i have problems in the visibility of JPanel using Netbeans; i made a simple example to show you what happens. Netbeans creates the code when i design the combo and the panel -> until "private void TheFrame(java.awt.event.WindowEvent evt)".
In the windowActivated of the frame i put the panelOne(JPanel).setVisible(false) and this works ! After chosing an item(item2/item4) from the combo i would like the panelOne to be shown but this does not work.
/**
*
* @author Alessandro
*/
public class UIFrame extends javax.swing.JFrame {
/**
* Creates new form UIFrame
*/
public UIFrame() {
initComponents();
}
/**
* This method is called from within the constructor to initialize the form.
* WARNING: Do NOT modify this code. The content of this method is always
* regenerated by the Form Editor.
*/
@SuppressWarnings("unchecked")
// <editor-fold defaultstate="collapsed" desc="Generated Code">
private void initComponents() {
panelOne = new javax.swing.JPanel();
comboBox = new javax.swing.JComboBox();
setDefaultCloseOperation(javax.swing.WindowConstants.EXIT_ON_CLOSE);
addWindowListener(new java.awt.event.WindowAdapter() {
public void windowActivated(java.awt.event.WindowEvent evt) {
TheFrame(evt);
}
});
javax.swing.GroupLayout panelOneLayout = new javax.swing.GroupLayout(panelOne);
panelOne.setLayout(panelOneLayout);
panelOneLayout.setHorizontalGroup(
panelOneLayout.createParallelGroup(javax.swing.GroupLayout.Alignment.LEADING)
.addGap(0, 349, Short.MAX_VALUE)
);
panelOneLayout.setVerticalGroup(
panelOneLayout.createParallelGroup(javax.swing.GroupLayout.Alignment.LEADING)
.addGap(0, 52, Short.MAX_VALUE)
);
comboBox.setModel(new javax.swing.DefaultComboBoxModel(new String[] { "Item 1", "Item 2", "Item 3", "Item 4" }));
comboBox.addItemListener(new java.awt.event.ItemListener() {
public void itemStateChanged(java.awt.event.ItemEvent evt) {
ItemListener(evt);
}
});
javax.swing.GroupLayout layout = new javax.swing.GroupLayout(getContentPane());
getContentPane().setLayout(layout);
layout.setHorizontalGroup(
layout.createParallelGroup(javax.swing.GroupLayout.Alignment.LEADING)
.addGroup(layout.createSequentialGroup()
.addGroup(layout.createParallelGroup(javax.swing.GroupLayout.Alignment.LEADING)
.addGroup(layout.createSequentialGroup()
.addGap(30, 30, 30)
.addComponent(panelOne, javax.swing.GroupLayout.PREFERRED_SIZE, javax.swing.GroupLayout.DEFAULT_SIZE, javax.swing.GroupLayout.PREFERRED_SIZE))
.addGroup(layout.createSequentialGroup()
.addGap(122, 122, 122)
.addComponent(comboBox, javax.swing.GroupLayout.PREFERRED_SIZE, 143, javax.swing.GroupLayout.PREFERRED_SIZE)))
.addContainerGap(21, Short.MAX_VALUE))
);
layout.setVerticalGroup(
layout.createParallelGroup(javax.swing.GroupLayout.Alignment.LEADING)
.addGroup(layout.createSequentialGroup()
.addContainerGap()
.addComponent(comboBox, javax.swing.GroupLayout.PREFERRED_SIZE, 29, javax.swing.GroupLayout.PREFERRED_SIZE)
.addGap(33, 33, 33)
.addComponent(panelOne, javax.swing.GroupLayout.PREFERRED_SIZE, javax.swing.GroupLayout.DEFAULT_SIZE, javax.swing.GroupLayout.PREFERRED_SIZE)
.addContainerGap(175, Short.MAX_VALUE))
);
pack();
}// </editor-fold>
private void TheFrame(java.awt.event.WindowEvent evt) {
panelOne.setVisible(false);
}
private void ItemListener(java.awt.event.ItemEvent evt) {
String test = (String)(evt.getItem());
switch (test)
{
case "Item1":
panelOne.setVisible(false);
case "Item2":
panelOne.setVisible(true);
case "Item3":
panelOne.setVisible(false);
case "Item4":
panelOne.setVisible(true);
}
}
/**
* @param args the command line arguments
*/
public static void main(String args[]) {
/* Set the Nimbus look and feel */
//<editor-fold defaultstate="collapsed" desc=" Look and feel setting code (optional) ">
/* If Nimbus (introduced in Java SE 6) is not available, stay with the default look and feel.
* For details see http://download.oracle.com/javase/tutorial/uiswing/lookandfeel/plaf.html
*/
try {
for (javax.swing.UIManager.LookAndFeelInfo info : javax.swing.UIManager.getInstalledLookAndFeels()) {
if ("Nimbus".equals(info.getName())) {
javax.swing.UIManager.setLookAndFeel(info.getClassName());
break;
}
}
} catch (ClassNotFoundException ex) {
java.util.logging.Logger.getLogger(UIFrame.class.getName()).log(java.util.logging.Level.SEVERE, null, ex);
} catch (InstantiationException ex) {
java.util.logging.Logger.getLogger(UIFrame.class.getName()).log(java.util.logging.Level.SEVERE, null, ex);
} catch (IllegalAccessException ex) {
java.util.logging.Logger.getLogger(UIFrame.class.getName()).log(java.util.logging.Level.SEVERE, null, ex);
} catch (javax.swing.UnsupportedLookAndFeelException ex) {
java.util.logging.Logger.getLogger(UIFrame.class.getName()).log(java.util.logging.Level.SEVERE, null, ex);
}
//</editor-fold>
/* Create and display the form */
java.awt.EventQueue.invokeLater(new Runnable() {
public void run() {
new UIFrame().setVisible(true);
}
});
}
// Variables declaration - do not modify
private javax.swing.JComboBox comboBox;
private javax.swing.JPanel panelOne;
// End of variables declaration
}