Question

In the following simple code I simply create a Frame, and add a JPanel and menubar to it.

public class MainFrame extends JFrame {
    private DrawPanel drawPanel;
    public MainFrame()
    {
        super("Coordinate Geometry Visualiser");
        drawPanel = new DrawPanel();
        add(drawPanel);

        JMenu fileMenu = new JMenu("File");
        fileMenu.setMnemonic('F');

        JMenuItem newItem = new JMenuItem("New");
        newItem.setMnemonic('N');
        fileMenu.add(newItem);

        JMenuBar menuBar = new JMenuBar();
        setJMenuBar(menuBar);
        menuBar.add(fileMenu);

        JMenu editMenu = new JMenu("Edit");
        editMenu.setMnemonic('E');
        menuBar.add(editMenu);
    }
}

Draw Panel code –

public class DrawPanel extends JPanel {
    public DrawPanel()
    {
    }
    public void paintComponent(Graphics g) 
    {
        super.paintComponents(g);
        setBackground(Color.BLACK);
        g.setColor(Color.RED);
        g.drawLine(100, 50, 150, 100);
    }
}

and finally the application with main()

public class CGVApplication {
    public static void main(String[] args) {
        MainFrame appFrame = new MainFrame();
        appFrame.setDefaultCloseOperation(JFrame.EXIT_ON_CLOSE);
        appFrame.setSize(300, 275);
        appFrame.setVisible(true);
    }
}

On running the application inside eclipse, this is what i get –

Why the double menubar and line? This is very annoying. On cycling through applications or when a popup comes the redrawn window is fine (Right side image).

Also in my DrawPanel paintComponent i have set background as black, but no effect?

What is the reason for above two issues? Please help!

Answer 1

You are calling Container.paintComponents() method. It must be super.paintComponent(g).

@Override
public void paintComponent(Graphics g) 
{
    super.paintComponent(g); //super.paintComponents(g);
    setBackground(Color.BLACK);
    g.setColor(Color.RED);
    g.drawLine(100, 50, 150, 100);
}