Thread: Button Won't Stop Animation.

package four.work.course;
 
import java.awt.BorderLayout;
import java.awt.Color;
import java.awt.Graphics;
import javax.swing.JFrame;
import javax.swing.JPanel;
// import java.util.Random;
 
public class MovingShapes {
 
	protected JFrame frameCW4 = new JFrame("CourseWork Four");
	private FirstDrawPanel firstDrawPanel = new FirstDrawPanel();
	private SecondDrawPanel secondDrawPanel = new SecondDrawPanel();
	private int xCoord = 0, yCoord = 0;
	private int counter;
	final private byte LOOPBACK  = 0;
	protected boolean status = true;
	// private Random generator = new Random();
 
 
	protected void setUpComponents()
	{
		frameCW4.setVisible(true);
		frameCW4.setSize(500,500);
		frameCW4.getContentPane().add(BorderLayout.CENTER, firstDrawPanel);
		frameCW4.getContentPane().add(BorderLayout.NORTH, secondDrawPanel);
		frameCW4.setDefaultCloseOperation(JFrame.EXIT_ON_CLOSE);
	}
 
	protected void animationManager(String direction)
	{
		String buffer;
		buffer = direction.toString().trim();
 
		if (buffer.equalsIgnoreCase("PartA"))
		{
			for (  counter = 0; counter < frameCW4.getWidth(); counter++ )
			{
				for ( counter = 0; counter < frameCW4.getHeight(); counter ++)
				{
					{
						// xCoord = generator.nextInt(frameCW4.getWidth());
						// yCoord = generator.nextInt(frameCW4.getHeight());
 
						 xCoord++;
						 yCoord++;
 
						try 
						{
							Thread.sleep(5);
							firstDrawPanel.repaint();
							secondDrawPanel.repaint();
						}
						catch (InterruptedException e)
						{
							e.printStackTrace();
						}		
					}
				}
			}
		}
	}
 
	protected void retrace(boolean check)
	{
		while (status == true)
		{
			for (counter = LOOPBACK; counter <= frameCW4.getWidth(); counter++ )
			{
				for (counter = LOOPBACK; counter <= frameCW4.getHeight(); counter++)
				{
						{
							// System.out.println(counter);
							// xCoord = generator.nextInt(frameCW4.getWidth());
							// yCoord = generator.nextInt(frameCW4.getHeight());
 
							xCoord++;
							yCoord++;
 
							try 
							{
								Thread.sleep(5);
								firstDrawPanel.repaint();
								secondDrawPanel.repaint();
							}
							catch (InterruptedException e)
							{
								e.printStackTrace();
							}	
						}
				}
			}
 
			for ( counter = frameCW4.getWidth(); counter >= LOOPBACK; counter--)
			{
				for (counter = frameCW4.getHeight(); counter >= LOOPBACK; counter --)
				{
					xCoord--;
					yCoord--;
 
					try 
					{
						Thread.sleep(5);
						firstDrawPanel.repaint();
						secondDrawPanel.repaint();
					}
					catch (InterruptedException e)
					{
						e.printStackTrace();
					}
				}
			}
		}
	}
 
	class FirstDrawPanel extends JPanel
	{	
		public void paintComponent(Graphics g)
		{
			g.setColor(Color.WHITE); 
			g.fillRect(0, 0, this.getWidth(), this.getHeight());
			g.setColor(Color.BLUE);
			g.fillOval(xCoord, yCoord, 50, 50);
		}
	} 
	class SecondDrawPanel extends JPanel
	{
		public void paintComponent(Graphics g)
		{
			g.setColor(Color.WHITE); 
			g.fillRect(0, 0, this.getWidth(), this.getHeight());
			g.setColor(Color.ORANGE);
			g.fillRect(xCoord, 0, 50, 50);
		}
	}
 
	public static void main(String[] args)
	{
		MovingShapes ms = new MovingShapes();
		ms.setUpComponents();
		ms.animationManager("PartA");	
	}
}

package four.work.course;
 
import java.awt.BorderLayout;
import java.awt.event.ActionEvent;
import java.awt.event.ActionListener;
import javax.swing.JButton;
 
public class MovingShapesButton extends MovingShapes implements ActionListener
{	
	private MovingShapes ms = new MovingShapes();
	private JButton btnStopAnimation = new JButton("Stop Animation");
 
	MovingShapesButton()
	{	
		ms.frameCW4.getContentPane().add(BorderLayout.SOUTH, btnStopAnimation);
		btnStopAnimation.addActionListener(this);
		ms.setUpComponents();
		ms.retrace(true);
	}
 
	public void actionPerformed(ActionEvent e)
	{
	}
 
	public static void main(String[] args)
	{
		MovingShapesButton msb = new MovingShapesButton();
	}
 
}

Help me out guys?

For animation you should really use a SwingTimer (see How to Use Swing Timers (The Java™ Tutorials > Creating a GUI With JFC/Swing > Using Other Swing Features) ). Going into a while loop to accomplish animation is not the best way to go about it, especially given the single threaded model of Swing