title: Sending a String from JTextField on one JPanel to JTextArea on another JPanel via a button
body: <p>I am currently trying to take the typed text in the textField 'itemName' and have it print out on the text area 'printArea.'  When I have both printArea and itemName on the same JPanel (p1) it works just fine.  When printArea is set to a separate JPanel (itemName on p1 and printArea on p2), nothing prints out. Two JPanels are used to make the GUI appear as it was assigned. The area i Believe to be the issue is where I added JPanel 'p1' to JPanel 'p2'. </p>
  
  <pre><code>import javax.swing.*;
  import java.awt.*;
  import java.awt.event.ActionEvent;
  import java.awt.event.ActionListener;
  
  public class MovieGUI extends JFrame{
  
  JButton submit = new JButton("Submit");
  JTextField itemName = new JTextField();
  JTextField itemPrice = new JTextField();
  JTextField itemQuantity = new JTextField();
  JTextArea printArea = new JTextArea(400,400);
  
  
  public MovieGUI(){
  
  
          JPanel p1 = new JPanel();
  
          p1.setLayout(new GridLayout(6, 2));
  
  
  
          p1.add(new JLabel("Item Name"));
          p1.add(itemName);   //p1.add(new JTextField(8));
          p1.add(new JLabel("Item Price"));
          p1.add(itemPrice);  // p1.add(new JTextField(8));
          p1.add(new JLabel("Quantity"));
          p1.add(itemQuantity);   //p1.add(new JTextField(8));
          p1.add(new JLabel("submit"));
          p1.add(submit);
  
          //Something is not working... 
  
          JPanel p2 = new JPanel(new BorderLayout());
              p2.setLayout(new BorderLayout());
              p2.add(p1, BorderLayout.NORTH);
  
          p2.add(printArea, BorderLayout.SOUTH);
          //add(p1);  
          add(p2);
  
          event e = new event();
          submit.addActionListener(e);
      }
  
  
      public class event implements ActionListener{
          public void actionPerformed(ActionEvent e){
              String text = itemName.getText();
  
              printArea.setText(text);   //printArea.setText("BUTTON");
  
  
          }
      }
      public static void main(String[] args){
  
  
          MovieGUI frame = new MovieGUI();
          frame.setTitle("Submission");
          frame.setSize(800, 500);
          frame.setLocationRelativeTo(null);
          frame.setDefaultCloseOperation(JFrame.EXIT_ON_CLOSE);
          frame.setVisible(true);
      }
  
  
  } 
  </code></pre>