I would like to know how to make the yellow and magenta squares clickable for the game I am creating. The game is called 1,2, …, 10 if you would like to research/learn how to play.

I tried to use things off of the Internet, but they didn’t work…

What I would like to learn is how to create a button for the yellow and magenta squares, so I am able to click them during the game.

I think there might be something called a Jbutton, but I don’t know how it operates.Sorry that I am ranting, but I can’t post this until I have enough code to text ratio.

Here is my code:

import java.awt.Color;
import java.awt.Dimension;
import java.awt.Graphics;
import java.awt.Graphics2D;
import javax.swing.JPanel;
import java.awt.Font;
import javax.swing.*;
public class GraphicsPanel extends JPanel{
public GraphicsPanel(){
    setPreferredSize(new Dimension(500, 500));
}
public void paintComponent(Graphics g){
    Graphics2D g2 = (Graphics2D) g;
    //1x10 board for the game:
    int count = 0;
    int [] board = new int [10];
    for (int i = 0; i < board.length; i++) { 
        g2.drawRect(0 + count, 250, 50, 50);
        count += 50;
    }

    //Labels for each square 1-10:
    g2.setFont(new Font("TimesRoman", Font.PLAIN, 20));
    g2.drawString("1", 20,  325);
    g2.drawString("2", 70,  325);
    g2.drawString("3", 120,  325);
    g2.drawString("4", 170,  325);
    g2.drawString("5", 220,  325);
    g2.drawString("6", 270,  325);
    g2.drawString("7", 320,  325);
    g2.drawString("8", 370,  325);
    g2.drawString("9", 420,  325);
    g2.drawString("10", 465,  325);

    //Title and instructions for players:
    g2.drawString("1, 2, …, 10 Game", 175,  25);
    g2.drawString("To Play: Players alternate placing either one or two pieces", 10,  60);
    g2.drawString("on the leftmost open squares. In this game, we don’t", 30,  85);
    g2.drawString("distinguish between players’ pieces, so we’ll call", 40, 110);
    g2.drawString("them left and right. Left will go first.", 85,  135);
    g2.drawString("The first player to place the tenth piece on the board wins!", 15, 170);

    //Buttons for Players to select their move:
    g2.setColor(Color.YELLOW);
    g2.fillRect(50, 400, 50, 50);
    g2.setColor(Color.MAGENTA);
    g2.fillRect(100, 400, 50, 50);
    g2.setColor(Color.YELLOW);
    g2.fillRect(350, 400, 50, 50);
    g2.setColor(Color.MAGENTA);
    g2.fillRect(400, 400, 50, 50);
    g2.setColor(Color.BLACK);
    g2.drawRect(50, 400, 50, 50);
    g2.drawRect(100, 400, 50, 50);
    g2.drawRect(350, 400, 50, 50);
    g2.drawRect(400, 400, 50, 50);

    //Labels for players buttons:
    g2.drawString("Player 1", 67,  385);
    g2.drawString("Player 2", 367,  385);
    
    g2.drawString("1", 70,  475);
    g2.drawString("2", 120,  475);
    g2.drawString("1", 370,  475);
    g2.drawString("2", 420,  475);
    
    
    
}
}