Hi, im trying to create a GUI which will house a BST. When the user enters a number and clicks add, it should display that number as a leaf in a BST. It then adds each consecutive leaf onto the last to create the BST.
My problem is actually getting the little icon to appear. I want an icon to represent the leaf but which will also contain the user's number that they entered too. So far I can't get the icon to appear on the second panel. Please help if you can!

This is my code so far:

public void startGUI()
	{
		
		JFrame frame = new JFrame("Building a Binary Search Tree");				// Create Frame
		
		JMenuBar menubar;
		JMenuItem add, delete;
		
		menubar = new JMenuBar();
		frame.setJMenuBar(menubar);
		
		// Create a menu and add it to the menubar
		// Create some items, give them a handler and add then to the menu
		
		add = new JMenuItem();
		add.setText("Add Node");
		add.setActionCommand("addition");
		add.addActionListener(this);
		menubar.add(add);
		
		/*
		JButton add = new JButton("Add Node");								
		add.setActionCommand("addition");
		add.addActionListener(this);
		menubar.add(add);
		*/	
		
		delete = new JMenuItem();
		delete.setText("Delete Node");
		delete.setActionCommand("delete");
		delete.addActionListener(this);
		menubar.add(delete);
		
		
		canvas.setLayout(new FlowLayout() );							// Use flow-layout, if we used Border layout then the buttons would expand to fit
		canvas.setPreferredSize(new Dimension(500, 500) );				// the screen and would also over-write each other.
		canvas.setBackground(Color.white);
		
		canvasB.setLayout(new GridLayout() );
		canvasB.setPreferredSize(new Dimension(500, 500) );
		canvasB.setBackground(Color.yellow);
		
		frame.add(canvas); 												// Add JPanel and other components to the frame
		
		canvas.add(field);
		canvas.add(add);
		canvas.add(delete);
		
		canvas.add(canvasB);
		
		frame.setDefaultCloseOperation(JFrame.EXIT_ON_CLOSE);		// Closes the window
		frame.pack();												// Frame set to the size of the components within the frame, naturally no components means nothing in the frame
		frame.setVisible(true);										// Make the frame visible
		
	}
	
	  public void actionPerformed(ActionEvent e) {
		  
		  String input = field.getText();
		  
		  BinarySearchTree bst = new BinarySearchTree();
		  
		  if("addition".equals(e.getActionCommand() )  ){
			  
			  ImageIcon icon = new ImageIcon("/Users/myname/Pictures/plus.gif", "Plus Symbol");
			  
			  JLabel label1 = new JLabel();
			  label1.setIcon(icon);
			  
			  // label1 = new JLabel("Plus icon", icon, JLabel.CENTER);
			  System.out.println("Plus icon: " +icon);
			  
			  canvasB.add(label1);
			  
			  // label1.setVerticalTextPosition(JLabel.BOTTOM);
			  // label1.setHorizontalTextPosition(JLabel.CENTER);
			  
			  
			} else if("delete".equals(e.getActionCommand() ) ){
					
				
					
				}
			  
		  }
	  
	  protected static ImageIcon createImageIcon(String path, String description) {
		  
		  java.net.URL imgURL = practiceCW.class.getResource("/Users/myname/Pictures/plus.gif");
		  	
		  if (imgURL != null) {
			  
		  		return new ImageIcon(imgURL, description);
		  	
		  } else {
		  		System.err.println("Couldn't find file: " + path);
		  		return null;
		  	}
	  }
	    
}

Cheers

Hello to anyone reading this, I have actually managed to solve this problem so if anyone has the same problem or a similar problem to mine then send me a message and I'll post the answer.

Good luck with Binary Trees and GUI :P

Hello to anyone reading this, I have actually managed to solve this problem so if anyone has the same problem or a similar problem to mine then send me a message and I'll post the answer.

Good luck with Binary Trees and GUI :P

Can you give me the answer for Binary search tree and gui..

Hi, can send me the answer?

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hi could you please send me the answer too? thanks

commented: This isn't a homework completion service. -3

Please don't revive a dead thread which is 10 months old!

hi..could u please send me the source code?

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commented: This isn't a homework completion service. -3

Closing. Too many lazy people begging for a solution to be handed to them.

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