Java swing application, close one window and open another when button is clicked

Question

I have a netbeans Java application that should display a JFrame (class StartUpWindow extends JFrame) with some options when the application is launched, then the user clicks

Answer 1

You can call dispose() on the current window and setVisible(true) on the one you want to display.

Answer 2

Use this.dispose for current window to close and next_window.setVisible(true) to show next window behind button property ActionPerformed , Example is shown below in pic for your help.

Answer 3

Call below method just after calling the method for opening new window, this will close the current window.

private void close(){
    WindowEvent windowEventClosing = new WindowEvent(this, WindowEvent.WINDOW_CLOSING);
    Toolkit.getDefaultToolkit().getSystemEventQueue().postEvent(windowEventClosing);
}

Also in properties of JFrame, make sure defaultCloseOperation is set as DISPOSE.

Answer 4

You can hide a part of JFrame that contains the swing controls which you want on another JFrame.

When the user clicks on a Jbutton the JFrame width increases and when he clicks on another same kind of Jbutton the JFrame comes to the default size.

  JFrame myFrame = new JFrame("");
  JButton button1 = new JButton("Basic");
  JButton button2 = new JButton("More options");
 // actionPerformed block code for button1 (Default size)  
 myFrame.setSize(400, 400);
//  actionPerformed block code for button2 (Increase width)
 myFrame.setSize(600, 400);

Answer 5

Here is an example:

StartupWindow.java

import java.awt.event.ActionEvent;
import java.awt.event.ActionListener;
import javax.swing.JButton;
import javax.swing.JFrame;
import javax.swing.SwingUtilities;


public class StartupWindow extends JFrame implements ActionListener
{
    private JButton btn;

    public StartupWindow()
    {
        super("Simple GUI");
        setDefaultCloseOperation(JFrame.EXIT_ON_CLOSE);

        btn = new JButton("Open the other JFrame!");
        btn.addActionListener(this);
        btn.setActionCommand("Open");
        add(btn);
        pack();

    }

    @Override
    public void actionPerformed(ActionEvent e)
    {
        String cmd = e.getActionCommand();

        if(cmd.equals("Open"))
        {
            dispose();
            new AnotherJFrame();
        }
    }

    public static void main(String[] args)
    {
        SwingUtilities.invokeLater(new Runnable(){

            @Override
            public void run()
            {
                new StartupWindow().setVisible(true);
            }

        });
    }
}

AnotherJFrame.java

import javax.swing.JFrame;
import javax.swing.JLabel;

public class AnotherJFrame extends JFrame
{
    public AnotherJFrame()
    {
        super("Another GUI");
        setDefaultCloseOperation(JFrame.EXIT_ON_CLOSE);

        add(new JLabel("Empty JFrame"));
        pack();
        setVisible(true);
    }
}

Answer 6

        final File open = new File("PicDic.exe");
        if (open.exists() == true) {
            if (Desktop.isDesktopSupported()) {
                javax.swing.SwingUtilities.invokeLater(new Runnable() {

                    public void run() {
                        try {
                            Desktop.getDesktop().open(open);
                        } catch (IOException ex) {
                            return;
                        }
                    }
                });

                javax.swing.SwingUtilities.invokeLater(new Runnable() {

                    public void run() {
                        //DocumentEditorView.this.getFrame().dispose();
                        System.exit(0);
                    }

                });
            } else {
                JOptionPane.showMessageDialog(this.getFrame(), "Desktop is not support to open editor\n You should try manualy");
            }
        } else {
            JOptionPane.showMessageDialog(this.getFrame(), "PicDic.exe is not found");
        }

//you can start another apps by using it and can slit your whole project in many apps. it will work lot