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Thread: How do i fix "ActionListener cannot be resolved to a type" in Eclipse?

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    Exclamation How do i fix "ActionListener cannot be resolved to a type" in Eclipse?

    I'm using Eclipse to build a version of....notepad. However, i always get stuck on the ActionListener for the button for creating a tab. Here:

    package com.Marko2155.BetterNotepad;

    import java.awt.event.ActionEvent;
    import java.awt.event.ActionListener;

    import javax.swing.*;

    class MainProgram{
    public static void main(String[] args) {
    JFrame frame = new JFrame();
    JButton button = new JButton("Click here to add a tab");
    JTabbedPane tabs = new JTabbedPane();
    JTextArea field = new JTextArea();

    //Add component settings here
    button.addActionListener(
    //ActionListener cannot be resolved to a variable
    ActionListener listener = new ActionListener(){
    public void actionPerformed(ActionEvent e) {

    }
    });
    //Add manual tabs here
    tabs.addTab("+", button);
    //Add components here
    frame.add(tabs);
    //Window settings here
    frame.setLayout(new BoxLayout(frame.getContentPane(), BoxLayout.Y_AXIS));
    frame.setSize(800, 600);
    frame.setLocationRelativeTo(null);
    frame.setVisible(true);
    frame.setTitle("BetterNotepad");
    }
    }

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    Default Re: How do i fix "ActionListener cannot be resolved to a type" in Eclipse?

    Can you copy and paste here the full text of the error message?

    Please edit your post and wrap your code with code tags:

    [code]
    **YOUR CODE GOES HERE**
    [/code]

    to get highlighting and preserve formatting.

    There are lots of examples of working code on the site if you search for ActionListener.
    Basically do not try to declare a variable that is an instance of ActionListener.
    Just use new to create an instance of ActionListener.
    If you don't understand my answer, don't ignore it, ask a question.

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