implementing a button instead.

[birdofprey]

Code:

private JTextField Entry() {
		Entry = new JTextField();
		Entry.addActionListener(new ActionListener() {
			public void actionPerformed(ActionEvent e) {
				middleInitialEntry.setText(TextEntered);
					System.out.println(TextEntered);
			}
		});
		return Entry;
	}

With a code like this, how would one implement a button to set the data and output it out? instead of the default hitting enter?

[hardwired]

Code:

JTextField entry;
JTextField middleInitialEntry;

private JTextField getEntry() {
    entry = new JTextField();
}

private JButton getButton() {
    JButton button = new JButton("make it happen");
    button.addActionListener(new ActionListener() {
        public void actionPerformed(ActionEvent e) {
            String text = entry.getText();
            middleInitialEntry.setText(text);
            System.out.println(text);
        }
    });
    return button;
}

Or you could do both — let the action be generated by both the button and the textField.

Code:

private JTextField getEntry() {
    entry = new JTextField();
    entry.addActionListener(al);
}

private JButton getButton() {
    JButton button = new JButton("make it happen");
    button.addActionListener(al);
    return button;
}

private ActionListener al = new ActionListener() {
    public void actionPerformed(ActionEvent e) {
        String text = entry.getText();
        middleInitialEntry.setText(text);
        System.out.println(text);
    }
};

[birdofprey]

for the first part.

Code:

private JTextField getEntry() {
         entry = new JTextField();
}

This wouldn't work, in my case, because JTextField isn't returning "JTextField"

Because the way my code is written where all the JTextField, JButton .. etc.. are added like this "JContentpane.add(getButton);".

What do you think?

[hardwired]

Code:

import java.awt.*;
import java.awt.event.*;
import javax.swing.*;

public class OneOption implements ActionListener {
    JTextField entryField;
    JLabel label;

    public void actionPerformed(ActionEvent e) {
        String text = entryField.getText();
        label.setText(text);
    }

    private JPanel getContent() {
        JPanel panel = new JPanel(new BorderLayout());
        panel.add(getLabel(), "North");
        panel.add(getEntry());
        panel.add(getButton(), "South");
        return panel;
    }

    private JLabel getLabel() {
        label = new JLabel();
        label.setPreferredSize(new Dimension(100,30));
        label.setHorizontalAlignment(JLabel.CENTER);
        return label;
    }

    private JPanel getEntry() {
        entryField = new JTextField(12);
        entryField.addActionListener(this);
        JPanel panel = new JPanel(new GridBagLayout());
        panel.add(entryField, new GridBagConstraints());
        return panel;
    }

    private JPanel getButton() {
        JButton button = new JButton("make it happen");
        button.addActionListener(this);
        JPanel panel = new JPanel();
        panel.add(button);
        return panel;
    }

    public static void main(String[] args) {
        JFrame f = new  JFrame();
        f.setDefaultCloseOperation(JFrame.EXIT_ON_CLOSE);
        f.add(new OneOption().getContent());
        f.setSize(400,200);
        f.setLocationRelativeTo(null);
        f.setVisible(true);
    }
}