Need help in the use of 'setVisible()'

Question

Well i am having some problems using the setVisible() method.
what i want to do is to have a textfield appear when a button is clicked.
It have a button and a textfield and i add it in the init() method. i also added a actionlistener to the button and set the textfield with setVisible(false).
In the action performed method i did a e.getSource to make sure it was the button and i also have a repaint() in the method.
the problem is the when i click the button, the textfield did not appear. But if i resize the window, it appears.
Thanks to all who can help.

Answer 1

Try this instead:
import java.applet.Applet;
import java.awt.*;
import java.awt.event.*;
public class test extends Applet implements ActionListener{
private Button testBut,but;
private TextField testTxt;
public void init(){
testBut=new Button ("Test");
add(testBut);
testBut.addActionListener(this);
testTxt=new TextField (5);
add(testTxt);
testTxt.setVisible(false);
public void actionPerformed(ActionEvent e){
if (e.getSource()==testBut){
showStatus("help");
testTxt.setVisible(true);
//This should force a repaint, if not add setVisible(false)
//before the setVisible(true)
setVisible(true);
public void paint(Graphics g){
}