Jpanel woes...

Hi!
Im trying to make a way to highlight a button on my application... What I would like to do, is to have a jpanel behind the button, extending beyond the edges of the button just a bit, and have the color of the jpanel vary a bit.
So it would wind up bringing the users attention to the button, when I want it there.
I tried to extend JPanel to do this, and override the paint method with new background colors, but the main problem is that it makes the rest of my application run like shit. Buttons are not displayed until my mouse runs over them, etc.
So what should I do to get this to work? Code below...
public class JPanelColorVary extends JPanel {
     static final long serialVersionUID = 18971234651L;
     private static final int fiRed = 0;
     private static final int fiGreen = 107;
     private static int m_iBlue = 136;
      * paint - modified to vary the background color
      * with a blue tint.
     public void paint(Graphics g) {
          super.paint(g);
          if (m_iBlue < 255){
               m_iBlue++;
          }else{
               m_iBlue = 150;
          this.setBackground(new Color(fiRed, fiGreen, m_iBlue));
}Thanks!

I think a much similiar way would be to add a border to the button.
See BorderFactory in the API.

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dimensionsPanel.add(panelBox); //Adding all components to the JPanel
System.out.println("end dimensionpanel");
}//end DimensionsPanel()
//------ActionListeners
}//end class DimensionsPanel extends JPanel

Displaying the content of JPanel

hello, I have a JPanel which contains a JScrollPane displaying data from a database. I have created a JButton which permit to hide and show the content
of jpanel (hide and show jscrollpane alternaly). but when I hide the content the first once I cant re-show it. the code of the JButton is :
// first click
jPanel3.add(jScrollPane1, null);
jPanel3.repaint();
// second click
jPanel3.removeAll();
this.repaint();
Best Regards.

Instead of actually removing the component from the GUI and then trying to put it back, why don't you just make use of the setVisible() method?

Displaying the content of one JPanel in an other as a scaled image

Hi,
I'd like to display the content of one JPanel scaled in a second JPanel.
The first JPanel holds a graph that could be edited in this JPanel. But unfortunately the graph is usually to big to have a full overview over the whole graph and is embeded in a JScrollPanel. So the second JPanel should be some kind of an overview window that shows the whole graph scaled to fit to this window and some kind of outline around the current section displayed by the JScrollPanel. How could I do this?
Many thanks in advance.
Best,
Marc.

Hi,
I'd like to display the content of one JPanel scaled
in a second JPanel.
The first JPanel holds a graph that could be edited
in this JPanel. But unfortunately the graph is
usually to big to have a full overview over the whole
graph and is embeded in a JScrollPanel. So the second
JPanel should be some kind of an overview window that
shows the whole graph scaled to fit to this window
and some kind of outline around the current section
displayed by the JScrollPanel. How could I do this?
Many thanks in advance.
Best,
Marc.if panel1 is the graph and panel2 is the overview, override the paintComponent method in panel2 with this
public void paintComponent(Graphics g) {
Graphics2D g2 = (Graphics2D) g;
g2.scale(...,...);
panel1.paint(g2);
}

How to enable a scrollbar in a JPanel

Hi
I am adding some components in a JPanel and I am adding the JPanel to a JScrollPane.The JScrollPane is finally added to the container.Now I could manage to get only the scrollbars added but it does not work!How should I use the scrollbars to view all the components that are added inside the JPanel.
Here is my source code:
tagPanel = new JPanel();
tagPanel.setLayout(new FlowLayout());
tagPanel.setPreferredSize(new Dimension(100,100));
tagPanel.setBackground(Color.white);
tagPanel.setAutoscrolls(true);
for(int i = 0; i<=20; i++)
tempButton = new JButton("Testing");
tagPanel.add(tempButton);
container.add(forbiddenscroll= new JScrollPane
(tagPanel),BorderLayout.WEST);
forbiddenscroll.setHorizontalScrollBarPolicy
(ScrollPaneConstants.HORIZONTAL_SCROLLBAR_ALWAYS);
forbiddenscroll.setVerticalScrollBarPolicy
(ScrollPaneConstants.VERTICAL_SCROLLBAR_ALWAYS);
Thank you for your reply!
Your help is very much appreciated.

don't set prefered size of the tag panel.
run this code pasted below. it work fine.
regards,
Pratap
import java.awt.*;
import javax.swing.*;
public class Frame1 extends JFrame {
     JScrollPane forbiddenscroll;
     JPanel tagPanel;
     JButton tempButton;
     public Frame1() {
          tagPanel = new JPanel();
          tagPanel.setLayout(new FlowLayout());
          tagPanel.setBackground(Color.white);
          tagPanel.setAutoscrolls(true);
          for(int i = 0; i<=20; i++)
               tempButton = new JButton("Testing");
               tagPanel.add(tempButton);
          forbiddenscroll = new JScrollPane();
          forbiddenscroll.getViewport().setView(tagPanel);
          getContentPane().add(forbiddenscroll, BorderLayout.CENTER);
          forbiddenscroll.setHorizontalScrollBarPolicy(ScrollPaneConstants.HORIZONTAL_SCROLLBAR_ALWAYS);
          forbiddenscroll.setVerticalScrollBarPolicy(ScrollPaneConstants.VERTICAL_SCROLLBAR_ALWAYS);
     public static void main(String[] args) {
          Frame1 f = new Frame1();
          f.pack();
          f.setLocation(200,200);
          f.show();
}

How to draw a 3Drect in a JPanel.

Hi, I'd like to draw a 3D rectangle in a panal to make some components looks grouped. e.g. if I have a name(JLabel: JTextField) and address(JLabel:JTextField) in a panel and want to draw a 3D rectangle around these two fields, how can I do that? Looks that the paint(Graphics g) doesn't work here.
The following is my test program, it has two files, an applet as program entrance and a Panel to draw on:
// TestApplet.java
import javax.swing.*;
public class TestApplet extends JApplet     {
     public void init()     {
          TopPanel tp = new TopPanel();
          add(tp);
// TopPanel.java
import javax.swing.*;
public class TopPanel extends JPanel     {
     public TopPanel()     {
          JLabel lb = new JLabel("test");
          add(lb);
          Choice c = new Choice();
          c.add("1");
          c.add("2");
          add(c);
     public void paint(Graphics g)     {
          g.draw3DRect(5, 5, 40, 40, false);
          super.paint(g);
}

sorry for the messy code.
I've tried switching the two lines, but it doesn't
work. :(
Here is the repost of the code, I don't know why I
can't edit the original post....
// TestApplet.java
import javax.swing.*;
public class TestApplet extends JApplet     {
     public void init()     {
          TopPanel tp = new TopPanel();
          add(tp);
// TopPanel.java
import javax.swing.*;
import java.awt.*;
public class TopPanel extends JPanel     {
     public TopPanel()     {
          JLabel lb = new JLabel("test");
          add(lb);
          Choice c = new Choice();
          c.add("1");
          c.add("2");
          add(c);
     public void paint(Graphics g)     {
          super.paint(g);
          g.draw3DRect(5, 5, 40, 40, false);
1. You can only edit posts that have not been replied to.
2. Your code worked for me? (What is the problem).
3. Suggestions use a JComboBox instead of Choice. (It is not good to mix AWT and Swing.) Also you should be overiding paintComponentinstead of paint.
          @Override
          public void paintComponent(Graphics g) {
               super.paintComponent(g);
               g.draw3DRect(5, 5, 40, 40, false);
          }

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I have a JPanel (layout = null, size = 200*400).
I would like to add a JScrollPane, that sizes 100*100 and that contains an other JPanel, at the location 0,200 in the first JPanel. I would like too that the JScrollBar is always visible.
How is it possible ?

The scrollbars will appear automatically when the preferred size of the panel is greater than the size of the scroll pane. So you probably need to add:
panel.setPreferredSize(...);
Of course if you use LayoutManagers, instead of a null layout, then this is done automatically for you.
If you want the scroll bars to appear all the time then read the JScrollPane API.

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Hy, I am actually creating a Graphical Programming Language Appln and I am facing some problems.
My source code is found below. Here is my problem:
I have inserted some buttons have been inserted in the Main panel until both scroll bar appear,
what I want is that when I click on the button label "Fit", a new window opens,
where it shows the buttons which have been fitted in that window, without any scrollbar.How to do that?
Please send me the code for solving this problem. Its very very urgent.Here are my Code:
import java.awt.*;
import java.awt.event.*;
import javax.swing.*;
import javax.swing.event.*;
import java.awt.datatransfer.*;
import java.awt.dnd.*;
import javax.swing.tree.*;
import java.io.*;
public class MainDesktop extends JFrame implements ActionListener {
JSplitPane splitPane = new JSplitPane();
JPanel mainPane = new JPanel();
JScrollPane mainScrollPane = new JScrollPane();
Container contentPane = getContentPane();
public MainDesktop() {
addWindowListener(new WindowAdapter() {
public void windowClosing(WindowEvent e) {
System.exit(0);
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JToolBar toolBar = new JToolBar();
myToolBar(toolBar);
contentPane.add(toolBar, BorderLayout.NORTH);
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JButton bgButton = new JButton("Begin");
JButton rdButton = new JButton("Read");
JButton wrButton = new JButton("Write");
JButton efButton = new JButton("If-Else");
JButton ifButton = new JButton("End-If");
JButton wlButton = new JButton("While-Loop");
JButton flButton = new JButton("For-Loop");
JButton elButton = new JButton("End-Loop");
JButton swButton = new JButton("Switch");
JButton arButton = new JButton("Arithmetic");
JButton enButton = new JButton("End");
bgButton.setActionCommand("Begin");
rdButton.setActionCommand("Read");
wrButton.setActionCommand("Write");
efButton.setActionCommand("If-Else");
ifButton.setActionCommand("End-If");
wlButton.setActionCommand("While-Loop");
flButton.setActionCommand("For-Loop");
elButton.setActionCommand("End-Loop");
swButton.setActionCommand("Switch");
arButton.setActionCommand("Arithmetic");
enButton.setActionCommand("End");
bgButton.addActionListener(this);
rdButton.addActionListener(this);
wrButton.addActionListener(this);
efButton.addActionListener(this);
ifButton.addActionListener(this);
wlButton.addActionListener(this);
flButton.addActionListener(this);
elButton.addActionListener(this);
swButton.addActionListener(this);
arButton.addActionListener(this);
enButton.addActionListener(this);
JPanel toolPane = new JPanel();
toolPane.setLayout(new GridLayout(15,0));
toolPane.add(bgButton);
toolPane.add(rdButton);
toolPane.add(wrButton);
toolPane.add(efButton);
toolPane.add(ifButton);
toolPane.add(wlButton);
toolPane.add(flButton);
toolPane.add(elButton);
toolPane.add(swButton);
toolPane.add(arButton);
toolPane.add(enButton);
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mainPane.setLayout(new FlowLayout());
mainScrollPane = new JScrollPane(mainPane);
mainScrollPane.setVerticalScrollBarPolicy(JScrollPane.VERTICAL_SCROLLBAR_ALWAYS);
mainScrollPane.setHorizontalScrollBarPolicy (JScrollPane.HORIZONTAL_SCROLLBAR_ALWAYS);
mainScrollPane.setLayout(new ScrollPaneLayout());
//Create a split pane with the two scroll panes in it
splitPane = new JSplitPane(JSplitPane.HORIZONTAL_SPLIT,toolPane, mainScrollPane);
splitPane.setOneTouchExpandable(true);
splitPane.setDividerLocation(100);
splitPane.setPreferredSize(new Dimension(1000, 650));
getContentPane().add(splitPane);
protected void myToolBar(JToolBar toolBar) {
//Fit button
JButton fitButton = new JButton("Fit");
fitButton.setToolTipText("Fit Flowchart to drawing area");
fitButton.setActionCommand("Fit");
fitButton.addActionListener(this);
toolBar.add(fitButton);
public void actionPerformed(ActionEvent e) {
String cmd = e.getActionCommand();
if (cmd.equals("Fit")) {
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if (cmd.equals("Delete")) {
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if (cmd.equals("Begin")) {
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if (cmd.equals("Read")) {
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mainPane.add(drag);
if (cmd.equals("Write")) {
dragbutton drag = new dragbutton();
mainPane.add(drag);
if (cmd.equals("If-Else")) {
dragbutton drag = new dragbutton();
mainPane.add(drag);
if (cmd.equals("End-If")) {
dragbutton drag = new dragbutton();
mainPane.add(drag);
if (cmd.equals("While-Loop")) {
dragbutton drag = new dragbutton();
mainPane.add(drag);
if (cmd.equals("For-Loop")) {
dragbutton drag = new dragbutton();
mainPane.add(drag);
if (cmd.equals("End-Loop")) {
dragbutton drag = new dragbutton();
mainPane.add(drag);
if (cmd.equals("Switch")) {
dragbutton drag = new dragbutton();
mainPane.add(drag);
if (cmd.equals("Arithmetic")) {
dragbutton drag = new dragbutton();
mainPane.add(drag);
//mainPane.repaint();
if (cmd.equals("End")) {
dragbutton drag = new dragbutton();
mainPane.add(drag);
//mainPane.repaint();
class dragbutton extends JButton implements DragGestureListener, DragSourceListener {
public dragbutton() {
super("Begin");
DragSource dragSource = DragSource.getDefaultDragSource();
dragSource.createDefaultDragGestureRecognizer(this,DnDConstants.ACTION_COPY_OR_MOVE,this);
public void dragGestureRecognized(DragGestureEvent e) {
e.startDrag(DragSource.DefaultCopyDrop,
new StringSelection(null),this);
public void dragDropEnd(DragSourceDropEvent e) {}
public void dragEnter(DragSourceDragEvent e) {}
public void dragExit(DragSourceEvent e) {}
public void dragOver(DragSourceDragEvent e) {}
public void dropActionChanged(DragSourceDragEvent e) {}
public static void main(String [] args) {
MainDesktop mainWindow = new MainDesktop();
mainWindow.setTitle("Graphical Programming Language");
mainWindow.setSize(700, 600);
mainWindow.setVisible(true);

Instead of using:
frame.setSize(int, int);
use:
frame.pack();

How to replace a component in the JPanel?

Hi,
I want to replace a component in the JPanel. My panel has GridBagLayout.
Thanks in advance.

because my application demands me to use GridBagLayout.No it doesn't, that a choice you made. You are never forced to use a specific layout manager. In fact most layout problems are solved by using combinations of layout managers. You two main choices are:
a) use a GridbagLayout for the main panel and then a CardLayout for the two components you want to sway, although it may look strange if the components are a different size as the preferred size of the panel will be the size of the largest component
b) Simulate a card layout using:
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panel.add(...);
panel.revalidate(...)

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