Calling a Java AbstractAction from a button/mouse release

java,swing,jbutton,actionlistener,abstract-action

One thing that many people miss when dealing with key bindings, is the fact that you can register for either a "press" or "release" event (press been the default). So in your case, you need to do both. The "press" event should "arm" AND "press" the button, the "release" should...

KeyListener inside an Action Class Not heard when using setAction()

java,swing,action,keylistener,abstract-action

Granted that perhaps keybindings may be the more appropriate method it is not the method I've employed in this portion of the application. Thank you for your response however a friend suggested this today... which has fixed the KeyListener. Such a simple two lines. private JToggleButton getToolRotateButton() { if (toolRotateButton...

Triggering Java GUI to update

java,swing,model-view-controller,repaint,abstract-action

So, the basic idea is to wrap the "current" date value in an observable pattern and pass this to each interested party. This allows the navigation to make changes to the date value, but not need to know about any other part of the program, decoupling it and allow for...