[1.10.2] draw string in gui

[Dombear]

Hello guys. I have a problem. Drawing string in gui works only inside drawGuiContainerForegroundLayer method.

@Override
protected void drawGuiContainerForegroundLayer(int mouseX, int mouseY) {
this.fontRendererObj.drawString("test", 8, 50, 4210752); //works fine
}

When I'm using this here

@Override
protected void actionPerformed(GuiButton button) throws IOException {
this.fontRendererObj.drawString("test", 8, 50, 4210752); //not working
}

it shows nothing. How can I dynamic draw strings in gui?

[Animefan8888]

Hello guys. I have a problem. Drawing string in gui works only inside drawGuiContainerForegroundLayer method.

@Override
protected void drawGuiContainerForegroundLayer(int mouseX, int mouseY) {
this.fontRendererObj.drawString("test", 8, 50, 4210752); //works fine
}

When I'm using this here

@Override
protected void actionPerformed(GuiButton button) throws IOException {
this.fontRendererObj.drawString("test", 8, 50, 4210752); //not working
}

it shows nothing. How can I dynamic draw strings in gui?

actionPerformed(...) is only called when a button is pushed. You need to draw every frame. Use drawGuiForegroundLayer(...) or drawGuiBackgroundLayer(...) change the string in actionPerformed.

[Dombear]

Thank you for reply. How can I change existing string?

[Animefan8888]

Thank you for reply. How can I change existing string?

First answer my question Do you know Java?

[Dombear]

Yes I know java, but I'm still learning. I made array of strings, and it works fine. Sorry for that noob question.

[Draco18s]

You need to draw the string during drawGuiContainerForegroundLayer and drawGuiContainerForegroundLayer only.  If it is dependent on a button being "pressed" you need to save that state elsewhere and reference it during drawGuiContainerForegroundLayer to draw your string.