Open Panel through a Jmenuitem

Question

I need to know how to make one JMenuItem open a JPanel, that is, by clicking on JMenuItem, open the corresponding Jpanel, this in Eclipse, via windowBuilder.

This is the image of my screen with the menu:

!Screenshot of the screen with the menu1

Jpanel call code:

    public static void main(String[] args) {
     EventQueue.invokeLater(new Runnable() {
      public void run() {
       try {
        Agenda1 window = new Agenda1();
        window.frame.setVisible(true);
       } catch (Exception e) {
        e.printStackTrace();
       }
      }
     });
    }

    /**
     * Create the application.
     */
    public Agenda1() {
     initialize();
    }

    /**
     * Initialize the contents of the frame.
     */
    private void initialize() {
      frame = new JFrame();
      frame.setBounds(100, 100, 450, 300);
      frame.setDefaultCloseOperation(JFrame.EXIT_ON_CLOSE);
      frame.getContentPane().setLayout(new CardLayout(0, 0));
      -- -- -

      JPanel panelEditar = new JPanel();
      frame.getContentPane().add(panelEditar, "name_5905325036674");
      panelEditar.setLayout(new CardLayout(0, 0));
      -- -- --

      JMenuItem mntmEditar = new JMenuItem("Editar");
      mntmEditar.addActionListener(new ActionListener() {
       public void actionPerformed(ActionEvent arg0) {
        CardLayout card = (CardLayout) frame.getContentPane().getLayout();
        card.show(frame.getContentPane(), "panelEditar");

       }


      });

The complete code here: http://pastebin.com/6rn7sSG6

Answer 1

The error is here:

frame.getContentPane().add(panelEditar, "name_5905325036674");

The name you’re giving to your dashboard is name_5905325036674, and not painelEditar.

Either you change the name in the line above, or you switch to ActionListener, with the name already provided:

card.show(frame.getContentPane(), "name_5905325036674");

Reference:

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