Lecture 8 - Swing Flashcards
What is an ActionListener
is a class that is responsible for handling all action events (ie. when the user clicks on a component or presses enter after inputting text). User in control
How do you use an ActionListener?
Give an example.
// Put it in the class title
public class Ex extends JFrame implements ActionListener {
// add it to the reference of the button & add it to panel
public Ex(){
button1.addActionListener(this);
this.add(button1);
//public void actionPerformed(ActionEvent e){
..
How do you track how many times a button has been clicked?
public class Ex extends JFrame implements ActionListener {
int num = 0; // counter
private JButton b = new JButtom("click me");
public Ex(){
b. addActionListener(this);
this. add(b);
public void actionPerformed(ActionEvent e){
num++;
b.setText(String.format(“I was clicked %d times”, num));
Create a button on the west panel & add a method so that it is handled.
public class b extends JFrame implements ActionListener{
JButton button1,
public b(){
button1 = new JButton(“Please stay”);
this.add(button1, BorderLayout.WEST);
button1.addActionListener(this);
actionPerformed():
public void actionPerformed(ActionEvent e){
..}
What does Integer.toString() do?
returns a String object representing this Integer’s value.
Write an actionPerformed() that does something if button1 is pressed & something else if button 2 is pressed.
public void actionPerformed(ActionEvent e) {
if (e.getSource() == button1) {
clickCount++;
button2.setText(Integer.toString(clickCount));
}
else if (e.getSource() == button2) {
clickCount--;
beepAndEnd(button2,clickCount);
}}
How do you turn a button off?
b.setEnabled(false);
// turn a button on button.setEnabled(true);
How do you end a program?
if(e.getSource() == quitButtonExample);
System.exit(0);
// if its 0 it is a normal exit // if its !=0 it tells the operating system something went wrong
How do you enable a GUI class to handle action events?
- import java.awt.event.
- Add implements ActionListener to the class header
- Use the addActionListener() for each button that fires an event
myButton.addActionListener(this); - Write an actionPerformed method containing the event handling code, using e.getSource to determine which event occured
How do you create a component in its own class & why is this useful?
By extending the JPanel Include extends JPanel in the class header
Useful because we can create a Panel seperate to the JFrame and then attach it to the JFrame
How do you access private variables?
Using getters & setters
What do we need for JTextField events?
A JTextField does not generate an event until a user presses ENTER.
To listen for events like this we need:
- addActionListener();
- event gets delivered to the actionPerformed();
- use getSource() to find out which textfield sent the event
- call getText() of JTextField (to find out the text that the user entered)
How do different numbers in .setLocation() change the location of the JFrame window?
Constants:
final int WIDTH = 0;
final int HEIGHT = 0;
this.setLocation(WIDTH, HEIGHT)
- The bigger the width value is, the further to the RHS of the screen it is.
- The bigger the height value is, the further down the screen the frame is.
Eg., this.setLocation(1400, 400);
and this.setSize(500,400)
The frame is in the bottom RHS corner of the screen, but this will vary depending on the size of your screen & the size of the Frame itself.
How do different numbers in .setSize change the shape of the JFrame window?
p.setSize(WIDTH, HEIGHT);
width is horizontal
height is vertical
Why does the frame still print the right size when you enter 0 for either the row or the column?
Because Java reads it as “use as many rows or columns as needed”.
What does getSource() do?
returns the object on which the Event initially occurred.
Eg., (if e.getSource() === button){
/// do something
