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    Default trying to change image by mouse click

    Hey, i'm making a tic tac toe game and having some problems when the user clicks on a button. Theres no compile error just nothing happens and debugge mode is not really helpful.
    I also tried making the buttons into an array but got some error, so just ditched that idea.

    Right now, all I wanted it to do is when I click on a button, it changes to the image on an X but nothing happens.

    import java.awt.*;
    import java.awt.event.ActionEvent;
    import java.awt.event.ActionListener;
     
    import javax.swing.*;
     
     
     
    public class tic extends JFrame {
     
     
    	private JButton a = new JButton();
    	private JButton b = new JButton();
    	private JButton c = new JButton();
    	 private JButton d = new JButton();
    	 private JButton e = new JButton();
    		private JButton f = new JButton();
    		private JButton g = new JButton();
    		 private JButton h = new JButton();
    		 private JButton i = new JButton();
    		 private click slick = new click();
     
     
     
    	public tic(){
    		JPanel p1 = new JPanel();
    		p1.setLayout(new GridLayout(3,3));
    		p1.add(a);
    		p1.add(b);
    		p1.add(c);
    		p1.add(d);
    		p1.add(e);
    		p1.add(f);
    		p1.add(g);
    		p1.add(h);
    		p1.add(i);
     
     
    			 JPanel p2 = new JPanel(new BorderLayout());
    			 p2.add(new JTextField("test"),BorderLayout.SOUTH);
    			 p2.add(p1,BorderLayout.CENTER);
    			 add(p2);
     
    			 a.addActionListener(new clicks());
    			 b.addActionListener(new clicks());
    			 c.addActionListener(new clicks());
    			 d.addActionListener(new clicks());
    			 e.addActionListener(new clicks());
    			 f.addActionListener(new clicks());
    			 g.addActionListener(new clicks());
    			 h.addActionListener(new clicks());
    			 i.addActionListener(new clicks());
     
     
     
    	}
     
    	public static void main(String[] args) {
    		 tic frame = new tic();
    		 frame.setTitle("test");
    		 frame.setSize(400, 250);
    		 frame.setLocationRelativeTo(null); // Center the frame
    		 frame.setDefaultCloseOperation(JFrame.EXIT_ON_CLOSE);
    		 frame.setVisible(true);
     
    	}
     
    	 class clicks implements ActionListener {
     
     
    		public void actionPerformed(ActionEvent arg0) {
    			slick.x();
     
    		}
     
    	}
     
    	class click extends JPanel{
    		private ImageIcon imagei = new ImageIcon("C:/Users/chris/Desktop/x.JPG");
    		private ImageIcon imageii = new ImageIcon("C:/Users/chris/Desktop/circle.JPG");
    		 Image image;
     
     
    		public Image x(){
    			Image image = imagei.getImage();
    			return image;
     
    			}
     
     
     
    		public Image o(){
    			Image image = imageii.getImage();
    			return image;
    		}
     
    		protected void paintComponent(Graphics g) {
    			super.paintComponent(g);
    			g.drawImage(image, 0, 0,this);
    			//g.drawImage(image, 0, 0, getWidth(), getHeight(), this);
     
     
    		}
     
    	}
     
     
     
    }


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    Default Re: trying to change image by mouse click

    but nothing happens.
    Is something supposed to happen? Can you explain what you want the code to do when a button is clicked?
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    Default Re: trying to change image by mouse click

    o lol, well I wanted a image on an X to appear on the button,but I think might know how to fix it, going to see later

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    Default Re: trying to change image by mouse click

    wanted a image on an X to appear on the button
    The code needs to get a reference to the button and call one of its methods.
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    Default Re: trying to change image by mouse click

    ok thxs ill figure it out lol

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    Default Re: trying to change image by mouse click

    EDIT: ok I figured it out, I did something similar to what I said here with some tweaks.



    ok here is what I got so far, I was able to change the image on the button, but I have a question about the other buttons.

    does each button need its own ActionListener class or can I just have one? right now, no mater what button you press, the first button changes images. Is there a way that
    class CirclePanel extends JPanel {
    	private int radius = 5;
    	public void x() {
     
    		a.setIcon(new ImageIcon(image));
    can detect which button is clicked and change a.setIcon(new ImageIcon(image)); to like b.setIcon(new ImageIcon(image)); ?

    I was thinking of something like this
    a.addActionListener(new EnlargeListener(a)); where it sends the variable to public void x(xx) and then have like
    this.x = xx;
    xx.setIcon(new ImageIcon(image));

    or something.

    import javax.swing.*;
     
    import java.awt.*;
    import java.awt.event.*;
     
     public class mouse extends JFrame {
    	 private ImageIcon imagei = new ImageIcon("C:/Users/chris/Desktop/x.JPG");
    	 private ImageIcon imageii = new ImageIcon("C:/Users/chris/Desktop/circle.JPG");
    	 Image image = imagei.getImage();
    	 Image imagee = imageii.getImage();
    		private JButton a = new JButton();
    		private JButton b = new JButton();
    		private JButton c = new JButton();
    		 private JButton d = new JButton();
    		 private JButton e = new JButton();
    			private JButton f = new JButton();
    			private JButton g = new JButton();
    			 private JButton h = new JButton();
    			 private JButton i = new JButton();
     
     private CirclePanel canvas = new CirclePanel();
     
     public mouse() {
     
     JPanel p1 = new JPanel(); // Use the panel to group buttons
     p1.setLayout(new GridLayout(3,3));
     
    	p1.add(a);
    	p1.add(b);
    	p1.add(c);
    	p1.add(d);
    	p1.add(e);
    	p1.add(f);
    	p1.add(g);
    	p1.add(h);
    	p1.add(i);
     
    	 JPanel p2 = new JPanel(new BorderLayout());
    	 p2.add(new JTextField("test"),BorderLayout.SOUTH);
    	 p2.add(p1,BorderLayout.CENTER);
    	 add(p2);
     //this.add(canvas, BorderLayout.CENTER); // Add canvas to center
     //this.add(p1, BorderLayout.SOUTH); // Add buttons to the frame
        a.addActionListener(new EnlargeListener());
        b.addActionListener(new EnlargeListener());
        c.addActionListener(new EnlargeListener());
        d.addActionListener(new EnlargeListener());
        e.addActionListener(new EnlargeListener());
        f.addActionListener(new EnlargeListener());
        g.addActionListener(new EnlargeListener());
        h.addActionListener(new EnlargeListener());
        i.addActionListener(new EnlargeListener());
     
     
     }
     /** Main method */
     public static void main(String[] args) {
     JFrame frame = new mouse();
     frame.setTitle("ControlCircle2");
     frame.setLocationRelativeTo(null); // Center the frame
     frame.setDefaultCloseOperation(JFrame.EXIT_ON_CLOSE);
     frame.setSize(500, 500);
     frame.setVisible(true);
     }
    class EnlargeListener implements ActionListener {
     
    	public void actionPerformed(ActionEvent e) {
    		canvas.x();
    	}
    }
    class CirclePanel extends JPanel {
    	private int radius = 5;
    	public void x() {
     
    		a.setIcon(new ImageIcon(image));
    		//radius++;
    		//repaint();
    	}
     
    	protected void paintComponent(Graphics g) {
    		 super.paintComponent(g);
     
     
    		 }
    		 }
    		 }

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    Default Re: trying to change image by mouse click

    The Event object passed to the action listener method has a reference to the component (JButton) that was clicked. Get that reference, cast it to a JButton and you can access that button's methods as needed.

    Don't hard code a reference in the x() method. Pass it as an arg to the method.

    Or your solution of giving the listener the reference when it is created should work.
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