Mastermind Game- Question on Color

[mira88]

Hi,
I have to program the Mastermind game( dont' know if anyone knows it). Anyway I've got my GUI looking quite pretty :), but I want to know something on working with Colors. I' ve got 6 colors to choose from and I have given differernt rgb values for these colors. I want to know how, when I click on one color eg red, the first button( I used buttons) , turns to red- I ve tried with setBackground but I don't think its right . I've thought about using a getColor Method that would return red for example. I need some guidance . Thanks

 
//part of the code where I add an action listener for one color
// should be possible to do for all colors
color_one.addActionListener(new AbstractAction() {
            public void actionPerformed(ActionEvent event) {
                if (event.getSource() == color_one) {
                    //guess_buttons[0][0].setBackground(red);
                    //
 
                }
 
 
 
            }
        });   

I havent posted my entire code- it's long

[blazedaces]

Hi,
I have to program the Mastermind game( dont' know if anyone knows it). Anyway I've got my GUI looking quite pretty :), but I want to know something on working with Colors. I' ve got 6 colors to choose from and I have given differernt rgb values for these colors. I want to know how, when I click on one color eg red, the first button( I used buttons) , turns to red- I ve tried with setBackground but I don't think its right . I've thought about using a getColor Method that would return red for example. I need some guidance . Thanks

 
//part of the code where I add an action listener for one color
// should be possible to do for all colors
color_one.addActionListener(new AbstractAction() {
            public void actionPerformed(ActionEvent event) {
                if (event.getSource() == color_one) {
                    //guess_buttons[0][0].setBackground(red);
                    //
 
                }
 
 
 
            }
        });   

I havent posted my entire code- it's long

I believe you need to utilize your paintComponent method and after you change the background call the repaint() method. This is the only way for any color/paint changes to occur. Look at some tutorials or search for example code that shows how to update changes in paint on any GUI to learn more...

good luck,
-blazed

[mira88]

Thanks a lot for the tip and for helping