You should see an applet above that allows you to type something into the textbox and then click on the button to copy it into the label.
import javax.swing.*; import java.awt.*; import java.awt.event.*; public class ADemo1 extends JApplet { JLabel lbl = new JLabel(); JTextField txt = new JTextField(); JButton btn = new JButton("Click Me!"); public void init() { Container c = getContentPane(); c.setLayout(new GridLayout(3,1,5,5)); c.add(txt); c.add(lbl); c.add(btn); btn.addActionListener(new ActionListener() { public void actionPerformed(ActionEvent e) { if (txt.getText().length() > 0) { lbl.setText(txt.getText()); txt.setText(""); } } }); } }