Reputation: 563
I'm working on a project in which I am trying to make a paint program. So far I've used Netbeans to create a GUI and set up the program.
As of right now I am able to call all the coordinated necessary to draw inside it but I am very confused with how to actually paint inside it.
Towards the end of my code I have a failed attempt at drawing inside the panel.
Can anyone explain/show how to use graphics in a example like this?
All examples I have found make a class and extend it with JPanel
but I don't know if I can do this since it was generated in netbeans.
I need to draw inside a JPanel
, inside my JFrame
. I don't know where to put the graphics class.
package javapaint;
import java.awt.*;
import javax.swing.*;
public class JavaPaintUI extends javax.swing.JFrame {
public JavaPaintUI() {
initComponents();
}
private void initComponents() {
jPanel2 = new javax.swing.JPanel();
jPanel2.setBackground(new java.awt.Color(255, 255, 255));
jPanel2.setBorder(javax.swing.BorderFactory.createBevelBorder(javax.swing.border.BevelBorder.RAISED));
jPanel2.addMouseListener(new java.awt.event.MouseAdapter() {
public void mousePressed(java.awt.event.MouseEvent evt) {
jPanel2MousePressed(evt);
}
public void mouseReleased(java.awt.event.MouseEvent evt) {
jPanel2MouseReleased(evt);
}
});
jPanel2.addMouseMotionListener(new java.awt.event.MouseMotionAdapter() {
public void mouseDragged(java.awt.event.MouseEvent evt) {
jPanel2MouseDragged(evt);
}
});
pack();
}// </editor-fold>
int currentX, currentY, oldX, oldY;
private void jPanel2MouseDragged(java.awt.event.MouseEvent evt) {
if (tool == 1) {
currentX = evt.getX();
currentY = evt.getY();
oldX = currentX;
oldY = currentY;
System.out.println(currentX + " " + currentY);
System.out.println("PEN!!!!");
}
}
private void jPanel2MousePressed(java.awt.event.MouseEvent evt) {
oldX = evt.getX();
oldY = evt.getY();
System.out.println(oldX + " " + oldY);
}
//mouse released//
private void jPanel2MouseReleased(java.awt.event.MouseEvent evt) {
if (tool == 2) {
currentX = evt.getX();
currentY = evt.getY();
System.out.println("line!!!! from" + oldX + "to" + currentX);
}
}
//set ui visible//
public static void main(String args[]) {
java.awt.EventQueue.invokeLater(new Runnable() {
public void run() {
new JavaPaintUI().setVisible(true);
}
});
}
// Variables declaration - do not modify
private javax.swing.JPanel jPanel2;
// End of variables declaration
class jPanel2 extends JPanel {
@Override
public void paintComponent(Graphics g) {
super.paintComponent(g);
g.drawString("BLAH", 20, 20);
g.drawRect(200, 200, 200, 200);
}
}
}
The whole thing is a JFrame
and the white section in the center is jPanel2
which is what I want to draw on.
Upvotes: 52
Views: 246142
Reputation: 113
Variation of the code by Bijaya Bidari that is accepted by Java 8 without warnings in regard with overridable method calls in constructor:
public class Graph extends JFrame {
JPanel jp;
public Graph() {
super("Simple Drawing");
super.setSize(300, 300);
super.setDefaultCloseOperation(EXIT_ON_CLOSE);
jp = new GPanel();
super.add(jp);
}
public static void main(String[] args) {
Graph g1 = new Graph();
g1.setVisible(true);
}
class GPanel extends JPanel {
public GPanel() {
super.setPreferredSize(new Dimension(300, 300));
}
@Override
public void paintComponent(Graphics g) {
super.paintComponent(g);
//rectangle originated at 10,10 and end at 240,240
g.drawRect(10, 10, 240, 240);
//filled Rectangle with rounded corners.
g.fillRoundRect(50, 50, 100, 100, 80, 80);
}
}
}
Upvotes: 0
Reputation: 341
Here is a simple example. I suppose it will be easy to understand:
import java.awt.*;
import javax.swing.JFrame;
import javax.swing.JPanel;
public class Graph extends JFrame {
JFrame f = new JFrame();
JPanel jp;
public Graph() {
f.setTitle("Simple Drawing");
f.setSize(300, 300);
f.setDefaultCloseOperation(EXIT_ON_CLOSE);
jp = new GPanel();
f.add(jp);
f.setVisible(true);
}
public static void main(String[] args) {
Graph g1 = new Graph();
g1.setVisible(true);
}
class GPanel extends JPanel {
public GPanel() {
f.setPreferredSize(new Dimension(300, 300));
}
@Override
public void paintComponent(Graphics g) {
//rectangle originates at 10,10 and ends at 240,240
g.drawRect(10, 10, 240, 240);
//filled Rectangle with rounded corners.
g.fillRoundRect(50, 50, 100, 100, 80, 80);
}
}
}
And the output looks like this:
Upvotes: 12
Reputation: 168845
Note the extra comments.
import java.awt.*;
import java.awt.event.*;
import javax.swing.*;
import javax.swing.border.*;
class JavaPaintUI extends JFrame {
private int tool = 1;
int currentX, currentY, oldX, oldY;
public JavaPaintUI() {
initComponents();
}
private void initComponents() {
// we want a custom Panel2, not a generic JPanel!
jPanel2 = new Panel2();
jPanel2.setBackground(new java.awt.Color(255, 255, 255));
jPanel2.setBorder(BorderFactory.createBevelBorder(BevelBorder.RAISED));
jPanel2.addMouseListener(new MouseAdapter() {
public void mousePressed(MouseEvent evt) {
jPanel2MousePressed(evt);
}
public void mouseReleased(MouseEvent evt) {
jPanel2MouseReleased(evt);
}
});
jPanel2.addMouseMotionListener(new MouseMotionAdapter() {
public void mouseDragged(MouseEvent evt) {
jPanel2MouseDragged(evt);
}
});
// add the component to the frame to see it!
this.setContentPane(jPanel2);
// be nice to testers..
this.setDefaultCloseOperation(JFrame.EXIT_ON_CLOSE);
pack();
}// </editor-fold>
private void jPanel2MouseDragged(MouseEvent evt) {
if (tool == 1) {
currentX = evt.getX();
currentY = evt.getY();
oldX = currentX;
oldY = currentY;
System.out.println(currentX + " " + currentY);
System.out.println("PEN!!!!");
}
}
private void jPanel2MousePressed(MouseEvent evt) {
oldX = evt.getX();
oldY = evt.getY();
System.out.println(oldX + " " + oldY);
}
//mouse released//
private void jPanel2MouseReleased(MouseEvent evt) {
if (tool == 2) {
currentX = evt.getX();
currentY = evt.getY();
System.out.println("line!!!! from" + oldX + "to" + currentX);
}
}
//set ui visible//
public static void main(String args[]) {
EventQueue.invokeLater(new Runnable() {
public void run() {
new JavaPaintUI().setVisible(true);
}
});
}
// Variables declaration - do not modify
private JPanel jPanel2;
// End of variables declaration
// This class name is very confusing, since it is also used as the
// name of an attribute!
//class jPanel2 extends JPanel {
class Panel2 extends JPanel {
Panel2() {
// set a preferred size for the custom panel.
setPreferredSize(new Dimension(420,420));
}
@Override
public void paintComponent(Graphics g) {
super.paintComponent(g);
g.drawString("BLAH", 20, 20);
g.drawRect(200, 200, 200, 200);
}
}
}
HFOE put a good link as the first comment on this thread. Camickr also has a description of active painting vs. drawing to a BufferedImage
in the Custom Painting Approaches article.
See also this approach using painting in a BufferedImage
.
Upvotes: 37
Reputation: 53616
When working with graphical user interfaces, you need to remember that drawing on a pane is done in the Java AWT/Swing event queue. You can't just use the Graphics
object outside the paint()
/paintComponent()
/etc. methods.
However, you can use a technique called "Frame buffering". Basically, you need to have a BufferedImage and draw directly on it (see it's createGraphics()
method; that graphics context you can keep and reuse for multiple operations on a same BufferedImage
instance, no need to recreate it all the time, only when creating a new instance). Then, in your JPanel
's paintComponent()
, you simply need to draw the BufferedImage
instance unto the JPanel
. Using this technique, you can perform zoom, translation and rotation operations quite easily through affine transformations.
Upvotes: 16