I have a simple Java Swing form with a JTextField
, I get value on JTextField
by getText()
method but I can't use it to main program. Can you help me What problem and how to fix? This is my code :
import java.awt.*;
import java.awt.event.ActionEvent;
import java.awt.event.ActionListener;
import javax.swing.*;
public class Login {
private String name;
public Login() {
JFrame main = new JFrame("LOGIN");
main.setDefaultCloseOperation(JFrame.EXIT_ON_CLOSE);
main.setResizable(false);
main.setLayout(null);
main.setPreferredSize(new Dimension(200, 300));
main.setLocation(400, 200);
// Heading: LOGIN
JLabel heading = new JLabel("LOGIN");
heading.setBounds(80, 20, 50, 20);
main.add(heading);
// Label Username
JLabel username_label = new JLabel("username: ");
username_label.setBounds(5, 70, 80, 20);
main.add(username_label);
// Textfield Username
final JTextField username_field = new JTextField();
username_field.setBounds(70, 70, 120, 20);
main.add(username_field);
this.name = username_field.getText();
// Button Login
JButton loginBtn = new JButton("LOGIN");
loginBtn.setBounds(40, 150, 120, 25);
main.add(loginBtn);
main.pack();
main.setVisible(true);
loginBtn.addActionListener(new ActionListener() {
@Override
public void actionPerformed(ActionEvent e) {
name = username_field.getText();
// System.out.println(name); //IT WORKS
}
});
}
public static void main(String[] args) {
Login me = new Login();
me.print();//I EXPECT IT WILL PRINT @name BUT NO, WHY?
}
public void print() {
System.out.println(name);
}
}
Thanks very much!
You shouldn't print the value before user clicks the button
public static void main(String[] args) {
HelloWorldSwing me = new HelloWorldSwing();
//me.print();//DON't PRINT HERE
}
Instead, you can do this in actionPerformed() method,
loginBtn.addActionListener(new ActionListener() {
@Override
public void actionPerformed(ActionEvent e) {
name = username_field.getText();
HelloWorldSwing.this.print();
}
});
This will print the value, you enter in your text field
You are trying to print the name value immediately after showing your GUI:
Login me = new Login();
me.print(); // This executes immediately after the statement above
But this value is not set until the user presses the login button:
loginBtn.addActionListener(new ActionListener() {
@Override
public void actionPerformed(ActionEvent e) {
name = username_field.getText();
// System.out.println(name); //IT WORKS
}
});
Adding a text field to a GUI class does not magically add a getText()
method to that class. I mean think about it, if there were two text fields, which one should be used for getText()
? The field should be declared as an attribute of the class, and a method defined that will getText()
of that field.
BTW:
JTextField
when the GUI actually requires a JPasswordField
.JFrame
this should probably be a modal JDialog
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