Java chess moving problems

Question

Hi,
I am producing a chess board where i need to move one piece on the board from one place to another. The pieces are made up of JLabels and i need to move them around the JPanel, any ideas how, i have posted the basic code which i have been working on :
import java.util.*;
import java.awt.*;
import java.awt.event.*;
import javax.swing.*;
import javax.swing.table.*;
import javax.swing.event.*;
public class Chess implements ActionListener
     private int tcpconnections = 1;
     private JTextField chatLine;
     private JTextArea chatText;
     private JPanel chessBoard;
     public void setupChat()
          JFrame frame01 = new JFrame("TCP Chat Window " + tcpconnections);
          frame01.setDefaultCloseOperation(JFrame.EXIT_ON_CLOSE);
          //Set up the chat pane
             JPanel chatPane = new JPanel(new FlowLayout());
            //text box
            chatText = new JTextArea(5, 30);
        chatText.setLineWrap(true);
        chatText.setEditable(false);
        chatText.setForeground(Color.blue);
        JScrollPane chatTextPane = new JScrollPane(chatText,
        JScrollPane.VERTICAL_SCROLLBAR_ALWAYS,
        JScrollPane.HORIZONTAL_SCROLLBAR_NEVER);      
        //text entering
        chatLine = new JTextField("Type Here!");
        chatLine.setPreferredSize(new Dimension(100,25));
        chatLine.addActionListener(this);
        //send button
        JButton button4 = new JButton("Send");
          button4.setActionCommand("send");
          button4.addActionListener(this);     
          //chessboard
          chessBoard = new JPanel();
          chessBoard.setLayout( new GridLayout(8, 8) );
        chessBoard.setPreferredSize(new Dimension (350, 350));
        chessBoard.setBounds(0, 0, 150, 150);
        for (int i = 0; i < 64; i++)
            JPanel square = new JPanel( new BorderLayout() );
            chessBoard.add( square );
            int row = (i / 8) % 2;
            if (row == 0)
                square.setBackground( i % 2 == 0 ? Color.gray : Color.white );
            else
                square.setBackground( i % 2 == 0 ? Color.white : Color.gray );
          JLabel piece = new JLabel( new ImageIcon("smallblackpawn.gif") );
        JPanel panel = (JPanel)chessBoard.getComponent( 0 );
        panel.add( piece );
          //adding
          chatPane.add(chessBoard);
          chatPane.add(chatTextPane);
          chatPane.add(chatLine);
          chatPane.add(button4);
         chatPane.setPreferredSize(new Dimension(350, 480));
          //adding to frame
          frame01.getContentPane().add(chatPane);
          frame01.pack();
          frame01.setLocationRelativeTo(null);
          frame01.setVisible(true);          
     public void actionPerformed(ActionEvent ae)
          String button = ae.getActionCommand();
          if (button.equals("send"))
               JPanel from = (JPanel)chessBoard.getComponent(8);
             JLabel chessPiece = (JLabel)from.getComponent(0);
             JPanel to = (JPanel)chessBoard.getComponent(28);
     public Chess()
          setupChat();
     public static void  main (String[] args)
          new Chess();
}The action listener is my attempt, any ideas cheers?!

Answer 1

Hi,
I am producing a chess board where i need to move one piece on the board from one place to another. The pieces are made up of JLabels and i need to move them around the JPanel, any ideas how, i have posted the basic code which i have been working on :
import java.util.*;
import java.awt.*;
import java.awt.event.*;
import javax.swing.*;
import javax.swing.table.*;
import javax.swing.event.*;
public class Chess implements ActionListener
     private int tcpconnections = 1;
     private JTextField chatLine;
     private JTextArea chatText;
     private JPanel chessBoard;
     public void setupChat()
          JFrame frame01 = new JFrame("TCP Chat Window " + tcpconnections);
          frame01.setDefaultCloseOperation(JFrame.EXIT_ON_CLOSE);
          //Set up the chat pane
             JPanel chatPane = new JPanel(new FlowLayout());
            //text box
            chatText = new JTextArea(5, 30);
        chatText.setLineWrap(true);
        chatText.setEditable(false);
        chatText.setForeground(Color.blue);
        JScrollPane chatTextPane = new JScrollPane(chatText,
        JScrollPane.VERTICAL_SCROLLBAR_ALWAYS,
        JScrollPane.HORIZONTAL_SCROLLBAR_NEVER);      
        //text entering
        chatLine = new JTextField("Type Here!");
        chatLine.setPreferredSize(new Dimension(100,25));
        chatLine.addActionListener(this);
        //send button
        JButton button4 = new JButton("Send");
          button4.setActionCommand("send");
          button4.addActionListener(this);     
          //chessboard
          chessBoard = new JPanel();
          chessBoard.setLayout( new GridLayout(8, 8) );
        chessBoard.setPreferredSize(new Dimension (350, 350));
        chessBoard.setBounds(0, 0, 150, 150);
        for (int i = 0; i < 64; i++)
            JPanel square = new JPanel( new BorderLayout() );
            chessBoard.add( square );
            int row = (i / 8) % 2;
            if (row == 0)
                square.setBackground( i % 2 == 0 ? Color.gray : Color.white );
            else
                square.setBackground( i % 2 == 0 ? Color.white : Color.gray );
          JLabel piece = new JLabel( new ImageIcon("smallblackpawn.gif") );
        JPanel panel = (JPanel)chessBoard.getComponent( 0 );
        panel.add( piece );
          //adding
          chatPane.add(chessBoard);
          chatPane.add(chatTextPane);
          chatPane.add(chatLine);
          chatPane.add(button4);
         chatPane.setPreferredSize(new Dimension(350, 480));
          //adding to frame
          frame01.getContentPane().add(chatPane);
          frame01.pack();
          frame01.setLocationRelativeTo(null);
          frame01.setVisible(true);          
     public void actionPerformed(ActionEvent ae)
          String button = ae.getActionCommand();
          if (button.equals("send"))
               JPanel from = (JPanel)chessBoard.getComponent(8);
             JLabel chessPiece = (JLabel)from.getComponent(0);
             JPanel to = (JPanel)chessBoard.getComponent(28);
     public Chess()
          setupChat();
     public static void  main (String[] args)
          new Chess();
}The action listener is my attempt, any ideas cheers?!