Clearing up a GUI

[Alpa]

I've created a code that generates a GUI and adds some pictures to it when hitting a button. These pictures are included as JLabels.

Now I want all the pictures to be removed from the GUI when hitting another. But how can I achieve this?

[Fubarable]

Probably easiest is to remove the image-holding ImageIcons from the JLabels. This can be done by calling setIcon(null) on the JLabels.

[Alpa]

How do you mean that? If i just replaced the directory with null, it wouldn't be done by clicking on a button.

[Fubarable]

How do you mean that? If i just replaced the directory with null, it wouldn't be done by clicking on a button.

You are using terms that I don't understand, and I fear that you assume that I know more about the structure of your program than I do (which is very little indeed).

What I'm suggesting is that if you want to clear an image out of a GUI that is held by a JLabel, you simply call setIcon(null) on that JLabel, that's it.

[santa]

Another way is to place JPanels in the GUI witch you probably already have done... and then use the .setVisible(true/false) to show and hide the images. The advantage of this is that you have control over the placement? But sense Fubarable is better then me in JAVA i would take his advice.

[Alpa]

Another way is to place JPanels in the GUI witch you probably already have done... and then use the .setVisible(true/false) to show and hide the images.

But if I did that, would I be able to place other images on positions where the former images were placed (before they were hid by setting .setVisible(false))?

You are using terms that I don't understand, and I fear that you assume that I know more about the structure of your program than I do (which is very little indeed).

What I'm suggesting is that if you want to clear an image out of a GUI that is held by a JLabel, you simply call setIcon(null) on that JLabel, that's it.

So you mean by writing labelx.setIcon(null); into the actionPerformed section of my button's code? And then I could write some code to find out which picture was shown on my GUI and then remove it using labelx.setIcon(null);?

[santa]

But if I did that, would I be able to place other images on positions where the former images were placed (before they were hid by setting .setVisible(false))?

The things is that me and fubarable are talking about are the same, first you place the JPanel/s and set your layout then you add the imageicons to the panels, and when you want to clear an icon you can call JLable.setIcon(null) on it.

If you are that worried about positions and stuff you can also use the graphics object to draw them on the JFrame/JPanel then they would appear on the exact pixels you'd like But if the pictures are going to appear in static positions then I'd use Panels and imageicons