Java: Drawing two rectangles breaks

Question

I filled two rectangles in this way:

graphics.setColor(Color.RED);
graphics.translate(0, 150);
graphics.fillRect(0,0,65,65); // First rect
graphics.dispose(); // If remove this line, nothing will change
graphics.translate(0, 150);
graphics.fillRect(0,150,100,65); // Second rect

For some reason, only one rectangle is rendered :(

Answer 1

First, translates are additive. So your panel may not be tall enough to show the second rectangle. See the following code and comments.

graphics.setColor(Color.RED);
graphics.translate(0, 150);         // 0,0 is now at 0,150
graphics.fillRect(0,0,65,65); 
graphics.translate(0, 150);         // 0,0, is now at 0,300
graphics.fillRect(0,150,100,65);    // 0,150 is drawing at 
                                    // 0,450 with a size of 100,65

Since you are new to painting I will provide more information that may be of use.

• don't subclass JFrame. It is a top level class meant to hold other components. Subclass JPanel and add that to it. Or create another class that subclasses JPanel.
• override paintComponent(Graphics g) for doing your painting.
• call super.paintComponent(g) first to process parent method bookkeeping
• As a general rule, I find it helps to fill the object first then do the outline/border. It will simply overwrite the original figure with the outline.
• it is considered standard practice to override getPreferredSize so other areas may not arbitrarily change the size.
• call frame.pack() to size the frame and layout the components.

public class RectanglesExample extends JPanel {
    
    JFrame f = new JFrame("Rectangles");
    
    public static void main(String[] args) {

            SwingUtilities.invokeLater((()-> 
                    new RectanglesExample()));
           
        }
    
    public RectanglesExample() {
        
        setBackground(Color.WHITE);
        f.add(this);
        f.setDefaultCloseOperation(JFrame.EXIT_ON_CLOSE);
        f.pack();
        
        f.setLocationRelativeTo(null);
        f.setVisible(true);
    }
    
    @Override
    public Dimension getPreferredSize() {
        return new Dimension(400, 700);
    }
    
    public void paintComponent(Graphics g) {
        super.paintComponent(g);
        Graphics2D graphics = (Graphics2D) g.create();
        graphics.setColor(Color.RED);
        graphics.translate(0, 150);
        graphics.fillRect(0,0,65,65); // First rect at 0,150
        graphics.translate(0, 150);
        graphics.fillRect(0,150,100,65); // Second rect at 0,450
        graphics.dispose(); 
        
    
}