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Old 09-07-2005, 10:35 AM   #1
liangzan
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Question Inconsistent behaviour of java.awt in Linux/Windows


hi,

i'm just trying out some simple java gui programming using awt classes.

Code:
/* 
Calculator_GUI.java
*/

import java.util.*;
import java.awt.*;
import java.awt.event.*;
import javax.swing.*;

//start of class
public class Calculator_GUI extends JFrame {

//attributes
private JTextField textBox;
private JTextArea answerBox, msgBox;
private JButton resetBtn, suggestBtn;


//constructor
public Calculator_GUI() {
	super("Calculator");
	
	Container container = getContentPane();
	container.setLayout(new FlowLayout()); 

	//text box for input 
	textBox = new JTextField("0", 10);
	textBox.setEditable(true);
	container.add(textBox);
	
	//reset button
	resetBtn = new JButton("RESET");
	container.add(resetBtn);
	
	//register the event handlers
	TextFieldHandler fieldHandler = new TextFieldHandler();
	textBox.addActionListener(fieldHandler);
	
	ButtonHandler btnHandler = new ButtonHandler();
	resetBtn.addActionListener(btnHandler);

	setSize(400, 300);
	setVisible(true);

	
}

//inner class for handling textbox events
private class TextFieldHandler implements ActionListener {
	
	//handle textbox event
	public void actionPerformed(ActionEvent e) {}
}


//inner class for handling button events
private class ButtonHandler implements ActionListener {
	
	//handle button event
	public void actionPerformed(ActionEvent e) {
		String text = textBox.getText();
		JOptionPane.showMessageDialog(null, text);
		textBox.setText("0");

	}
}


//main function
public static void main (String args[]) {

	Calculator_GUI cal = new Calculator_GUI();
	cal.setDefaultCloseOperation(JFrame.EXIT_ON_CLOSE);

}

} //close brkt for class
the code is very simple. just a text field and a reset button.

i get funny problems when i try to run this on linux. the main problm is with the text editing. it doesn't show the real time changes when i try to edit. nor do i see the blinking cursor. i got frustrated, and tried running the class file on windows. and it worked! now, isn't java designed to be portable?? why am i getting inconsistent behaviour across platforms?? odd... do i really need to switch to windows??

anyone knows why??

platform: FC4
java 1.5
 
Old 09-07-2005, 11:58 AM   #2
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Your code seems to works for me on Solaris, with both JDK 1.4 and 1.5.

Are you sure of the JVM you use on FC ?

Can you explain more what happens on Linux, you do not see the text entered in the textfield ? never ?
Did you try with a different window manager ?
 
Old 09-08-2005, 09:34 AM   #3
liangzan
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thanks for testing it on solaris jlliagre! i tried it out on both KDE and Gnome, it gives me the exact same funny behaviour.

the text field is editable only at the first time. after i pressed the 'reset', the text field is frozed. i cant type in anything. the textfield does get back to '0', but you cant do anything with it after the first time. isn't that mightily odd? i don't get that in windows.

i wonder if its the JVM. i can only wonder. how do you check its its the culprit?
 
  


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