Problem with Keylistener, some help pls

[syon]

Heya, would apreciate some help if possible.. to start with, im sry that i didnt display my code the right way (couldnt find the option/ thread about it), anyway... my problem is this:

My school work is to make the Bomberman game, and i have 3 classes extending JPanel (menu, singleplayer and high scores), each of them take as parameter the same JFrame "myGame" wich i creat in the main class.
My idea is that each time i start one of those 3 classes.. the JFrame will have as contentPane the corresponding JPanel.

If i start with the SinglePlayerPanel, my keylistener is working fine and i can move my character.
if im inside a SinglePlayerPanel and i restart it (make a new one) it still works fine.
the problem comes if i change from MenuPanel into SinglePlayerPanel, the display changes and basicly everything works besides the Keylistener. (with everything else i mean TimerListeners, my "enemies" move fine aswell, etc).

My code for both MenuPanel and SinglePlayerPanel is this:

MenuPanel:

public class MenuFrame extends JPanel implements ActionListener {
	private Container contentPane;
	private JFrame myGame;
	private Image img = new ImageIcon("bomberman/GameFrames/img/bomberman Menu.png").getImage();
	public MenuFrame(JFrame myGame) {		
		this.myGame = myGame;		
		JButton SinglePlayer = new JButton("Start");
		JButton MultiPlayer = new JButton("Multiplayer");
		JButton Load = new JButton("Load");
		JButton HighScore = new JButton("High Scores");
		JButton exit = new JButton("Exit");
		
		SinglePlayer.setLocation(63, 443);
		MultiPlayer.setLocation(186, 443);
		Load.setLocation(340, 443);
		HighScore.setLocation(464, 443);
		exit.setLocation(629, 443);
		
		SinglePlayer.addActionListener(this);
		MultiPlayer.addActionListener(this);
		Load.addActionListener(this);
		HighScore.addActionListener(this);
		exit.addActionListener(this);
		
		add(SinglePlayer);
		add(MultiPlayer);
		add(Load);
		add(HighScore);
		add(exit);
		
		//myGame.setContentPane(contentPane);
		myGame.setContentPane(this);
		myGame.validate();
		myGame.setVisible(true);
	}

	public void actionPerformed(ActionEvent e) {
		if (e.getActionCommand().equals("Start")) {
			SinglePlayerFrame gui = new SinglePlayerFrame(myGame, 1, false);
		}
		else if (e.getActionCommand().equals("Multiplayer")) {
			
		}
		else if (e.getActionCommand().equals("Load")) {
			
		}
		else if (e.getActionCommand().equals("High Scores")) {
	
		}
		else if (e.getActionCommand().equals("Exit")) {
			
		}
		else System.out.println("Error in MenuFrame Listeners");
	}
	public void paintComponent(Graphics g)
	{
		g.drawImage(img, 3, 8, null);
		super.paintComponents(g);
	}
}

still have to complete the other actionEvents.


my SinglePlayerPanel:

public class SinglePlayerFrame extends JPanel implements KeyListener {
	private GameTimers gameTimer;
	private JFrame myGame;
	public static BackgroundPanel backgroundIngameAlive = new BackgroundPanel(new ImageIcon("bomberman/GameFrames/img/Bomberman Fight.png").getImage());
	public static BackgroundPanel backgroundIngameDead = new BackgroundPanel(new ImageIcon("bomberman/GameFrames/img/Bomberman Dead.png").getImage());
	public static BackgroundPanel backgroundIngameDoorAvaible = new BackgroundPanel(new ImageIcon("bomberman/GameFrames/img/Bomberman Victorius.png").getImage());
	
	public SinglePlayerFrame(JFrame myGame, int level, boolean continuation) {		
		this.myGame = myGame;
		this.setLayout(new BorderLayout());
		JPanel game = new JPanel();
		JPanel rest = new JPanel();
		//contentPane = myGame.getContentPane();
		add(game, BorderLayout.CENTER);
		add(rest, BorderLayout.EAST);
		
		rest.setLayout(new BorderLayout());
		JPanel bomberman = new JPanel();
		JPanel information = new JPanel();
		rest.add(information, BorderLayout.NORTH);
		rest.add(bomberman, BorderLayout.SOUTH);	
		rest.add(backgroundIngameAlive, BorderLayout.CENTER);
		backgroundIngameAlive.setBorder(BorderFactory.createCompoundBorder(BorderFactory.createTitledBorder("bomber"), null));
		information.setLayout(new GridLayout(3, 1));
		information.setBorder(BorderFactory.createCompoundBorder(BorderFactory.createTitledBorder("information"), BorderFactory.createEmptyBorder(5, 5, 5 ,5)));
		information.add(time);
		information.add(points);
		information.add(enemysLeft);
		
		bomberman.setLayout(new GridLayout(6, 1));
		bomberman.setBorder(BorderFactory.createCompoundBorder(BorderFactory.createTitledBorder("Bomberman"), BorderFactory.createEmptyBorder(5, 5, 5 ,5)));
		bomberman.add(remoteControl);
		bomberman.add(bombs);
		bomberman.add(flameLevel);		
		bomberman.add(speed);
		bomberman.add(totalLifes);
		bomberman.add(lifesLeftPowerUp);
		GameLevel gl = new GameLevel(Integer.toString(level), false, true, continuation);
		gameTimer = new GameTimers(gl, this);
		add(gameTimer, BorderLayout.CENTER);
		gameTimer.addKeyListener(this);
		gameTimer.setFocusable(true);
		gameTimer.requestFocusInWindow();
		rest.setFocusable(false);
		myGame.setContentPane(this);
		myGame.validate();
		myGame.setVisible(true);
		
	}
	public JFrame getMyGame() { return myGame; }
	public void keyPressed(KeyEvent e) {
		int keyCode = e.getKeyCode();
		if (GameLevel.bomber.isDead() == false) {	
			if (keyCode == KeyEvent.VK_UP) {
				GameLevel.bomber.setCurrentCommand("up");
			}
			else if(keyCode == KeyEvent.VK_DOWN) {
				GameLevel.bomber.setCurrentCommand("down");
			}
			else if(keyCode == KeyEvent.VK_LEFT) {
				GameLevel.bomber.setCurrentCommand("left");
			}
			else if(keyCode == KeyEvent.VK_RIGHT) {
				GameLevel.bomber.setCurrentCommand("right");
			}
			else if(keyCode == KeyEvent.VK_SPACE) {
				gameTimer.placeBomb(GameLevel.bomber);
			}
			else if(keyCode == KeyEvent.VK_CONTROL) {
				
			}
		}
		else e.consume();		
	}
	public void keyReleased(KeyEvent e) {
		int keyCode = e.getKeyCode();
		if ((keyCode == KeyEvent.VK_UP) || (keyCode == KeyEvent.VK_DOWN) || (keyCode == KeyEvent.VK_LEFT) || (keyCode == KeyEvent.VK_RIGHT)) {
			GameLevel.bomber.setCurrentCommand("idle");
		}
		else 
			e.consume();
	}
	public void keyTyped(KeyEvent e) {
		e.consume();		
	}
}

those backgroundPanels are a class i made so i could changes images depending on some situation in the game.

if i just run SinglePlayer i dont need gameTimer.requestFocusInWindow();, its there coz i was trying to find some solution.

well, since i already made a post about this... might aswell one other doubt i have xD, wich is: any idea why the buttons in MenuPanel arent changing to the location i wrote? (the total size of myGame is : 730 x 580.


thx in advance, sry for long post and probably confusing english (not my main language)
cumps


Moderator Edit: Code tags added

[Fubarable]

You likely have a focus issue which is not uncommon in this situation. I suggest you change from using KeyListeners to using key binding. How to use Key Binding