Thread: 2D JButton Array

Okay, so basically i am creating a Level Editor and i have two seperate JPanels on the JFrame. I want to be able to select a tile which is also a button from one JPanel which will have its own ID and then click on a space/button on the other JPanel which will then set that place in the array to the ID of the tile from the other JPanel and also set the image to the one attached to the ID (eg. grass - ID 0). After i've created the level it will be printed to a text file which will then be read by the engine.

Am i doing this the right way or is there a better way of doing this?
Thank you!!

Level Text File / Array:
0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 
0 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 0 
0 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 0
0 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 0
0 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 0
0 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 0
0 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 0
0 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 0
0 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 0
0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0

I'm asking whether the button approach would work, and if not, what is a better way exactly?
With your question, well one panel pretty much handles what tile will be placed and the other panel is the position of the tile.

I just have no idea what the best way to display the tiles on both panels is!
Do you get what i mean?

One "Tilesheet" panel shows the available tiles to place on the other "Map" panel. The "Map" panel shows the images in a grid, say 48x48. When a tile is placed on a position, that position in the array will change to the selected tile's ID.
Sorry if i am repeating myself.

I would advice you to create your own custom component that will paint these things by itself.