how to move jlabel every second?

Question

i try to move it to the right(x++) every seconds

i try to move it with thread..

1. how to do it? (and can see it move every second)
2. there are an

Answer 1

If you put that part of the constructor in a thread, then you can call thread.sleep(1000); (1000 milliseconds for a 1 second delay) and then refresh, which should move the target across the screen.

Answer 2

• Class names begin with capital letters i.e Help
• Swing components should be created and modified on Event Dispatch Thread

• A new Thread is created like this:

  Thread t = new Thread(new Runnable() {
      @Override
      public void run() {
          //work here
      }
  });
  t.start();//start thread
  

however I'd suggest a Swing Timer as it runs on EDT:

• How to Use Swing Timers

EDIT:

As per your questions I suggest using a Timer the creating thread point was for general knowledge.

The probelm is the Thread is not run on EDT Thread of your swing GUI where as a Timer does:

 int delay = 1000; //milliseconds
  ActionListener taskPerformer = new ActionListener() {
      int count=0;
      public void actionPerformed(ActionEvent evt) {
           if(count==10) {//we did the task 10 times
                 ((Timer)evt.getSource()).stop();
            }

            label.setLocation((label.getLocationOnScreen().x+10), label.getLocationOnScreen().y);
            System.out.println(SwingUtilities.isEventDispatchThread());
           count++;
      }
  };
  new Timer(delay, taskPerformer).start();

Reference:

• http://docs.oracle.com/javase/7/docs/api/javax/swing/Timer.html

Answer 3

Here is an Swing example of a simple puzzle game.

Java Swing Shuffle Game

When you press Pause button the title will get animate until you release the pause. Similarly you can use it for JLabel. Source code is also attached.

Hope that can help you much.