How can I draw vertical line when I press the button?

Question

I am unable to draw line when I press the component in Java Swing. How can I do this? I already used paint method, my problem is when program executes paint method invoke automatically, DrawLine() method will be there in paint method, so is there any way that I can get the lines other than paint method?

Please give some suggestion.

Below code I have tried, it's displaying lines but I want to display the lines when I click the component.

import java.awt.Color;
import java.awt.Graphics;
import java.awt.event.MouseEvent;
import java.awt.event.MouseListener;
import java.awt.event.MouseMotionListener;
import javax.swing.JFrame;
import javax.swing.JLabel;
import javax.swing.JPanel;
import javax.swing.SwingConstants;

public class ReferenceLink1 extends JFrame 
{
    JLabel l1;
    JLabel l2;
    JPanel p1;

    ReferenceLink1()
    {               
        p1 = new JPanel();
        p1.setLayout(null);
        p1.setBackground(Color.ORANGE);
        p1.setOpaque(true);
        p1.setBounds(0,0,300,400);

        setLayout(null);
        l1 = new JLabel();
        l1.setText("l1");
        l1.setBounds(20, 40, 100, 40);
        l1.setHorizontalAlignment(SwingConstants.CENTER);
        l1.setBackground(Color.GREEN);
        l1.setOpaque(true);

        l2 = new JLabel();  ;
        l2.setText("l2");
        l2.setBounds(20, 100,100,40);
        l2.setBackground(Color.BLUE);
        l2.setHorizontalAlignment(SwingConstants.CENTER);
        l2.setOpaque(true);

        p1.add(l1);
        p1.add(l2);
        add(p1);
        setDefaultCloseOperation(JFrame.EXIT_ON_CLOSE);
        setVisible(true);
        setBounds(0,0,400,400);
    }

    public void paint(Graphics g)
    {
        super.paint(g);
        g.drawLine(77,110,77,130);        
    }

    public static void main(String args[])
    {
        ReferenceLink1 rf = new ReferenceLink1();
    }
}

There doesn't seem to be any clear indication of what component you want to click on to make the line drawing appear. It's greatly preferably to do drawing in a buffered paint method like paintComponent in any JComponent. Sounds like you want a have a JButton which has an ActionListener which would call repaint() but I'm not quite sure by the information you have posted. — NESPowerGlove, Jan 16 '15 at 14:29
Java GUIs have to work on different OS', screen size, screen resolution etc. As such, they are not conducive to pixel perfect layout. Instead use layout managers, or [combinations of them](http://stackoverflow.com/a/5630271/418556) along with layout padding and borders for [white space](http://stackoverflow.com/a/17874718/418556). — Andrew Thompson, Jan 16 '15 at 15:16

score 0 · Answer 1 · answered Jan 16 '15 at 14:45

class Surface extends JPanel {

    private void doDrawing(Graphics g) {

        Graphics2D g2d = (Graphics2D) g;

        g2d.setColor(Color.blue);

        Dimension size = getSize();
        Insets insets = getInsets();

        int w = size.width - insets.left - insets.right;
        int h = size.height - insets.top - insets.bottom;

        Random r = new Random();

        for (int i = 0; i < 1000; i++) {

            int x = Math.abs(r.nextInt()) % w;
            int y = Math.abs(r.nextInt()) % h;
            g2d.drawLine(x, y, x, y);
        }
    }

    @Override
    public void paintComponent(Graphics g) {

        super.paintComponent(g);
        doDrawing(g);
    }
}

public class Points extends JFrame {

    public Points() {

        initUI();
    }

    private void initUI() {

        setTitle("Points");
        setDefaultCloseOperation(JFrame.EXIT_ON_CLOSE);

        add(new Surface());

        setSize(350, 250);
        setLocationRelativeTo(null);
    }

    public static void main(String[] args) {

        SwingUtilities.invokeLater(new Runnable() {
            @Override
            public void run() {

                Points ps = new Points();
                ps.setVisible(true);
            }
        });
    }
}

score 0 · Answer 2 · answered Jan 16 '15 at 14:47

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You could simply add a mouse listener to the label that represents your button.

l2.addMouseListener(new MouseAdapter()
{
    public void mouseClicked(MouseEvent e)
    {
      p1.getGraphics().drawLine(77,110,77,130);
    }
});

answered Jan 16 '15 at 14:47

Gabe

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score 0 · Answer 3 · answered Jan 16 '15 at 14:49

public class ReferenceLink1 extends JFrame  {
    JLabel l1;
    JButton l2;
    JPanel p1;


    public static class MyListener implements ActionListener{

        Graphics g;

        public MyListener(Graphics g) {
            this.g = g;
        }

        @Override
        public void actionPerformed(ActionEvent e) {
            g.drawLine(77, 110, 77, 130);

        }

    }

public ReferenceLink1() {

        p1 = new JPanel();
        setVisible(true);
        p1.setLayout(null);
        p1.setBackground(Color.ORANGE);
        p1.setOpaque(true);
        p1.setBounds(0,0,300,400);

        setLayout(null);
        l1 = new JLabel();
        l1.setText("l1");
        l1.setBounds(20, 40, 100, 40);
        l1.setHorizontalAlignment(SwingConstants.CENTER);
        l1.setBackground(Color.GREEN);
        l1.setOpaque(true);


        l2 = new JButton(); 
        l2.addActionListener(new MyListener(this.getGraphics()));
        l2.setText("l2");

        l2.setBounds(20, 100,100,40);
        l2.setBackground(Color.BLUE);
        l2.setHorizontalAlignment(SwingConstants.CENTER);
        l2.setOpaque(true);

        p1.add(l1);
        p1.add(l2);
        add(p1);
        setDefaultCloseOperation(JFrame.EXIT_ON_CLOSE);

        setBounds(0,0,400,400);
    }

    public static void main(String args[]) {
        ReferenceLink1 rf = new ReferenceLink1();
    }
}

How can I draw vertical line when I press the button?

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