GlassFrame/ JFrame text adventure

**ErikMartinMC** · 10-13-2012, 03:35 AM

I am trying to program a text adventure with JFrame, and I think that in order to let buttons update the frame with new contents that involve text, I need to use GlassFrame.
My dilemma is both that I'm not sure, and that I don't know how to utilize GlassFrame into the program.
Currently, I have the opening-room-text hardcoded into the paint method, but that clearly won't allow it to update and change the text.

**KevinWorkman** · 10-13-2012, 03:47 AM

What exactly do you mean when you say "update the frame with new contents that involve text"? I don't think that necessarily requires a GlassPane, but if you do want to go that route, start here: A well-behaved GlassPane | Java.net

**ErikMartinMC** · 10-14-2012, 02:39 AM

Originally Posted by KevinWorkman

What exactly do you mean when you say "update the frame with new contents that involve text"? I don't think that necessarily requires a GlassPane, but if you do want to go that route, start here: A well-behaved GlassPane | Java.net

I want to display a paragraph of text (e.g.: What do you want to do? A. Go North. B. Go South) and have a series of buttons that will then display a different paragraph of text (e.g.: You go north and fall in a hole.). It's relatively easy to do this with "regular" java (displaying the text in command promt and getting keyboard input), but I want to do it with JFrame, and I was under the impression that GlassPane was required, but I may be wrong about that.

**KevinWorkman** · 10-15-2012, 03:08 PM

GlassPane is not required, and probably not even the best solution. Depending on what you want to do, you could extend JPanel and override paintComponent, or just use a JLabel or a JTextArea.

**DarrylBurke** · 10-18-2012, 04:58 AM

Guesswork isn't fun. Start with this page and work your way through and you'll be on top of things: Trail: Creating a GUI With JFC/Swing (The Java™ Tutorials)

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