Thread: Painted component won't show up

Hello, I wonder why my oval doesn't show up on the frame.


Class with the oval

import java.awt.Color;
import java.awt.Graphics;
import javax.swing.JPanel;
 
 
public class character extends JPanel
{
 
    public character ()         
    {
        this.setBackground(Color.cyan);
 
    }
 
    @Override
    public void paintComponent(Graphics g)
    {
        super.paintComponents(g);
        g.setColor(Color.red);
        g.fillOval(67, 150, 100, 100);       
 
    }
 
}

Class supposed to show oval

import java.awt.Color;
import javax.swing.JFrame;
import javax.swing.JPanel;
 
 
public class spelplan extends JPanel
{
 
    character player1;
 
    public spelplan()
    {
 
        player1 = new character();
        this.setBackground(Color.white);
        add(player1);
    }
 
    public static void main(String[] args) 
    {
        JFrame f = new JFrame();
        f.setSize(500,500);
        f.setLocation(200,200);
        f.setTitle("RogueTest");
        f.setDefaultCloseOperation(JFrame.EXIT_ON_CLOSE);
        spelplan p = new spelplan();
        f.add(p);
        f.setVisible(true);
    }
 
 
}//class

I'm sure there is a simple solution but I can't see whats wrong. I even checked in my java-book and I can't find it out O.o

Some suggestions:
Add a getPreferredSize() method to the panel.
Play with the values in the fillOval() method.

Change class names to start with Cap letter and not conflict with Java class names.

Originally Posted by Norm

Some suggestions:
Add a getPreferredSize() method to the panel.
Play with the values in the fillOval() method.

Change class names to start with Cap letter and not conflict with Java class names.

Thank you very much sir. Start to get the thing with the drawing now