Don't know how to add a button array - java

Question

This is my exercise description: When the user clicks on one of the buttons, the panel in the middle must change to a random colour. And the Label on top must have its text changed to a random element in an array of four strings. Use a button array for the four buttons. Whenever the user moves the curser over the label, the text colour must change to a random colour and font. When the mouse leaves the label,it must go back to default.

import java.awt.*;
import javax.swing.*;
import javax.swing.border.*;
import java.awt.event.*;
//2.3.5 - 1
public class UserGui extends JFrame implements ActionListener, WindowListener, MouseListener {
    private JLabel label;
    private JButton button[] = new JButton[4];
    public UserGui() {
        super("My Frame");
        this.setSize(300,150);
        JMenuBar myMenuBar = new JMenuBar();
        ((JPanel) getContentPane()).setBorder(new EmptyBorder(13, 13, 13, 13) );
        setLayout(new GridBagLayout());
        JPanel colorize = new JPanel();
        GridBagConstraints c = new GridBagConstraints();
        c.fill = GridBagConstraints.HORIZONTAL;


        // from here
        //strings put in array for label change(by hovering over)
        String[] myStringArray = new String[]{"Funky","Classic","Legendary","Awesome"};
        Border border = BorderFactory.createLineBorder(Color.BLACK, 5);
        label = new JLabel("Java Wins!");
        c.ipady = 40;
        c.weightx = 0.0;
        c.gridwidth = 4;
        c.gridx = 0;
        c.gridy = 0;

        setJMenuBar(myMenuBar);
        JMenu myMenu = new JMenu("File");
        JMenuItem quitItem = new JMenuItem("Quit");
        add(label);
        addWindowListener(this);
        myMenu.add(quitItem);
        myMenuBar.add(myMenu);      
        setDefaultCloseOperation(JFrame.DO_NOTHING_ON_CLOSE);
        quitItem.addActionListener(this);
        setVisible(true);
    }

    public void windowOpened(WindowEvent e) {
        JOptionPane.showMessageDialog(null, "Welcome!"); 
    }  
    /*
    public void actionPerformed(ActionEvent e)
    {
        if(e.getActionCommand().equals(""))
        {
            colorize.setText(field.getText());
        }
    }
    */
    public void actionPerformed(ActionEvent e) { 
        Object source = e.getSource(); 
        if (source.equals("Quit")) { 
            System.exit(1); 
        } 
    } 
    public void windowActivated(WindowEvent e) {} 
    public void windowClosed(WindowEvent e) {} 
    public void windowDeactivated(WindowEvent e) {} 
    public void windowDeiconified(WindowEvent e) {} 
    public void windowIconified(WindowEvent e) {}
    public void mouseClicked(MouseEvent e) {} 
    public void mouseReleased(MouseEvent e) {} 
    public void mousePressed(MouseEvent e) {}
    public void mouseEntered(MouseEvent e) {}
    public void mouseExited(MouseEvent e) {}
    public void windowClosing(WindowEvent e) { 
        int response = JOptionPane.showConfirmDialog(null, "Are you sure you want to exit?"); 
        if (response == JOptionPane.YES_OPTION) { 
            System.exit(0); // Exits application 
        } 
    } 

    public static void main(String args[]) {
        JFrame frame = new UserGui();
        frame.setVisible(true);
    }
}

Aaron · Accepted Answer · 2016-08-02 09:39:19Z

3

You can create a Jbutton array as follows, using a for loop to instantiate them and add them to a panel. You can use a quick switch statement to define your colours.

    JButton[] buttons = new JButton[4];
    for(int i = 0; i < buttons.length; i++){
        switch (i) {
            case 0:
                buttons[i] = new JButton("Red");
                break;
            case 1:
                buttons[i] = new JButton("Blue");
                break;
            case 2:
                buttons[i] = new JButton("Green");
                break;
            case 3:
                buttons[i] = new JButton("Black");
                break;
            default:
                break;
        }
        panel.add(buttons[i]);
    }

answered Aug 2, 2016 at 9:39

Aaron

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