Java user interface problem

[eevaa]

Hey everyone!

I've got trouble changing the text for the text field in my application. More
precisely, I'd like to add lines every now and then without the other lines
vanishing, similar to the DOS console.

This is GUI.java

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

public class GUI extends JFrame {

	public void createAndShowGUI() {		

        //Create and set up the window.
        JFrame myframe = new JFrame("TopLevelDemo");
        myframe.setDefaultCloseOperation(JFrame.EXIT_ON_CLOSE);
        myframe.setPreferredSize(new Dimension(800,600));
        myframe.setLayout(new BorderLayout());
                
        //Create an output text Field
        JTextField outputField = new JTextField(10);
        outputField.addActionListener(null);
        outputField.setPreferredSize(new Dimension(800,525));
        outputField.setEditable(false);
        outputField.ad

        myframe.getContentPane().add(outputField, BorderLayout.NORTH);
        
        //Display the window.
        myframe.pack();
        myframe.setVisible(true);
    }
}

This is how I'm trying to change the text in the field (even though that's not what I actually want to do, see above).

public class General{
	public static void main(String[] args) {
		 final GUI iface = new GUI(); //I had to declare that final, does anyone know why btw?
		 iface.createAndShowGUI();
		 iface.myframe.outputField.setText("Test"); //<- Does not work.
	}
}

Any help would be very much appreciated!

[curmudgeon]

To display multiple lines of simple text in a Swing GUI, you'll want to use a JTextArea, not a JTextField. Also, look at the API and the tutorials regarding this component and in particular, check out the append method.

Que tengas suerte!

[cselic]

I don't understand what you want.

Do you want something like this:

import java.awt.BorderLayout;
import java.awt.event.ActionEvent;
import java.awt.event.ActionListener;

import javax.swing.JButton;
import javax.swing.JFrame;
import javax.swing.JLabel;
import javax.swing.JPanel;
import javax.swing.JTextField;
import javax.swing.JTextArea;

public class AddLines {
	public static void main(String[] args) {
		AddFrame frame = new AddFrame();
		frame.showGUI();
	}
}

class AddFrame extends JFrame {
	JPanel panel;
	JTextField textField;
	JTextArea textArea;
	JButton button;
	JLabel textLabel;
	
	public AddFrame() {
		panel = new JPanel();
		textField = new JTextField(20);
		button = new JButton("Change text");
		textLabel = new JLabel("Text is not changed");
		
		button.addActionListener(new ActionListener() {
			public void actionPerformed(ActionEvent e) {
				textLabel.setText(textField.getText());
			}
		});
		
		panel.add(textField, BorderLayout.NORTH);
		panel.add(button, BorderLayout.SOUTH);
		panel.add(textLabel, BorderLayout.CENTER);
		
		getContentPane().add(panel);
	}
	
	public void showGUI() {
		setTitle("Add Frame");
		setDefaultCloseOperation(JFrame.EXIT_ON_CLOSE);
		setSize(200,200);
		setLocation(200,200);
		pack();
		setVisible(true);
	}
}

If you want something else, please explain it better.

[cselic]

Or you maybe want something like this:

import java.util.Vector;

import java.awt.BorderLayout;
import java.awt.event.ActionEvent;
import java.awt.event.ActionListener;

import javax.swing.JButton;
import javax.swing.JFrame;
import javax.swing.JPanel;
import javax.swing.JTextField;
import javax.swing.JTextArea;

public class AddLines {
	public static void main(String[] args) {
		AddFrame frame = new AddFrame();
		frame.showGUI();
	}
}

class AddFrame extends JFrame {
	JPanel panel;
	JTextField textField;
	JTextArea textArea;
	JButton button;
	Vector<String> allTextFields;
	
	public AddFrame() {
		panel = new JPanel();
		panel.setLayout(new BorderLayout());
		textField = new JTextField(20);
		button = new JButton("Add text to console");
		textArea = new JTextArea(6,20);
		allTextFields = new Vector<String>();
		
		button.addActionListener(new ActionListener() {

			public void actionPerformed(ActionEvent e) {
				allTextFields.add(textField.getText().toString());
					String text="";
					for(int i = 0; i < allTextFields.size(); i++ )
						text += allTextFields.get(i) + "\n";
						textArea.setText(text);
						textField.setText("");
			}
			
		});
		
		panel.add(textField, BorderLayout.NORTH);
		panel.add(textArea, BorderLayout.SOUTH);
		panel.add(button, BorderLayout.WEST);
		
		getContentPane().add(panel);
	}
	
	public void showGUI() {
		setTitle("Add to console");
		setDefaultCloseOperation(JFrame.EXIT_ON_CLOSE);
		setSize(200,200);
		setLocation(200,200);
		pack();
		setVisible(true);
	}
}

[eevaa]

The last one is exactly what I needed. Thank you! =)