Thread: How to solve this?

This code generates 2 text fields and one button. Typing a text in the first textfield and then pressing on the button, copies the text from the first textfield (invoerVeld) to the second textfield (uitvoerVeld).

package opdracht1;
 
import javax.swing.*;
import java.awt.event.*;
 
public class SwitchPaneel extends JPanel implements ActionListener
{
	private JTextField invoerVeld;   
	private JTextField uitvoerVeld;  
	private JButton actieKnop;       
 
 
	public SwitchPaneel() 
	{
		actieKnop = new JButton(" Verwissel ");   
		actieKnop.addActionListener(this);       
 
		invoerVeld = new JTextField(10);   
		uitvoerVeld = new JTextField(10);  
 
		add (invoerVeld); 
		add (actieKnop);   
		add (uitvoerVeld); 
	}
 
	public void actionPerformed (ActionEvent ae)      
	{
		uitvoerVeld.setText(invoerVeld.getText());
	}
}

Now I need to make it so that pressing the button, gets the text from invoerVeld to uitvoerVeld, and the text from uitvoerVeld to invoerVeld.
Basically, it has to switch the two inputs.

When I try to do this:

	public void actionPerformed (ActionEvent ae)      
	{
		uitvoerVeld.setText(invoerVeld.getText());
		invoerVeld.setText(uitvoerVeld.getText());
	}

It doesn't work.
How can I solve this?

Thanks in advance.

You should store uitvoerVeld.getText() in a temporary String variable, because once you change uitvoerVeld.setText(invoerVeld.getText()), you lost the text that was in uitvoerVeld.getText().

Originally Posted by squeakbox

You should store uitvoerVeld.getText() in a temporary String variable, because once you change uitvoerVeld.setText(invoerVeld.getText()), you lost the text that was in uitvoerVeld.getText().

How would I do this? Sorry, really new in Java.

Tried this:

	public void actionPerformed (ActionEvent ae)      
	{
		String veldinhoud = invoerVeld.getText();
		uitvoerVeld.setText(invoerVeld.getText());
		invoerVeld.setText(veldinhoud);
	}

But didn't work :O.

Fixed it.

	public void actionPerformed (ActionEvent ae)      
	{
		String veldinhoud = uitvoerVeld.getText();
		uitvoerVeld.setText(invoerVeld.getText());
		invoerVeld.setText(veldinhoud);
	}

Thanks squeakbox!