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Thread: JLabel Will Not Show Up In Frame

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    Default JLabel Will Not Show Up In Frame

    So Im making a game with a start screen followed by my game. I have a button centered but Im having a hard time displaying my label. Do you all have any options? Here's my code:
    import java.awt.*;
    import java.awt.event.ActionListener;
    import java.awt.event.ActionEvent;
     
    import javax.swing.JButton;
    import javax.swing.JLabel;
    import javax.swing.JPanel;
    import javax.swing.JFrame;
     
    public class TitleScreen extends JPanel implements ActionListener{
     
    	private String name = "Breakout";
    	private Container c;
    	private JFrame menuscreen;
    	private JButton startbutton;
    	private JLabel label;
     
    	public TitleScreen(){
    		menuscreen = new JFrame("Breakout Menu Screen");
    		label = new JLabel("Breakout");
    		menuscreen.add(label);
    		startbutton = new JButton("Start");
    		startbutton.setPreferredSize(new Dimension (200,200));
    		startbutton.setBounds(110, 120, 100, 100);
    		startbutton.addActionListener(this);
    		menuscreen.setDefaultCloseOperation(JFrame.EXIT_ON_CLOSE);
    		c = menuscreen.getContentPane();
    		this.setLayout(null);
    		this.add(startbutton);
    		c.add(this);
    		this.setPreferredSize(new Dimension(300,300));
    		menuscreen.pack();
    		menuscreen.setLocationRelativeTo(null);
    		menuscreen.setVisible(true);
     
     
    	}
     
    	public void paintComponents(Graphics g){
    		Font font1 = new Font("Arial", Font.BOLD, 70);
    		g.setFont(new Font (name,10, 18));
    		g.setColor(Color.red);
    		//g.drawString(name,120, 20);
    		g.drawString("Breakout", 125, 250);
     
     
    	}
    	public static void main(String[]  args){
    		new TitleScreen();
     
    	}
     
    	public void actionPerformed(ActionEvent ae){
    		Object a = ae.getSource();
    		if(a == startbutton){
    			new Main();
    			this.menuscreen.dispose();
    			new Main();
    		}
     
    	}
     
    }


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    Default Re: JLabel Will Not Show Up In Frame

    Look at how the layout manager handles components added to the container it is managing.
    You need to tell some layout managers where to put the components that are added. Other layout managers will automatically place the added components.

    The code doesn't have any comments describing what it is doing to shorten the time it takes someone else reading the code to understand what the code is trying to do.
    If you don't understand my answer, don't ignore it, ask a question.

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    Default Re: JLabel Will Not Show Up In Frame

    You have:
    menuscreen = new JFrame("Breakout Menu Screen");
    label = new JLabel("Breakout");
    menuscreen.add(label);
    startbutton = new JButton("Start");
    ...
    c = menuscreen.getContentPane();
    this.setLayout(null);
    this.add(startbutton);
    c.add(this);

    JFrame's content pane's default layout is BorderLayout. Read through JFrame's class description. As Norm noted, you need to tell some layout managers (and BorderLayout is one of them) where components are to be added. See How to Use BorderLayout (The Java™ Tutorials > Creating a GUI With JFC/Swing > Laying Out Components Within a Container) for some examples. In fact, study the BorderLayoutDemo.java code sample in the tutorial to learn the clean way to add components.

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