[TechSyndrome]

import java.awt.event.ActionEvent;
import java.awt.event.ActionListener;
import javax.swing.JButton;
import javax.swing.JFrame;
import javax.swing.JPanel;

public class ButtonFrame1 extends JFrame {
	
	
	private static final int FRAME_WIDTH = 100;
	private static final int FRAME_HEIGHT = 60;
	
	public ButtonFrame1()
	{
		createComponents();
		setSize(FRAME_WIDTH, FRAME_HEIGHT);
	}
	
	private void createComponents() // Event source
	{
		 JButton button = new JButton("Click me!");
		 JPanel panel = new JPanel();
		 panel.add(button);
		 add(panel);
		 
		 ActionListener listener = new ClickListener();
		 button.addActionListener(listener);
		 
	}
	
}

import javax.swing.JFrame;

public class ButtonViewer {


	public static void main(String[] args) {
		JFrame frame = new ButtonFrame1();
		frame.setDefaultCloseOperation(JFrame.EXIT_ON_CLOSE);
		frame.setVisible(true);
	}

}

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

public class ClickListener implements ActionListener {

		public void actionPerformed(ActionEvent event) {
			System.out.println("I was clicked");
		}
		
}

Hi. I have one button working already, but am having problems adding another. I've tried adding another JButton (JButton button2 = new JButton("No, click me!") and then adding it to the panel (panel.add(button2)) to the createComponents method, but it doesn't seem to be working. Do I need to create an entirely different class for a new button?

[macosxnerd101]

By default, JFrame uses BorderLayout. So adding a Component to the JFrame will add it to the CENTER constraint, unless you specify another constraint in the add() method. You can do a couple things:
-Change the LayoutManager of the JFrame
-Create a JPanel and use that as your main JPanel. Set its LayoutManager appropriately. Add all your Components to the JPanel, then add that to the JFrame.

[oha055]

Tried out your code. Creating a new button and adding it to the panel in the createComponents method worked like a charm. I don't see your issue

[TechSyndrome]

macosxnerd101, on 14 May 2012 - 03:26 PM, said:

By default, JFrame uses BorderLayout. So adding a Component to the JFrame will add it to the CENTER constraint, unless you specify another constraint in the add() method. You can do a couple things:
-Change the LayoutManager of the JFrame
-Create a JPanel and use that as your main JPanel. Set its LayoutManager appropriately. Add all your Components to the JPanel, then add that to the JFrame.

Thank you Sir. I will try this.

oha055, on 14 May 2012 - 03:28 PM, said:

Tried out your code. Creating a new button and adding it to the panel in the createComponents method worked like a charm. I don't see your issue

Really? How? I just tried creating a new object of JButton, but it just replaced the button above it.

[pbl]

TechSyndrome, on 14 May 2012 - 06:56 PM, said:

Really? How? I just tried creating a new object of JButton, but it just replaced the button above it.

Not a JPanel that has a FlowLayout by default
you can

panel.add(new JButton("Btn1"));
panel.add(new JButton("Btn2"));
panel.add(new JButton("Btn3"));
....
add(panel);

without problem

[TechSyndrome]

pbl, on 14 May 2012 - 04:01 PM, said:

TechSyndrome, on 14 May 2012 - 06:56 PM, said:

Really? How? I just tried creating a new object of JButton, but it just replaced the button above it.

Not a JPanel that has a FlowLayout by default
you can

panel.add(new JButton("Btn1"));
panel.add(new JButton("Btn2"));
panel.add(new JButton("Btn3"));
....
add(panel);

without problem

Wow! It worked! But I don't understand, I thought when I created the JButton object in the createComponents method and I had passed in the parameters "Click me!' that the object would be used up and that I would have to create another one? What is the reason that I can create more buttons below? Also how would I create a different action for this new button? So for example, currently when I click "Click me!" the method is called and returns "I was clicked", however, with my new button "Click me not!" I am unsure how to implement a different method for this...

[pbl]

Defined them in instance variable then it is easy

       JButton btn1, btn2, btn3;
	
	private void createComponents() // Event source
	{
		 btn1 = new JButton("Click me!");
		 btn2 = new JButton("Bit me!");
		 btn3 = new JButton("Kiss me!");
		 JPanel panel = new JPanel();
		 panel.add(btn1);
		 panel.add(btn2);
		 panel.add(btn3);
		 add(panel);
		 
		 ActionListener listener = new ClickListener();
		 btn1.addActionListener(listener);
		 btn2.addActionListener(listener);
		 btn3.addActionListener(listener);
		 
	}



        public class ClickListener implements ActionListener {
             public void actionPerformed(ActionEvent event) {
                 Object o = e.getSource();
                 if(o == btn1) {
                     ...
                     return;
                 }
                 if(o == btn2) {
                     ...
                     return;
                 }
                 if(o == btn3) {
                     ...
                     return;
                 }


}