Re: JLabel property - setBounds

From:
Sriram <sxb4545@gmail.com>
Newsgroups:
comp.lang.java.gui
Date:
Wed, 17 Sep 2008 00:11:06 -0700 (PDT)
Message-ID:
<57a2a6bf-08d9-4a2c-b513-d0787ed58a56@x16g2000prn.googlegroups.com>
On Sep 17, 12:05 pm, Sriram <sxb4...@gmail.com> wrote:

On Sep 16, 2:16 pm, RedGrittyBrick <RedGrittyBr...@spamweary.invalid>
wrote:

GG Sriram wrote:

On Sep 15, 11:28 pm, RedGrittyBrick <RedGrittyBr...@spamweary.invalid=

wrote:

Sriram wrote:

Yes What I am trying to say in my previous mail is this:
L1 L2 L3 L4
TF1 TF2 TF3 TF4 Add
When "Add" is clicked, becomes this:
(No label here the above label remains for this....)
TF5 TF6 TF7 TF8 Add
TF9 TF10 TF11 TF12 Add
and so on....

i.e.

Initial state
+-------------------------+
| L1 L2 L3 L4 |
| TF01 TF02 TF03 TF04 Add |
+-------------------------+

After Add clicked
+-------------------------+
| L1 L2 L3 L4 |
| TF01 TF02 TF03 TF04 |
| TF05 TF06 TF07 TF08 Add |
+-------------------------+

After Add clicked again
+-------------------------+
| L1 L2 L3 L4 |
| TF01 TF02 TF03 TF04 |
| TF05 TF06 TF07 TF08 |
| TF09 TF10 TF11 TF12 Add |
+-------------------------+

You should be able to work out how to change my example that added
columns and make it add rows instead.

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Your requirements are very odd. Are you sure you have not misunderst=

ood

what your professor wanted?

Maybe he wanted something like ...

+---------------------------------+
| Name Age Kg $$$ |
| [ ] [ ] [ ] [ ] (Add) |
| +-----------------------------+ |
| | | |
| | | |
| | | |
| +-----------------------------+ |
+---------------------------------+

Enter some data
+---------------------------------+
| Name Age Kg Pts |
| [Mary] [ 18] [65] [987] (Add) |
| +-----------------------------+ |
| | | |
| | | |
| | | |
| +-----------------------------+ |
+---------------------------------+

Click "Add"
+---------------------------------+
| Name Age Kg Pts |
| [ ] [ ] [ ] [ ] (Add) |
| +-----------------------------+ |
| | 1: Mary 18 65 987 | |
| | | |
| | | |
| +-----------------------------+ |
+---------------------------------+

Enter some data
+---------------------------------+
| Name Age Kg Pts |
| [Eric] [ 22] [80] [233] (Add) |
| +-----------------------------+ |
| | 1: Mary 18 65 987 | |
| | | |
| | | |
| +-----------------------------+ |
+---------------------------------+

Click "Add"
+---------------------------------+
| Name Age Kg Pts |
| [ ] [ ] [ ] [ ] (Add) |
| +-----------------------------+ |
| | 1: Mary 18 65 987 | |
| | 2: Eric 22 80 233 | |
| | | |
| +-----------------------------+ |
+---------------------------------+

Which would be more conventional.


Hi

 The conventional approach is the one I looked at and it is what se=

ems

more desirable ... However I tried experimenting with your program to
change the addColumn to the addRow method

private void addRows () {

constraints.gridx=fields.size();
constraints.gridy = 0;
panel.add(new JLabel(labelText), constraints); // I took this out
because I didn't want the labels to appear repeatedly when user
clicks ..
JTextField field = new JTextField(6);
JTextField field1 = new JTextField(6);
JTextField field2 = new JTextField(6);
constraints.gridy = 1;
constraints.gridy=1;


You need to increment gridy once for the new row.
You need to adjust gridx for each field.

panel.add(field, constraints);
panel.add(field1, constraints);
panel.add(field2, constraints);
fields.add(field); // so we can later retrieve content
fields.add(field1);
fields.add(field2);


Maybe you should consider a for loop involving an integer variable x?

   y++;
   constraints.gridy = y;
   for(x=0, x<3, x++) {
      constraints.gridx = x;
      JTextField f = new JTextField(6);
      panel.add(f);
      fields.add(f);
   }

I suspect you don't really need the extra variables x and y, you could
just operate on constraints.gridx and .gridy directly. But it seemed
clearer to have x and y.

Perhaps fields should be JTextField[][] instead of List<JTextField>?

panel.revalidate(); // redo layout for extra column
}

However the problem is that it still keeps adding one textfield thoug=

h

columnwise and not rowwise...Besides I removed the InputDialog as tha=

t

was not needed for repeated and new labels in the main program (Th=

e

actionevent method)

I couldn't figure why it kept on adding columnwise and not rows ??


constraints.gridx and .gridy set the x,y position of the component:

0,0 1,0 2,0 3,0
0,1 1,1 2,1 3,1
0,2 1,2 2,2 3,2
etc

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Somehow I got it to display rowwise (i.e) adding dynamic textfields .
Here is the sample code. However is it possible to decrement by
clicking add One Row Above like I may not need a textfield when I have
fill the information desired....(i.e) the last textfield added
disappears and the row count of textfields is decremented......How?

Also I couldn't figure a way to make the buttons align automatically
when Add More Fields adds one textfield columnwise... Instead it would
be nice to have the two buttons aligbn themselves to the right when
one textfield is added columnwise?? I tried looking for a similar pack
property like resizing the frame when textfield is added columnwise

Here is the sample code

import java.awt.GridBagConstraints;
import java.awt.GridBagLayout;
import java.awt.event.ActionEvent;
import java.awt.event.ActionListener;
import java.util.ArrayList;
import java.util.List;

import javax.swing.JButton;
import javax.swing.JFrame;
import javax.swing.JLabel;
import javax.swing.JOptionPane;
import javax.swing.JPanel;
import javax.swing.JScrollPane;
import javax.swing.JTextField;
import javax.swing.SwingUtilities;

public class GrowGrid {

     public static void main(String[] args) {
         SwingUtilities.invokeLater(new Runnable() {
             public void run() {
                 new GrowGrid().createAndShowGUI();
             }
         });
     }
     private JFrame frame;
     private JPanel panel = new JPanel(new GridBagLayout());
     private GridBagConstraints constraints = new
GridBagConstraints();
     private JTextField f;
     private List<JTextField> field = new ArrayList<JTextField>()=

;

     int y;
     private JButton button = new JButton("Add Extra Fields");
     private JButton button1=new JButton("Add one row below");
     private JButton button2=new JButton("Add one row above");
     private JButton button3=new JButton("Deletes current row");

     private void createAndShowGUI() {
         panel.add(button,constraints);
        panel.add(button1,constraints);

       String[] labels = { "Code", "Description", "FS Value3",
"FSDescriptor" };
       for (String label : labels)
          addColumn(label);

         button.addActionListener(new ActionListener() {
             public void actionPerformed(ActionEvent e) {

                  addRowBelow();
                  frame.pack(); // resize frame to acco=

mmodate more

             }
         });

          button1.addActionListener(new ActionListener() {
             public void actionPerformed(ActionEvent e) {
                 addRowAbove();
                 frame.pack(); // resize frame to accom=

modate more

             }
         });

         frame = new JFrame("Display Testing");
         frame.setDefaultCloseOperation(JFrame.EXIT_ON_CLOSE);
         frame.add(new JScrollPane(panel));
         frame.pack();
         frame.setLocationRelativeTo(null);
         frame.setVisible(true);
     }

          private void addRowAbove(){

           ?? How do I get the last row count of textfields
decremented...(i.e) the last row dissappears.... on decrementing
              //constraints.gridy = 0;
                    for(int x=0;x<3;x++) {
             constraints.gridx = x;
                                 f = =

new JTextField(6);

             panel.add(f,constraints);
                                // panel.=

add(button,constraints);

            // fields.add(f);
          }

          }

      private void addRowBelow(){

        y++;
          constraints.gridy = y;
         for(int x=0; x<3; x++) {
             constraints.gridx = x;
             f = new JTextField(6);
             panel.add(f,constraints);
        }
        panel.revalidate();

          }

          private void addColumn(String LabelText){
             constraints.gridx=field.size();
                  constraints.gridy=0;
                  panel.add(new JLabel(LabelText),const=

raints);

                  constraints.gridy=1;
        }

}

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Sorry Please ignore the previous posting sample code...This is the
actual sample code that I tried

 Somehow I got it to display rowwise (i.e) adding dynamic textfields .

Here is the sample code. However is it possible to decrement by
clicking add One Row Above like I may not need a textfield when I have
fill the information desired....(i.e) the last textfield added
disappears and the row count of textfields is decremented......How?

Also I couldn't figure a way to make the buttons align automatically
when Add More Fields adds one textfield columnwise... Instead it would
be nice to have the two buttons aligbn themselves to the right when
one textfield is added columnwise?? I tried looking for a similar pack
property like resizing the frame when textfield is added columnwise


import java.awt.GridBagConstraints;
import java.awt.GridBagLayout;
import java.awt.event.ActionEvent;
import java.awt.event.ActionListener;
import java.util.ArrayList;
import java.util.List;
import javax.swing.JButton;
import javax.swing.JFrame;
import javax.swing.JLabel;
import javax.swing.JOptionPane;
import javax.swing.JPanel;
import javax.swing.JScrollPane;
import javax.swing.JTextField;
import javax.swing.SwingUtilities;
/**
* @author RedGrittyBrick
*/
public class GrowGrid {
public static void main(String[] args) {
SwingUtilities.invokeLater(new Runnable() {
public void run() {
new GrowGrid().createAndShowGUI();
}
});
}
private JFrame frame;
private JPanel panel = new JPanel(new GridBagLayout());
private GridBagConstraints constraints = new GridBagConstraints();
private List<JTextField> fields = new ArrayList<JTextField>();
private JButton button = new JButton("Add More Fields!");
private JButton button1 =new JButton("Add One Row Below");
private JButton button2=new JButton("Add One Row Above");
int y=2;

private void createAndShowGUI() {
String[] labels = { "Code", "Description", "FSValue3",
"FSDescriptor" };
for (String label : labels)
addColumn(label);
button.addActionListener(new ActionListener() {
public void actionPerformed(ActionEvent e) {
String labelText = JOptionPane.showInputDialog
(frame, "Column Title");
addColumn(labelText);

frame.pack();
}
});
button1.addActionListener(new ActionListener() {
public void actionPerformed(ActionEvent e) {
addRowBelow();

frame.pack();
}

});
button2.addActionListener(new ActionListener() {
public void actionPerformed(ActionEvent e) {
addRowAbove();

frame.pack();
}

});
constraints.gridx=2;
constraints.gridy=0;
panel.add(button, constraints);
constraints.gridx=3;
constraints.gridy=0;
panel.add(button1,constraints);
constraints.gridx=4;
constraints.gridy=0;
panel.add(button2,constraints);
frame = new JFrame("Display Testing");
frame.setDefaultCloseOperation(JFrame.EXIT_ON_CLOSE);
frame.add(new JScrollPane(panel));
frame.pack();
frame.setLocationRelativeTo(null);
frame.setVisible(true);
}
private void addColumn(String labelText) {
constraints.gridx = fields.size();
constraints.gridy = 1;
panel.add(new JLabel(labelText), constraints);
constraints.gridy=2;
JTextField field=new JTextField(6);
panel.add(field,constraints);
fields.add(field);
panel.revalidate(); // redo layout for extra column
}
private void addRowBelow()
{
 y++;
 constraints.gridy=y;
 for (int x=0;x<fields.size();x++)
 {
  constraints.gridx=x;
  JTextField field = new JTextField(6);
  panel.add(field, constraints);
  //fields.add(field); // so we can later retrieve content
 }
 panel.revalidate();
}
private void addRowAbove()
{
 constraints.gridx=fields.size();
 for (int y=0;y< fields.size();y++)
 {
  y--;
  //JTextField field = new JTextField(6);
 // panel.add(field, constraints);
  //fields.add(field); // so we can later retrieve content
 }
 panel.revalidate();
}
}

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