Question

In Java, I need to draw a simple line with the paintComponent. Here is my attempt, but nothing was shown when I executed the program. Please show me the correct way of doing this.

import javax.swing.*;
import java.awt.*;

public class DrawLine extends JPanel {

    public Illusion(Color backColor){
        setBackground(backColor);
    }

    public void paintComponent(Graphics g){
        super.paintComponent(g);
        g.setColor(Color.black);
        g.drawLine(100, 100, 300, 100);
    }

}

Answer 1

Your painting a black line on a black background, so I’d say its working just fine. Try changing the color of the line

    g.setColor(Color.Red);
    g.drawLine(100, 100, 300, 100);

Your also not taking into account the actual size of the panel, I’d do something more along the lines of

    g.drawLine(0, 0, getWidth(), getHeight());

As a test

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