My JPanel object isn't accepting components for it's add method. I am trying to add other components of type JPanel to this object and am unabke to. Anyone know why?
#JPanel add method not accepting components
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azure storm
what does your createSingleFrame return?
austere umbra
JPanel
austere umbra
Why when I added a JPanel object?
azure storm
yep
austere umbra
Does it change the type of the object?
azure storm
no, add method only accepts PopupMenu
can you hover over red squigly line?
what does the error say?
austere umbra
azure storm
yep type mismatch
austere umbra
What is a PopupMenu anyway
azure storm
A class that implements a menu which can be dynamically popped up at a specified position within a component.
popup basically
what are you trying to do?
austere umbra
I'm trying to layout a list of boxes going downward ontop of my JPanel object which sits on the right side of my screen
austere umbra
`A class that implements a menu which can be dynamically popped up at a specifie...
Wait if add takes a PopupMenu then how am i supposed to add components to my JPanel??