From what you’ve provided, it looks like you’ve imported or implemented a class other than java.awt.event.ActionListener named, ActionListener (class name conflict). Try qualifying the parameter as java.awt.event.ActionListener:
//Creates textField JTextField input=new JTextField(20); input.addActionListener(new java.awt.event.ActionListener() { public void actionPerformed(ActionEvent event) { direction=input.getText(); } });
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