I try to show some text in my JTextArea
in runtime. But when I use a loop of setText
to show text in order, it only show the text of the last loop
Here is my code:
private void jButton1ActionPerformed(java.awt.event.ActionEvent evt) {
for (int i=0;i<10;i++)
jTextArea1.setText("Example "+i);
}
I want it to show "Example 1", "Example 2",..,"Example 9"
. But it only show one time "Example 9
"
Anyone can explain it for me??
setText
does just that, it "sets the text" of field to the value your provide, removing all previous content.
What you want is JTextArea#append
If you're using Java 8, another option might be StringJoiner
StringJoiner joiner = new StringJoiner(", ");
for (int i = 0; i < 10; i++) {
joiner.add("QUang " + i);
}
jTextArea1.setTexy(joiner.toString());
(assuming you want to replace the text each time the actionPerformed
method is called, but you can still use append
)
Update based on assumptions around comments
I "assume" you mean you want each String
to be displayed for a short period of time and then replaced with the next String
.
Swing is a single threaded environment, so anything that blocks the Event Dispatching Thread, like loops, will prevent the UI from been updated. Instead, you need to use a Swing Timer
to schedule a callback at regular intervals and make change the UI on each tick, for example.
import java.awt.BorderLayout;
import java.awt.EventQueue;
import java.awt.event.ActionEvent;
import java.awt.event.ActionListener;
import javax.swing.JButton;
import javax.swing.JFrame;
import javax.swing.JPanel;
import javax.swing.JScrollPane;
import javax.swing.JTextArea;
import javax.swing.Timer;
import javax.swing.UIManager;
import javax.swing.UnsupportedLookAndFeelException;
public class Test {
public static void main(String[] args) {
new Test();
}
public Test() {
EventQueue.invokeLater(new Runnable() {
@Override
public void run() {
try {
UIManager.setLookAndFeel(UIManager.getSystemLookAndFeelClassName());
} catch (ClassNotFoundException | InstantiationException | IllegalAccessException | UnsupportedLookAndFeelException ex) {
ex.printStackTrace();
}
JFrame frame = new JFrame("Testing");
frame.setDefaultCloseOperation(JFrame.EXIT_ON_CLOSE);
frame.add(new TestPane());
frame.pack();
frame.setLocationRelativeTo(null);
frame.setVisible(true);
}
});
}
public class TestPane extends JPanel {
private String[] messages = {
"Example 1",
"Example 2",
"Example 3",
"Example 4",
"Example 5",
"Example 6",
"Example 7",
"Example 8",
"Example 9",
};
private JTextArea ta;
private int index;
private Timer timer;
public TestPane() {
setLayout(new BorderLayout());
ta = new JTextArea(1, 20);
add(new JScrollPane(ta));
JButton btn = new JButton("Start");
btn.addActionListener(new ActionListener() {
@Override
public void actionPerformed(ActionEvent e) {
if (timer.isRunning()) {
timer.stop();
}
index = 0;
timer.start();
}
});
add(btn, BorderLayout.SOUTH);
timer = new Timer(500, new ActionListener() {
@Override
public void actionPerformed(ActionEvent e) {
if (index < messages.length) {
ta.setText(messages[index]);
} else {
timer.stop();
}
index++;
}
});
}
}
}
Have a look at Concurrency in Swing and How to use Swing Timers for more details