JTextField

I'm working with a JTextField, and JRadioButtons. I want to know how to make the GUI update every time I enter new text into the text field. Below is the main function in my event handling portion of my code. All the buttons update every time the are clicked, but when a new temp is entered the output will only update when a new button is clicked. Any help is welcome, thanks.

Code :

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public void itemStateChanged(ItemEvent UserEvent)
		{
			userInput = String.format("%s", Input.getText());
 
			if(userInput.isEmpty() == true)
			{
				Output.setText(String.format("No input."));
			}
 
			else if(isNumeric(userInput) == false)
			{
				Output.setText(String.format("No input."));
			}
 
			else
			{
				temperature = Double.parseDouble(userInput);
				System.out.print(userInput);
 
 
 
				if(userInput.isEmpty() == false && isNumeric(userInput) == true)
				{
					if(Celsius1.isSelected())
					{
 
						if(Celsius2.isSelected())
						{
							Output.setText(String.format("%6.2f \u2103", temperature));
						}
 
						else if(Fahrenheit2.isSelected())
						{
							newTemp = (temperature * 1.8) + 32;
							Output.setText(String.format("%6.2f \u2109", newTemp));
						}
 
						else if(Kelvin2.isSelected())
						{
							newTemp = temperature + 273.15;
							Output.setText(String.format("%6.2f \u00B0" + "K", newTemp));
						}
					}
 
 
 
					else if(Fahrenheit1.isSelected())
					{
						if(Celsius2.isSelected())
						{
							newTemp =  (temperature - 32)/ 1.8;
							Output.setText(String.format("%6.2f \u2103", newTemp));
						}
 
						else if(Fahrenheit2.isSelected())
						{
							Output.setText(String.format("%6.2f \u2109", temperature));
						}
 
						else if(Kelvin2.isSelected())
						{
							newTemp = (temperature + 459.67)/ 1.8;
							Output.setText(String.format("%6.2f \u00B0" + "K", newTemp));
						}
					}
 
					else if(Kelvin1.isSelected())
					{
						if(Celsius2.isSelected())
						{
							newTemp = temperature - 273.15;
							Output.setText(String.format("%6.2f \u2103", newTemp));
						}
 
						else if(Fahrenheit2.isSelected())
						{
							newTemp = (temperature * 1.8) - 459.67;
							Output.setText(String.format("%6.2f \u2109", newTemp));
						}
 
						else if(Kelvin2.isSelected())
						{
							Output.setText(String.format("%6.2f \u00B0" + "K", temperature));
						}
					}
					else if (keyIsPressed == false)
					{
						Output.setText(String.format("No input."));
					}
				}
				else
				{
					Output.setText(String.format("No input."));
				}
			}	
		}
	}//End of Input UserEvent

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Do some research into adding DocumentListeners to JTextFields. Here is an oracle tutorial about it: How to Write a Document Listener (The Java™ Tutorials > Creating a GUI With JFC/Swing > Writing Event Listeners)

Thanks, I need to turn this in tonight so I may not get the document listener implemented by tonight. I was hoping there might be a quick fix with the way I have it implemented now.

Not that I know of. I assume that is an ItemListener. In order for events to take place on a GUI object, you need to add listeners to them. As far as I know, JTextField does not allow you add ItemListeners to it.

The fastest way you could implement your design would be:
1. Set up the framework to implement the Document Listener (create the class and include the required methods, but don't add any code to the methods yet)
2. Take all the code currently in your itemStateChanged() method and place it in its own method, which is within the visible scope of both the Document Listener class and wherever your ItemListener is (so both listeners can use the method)
3. In your itemStateChanged() method of your ItemListener, just make it call the method you created from #2
4. In the insertUpdate() and removeUpdate() methods of your Document Listener, also make it call the method you created from #2
5. Add the DocumentListener to the JTextField by saying: textField.getDocument().addDocumentListener(new MyDocumentListener()); (like the tutorial link says)

If you want a quick fix, that's the best I've got. It shouldn't take more than a few minutes to do. Really just a bit of copying and pasting.