You got lucky because the setText() method is Thread safe, but when dealing with the GUI, you don't want to make changes to it on a Thread other than the EDT. A Swing Timer would have made this a...
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Re: Hello! Trying to Get Java Swing GUI to display clock/timer in jTextField
You got lucky because the setText() method is Thread safe, but when dealing with the GUI, you don't want to make changes to it on a Thread other than the EDT. A Swing Timer would have made this a...
Re: Hello! Trying to Get Java Swing GUI to display clock/timer in jTextField
How to Use Swing Timers (The Java™ Tutorials > Creating a GUI With JFC/Swing > Using Other Swing Features)