Having problems setting text to a JLabel!!

Question

HI *.*,
i'm having problems setting text to a JLabel.
i have a JFrame with a JPanels and on the JPanel i have a JLabel.
I have a text field wihich is used to input text.
So, i'm using textField.getText() to read the text of the text field and setText() to write it to the Label.
but setText() isn't displaying the text on the label.
I'm using NetBeans as an ide
Does anyone have any ideas??

Answer 1

Here is some code
public class AddClass extends JFrame implements ActionListener{
    public AddClass() {
        initComponents();
    }//end of 1st constructor with initComp
    //initComponents
    private void initComponents() {
        getContentPane().setLayout(new java.awt.GridLayout(3, 1));
        setDefaultCloseOperation(javax.swing.WindowConstants.EXIT_ON_CLOSE);
        prodPanel.setLayout(new java.awt.GridLayout(1, 3));
        prodPanel.setBackground(new java.awt.Color(255, 255, 255));
        prodPanel.setBorder(javax.swing.BorderFactory.createTitledBorder(javax.swing.BorderFactory.createEtchedBorder(), "Production", javax.swing.border.TitledBorder.DEFAULT_JUSTIFICATION, javax.swing.border.TitledBorder.DEFAULT_POSITION, new java.awt.Font("Arial", 1, 12)));
        westPanel.setLayout(new java.awt.GridLayout(6, 0));
        westPanel.setBackground(new java.awt.Color(255, 255, 255));
        westPanel.add(westLab1);
        westLab2.setBackground(new java.awt.Color(255, 255, 255));
        westLab2.setFont(new java.awt.Font("Arial", 1, 36));
        westLab2.setForeground(new java.awt.Color(0, 204, 0));
        westLab2.setHorizontalAlignment(javax.swing.SwingConstants.CENTER);
        westLab2.setIcon(new javax.swing.ImageIcon("C:\\icontexto-webdev-bullet-048x048.png"));
        westLab2.setText("MQ 35");
        westLab2.setHorizontalTextPosition(javax.swing.SwingConstants.LEFT);
        westLab2.setIconTextGap(10);
        westLab2.setInheritsPopupMenu(false);
        westPanel.add(westLab2);
        westPanel.add(westLab3);
        westPanel.add(westLab4);
        westPanel.add(westLab5);
        prodPanel.add(westPanel);
        setJMenuBar(menuBar);
        setTitle("Broker Monitor");
        this.setSize(700, 700);
        BrokerWindowCloser brkWindowCloser = new BrokerWindowCloser();
        this.addWindowListener(brkWindowCloser);
        pack();
        //       setVisible(true);
    }//end of initComponents
    public AddClass(String st) {
        initComponents();
        westLab6.setVisible(true);
//        System.out.println("in broker  " + st); 
        westLab6.setText(st);
        System.out.println(st);
        westLab6.setBackground(new java.awt.Color(255, 255, 255));
        westLab6.setFont(new java.awt.Font("Arial", 1, 36));
        westLab6.setForeground(new java.awt.Color(0, 204, 0));
        westLab6.setHorizontalAlignment(javax.swing.SwingConstants.CENTER);
        westLab6.setIcon(new javax.swing.ImageIcon("C:\\PNG\\icontexto-webdev-bullet-048x048.png"));
        westLab6.setEnabled(true);
        westLab6.setHorizontalTextPosition(javax.swing.SwingConstants.LEFT);
        westLab6.setIconTextGap(15);
        westLab6.setInheritsPopupMenu(false);
        westPanel.add(westLab6);
//       this.validate();
        westPanel.repaint();
    public void actionPerformed(ActionEvent ae) {
        Object source = ae.getSource();
        if(source == exitMI) {
            System.exit(0);
        }//end of if exitMI
        if(source == addMI){
            new AddMQ_1_1();
        if(source == removeMI){
            new RemoveMQ_1();
    }//end of actionPerformed
    class BrokerWindowCloser extends WindowAdapter {
        public void windowClosing(WindowEvent we) {
    }//end of windowcloserclass
    public static void main(String args[]) {
        java.awt.EventQueue.invokeLater(new Runnable() {
            public void run() {
                new AddClass().setVisible(true);
    }//end of main
}// End of variables declaration
   public void addButtonActionPerformed(java.awt.event.ActionEvent evt) {
// TODO add your handling code here:
        Object source = evt.getSource();
        if(source == addButton){
            System.out.println("here");
            String st = mqNameJTF.getText();
            Broker1 br = new Broker1(st);
            AddClass adc = new AddClass(st);
            this.repaint();
this.dispose();
        }//end of if addButton
    }//end addButtonActionPerformed