buttons that call methods

Split the GUI area into sections and add separate JPanels to each section. Put the buttons in one JPanel and do the drawing in another JPanel.

Can't we never learned JPanels, not sure what the teacher would think of that....

How does the teacher expect you to do drawing and have components shown on the same screen without using JPanels?

I run my programs in eclipse and they run in java applets

Did you read the tutorial I linked to in post#11?

Yes it had to do with JApplets

It was more about JPanels that JApplets

Sorry thats what I meant.

I have no other suggestions other than that you use separate panels for components and for drawing.

this is where I am at now buttons working they call the methods and repaint. How do I setup button 3 to flip back and forth between my img file and my drawpicture method

Code java:

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import javax.swing.*;
import java.awt.*;
import java.awt.event.*;
import java.util.Random;
 
//Cole Williams 
//Making smiles and colors with buttons 
 
public class williamsclab10 extends JApplet implements ActionListener
{
 
	Image fishimg;	            											
	String imgFile = "../images/fish.gif";
 
	TextField text = new TextField(10);
	int number = -1;
 
	private static Random background = new Random();
 
	private JButton color;
 
	private JButton print;
 
	private JButton change;
 
	private JButton surprise;
 
	int count = 0;
 
	int A = 0;
	int B = 0;
	int C = 0;
 
 
	boolean vis = false;
	boolean showmypicture = false;
 
 
	public void init() {
		setSize(600, 400);
 
		Container content = getContentPane();
 
		int red = Math.abs(background.nextInt()) % 256;
		int green = Math.abs(background.nextInt()) % 256;
		int blue = Math.abs(background.nextInt()) % 256;
		getContentPane().setBackground(new Color(red, green, blue));
 
		fishimg = getImage(getCodeBase(), imgFile);
 
		setLayout(new FlowLayout());
 
		text.addActionListener(this);
		add(text);
 
		color = new JButton("Change the color");
		add(color);
		color.addActionListener(this);
 
		print = new JButton("Print my picture!");
		add(print);
		print.addActionListener(this);
 
		change = new JButton("Change the picture!");
		add(change);
		change.addActionListener(this);
 
		surprise = new JButton("Click here for a surpise!");
		add(surprise);
		surprise.addActionListener(this);
 
 
	}
 
	public void actionPerformed(ActionEvent a) 
 
	{		
 
 
 
	// button 1 background change
		if (a.getSource() == color) 
		{
 
			int red = Math.abs(background.nextInt()) % 256;
			int green = Math.abs(background.nextInt()) % 256;
			int blue = Math.abs(background.nextInt()) % 256;
 
			getContentPane().setBackground(new Color(red, green, blue));
		}
 
		//button 2 prints picture centered 
		else if (a.getSource() == print)
		{
			C=1;
		}
 
			//button 3 picture toggling 
		else if (a.getSource() == change)
 
				{
					vis = true;
					showmypicture =! showmypicture;	
					  B = 1;
					   count++;
					   repaint();
				} 
 
				//button 4 surprise
		 if (a.getSource() == surprise)
				{
			   A = 1;
			   count++;
			   repaint();
				}
 
 
	}
 
	private void drawpicture(Graphics g, int x, int y)
	{
		// tail
		g.setColor(Color.blue);
		g.drawLine(x, y, x + 30, y);
		g.drawLine(x + 30, y, x + 30, y + 30);
		g.drawLine(x + 30, y + 30, x, y);
 
		// body
		g.setColor(Color.blue);
		g.drawOval(x + 20, y + -33, 40, 40);
		g.setColor(Color.blue);
		g.drawOval(x + 36, y + -32, 10, 10);
 
	}
 
 
	public void paint(Graphics g) {
		super.paint(g);
 
		Dimension d = getSize();
 
		text.setLocation(d.width / 2 - 30, 30);
 
		int centerX = d.width / 2;
		int centerY = d.height / 2;
		int widthOfPicture = 600;
		int heightOfPicture = 600;
		int x = centerX - widthOfPicture / 2;
		int y = centerY - heightOfPicture / 2;
 
		change.setSize(150, 50);
		change.setLocation(d.width - 600, d.height - 50);
 
		color.setSize(150, 50);
		color.setLocation(d.width - 150, d.height - 50);
 
		print.setSize(150, 50);
		print.setLocation(d.width - 600, d.height - 400);
 
		surprise.setSize(160, 50);
		surprise.setLocation(d.width - 160, d.height - 400);
 
		if (A == 1)
		{
			drawpicture(g,400,100);
			g.drawImage(fishimg, 50,100,200,200,this);
		}
		else if (B==1)
		{
			drawpicture(g,400,100);
 
		}
 
	}
 
}

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How do I setup button 3 to flip back and forth between

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The listener should set some values that the paint() method can use to determine what is to be drawn.

I still haven't gotten the toggling between the two methods to work this is turning my hair grey

Try working out the logic by writing a list of the steps (pseudo code) that the program needs to do to toggle between the two methods. When you get a good design (we'll help) then write the code to do it.