[slumdawg]

My goal is
When you click on JButton that has caption of Button1 - read the contents of JTextField and change the caption of other JButton (Button2) to the string value from JTextfield.

import java.awt.*;
import java.awt.event.*;
import javax.swing.*;

class ButtonPanel extends JPanel
   implements ActionListener
{
    private JButton JButton2;
    private JButton JButton1;
    private JTextField textArea;
    public ButtonPanel()
    {
        JButton1 = new JButton("JButton1");
        JButton2 = new JButton("JButton2");
        String a = "Come on everybody, clap your hands!"; //random text
        setLayout (new FlowLayout(FlowLayout.LEADING));
        add(JButton2);
        add(JButton1);
        JButton1.addActionListener(this);
        JButton2.addActionListener(this);
        textArea = new JTextField(a, 40);
   }

   public void actionPerformed(ActionEvent evt)
   {
       Object source = evt.getSource();
       if (source == JButton1)
       {
            //
       }
       else if (source == JButton2)
       {
            //
       }
   }
}
class ButtonFrame extends JFrame
{
    public ButtonFrame()
    {
      setTitle("ButtonTest");
      setSize(500, 400);
      addWindowListener(new WindowAdapter()
         {  public void windowClosing(WindowEvent e)
            {  System.exit(0);
            }
         } );

      Container contentPane = getContentPane();
      contentPane.add(new ButtonPanel());
   }
}
public class HelloWorldFrame
{  public static void main(String[] args)
   {
       JFrame frame = new ButtonFrame();
       frame.show();
   }
}

[macosxnerd101]

We are not a code writing service. We need to see some effort before we can really help you. Also, please describe any errors or problems with your good faith efforts.

Hint- take a look at the getText() and setText() methods for JTextField and JButton.

[pbl]

and don't forget to add() your textArea to the JPanel as you did correctly with your JButton

[m-e-g-a-z]

You may want to look at this thread as the person was doing what you are trying to do.