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    Default How to set a button event trigger?

    Hi.
    I have created a modal dialog box thus:
    	JDialog dialog = new  JDialog();
    	dialog.setModal(true);
    	dialog.setSize(400, 150);
     
    	dialog.setTitle("Input dialog");
     
    	Container pane = dialog.getContentPane();
    pane.setLayout(null);
     
     
    	JLabel l1 = new JLabel("simtime(min)");
    	pane.add(l1);
    	l1.setBounds(10, 10, 100, 10);
     
    		JTextField  tf = new JTextField("");
    	pane.add( tf);
    	tf.setBounds(110,10, 40, 15);
     
    	JLabel l2 = new JLabel("interval(sec)") ;
    pane.add(l2);
    	l2.setBounds(10, 50, 100, 10);
     
    	JTextField  tf2 = new JTextField("");
    	pane.add( tf2);
    	tf2.setBounds(110,50, 40, 15);
    	dialog.setVisible(true);	
     
    	JButton button = new JButton("OK");
    pane.add(button);
    button.setBounds(120,120,40,20);
     
     
    		int simTime = Integer.parseInt( tf.getText() );;
    		int interval = Integer.parseInt( tf2.getText() );

    But nothing happens when I click on the "OK" button. Why?and what should I do?

    Thanks in advance


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    Default Re: How to set a button event trigger?

    nothing happens when I click on the "OK" button
    You need an action listener. See the tutorial: How to Write an Action Listener (The Java™ Tutorials > Creating a GUI With JFC/Swing > Writing Event Listeners)
    If you don't understand my answer, don't ignore it, ask a question.

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    Default Re: How to set a button event trigger?

    At what point in your code do you tell the button what to do when it is clicked?

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    Default Re: How to set a button event trigger?

    Quote Originally Posted by Cornix View Post
    At what point in your code do you tell the button what to do when it is clicked?
    Before the last two lines.

    --- Update ---

    But this way, there is no way to distinguish between different events for one component, isn't it?

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    Default Re: How to set a button event trigger?

    No you dont.
    This is "before the last 2 lines":
    JButton button = new JButton("OK");
    pane.add(button);
    button.setBounds(120,120,40,20);
    And you dont tell the button anything here. Just because it displays "OK" as its label does not mean that it knows what to do when its clicked.

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    Default Re: How to set a button event trigger?

    Quote Originally Posted by Cornix View Post
    No you dont.
    This is "before the last 2 lines":
    JButton button = new JButton("OK");
    pane.add(button);
    button.setBounds(120,120,40,20);
    And you dont tell the button anything here. Just because it displays "OK" as its label does not mean that it knows what to do when its clicked.
    No.I meant I want the last two lines onward be executed then. there is processing code not shown here.
    Again, the last two lines are:
    int simTime = Integer.parseInt( tf.getText() );;
    int interval = Integer.parseInt( tf2.getText() );

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    Default Re: How to set a button event trigger?

    And where do you tell the button that it is supposed to execute these lines?

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    Default Re: How to set a button event trigger?

    Quote Originally Posted by Cornix View Post
    And where do you tell the button that it is supposed to execute these lines?
    It is the topic of this topic

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    Default Re: How to set a button event trigger?

    Quote Originally Posted by hooshdar3 View Post
    It is the topic of this topic
    Well, this was your question:
    But nothing happens when I click on the "OK" button. Why?
    So the answer is pretty simple: Nothing happens because you never told the button what to do when it is being clicked.

    As far as I know there are 2 ways to define the behavior of a button:
    1) You give it an "Action"-Object. This action object will define the behavior when clicked.

    2) You add an ActionListener to the button. When clicked, the button will notify all ActionListeners that have been registered to it.

    An example in code:
    JButton btn = new Button();
    btn.addActionListener(new ActionListener() {
        public void actionPerformed(ActionEvent e) {
             // do stuff
        }
    });

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    Default Re: How to set a button event trigger?

    Quote Originally Posted by Cornix View Post
    Well, this was your question:

    So the answer is pretty simple: Nothing happens because you never told the button what to do when it is being clicked.

    As far as I know there are 2 ways to define the behavior of a button:
    1) You give it an "Action"-Object. This action object will define the behavior when clicked.

    2) You add an ActionListener to the button. When clicked, the button will notify all ActionListeners that have been registered to it.

    An example in code:
    JButton btn = new Button();
    btn.addActionListener(new ActionListener() {
        public void actionPerformed(ActionEvent e) {
             // do stuff
        }
    });
    Do I have to put the code inside a function?

    N.B:Should the second line be:
    btn.addActionListener( new ActionListener() )?

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    Default Re: How to set a button event trigger?

    Perhaps you should read up on anonymous classes.

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    Default Re: How to set a button event trigger?

    Quote Originally Posted by hooshdar3 View Post
    Do I have to put the code inside a function?
    I asked because then the TextFields will not be known in the function actionPerformed()

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    Default Re: How to set a button event trigger?

    Make it known. If you dont want to make it a private member variable you can also declare it as "final".

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    Default Re: How to set a button event trigger?

    Quote Originally Posted by Cornix View Post
    Make it known. If you dont want to make it a private member variable you can also declare it as "final".
    The end-user is supposed to enter numbers in the text-fields. Doesn't Final make them unchangable? What about private?

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    Default Re: How to set a button event trigger?

    final means the variable's value can't be changed. The contents of the object can be changed.
    If you don't understand my answer, don't ignore it, ask a question.

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    Default Re: How to set a button event trigger?

    Quote Originally Posted by Norm View Post
    final means the variable's value can't be changed. The contents of the object can be changed.
    What do you mean?
    I declare them as e.g:
    public static final JTextField tf = new JTextField("")
    outside any function? then what happens when the user chabges their content? Will
    tf.getText()
    return the string representation of the number entered?

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    Default Re: How to set a button event trigger?

    no, dont use static, and dont make it a member variable either. you just declare them is final within your method. The same method you have been using already.
    This means that you can not use the same variable to create a new JTextField, but all of the variables inside the JTextField class can change same as before.

    For example:
    public void initGUI() {
    	final JTextField txtF = new JTextField();
     
    	JButton btn = new JButton();
    	btn.addActionListener(new ActionListener {
    		String content = txtF.getText();
    		System.out.println(content);
    	});
    }

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    Default Re: How to set a button event trigger?

    Quote Originally Posted by Cornix View Post
    no, dont use static, and dont make it a member variable either. you just declare them is final within your method. The same method you have been using already.
    This means that you can not use the same variable to create a new JTextField, but all of the variables inside the JTextField class can change same as before.

    For example:
    public void initGUI() {
    	final JTextField txtF = new JTextField();
     
    	JButton btn = new JButton();
    	btn.addActionListener(new ActionListener {
    		String content = txtF.getText();
    		System.out.println(content)	}
    );
    }
    Why is it that your ActionListener is not followed by a pair of parentheses, and are followed by a pair of braces instead?
    Last edited by hooshdar3; July 16th, 2014 at 03:20 AM.

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    Default ActionEvent

    Hi.
    I set an action listener for my button but nothing happens when the button is clicked.Why?
    Here is my code:
    public class sysinfoHooshi implements ActionListener{
        static JTextField  tf = new JTextField("");
        static JTextField  tf2 = new JTextField("");
     
    	public static void simulate()throws Exception{
    	JDialog dialog = new  JDialog();
    	dialog.setModal(true);
    	dialog.setSize(400, 150);
     
    	dialog.setTitle("Input dialog");
     
    	Container pane = dialog.getContentPane();
            pane.setLayout(null);
     
     
    	JLabel l1 = new JLabel("simtime(min)");
    	pane.add(l1);
    	l1.setBounds(10, 10, 100, 10);
     
     
    	pane.add( tf);
    	tf.setBounds(110,10, 40, 15);
     
    	JLabel l2 = new JLabel("interval(sec)") ;
    	pane.add(l2);
    	l2.setBounds(10, 50, 100, 10);
     
     
    	pane.add( tf2);
    	tf2.setBounds(110,50, 40, 15);
     
    	JButton button = new JButton("OK");
    	pane.add(button);
    	button.setBounds(100,100,40,20);
    	dialog.setVisible(true);
     
    //some code
     
    	}//end simulate()
    	 public void actionPerformed(ActionEvent e) {tf2.setText("Hello");}
    public static void main(String args[]) throws Exception{	
    	simulate();
    	} // end main
       }// end class

    Thanks in advance

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    Default Re: ActionEvent

    You need to tell the button that the class is the action listener.

    button.addActionListener(this);

    You can read up on Action Listeners here

    --- Update ---

    Oh, and you can also do away with the 'implements ActionListener' and use anonymous inner classes. They are real nifty.

    button.setOnClickListener(new OnClickListener() {
        public void onClick(View v) {
            simulate();
        }
    });

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    Default Re: How to set a button event trigger?

    Essentially the same topic, the same road being repaved, threads merged.

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    Quote Originally Posted by ChristopherLowe View Post
    You need to tell the button that the class is the action listener.

    button.addActionListener(this);
    Heh!unbelievable!I haven't done that!

    OK, I added that line, and now get the compile error:
    non-static variable this cannot be referenced from a static context
    button.addActionListener(this);
    ^
    1 error

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    Default Re: How to set a button event trigger?

    And this ground has been covered before. Please read the advice you've been given and apply it. If you don't understand it, then continue asking questions. DON'T bail to a new thread where potentially the conversation has to start all over again. If you don't follow the advice given or at least acknowledge it with questions, those trying to help will give up on you as untrainable.

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    Default Re: How to set a button event trigger?

    Quote Originally Posted by GregBrannon View Post
    And this ground has been covered before. Please read the advice you've been given and apply it. If you don't understand it, then continue asking questions. DON'T bail to a new thread where potentially the conversation has to start all over again. If you don't follow the advice given or at least acknowledge it with questions, those trying to help will give up on you as untrainable.
    OK, but I have asked my question already

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