How to send event from thread to GUI?

[mikeeve]

I have a program with multiple threads plus the thread for the Swing frame.

The frame contains a text field.

How does another thread tell the Swing thread to change the text?

I assume the preferred way is to give an event to the text field component with the new text. Correct? Sounds easy, but I can't figure out how to do it. :o

[Fubarable]

You use SwingUtilities to help you queue method calls on the EDT:

SwingUtilities.invokeLater(new Runnable()
{
  public void run()
  {
     // .. the method(s) you want to call on Swing widgets
  }
});

[mikeeve]

Thanks. Looks like that will do it.

Later: OK, it's working in my program now. Onward and upward, one inch at a time...

[Fubarable]

Cool. Glad it helped.