setEnabled(false);
}
else
{
randomInteger();
card5.setIcon(cardImages[randomInt]);
card5.setEnabled(false);
}
}
}
You simply need to set the disabled icon of the button to the same value as the icon of the button. See this example:
On the left a button where I have set both icon and disabledIcon. On the right I have only set the icon:
import java.awt.BorderLayout;
import java.net.MalformedURLException;
import java.net.URL;
import javax.swing.ImageIcon;
import javax.swing.JButton;
import javax.swing.JFrame;
import javax.swing.SwingUtilities;
public class TestDisabledButtons {
public static final String CARD_URL = "http://assets0.wordansassets.com/wvc-1345850020/wordansfiles/images/2012/8/24/156256/156256_340.jpg";
protected void createAndShowGUI() throws MalformedURLException {
JFrame frame = new JFrame("Test button");
frame.setDefaultCloseOperation(JFrame.EXIT_ON_CLOSE);
ImageIcon imageIcon = new ImageIcon(new URL(CARD_URL));
JButton button = new JButton(imageIcon);
JButton button2 = new JButton(imageIcon);
button.setDisabledIcon(imageIcon);
button.setEnabled(false);
button2.setEnabled(false);
frame.add(button, BorderLayout.WEST);
frame.add(button2, BorderLayout.EAST);
frame.pack();
frame.setVisible(true);
}
public static void main(String[] args) {
SwingUtilities.invokeLater(new Runnable() {
@Override
public void run() {
try {
new TestDisabledButtons().createAndShowGUI();
} catch (MalformedURLException e) {
// TODO Auto-generated catch block
e.printStackTrace();
}
}
});
}
}