Thread: Chess Program

I fixed it! the squares are in the right position. But how do i set the color right for each square. A1 = brown for instance B1 = white C1 = brown etc

What is the pattern for the colors?
What are the rules for setting the colors?
How are they set for the first row?
How are they set for the second row?

previous page shows the code of the classes

One way would to be to use nested loops. The outer loop would go through the rows, the inner loop would go over the squares on a row.

and how do i do that? the gridlayout doesn't know which row or collum i am in right?
thanks for you help!

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I go to test all squares on location with the method .matches("A1|C1") etc and give them a color

   private void setSquareColors(){
    	for(Square square: squares){
    		if(square.toString().matches("A1|C1|E1|G1|B2|D2|F2|"
    				+ "H2|A3|C3|E3|G3|B4|D4|F4|H4|A5|C5|E5|G5|"
    				+ "B6|D6|F6|H6|A7|C7|E7|G7|B8|D8|F8|H8")){
    			square.setColor("BROWN");
    		}
    		else if(square.toString().matches("A2|C2|E2|G2|B1|D1|F1|"
        			+ "H1|A4|C4|E4|G4|B3|D3|F3|H3|A6|C6|E6|G6|"
        			+ "B5|D5|F5|H5|A8|C8|E8|G8|B7|D7|F7|H7")){
        		square.setColor("WHITE");
    		}
    	}
    }

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any idea how i can get rid of the white space between the jlabels

Ofcourse, shall i post the chessboardview class this is the class that contains the gridlayout(8,8) and contains the JLabels

package view;
 
import java.awt.*;
 
import java.util.ArrayList;
 
import javax.swing.BorderFactory;
import javax.swing.ImageIcon;
import javax.swing.JPanel;
import javax.swing.JLabel;
 
import controller.Controller;
import model.ChessBoard;
import model.Square;
 
 
public class ChessBoardView extends JPanel
{
    //intialize variables
	private final static ImageIcon DARK_BROWN = new ImageIcon 
	(ChessBoardView.class.getResource("assets/sqb.gif"));
	private final static ImageIcon LIGHT_BROWN = new ImageIcon 
    (ChessBoardView.class.getResource("assets/sqw.gif"));
	//intialize components
	private JPanel southPanel = new JPanel();
	private JPanel westPanel = new JPanel();
 
	//intialize arrays to hold panels and images of the board;
	private JLabel[] labels = new JLabel[64];
 
	private ChessBoard chessboard;
 
 
	public ChessBoardView (Controller controller){
		chessboard = new ChessBoard();
		createGUI();
    }
 
	 private void createGUI() {
		Dimension boardSize = new Dimension(400, 400);
 
	    setLayout( new GridLayout(8, 8) );
	    setPreferredSize( boardSize );
	    setBounds(0, 0, boardSize.width, boardSize.height);
	    setBorder(BorderFactory.createLineBorder(Color.BLACK));
 
	    addImageToSquare();
	    addSquaresToContentPane();
	}
 
	private void addImageToSquare() {
 
			for(int i = 0; i < 64; i++){
				if (chessboard.getSquare(i).getColor().equals("WHITE")){
					chessboard.getSquare(i).setImage(LIGHT_BROWN);
				}
				else if (chessboard.getSquare(i).getColor().equals("BROWN")){
					chessboard.getSquare(i).setImage(DARK_BROWN);
				}
			}
	}
 
	private void addSquaresToContentPane(){
		for (int i = 0; i <64; i++){
 
			JLabel sqr = new JLabel(chessboard.getAllSquares().get(i).getImage());
			sqr.setBounds(0,0,0,0);
 
			super.add(sqr);
            }
 
 
		}
}

I made a new account but i deleted the extends JFrame

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Controller

package controller;
 
import java.awt.event.ActionEvent;
import java.awt.event.ActionListener;
import java.awt.*;
 
import javax.swing.*;
 
import view.ControlPanel;
import view.InfoPanel;
import view.ChessBoardView;
 
 
public class Controller extends JFrame implements ActionListener
{
	private InfoPanel infopanel;
	private ControlPanel controlpanel;
    private ChessBoardView chessboardview;
 
 
    public Controller()
    {
        super("Chess Manager");
        makeFrame();   
        makeMenuBar();
        this.pack();   
    }
 
    private void makeFrame(){
        setSize(650, 650);
        setDefaultCloseOperation(EXIT_ON_CLOSE);
 
        Container contentpane = super.getContentPane();
        contentpane.setLayout(new BorderLayout()); 
        contentpane.setBackground(new Color(204,229,255)); 
 
        controlpanel = new ControlPanel(this);
        contentpane.add(controlpanel, BorderLayout.EAST);
 
        infopanel = new InfoPanel(this);
        contentpane.add(infopanel, BorderLayout.SOUTH);
 
        chessboardview = new ChessBoardView(this);
        contentpane.add(chessboardview, BorderLayout.WEST);
 
    }
 
    private void makeMenuBar(){
        JMenuBar menubar = new JMenuBar();
        super.setJMenuBar(menubar);
 
        JMenu fileMenu = new JMenu("File");
        menubar.add(fileMenu);
 
        JMenu editMenu = new JMenu("Edit");
        menubar.add(editMenu);
 
        JMenu optionMenu = new JMenu("Options");
        menubar.add(optionMenu);
 
        JMenu extraMenu = new JMenu("Extra");
        menubar.add(extraMenu);
    }
 
   public void setupProgram(){
 
 
    }
 
    public void actionPerformed(ActionEvent e){
 
    }
 
 
}

Main

package controller;
 
import controller.Controller;
 
public class Main {
 
	public static void main (String[] args)
	{
			new Controller().setVisible(true);
	}
 
 
}

the problem is when i change the size of the frame(window) i get a weird gridlayout i want that to stay the same size so the jlabels stay the same

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fixed it thanks! But do you wanna know what my biggest problem is?? and i have no idea how i can make that which techniques and which code i need to use

You mean the exercise? i can post some or ill explain what i have to do and what my biggest problem is