The Big Programming Thread - Page 41

//leaving out the imports to make this smaller.

public class MovePanel extends JPanel implements KeyListener {
private ImageIcon currentImage, facingLeft, facingRight;
private int position;
private final int MOVEMENT;
private GameFrame gameFrame;
private URL lefturl, righturl;

public MovePanel(GameFrame gameFrame) {
// Taking in a gameFrame to be able to swap the active panel (not really relevant).
this.gameFrame = gameFrame;

// Adding the key listener here.
addKeyListener(this);

// These are just the Images I'm using to test. Trying to get it to swap from one to the other.
lefturl = getClass().getResource("/Images/facingLeft.jpg");
righturl = getClass().getResource("/Images/facingRight.jpg");

facingLeft = new ImageIcon(lefturl);
facingRight = new ImageIcon(righturl);

currentImage = facingLeft;
position = 50;
MOVEMENT = 30;

setBackground(Color.red);
setPreferredSize(new Dimension(600,300));

// Calling this method so that the panel will react to keyboard without having to be clicked.
setFocusable(true);
}

// This is just the paintComponent method which works fine to paint the image
// when starting the game.
public void paintComponent(Graphics page) {
super.paintComponent(page);
currentImage.paintIcon(this, page, position, 170);
}

// This is where I suspect my problems may be laying.
// No matter what I try to do inside the keyPressed method it doesnt seem to react at all.
public void keyPressed(KeyEvent e) {

// This switch is to make the method react accordingly to the keys pressed.
switch (e.getKeyCode()) {
case KeyEvent.VK_LEFT:

// Here I'm changing the "active" image and the position by changing the position
// variable which is used to determine the x placement of the image.
// This case is suppused to react if the left arrow key is pressed.
currentImage = facingLeft;
position -= MOVEMENT;
break;
case KeyEvent.VK_RIGHT:
currentImage = facingRight;
position += MOVEMENT;
//player.setRect(position, 0, 20, 40);
break;

// This case is to exit to the menu when escape is pressed.
case KeyEvent.VK_ESCAPE:
gameFrame.setMenuPanelActive();
break;
}
// After reacting to any of the proper keys pressed I'm trying to repaint which will use the
// paintComponent method to paint the image in its new position.
repaint();
}
// I have empty definitions for the other implemented methods but won't be posting them.
}