Question

I have been experimenting with making GUIs in java as opposed to just using “static” all the time and come across the “SwingUtilities.invokeLater()” method. I manage to get everything setup but when it comes to run the application, nothing appears on the JPanel until I resize the window. Is there a fix for this or am I doing it wrong?

Heres my code:

public class main extends JPanel implements ActionListener{ 
public JLabel userLabel;
public JLabel passLabel;
public JTextField userField;
public JTextField passField;
public JButton login;
public JButton closeLogin;
public JButton help;

public main(){
    userLabel = new JLabel("Username: ");
    passLabel = new JLabel("Password: ");
    userField = new JTextField(16);
    passField = new JTextField(16);

    login = new JButton("Login");
    login.setActionCommand("login");
    login.setMnemonic(KeyEvent.VK_L);
    closeLogin = new JButton("Close");
    closeLogin.setActionCommand("closeLogin");
    closeLogin.setMnemonic(KeyEvent.VK_E);
    help = new JButton("Help");
    help.setActionCommand("helpLogin");
    help.setMnemonic(KeyEvent.VK_H);

    login.addActionListener(this);
    closeLogin.addActionListener(this);
    help.addActionListener(this);

    add(userLabel);
    add(userField);
    add(passLabel);
    add(passField);
    add(login);
    add(help);
    add(closeLogin);

}
public void actionPerformed(ActionEvent e){ 
}
public static void initComponents(){
    JFrame loginFrame = new JFrame("Encrypted Chat - Login");
    loginFrame.setDefaultCloseOperation(JFrame.EXIT_ON_CLOSE);
    main loginPanel = new main();
    loginPanel.setLayout(new FlowLayout());
    loginFrame.setSize(300, 125);
    loginFrame.setResizable(false);
    loginFrame.setVisible(true);        
}
public static void main(String args[]){
    SwingUtilities.invokeLater(new Runnable(){
        public void run(){
            initComponents();
        }
    });
}

}

EDIT: I know the password JTextField is meant to be a JPasswordField.. so ignore it 😛

Answer 1

You never add your content to the JFrame. The minimal set of changes you need:

  public static void main(String args[]){
    final main main = new main();
    SwingUtilities.invokeLater(new Runnable(){
      public void run(){
        initComponents(main);
      }
    });
  }

And then modify initComponents to take a main object:

  public static void initComponents(main main){
    JFrame loginFrame = new JFrame("Encrypted Chat - Login");
    loginFrame.setDefaultCloseOperation(JFrame.EXIT_ON_CLOSE);
    main loginPanel = new main();
    loginPanel.setLayout(new FlowLayout());
    loginFrame.setSize(300, 125);
    loginFrame.setResizable(false);
    loginFrame.setVisible(true);
    loginFrame.add(main);  // <----- this line is added
  }