show panel when button clicked

I have been practising around with Java desktop appplications. At the moment I have a main form with a button. When I click this button I want a jpanel form to open which I already made.

I am inside the button Clicked event but I can not find out how to show this panel/form.

Do I need to call the form object and use a method or is it something more complicater?

Check out CardLayout.

Aggror,

The description of what exacly you want is very vague, can you please elaborate.

Regards.

Sorry about that, I thought it was clear enough.

I have created a new Java desktop application.
Inside the main form I dragged this button.
I have also created a new JPanel form. (via add --> new --> JPanel form)
My question is how can I display this JPanel form when I press the button on the main form.

I was thinking about child forms or jpanel1.display or show() but sofar no luck.

I hope this explanation is better.

@ Kevin. Thanks for your answer. When I get home I''l download that project to see if I can use it.

OP, I assume that your GUI was created using a drag-and-drop GUI builder such as NetBeans' or something similar. What you should strongly consider is avoid using such tools for now, but instead go to the Swing tutorials and use them to learn to hand-code your Swing apps. The knowledge gained will help immensely should you continue to hand-code your Swing apps or if you decide to go back to your drag and drop GUI builders.

Luck.

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Originally Posted by Aggror

I have also created a new JPanel form. (via add --> new --> JPanel form)
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I was thinking about child forms or jpanel1.display or show() but sofar no luck.

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Yikes. I'd recommend ditching the GUI builder and coding it by hand. You'll save yourself quite a few headaches in the long run.

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Originally Posted by Aggror

My question is how can I display this JPanel form when I press the button on the main form.

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Yep, still sounds like CardLayout to me. Unless you want it to pop up in a new window: then check out JDialog.

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Originally Posted by Aggror

@ Kevin. Thanks for your answer. When I get home I''l download that project to see if I can use it.

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Huh? CardLayout is a part of the standard Java API. You shouldn't have to download anything extra for it.

Aggror,

Given your last post I presume you are using a GUI editor, something not everyone uses (Myself included). If this is the case then can you please provide further details so people can help you better.

Edit - Beaten again. But I agree with the above, ditch the drag-and-drop editors and write your own code. Not only will it save you headaches as KevinWorkman pointed out, but you will learn so much more.

Regards.