Help with JButton

[geoffreybarwise]

Hi!

I am currently developing a game - poker dice - for a major project in matric. The project is coming along swimmingly :), but I still don't know how to make a JButton flash / blink. The intention is to attract the user's attention to the particular button.

Please can someone help me with the code / method for this problem. I am coding in Java format.

Thanks a million

[sukatoa]

If you mean Jbutton blinks,

do it in thread...

[Eranga]

How about the use of a Timer. Define a array of colors, and with the timer tick change the background color of it.

[geoffreybarwise]

Thanks for the help man, i'll definately try that

[Eranga]

Yes, why not. Try something like this. This is not what exactly you need, but the logic is there.

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

public class ButtonBlinker extends JFrame {
    
    private JButton btn;
    final Color[] colors = {Color.RED, Color.GREEN, Color.ORANGE};
    
    ButtonBlinker() {
        Container content = getContentPane();
        
        btn = new JButton("Blinker");
        
        content.add(btn);
        
        pack();
        setVisible(true);
    }

    public static void main(String[] args) {
        new ButtonBlinker().blinkTimer();
    }

    private void blinkTimer(){
        Timer tt = new Timer(2000, new ActionListener() {
            public void actionPerformed(ActionEvent e) {
                btn.setBackground(colors[colorChoocer()]);
            }
        });
        tt.start();        
    }
    
    private int colorChoocer() {
        return new Random().nextInt(3);
    }
}