It's these two lines right here
StartDemo demo = new StartDemo();
demo.addComponentToPane(frame.getContentPane());
Since your initialize()
method isn't static
I think it's safe to assume that you instantiate youe StartDemo
again in the main
method. In that case, the above code truly is your problem and would totally explain why it doesn't work. Just do this
//StartDemo demo = new StartDemo(); <-- get rid of this.
addComponentToPane(frame.getContentPane());
Tested with code additions only to get it running. Also please not my comments above. setVisible(true)
generally is the last thing you should do after adding all components.
import java.awt.BorderLayout;
import java.awt.CardLayout;
import java.awt.Container;
import java.awt.Dimension;
import java.awt.Graphics;
import java.awt.Image;
import java.awt.event.ActionEvent;
import java.awt.event.ActionListener;
import java.io.IOException;
import javax.imageio.ImageIO;
import javax.swing.JFrame;
import javax.swing.JMenu;
import javax.swing.JMenuBar;
import javax.swing.JMenuItem;
import javax.swing.JPanel;
import javax.swing.SwingUtilities;
public class StartDemo {
private JFrame frame;
private JPanel cards = new JPanel(new CardLayout());
JMenuBar menuBar;
JMenu mnNewMenu;
JMenuItem mntmBookingStatus;
JMenuItem mntmInvoiceEntry;
public static void main(String[] args) {
SwingUtilities.invokeLater(new Runnable(){
public void run() {
new StartDemo().initialize();
}
});
}
private void initialize() {
frame = new JFrame();
frame.setBounds(100, 100, 772, 700);
frame.setDefaultCloseOperation(JFrame.EXIT_ON_CLOSE);
// main menu
menuBar = new JMenuBar();
frame.setJMenuBar(menuBar);
// mainmenuoption-1
mnNewMenu = new JMenu("Entries");
menuBar.add(mnNewMenu);
// option-1 items
mntmBookingStatus = new JMenuItem("Booking Status");
mnNewMenu.add(mntmBookingStatus);
mntmBookingStatus.addActionListener(new MenuListenerAdapter());
//StartDemo demo = new StartDemo();
addComponentToPane(frame.getContentPane()); mntmInvoiceEntry = new JMenuItem("Invoice Entry");
mnNewMenu.add(mntmInvoiceEntry);
mntmInvoiceEntry.addActionListener(new MenuListenerAdapter());
frame.setVisible(true);
}
public void addComponentToPane(Container pane) {
JPanel booking_status = new JPanel();
JPanel invoice_entry = new JPanel();
//JPanel customer_ledger = new JPanel();
//JPanel create_user = new JPanel();
try {
JPanelWithBackground panelWithBackground = new JPanelWithBackground(
"/resources/stackoverflow5.png");
cards.add(panelWithBackground, "name_282751308799");
} catch (IOException e) {
// TODO Auto-generated catch block
e.printStackTrace();
}
cards.add(booking_status, "booking");
cards.add(invoice_entry, "invoice");
//cards.add(customer_ledger, CUSTOMERLEDGER);
//cards.add(create_user, CREATEUSER);
pane.add(cards, BorderLayout.CENTER);
}
class JPanelWithBackground extends JPanel {
Image img;
public JPanelWithBackground(String path) throws IOException {
img = ImageIO.read(getClass().getResource(path));
}
@Override
protected void paintComponent(Graphics g) {
super.paintComponent(g);
g.drawImage(img, 0, 0, getWidth(), getHeight(), this);
}
@Override
public Dimension getPreferredSize() {
return new Dimension(300, 300);
}
}
public class MenuListenerAdapter implements ActionListener {
@Override
public void actionPerformed(ActionEvent e) {
CardLayout c = (CardLayout) (cards.getLayout());
if (e.getSource() == mntmBookingStatus) {
c.show(cards,"booking");
System.out.println(mntmBookingStatus);
} else if (e.getSource() == mntmInvoiceEntry) {
c.show(cards, "invoice");
System.out.println(mntmInvoiceEntry);
}
}
}
}