Invisible Jpanels with jmenu

[Ilo Nato]

Hi.

I am in need of help here.
I making a aplication that are using menus.
Every jMenuItem you click will get you a new jpanel with its items (buttons, labels).

From what i have read i should be using Actionevent thing.
But i cant make it work.

Here is the code (part of the code).

  
        bog = new JMenu("Bog"); 
        menuBar.add(bog);

        //Menuitems
        bog = new JMenu("Bog"); 
        menuBar.add(bog);

        //Menuitems
        bogcreate = new JMenuItem("Create");        
        bog.add(bogcreate);  
        bogcreate.addActionListener(new ActionListener() 
        {  
        	private JComponent contentPane;

			public void actionPerformed(ActionEvent e) 
        	{  
			
					contentPane.setVisible(false);					
					bogCreatePanel.setVisible(true);  
				
					
        	}  
        }); 

That was the actionlistener i tried.

public Container ShowBogCreatePanel() 
    {
        //Create the content-pane-to-be.
        JPanel bogCreatePanel = new JPanel(null);
        bogCreatePanel.setOpaque(true);      
        bogCreatePanel.setBackground(java.awt.Color.YELLOW);
        bogCreatePanel.setVisible(false);
		
        return bogCreatePanel;
    }
    
    public Container createContentPane() 
    {
        //Create the content-pane-to-be.
        JPanel contentPane = new JPanel(null);
        contentPane.setOpaque(true);        
        contentPane.setBackground(java.awt.Color.GREEN);
        contentPane.setVisible(true);
                
        JLabel begin = new JLabel("Hello", JLabel.CENTER);
        begin.setBounds(new Rectangle(44, 67, 538, 216));
        contentPane.add(begin, null);

        return contentPane;
    }

That was my jpanels.
You will get contentPane first when you open the application. And when you click one of the menus you will get the Jpanel that is for that menu.
If you guys help me to get to make the contantpane invis and make the other visible, it would be great. I couldnt do it (have worked on it 8< hour (i am new to java)).

[Maneesh Godbole]

Ilo,
Welcome to the Ranch.

Do I understand you correctly, that based on the menu selection, you want to display only specific components and hide the rest?
If yes, then check out card layout

[Ilo Nato]

Thanks Maneesh,

I found a cardlayout example on net. It looks like the one have to use. I am gona try it out.

Cheers.