Now I know there are many, many questions on this and I've read a dozen. But I've just hit a wall, I can't make heads or tails of it.
Heres my question.
I have 3 Panel classes.
ConfigurePanel.java
ConnectServerPanel.java
RunServerPanel.java
and my JFrame class
StartUPGUI.java
This is what is initialised at startup
private void initComponents() {
jPanel1 = new javax.swing.JPanel();
startUp = new sjdproject.GUI.ConfigurePanel();
runServer = new sjdproject.GUI.RunServerPanel();
serverConnect = new sjdproject.GUI.ConnectServerPanel();
setDefaultCloseOperation(javax.swing.WindowConstants.DO_NOTHING_ON_CLOSE);
jPanel1.setLayout(new java.awt.CardLayout());
jPanel1.add(startUp, "card2");
jPanel1.add(runServer, "card4");
jPanel1.add(serverConnect, "card3");
javax.swing.GroupLayout layout = new javax.swing.GroupLayout(getContentPane());
getContentPane().setLayout(layout);
layout.setHorizontalGroup(
layout.createParallelGroup(javax.swing.GroupLayout.Alignment.LEADING)
.addGroup(javax.swing.GroupLayout.Alignment.TRAILING, layout.createSequentialGroup()
.addContainerGap(27, Short.MAX_VALUE)
.addComponent(jPanel1, javax.swing.GroupLayout.PREFERRED_SIZE, 419, javax.swing.GroupLayout.PREFERRED_SIZE)
.addGap(38, 38, 38))
);
layout.setVerticalGroup(
layout.createParallelGroup(javax.swing.GroupLayout.Alignment.LEADING)
.addGroup(layout.createSequentialGroup()
.addGap(27, 27, 27)
.addComponent(jPanel1, javax.swing.GroupLayout.PREFERRED_SIZE, 281, javax.swing.GroupLayout.PREFERRED_SIZE)
.addContainerGap(30, Short.MAX_VALUE))
);
My StartUPGUI calls the StartUpPanel first. In my StartUpPanel.java I have a button which calls the setPanel method in StartUPGUI
StartUpGUI s = new StartUpGUI();
String str = "";
if(runserverbtn.isSelected()){
str = "runserver";
}
else if(connectserverbtn.isSelected()){
str = "connectserver";
}
else{
str = "";
}
s.setPanel(str);
Here is my setPanel method
void setPanel(String str){
if(str == "runserver"){
}
else if(str == "connectserver"){
}
else{
}
}
What do I need to put inside the if blocks to change panel views? I would have assumed jPanel1.something() but I don't know what that something is.
"What do I need to put inside the if blocks to change panel views? I would have assumed jPanel1.something() but I don't know what that something is."
Don't compare string with ==
, it will not work. Use .equals
.. if("runserver".equals(str)){
You need to use the method .show
from the CardLayout
CardLayout.show(jPanel1, "whichPanel");
public void show(Container parent, String name)
- Flips to the component that was added to this layout with the specified name, using addLayoutComponent. If no such component exists, then nothing happens.
void setPanel(String str){
CardLayout layout = (CardLayout)jPanel1.getLayout();
if("runserver".equals(str)){
layout.show(jPanel1, "card4");
}else if("connectserver".equals(str)){
layout.show(jPanel1, "card3");
} else{
layout.show(jPanel1, "card2");
}
}
See How to Use CardLayout for more details and see the API for more methods.
UPDATE
Try running this example and examine it with your code to see if you notice anything that will help
import java.awt.BorderLayout;
import java.awt.CardLayout;
import java.awt.Color;
import java.awt.Dimension;
import java.awt.event.ActionEvent;
import java.awt.event.ActionListener;
import javax.swing.JButton;
import javax.swing.JFrame;
import javax.swing.JLabel;
import javax.swing.JPanel;
import javax.swing.SwingUtilities;
public class TestCardLayout {
PanelOne p1 = new PanelOne();
PanelTwo p2 = new PanelTwo();
PanelThree p3 = new PanelThree();
CardLayout layout = new CardLayout();
JPanel cardPanel = new JPanel(layout);
public TestCardLayout() {
JButton showOne = new JButton("Show One");
JButton showTwo = new JButton("Show Two");
JButton showThree = new JButton("Show Trree");
JPanel buttonsPanel = new JPanel();
buttonsPanel.add(showOne);
buttonsPanel.add(showTwo);
buttonsPanel.add(showThree);
showOne.addActionListener(new ButtonListener());
showTwo.addActionListener(new ButtonListener());
showThree.addActionListener(new ButtonListener());
cardPanel.add(p1, "panel 1");
cardPanel.add(p2, "panel 2");
cardPanel.add(p3, "panel 3");
JFrame frame = new JFrame("Test Card");
frame.add(cardPanel);
frame.add(buttonsPanel, BorderLayout.SOUTH);
frame.setDefaultCloseOperation(JFrame.EXIT_ON_CLOSE);
frame.pack();
frame.setVisible(true);
}
private class ButtonListener implements ActionListener {
public void actionPerformed(ActionEvent e) {
String command = e.getActionCommand();
if ("Show One".equals(command)) {
layout.show(cardPanel, "panel 1");
} else if ("Show Two".equals(command)) {
layout.show(cardPanel, "panel 2");
} else {
layout.show(cardPanel, "panel 3");
}
}
}
public static void main(String[] args) {
SwingUtilities.invokeLater(new Runnable() {
@Override
public void run() {
TestCardLayout testCardLayout = new TestCardLayout();
}
});
}
}
class PanelOne extends JPanel {
public PanelOne() {
setBackground(Color.GREEN);
add(new JLabel("Panel one"));
}
@Override
public Dimension getPreferredSize() {
return new Dimension(300, 300);
}
}
class PanelTwo extends JPanel {
public PanelTwo() {
setBackground(Color.BLUE);
add(new JLabel("Panel two"));
}
@Override
public Dimension getPreferredSize() {
return new Dimension(300, 300);
}
}
class PanelThree extends JPanel {
public PanelThree() {
setBackground(Color.YELLOW);
add(new JLabel("Panel three"));
}
@Override
public Dimension getPreferredSize() {
return new Dimension(300, 300);
}
}
UPDATE 2
The problem is, the the button is in the ConfigurePanel
class. Trying to create a new StartUPGUI
in that class, won't reference the same components. What you need to do is pass a reference of the StartUPGUI
to the ConfigurePanel
. Something like this
public class ConfigurePanel extends JPanel {
StartUPGUI startup;
public ConfigurePanel(StartUPGUI startup) {
this.startup = startup;
}
....
public void actionPerformed(ActionEvent e) {
startup.setPanel("runserver");
}
}
And instantiate ConfigurePanel
from the StartUPGUI
like this
new ConfigurePanel(StartUPGUI.this);