Moving an icon on screen?

[TP-Oreilly]

Hi, here is my code, I want to move the on screen icon by pressing a key but I dont know how to do it:

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

class MoveIcon{

	public static void main(String[]args){
		//create window
		JFrame frame = new JFrame("Moving Icon App");
		frame.setSize(600,400);
		frame.setDefaultCloseOperation(frame.EXIT_ON_CLOSE);
		
		//create an image icon to add to a graphical component to add to the windows content pane
		ImageIcon icon = new ImageIcon("dot.jpg");
		
		//create graphical component object to add to the windows content pane
		JLabel label = new JLabel(icon);
		
		//get the windows content pane (object where graphical components go)
		Container windowsContentPane = frame.getContentPane();
		
		//add the graphical object to the windows content pane
		windowsContentPane.add(label);
		
		//set window visible
		frame.setVisible(true);
	
	
	
	
	
	}





}

[JosAH]

A content pane has a LayoutManager installed and it's the LayoutManager that determines the position of the components, not you. Remove the LayoutManager (set it to null) before you add your JLabel to the content pane and move it around everywhere you want.

kind regards,

Jos

[TP-Oreilly]

Can you tell me what line of code i would need to remove the LayoutManager?

[TP-Oreilly]

Ah i got it. You said "move it around everywhere you want", how would i do this?

[TP-Oreilly]

Also, ive used "frame.setLayout(null);" and my jlabel is now not appearing.

[Fubarable]

Whenever you use a null layout, you, the programmer, take full responsibility for setting both the size and location of any components added to the null-using container. Suggestions:

• Set the size of the JLabel (I often set it to its preferredSize via getPreferredSize())
• Set the location of the JLabel, or if you do nothing, it will default to [0, 0]
• Use a JPanel for the null layout-using container.
• And add the JPanel to the JFrame (which should use its default layout), in the BorderLayout.CENTER position.
• To move a component, you need to call setLocation(...) on it.