How to reload a JPanel?

java swing jpanel cardlayout
JLA picture JLA · Jul 12, 2013 · Viewed 47.9k times · Source

I'm a java newbie... I need to know how to reload a JPanel? I extended the JPanel class and created a panel that will run in a cardlayout in an Applet. I want this panel to reload/refresh after the user clicks a button in this panel. I tried including the revalidate() and repaint() methods (methods I don't understand well) in the ActionListener for the button but nothing happened. Can anyone throw some light on how to correctly refresh the whole panel?

Answer

M.K. picture M.K. · Jul 12, 2013

This works fine for me. But after an other 

_panel.revalidate();
_panel.repaint();

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