How to make JLable in JPanel selectable and deletable?
Dear Friends:
I have a JPanel and it has several JLabels (such as JLabel_1, JLabel_2, JLabel_3 etc) on it,
I can move any JLabels within it, but I need following:
1. when I click on JLabel_1, then, JLabel_1 was selected (e.g, its border is changed to some red line or dot line or broken line) and its border color was changed,
2. then if I want to delete JLabel_1, I can press delete key to remove it
How to make JLable in JPanel selectable and deletable?
any good code example like this welcome.
Thanks
# 2
Thanks a lot,
I have following code, it is runnable,
When I click the JLabel, I hope its border becomes red, whenI did not click it, no red border at all, can you help advice how to do it, I tried but failed.
import java.awt.Color;
import java.awt.GridLayout;
import java.awt.event.MouseAdapter;
import java.awt.event.MouseEvent;
import java.awt.event.MouseListener;
import javax.swing.BorderFactory;
import javax.swing.JComponent;
import javax.swing.JFrame;
import javax.swing.JLabel;
import javax.swing.JPanel;
import javax.swing.JTextField;
import javax.swing.SwingConstants;
import javax.swing.TransferHandler;
import javax.swing.border.BevelBorder;
import javax.swing.border.Border;
import javax.swing.border.EmptyBorder;
import javax.swing.border.LineBorder;
import javax.swing.border.TitledBorder;
import com.test.BevelExample.RolloverListener;
public class LabelDnD extends JPanel {
JTextField textField;
BevelBorder bevel;
JLabel label;
EmptyBorder empty;
public LabelDnD() {
super(new GridLayout(2, 1));
textField = new JTextField(40);
textField.setDragEnabled(true);
JPanel tfpanel = new JPanel(new GridLayout(1, 1));
TitledBorder t1 = BorderFactory.createTitledBorder("JTextField: drag and drop is enabled");
tfpanel.add(textField);
tfpanel.setBorder(t1);
bevel = new BevelBorder(BevelBorder.RAISED);
Border thickBorder = new LineBorder(Color.red, 10);
label = new JLabel("I'm a Label!", SwingConstants.LEADING);
label.setTransferHandler(new TransferHandler("text"));
MouseListener listener = new DragMouseAdapter();
label.addMouseListener(listener);
label.addMouseListener(new RolloverListener());
JPanel lpanel = new JPanel(new GridLayout(1, 1));
TitledBorder t2 = BorderFactory.createTitledBorder("JLabel: drag from or drop to this label");
lpanel.add(label);
lpanel.setBorder(t2);
add(tfpanel);
add(lpanel);
setBorder(BorderFactory.createEmptyBorder(5, 5, 5, 5));
}
private class DragMouseAdapter extends MouseAdapter {
public void mousePressed(MouseEvent e) {
JComponent c = (JComponent) e.getSource();
TransferHandler handler = c.getTransferHandler();
handler.exportAsDrag(c, e, TransferHandler.COPY);
}
}
/**
* Create the GUI and show it. For thread safety, this method should be
* invoked from the event-dispatching thread.
*/
private static void createAndShowGUI() {
//Make sure we have nice window decorations.
JFrame.setDefaultLookAndFeelDecorated(true);
//Create and set up the window.
JFrame frame = new JFrame("LabelDnD");
frame.setDefaultCloseOperation(JFrame.EXIT_ON_CLOSE);
//Create and set up the content pane.
JComponent newContentPane = new LabelDnD();
newContentPane.setOpaque(true); //content panes must be opaque
frame.setContentPane(newContentPane);
//Display the window.
frame.pack();
frame.setVisible(true);
}
public static void main(String[] args) {
//Schedule a job for the event-dispatching thread:
//creating and showing this application's GUI.
javax.swing.SwingUtilities.invokeLater(new Runnable() {
public void run() {
createAndShowGUI();
}
});
}
// Inner class to respond to mouse events for the "rollover" effect
class RolloverListener extends MouseAdapter {
public void mouseEntered(MouseEvent e) {
((JLabel)e.getComponent()).setBorder(bevel);
repaint();
}
public void mouseExited(MouseEvent e) {
((JLabel)e.getComponent()).setBorder(empty);
repaint();
}
public void mouseClicked(MouseEvent e) {
String text = ((JLabel)e.getComponent()).getText();
System.out.println("You clicked " + text + "!");
}
}
}
Thanks a lot
# 5
import java.awt.*;
import java.awt.event.*;
import javax.swing.*;
public class DeletingLabels extends MouseAdapter {
JLabel selectedLabel = null;
public void mousePressed(MouseEvent e) {
Point p = e.getPoint();
Component[] c = ((JPanel)e.getSource()).getComponents();
for(int j = 0; j < c.length; j++) {
if(c[j].getBounds().contains(p)) {
if(selectedLabel != null && selectedLabel != (JLabel)c[j])
selectedLabel.setBorder(BorderFactory.createEtchedBorder());
selectedLabel = (JLabel)c[j];
selectedLabel.setBorder(BorderFactory.createLineBorder(Color.red));
break;
}
}
}
private JPanel getContent() {
JPanel panel = new JPanel(new GridBagLayout());
GridBagConstraints gbc = new GridBagConstraints();
gbc.weightx = 1.0;
gbc.weighty = 1.0;
Dimension d = new Dimension(100,25);
for(int j = 0; j < 4; j++) {
JLabel label = new JLabel("Label " + (j+1), JLabel.CENTER);
label.setPreferredSize(d);
label.setBorder(BorderFactory.createEtchedBorder());
gbc.gridwidth = ((j+1) % 2 == 0) ? GridBagConstraints.REMAINDER
: GridBagConstraints.RELATIVE;
panel.add(label, gbc);
}
panel.addMouseListener(this);
register(panel);
return panel;
}
private void register(JComponent jc) {
int c = JComponent.WHEN_IN_FOCUSED_WINDOW;
jc.getInputMap(c).put(KeyStroke.getKeyStroke("DELETE"), "DELETE");
jc.getActionMap().put("DELETE", deleteAction);
}
Action deleteAction = new AbstractAction() {
public void actionPerformed(ActionEvent e) {
JPanel parent = (JPanel)e.getSource();
if(selectedLabel != null) {
parent.remove(selectedLabel);
selectedLabel = null;
resetLayout(parent);
}
}
};
private void resetLayout(Container parent) {
GridBagLayout gridbag = (GridBagLayout)parent.getLayout();
Component[] c = parent.getComponents();
for(int j = 0; j < c.length; j++) {
GridBagConstraints gbc = gridbag.getConstraints(c[j]);
gbc.gridwidth = ((j+1) % 2 == 0) ? GridBagConstraints.REMAINDER
: GridBagConstraints.RELATIVE;
gridbag.setConstraints(c[j], gbc);
}
parent.validate();
parent.repaint();
}
public static void main(String[] args) {
DeletingLabels test = new DeletingLabels();
JFrame f = new JFrame();
f.setDefaultCloseOperation(JFrame.EXIT_ON_CLOSE);
f.getContentPane().add(test.getContent());
f.setSize(400,400);
f.setLocation(200,200);
f.setVisible(true);
}
}