Ticktacktoe display

[Nostromo]

I'm a relative novice to java, and especially swing, and recently decided to try and make a simple ticktacktoe game, no AI, just the basic mechanics.

The board will represented by a two dimensional, 3 x 3, array, with each index representing a square on the ticktacktoe board.

When a space is clicked, either an 'x' or an 'o' is inserted into the corresponding index.

What I'm having trouble with is relating the array to an image of a ticktacktoe board. How will the indexes of the array be related to the squares on the board? When the user clicks a certain square on the board, how will the computer know which index of the array to place a value in?

Apologies if you find this offensively simple.

[tabchas]

Hey I am not the best in Java so you can use my advice or you can ask someone with more knowledge. However I have just finished developing a 2-player Tic-Tac-Toe game in the NetBeans IDE.

If you are using Netbeans or Eclipse, you can create what is called JFrame and I used 9 buttons to represent the Tic-Tac-Toe board. They all would start out blank, and when you click one of them, it would fire an event which would store the 'X' or 'O' in the corresponding array element as well as set the text of the button to be either an 'X' or an 'O'. Basically, I used different events for each button so I could control where in the array I am storing the data.

If you want to see my code, I can send you the complete NetBeans project so you can look through it but just reply back to this post and tell me whether you use Netbeans or not.

Hope this information helps!

[Nostromo]

Hmmm, I didn't think to use buttons for each square. Could an image icon possibly be added to each button to make it look a little nicer?

[Fubarable]

If you want to learn GUI and Swing programming then I strongly urge you not to use NetBeans drag-and-drop code generation to generate your GUI as this will teach you little. Instead use the Swing tutorials and learn through them. For Tic-Tac-Toe, a 2-D array of JButtons could work well, or an array of JLabels with MouseListeners would work well too. Either way, the buttons or labels would likely be held in a JPanel that uses a GridLayout(3, 3). I suggest that you give it a try and then if you get stuck, come on back with your code and we can help.

[nap_patague]

if you want image to use in tic tac toe.. use JLabel and ImageIcon

[tabchas]

You can use labels, images, or buttons and attach Mouselisteners to them so you can create an event in the background. You should first try it with buttons or labels and move on from there.

If you want to see my code, reply back whether you have Netbeans or not...

[DarrylBurke]

If you are using Netbeans or Eclipse, you can create what is called JFrame

What does creating a JFrame have to do with the IDE? (Answer: nothing at all)

db

[DarrylBurke]

I can send you the complete NetBeans project ...

If you want to see my code ...

Please don't deprive the OP of the opportunity to learn by doing.

db

[doWhile]

Cross posted http://www.javaprogrammingforums.com...rking-gui.html

[Nostromo]

Alright, thanks, you guys have given me sufficient ideas. I wasn't thinking with the right mindset.