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MichaelG
MichaelG

Reputation: 61

How to disable JButton after two clicks?

I was wondering if it is possible that if a JButton is pressed twice then a button will disable itself, in other words it will .setEnabled(false);

This is the code i have so far. I want it so that if Respin is pushed twice then btnRespin will be set to false

      //This is the code for spinning the wheels once hold is pressed
  if (event.getSource() == btnHold1 && "THIS IS WHERE I NEED THE CODE FOR IF THE BUTTON IS PUSHED TWICE")
  {
      counter = 0;
      timer1.stop();
      btnHold1.setEnabled(false);
  }

Upvotes: 0

Views: 1279

Answers (4)

PeaceIsPearl
PeaceIsPearl

Reputation: 339

Try this :

  private class ClickHandler extends MouseAdapter {

    @Override
     public void mouseClicked( MouseEvent ev ) {
        if ( ev.getClickCount() >= 2 ) {
           ((JButton)ev.getSource).setEnabled( false );
        }
     }
}

mouseClicked event would handle your key pressed and released event.

Upvotes: 0

FredK
FredK

Reputation: 4084

If you use an actionListener and increment a counter for each event, you have a problem if the user clicks on the button, then 5 minutes later clicks on it again, it will see that second event as a double-click and disable the button. Presumably you want to disable it only if the user really double-clicks (within the system double-click interval), You can use your own timer to do this, or just use a MouseListener instead, with this code in it:

 @Override
 public void mousePressed( MouseEvent ev ) {
    if ( ev.getClickCount() == 2 ) {
       ((JButton)ev.getSource).setEnabled( false );
    }
 }

Note that the user can still use the space bar to push the button, but hitting space twice rapidly will not be seen as a double-click.

Upvotes: 0

Keshav Pandey
Keshav Pandey

Reputation: 73

Yes, what you are trying to achieve is possible. If you want to count the no of clicks in that event you can use:

event.getClickCount() == 2

If you want to disable the button on a second click, ie: click once to enable then once more to disable. This is what appears to me you are trying to do.

event.getSource() == btnHold1 && (counter%2 == 0)

I would suggest to use the click event for that button and have an increment and check your counter. ex:

public counter = 0;
private void functionForButtonClick (Events, handlers etc..){
    counter++;
    if(counter%2 == 0){
        btnHold1.setEnabled(false);
    }
}

Upvotes: 0

Sam Coutteau
Sam Coutteau

Reputation: 417

you can use a click counter

like an int i = 0; and increase it every click

and check when it is above 1

Upvotes: 2

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