help with drawString

[h3nch]

I'm having a little problem with getting this to work properly, I extend the JComponent class when trying to create my own sort of large text (used for a welcome message) class. So what I want to do is just create an instance of this class and add it to my frame. But the text just doesn't get displayed. Here are the 2 classes I am using:

public class GrdSizeFrame
{
	public GrdSizeFrame()
	{
		final JFrame frame = new JFrame();
		final int FRAME_WIDTH = 200;
		final int FRAME_HEIGHT = 250;
		final int FRAME_X = 500;
		final int FRAME_Y = 150;

		frame.setSize(FRAME_WIDTH, FRAME_HEIGHT);
		frame.setTitle("Grid Size");
		frame.setDefaultCloseOperation(JFrame.EXIT_ON_CLOSE);
		frame.setLocation(FRAME_X, FRAME_Y);

		JPanel panel4 = new JPanel();
                // I've tried a variation of sizes (none worked)
		WelcomeHeader wHead = new WelcomeHeader(200,250);
		panel4.add(wHead);
		frame.add(panel4);
		
		frame.setVisible(true);
	}
}

public class WelcomeHeader extends JComponent
{
	private int x;
	private int y;

	public WelcomeHeader(int X, int Y)
	{
		x = X;
		y = Y;
	}

	public void paintComponent(Graphics g)
	{
		Graphics2D g2 = (Graphics2D) g;
		g2.drawString("Welcome!", x, y);
	}
}

[Fubarable]

Myself, I'd use a JLabel for this sort of thing and simply set its text. I don't have a Java compiler handy, but I'm wondering if you're running into a preferredSize problem -- that your JComponent's preferredSize may be 0, 0. What if you simply add the JComponent to the JFrame (since JFrame uses BorderLayout by default) and not add it to a JPanel? Also you should call pack() on the JFrame before setVisible(true).

[Fubarable]

Edit: yes, that's your problem, that and making your JFrame size smaller than what's needed to show the String.

[h3nch]

thanks for the help I'll try this out later and tell you if it worked

[h3nch]

It worked but you were right, using JLabel with the setFont method is easier

[Fubarable]

It worked but you were right, using JLabel with the setFont method is easier

Excellent -- I'm glad that you've got things working.