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Thread: Adding an actionlistener to a JButton with no text

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    Default Adding an actionlistener to a JButton with no text

    I'm having trouble figuring this out. I would normally just do something like

    JButton blah = new JButton("blah");
     
    String str = e.getActionCommand();
    if(str.equals("blah") {
    //do something
    }

    but now I'm using an icon for the JButton instead of text.
    ImageIcon createIcon = new ImageIcon("images/new.png");
    JButton create = new JButton(createIcon);
    create.addActionListener(new EventHandler());

    what would I do in the eventhandler class?


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    Default Re: Adding an actionlistener to a JButton with no text

    Presuming 'e' is an ActionEvent from an ActionListener registered with the JButton - use the setActionCommand method of JButton, or compare the source of the event to the Component, or separate out into a single ActionListener to Listen to only that JButton, ...many ways

    Edit: and please read the forum rules. Double posting is not allowed. Your other post has been deleted and I have moved this to a more appropriate location

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