This is a tutorial in which we will going to create a program that has the JToggleButton Component using Java. The JToggleButton is a button which implements of a two-state button; an on or off button.

So, now let's start this tutorial!

1. Open JCreator or NetBeans and make a java program with a file name of jToggleButtonComponent.java.

2. Import the following packages:

1. import
   
   java.awt.event.*
   
   ;
   
   // used to access the ActionEvent and ActionListener class
   
2. import
   
   javax.swing.*
   
   ;
   
   // used to access the JFrame, JOptionPane, JToggleButton
   

3. Initialize your variable in your Main, variable frame for creating JFrame, and variable toggleBtn for JToggleButton.

1. JFrame
   
   frame =
   
   new
   
   JFrame
   
   (
   
   "JToggle Component"
   
   )
   
   ;
   
2. JToggleButton
   
   toggleBtn =
   
   new
   
   JToggleButton
   
   (
   
   "Toggle Me!"
   
   )
   
   ;
   

4. Now, we will add an ActionListener to the toggle button. This trigger to have an ActionEvent when clicking the toggle button. Have this code below:

1. toggleBtn.addActionListener
   
   (
   
   new
   
   ActionListener
   
   (
   
   )
   
   {
   
2. 
   
3. public
   
   void
   
   actionPerformed(
   
   ActionEvent
   
   e)
   
   {
   
4. JToggleButton
   
   tBtn =
   
   (
   
   JToggleButton
   
   )
   
   e.getSource
   
   (
   
   )
   
   ;
   
5. if
   
   (
   
   tBtn.isSelected
   
   (
   
   )
   
   )
   
   {
   
6. JOptionPane
   
   .showMessageDialog
   
   (
   
   null
   
   , "Button is on!"
   
   )
   
   ;
   
7. }
   
   else
   
   {
   
8. JOptionPane
   
   .showMessageDialog
   
   (
   
   null
   
   , "Button is off!"
   
   )
   
   ;
   
9. }
   
10. }
    
11. }
    
    )
    
    ;
    

As you have seen the code above, we have created again a JToggleButton having a variable named of tBtn. We used the method getSource to get the action out of the JToggleButton. When clicking the JToggleButton to determine if it's on or off, we will use isSelected method. When we click first the toggle button, it will prompt to the user that the button is on using the JOptionPane. When clicking again the button, it will display that the button is off.

5. Now, add the JToggleButton variable to the frame using the default BorderLayout of north position of the getContentPane method. Lastly, set the size, visibility, and the close operation of the frame. Have this code below:

1. frame.getContentPane
   
   (
   
   )
   
   .add
   
   (
   
   toggleBtn, "North"
   
   )
   
   ;
   
2. frame.setDefaultCloseOperation
   
   (
   
   JFrame
   
   .EXIT_ON_CLOSE
   
   )
   
   ;
   
3. frame.setSize
   
   (
   
   300
   
   , 125
   
   )
   
   ;
   
4. frame.setVisible
   
   (
   
   true
   
   )
   
   ;
   

Output:


Here's the full code of this tutorial:

1. import
   
   java.awt.event.*
   
   ;
   
   // used to access the ActionEvent and ActionListener class
   
2. import
   
   javax.swing.*
   
   ;
   
   // used to access the JFrame, JOptionPane, JToggleButton
   
3. 
   
4. 
   
5. public
   
   class
   
   jToggleButtonComponent {
   
6. public
   
   static
   
   void
   
   main(
   
   String
   
   [
   
   ]
   
   args)
   
   {
   
7. JFrame
   
   frame =
   
   new
   
   JFrame
   
   (
   
   "JToggle Component"
   
   )
   
   ;
   
8. JToggleButton
   
   toggleBtn =
   
   new
   
   JToggleButton
   
   (
   
   "Toggle Me!"
   
   )
   
   ;
   
9. 
   
10. toggleBtn.addActionListener
    
    (
    
    new
    
    ActionListener
    
    (
    
    )
    
    {
    
11. 
    
12. public
    
    void
    
    actionPerformed(
    
    ActionEvent
    
    e)
    
    {
    
13. JToggleButton
    
    tBtn =
    
    (
    
    JToggleButton
    
    )
    
    e.getSource
    
    (
    
    )
    
    ;
    
14. if
    
    (
    
    tBtn.isSelected
    
    (
    
    )
    
    )
    
    {
    
15. JOptionPane
    
    .showMessageDialog
    
    (
    
    null
    
    , "Button is on!"
    
    )
    
    ;
    
16. }
    
    else
    
    {
    
17. JOptionPane
    
    .showMessageDialog
    
    (
    
    null
    
    , "Button is off!"
    
    )
    
    ;
    
18. }
    
19. }
    
20. }
    
    )
    
    ;
    
21. 
    
22. frame.getContentPane
    
    (
    
    )
    
    .add
    
    (
    
    toggleBtn, "North"
    
    )
    
    ;
    
23. frame.setDefaultCloseOperation
    
    (
    
    JFrame
    
    .EXIT_ON_CLOSE
    
    )
    
    ;
    
24. frame.setSize
    
    (
    
    300
    
    , 125
    
    )
    
    ;
    
25. frame.setVisible
    
    (
    
    true
    
    )
    
    ;
    
26. 
    
27. 
    
28. }
    
29. }
    

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