Runnable java applet works only when resizing

Question

This small applet is supposed to move a String from the bottom to the top of applet frame, when it reaches top it should start from the bottom again. Problem is it's only moving when I resize the applet window. It doesn't move itself, why does it works that way?

import java.awt.*;
import java.applet.*;
import java.awt.event.*;

public class Zad1 extends Applet implements Runnable {

    Thread runner;
    int yPos = 500;

    public void start() {
        if (runner == null) {
            runner = new Thread(this);
        }
    }

    public void stop() {
        if (runner != null) {
            runner = null;
        }
    }

    public void run() {
        while (true) {
            repaint();
            try {
                Thread.sleep(1);
            } catch (InterruptedException e) {
                e.printStackTrace();
            }

        }

    }

    public void paint(Graphics g) {
        g.drawString("Hello java", 50, yPos);
        yPos--;
        if (yPos < -30)
            yPos = 500;
    }
}

`Why this dosent work?` is a bad title. A title should represent your problem. Please edit. — Suresh Atta, Jan 29 '14 at 11:46
See [**this**](http://stackoverflow.com/a/21429862/2587435) for how to use a `Timer` to animate. — Paul Samsotha, Jan 29 '14 at 11:49
[`Applet`](http://docs.oracle.com/javase/7/docs/api/java/applet/Applet.html) does not have a `paint()` method, You need to add a `JComponent` to a container and paint to that. — Mr. Polywhirl, Jan 29 '14 at 11:50

score 1 · Accepted Answer · answered Jan 29 '14 at 11:55

The thread is not started

        runner = new Thread(this);
        runner.start(); // <----------- Insert this!

But note that the style of this applet is bad in many ways (e.g. there should be no logic in "paint", you should probably not overwrite "paint" of an Applet at all, you should consider a JApplet, etc...). You should probably read http://docs.oracle.com/javase/tutorial/uiswing/components/applet.html and other examples.

Runnable java applet works only when resizing

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