Re: Layout help

geoph521@gmail.com wrote:


Does this do what you want?

<sscce>
import java.awt.*;
import javax.swing.*;

class FieldAndTextForm {
  public static void main(String args[]) {
    JFrame f = new JFrame("Field & Text Form");
    f.setDefaultCloseOperation( JFrame.EXIT_ON_CLOSE );

    Container c = f.getContentPane();
    c.setLayout( new BorderLayout(5,5) );

    JPanel fieldGrid = new JPanel(new BorderLayout(2,3));

    JPanel labelGrid = new JPanel(new GridLayout(0,1));
    JPanel textFieldGrid = new JPanel(new GridLayout(0,1));

    fieldGrid.add( labelGrid, BorderLayout.WEST );
    fieldGrid.add( textFieldGrid, BorderLayout.CENTER );

    for (int ii=0; ii<5; ii++) {
      labelGrid.add( new JLabel("Label " + (ii+1)) );
      textFieldGrid.add( new JTextField("Text " + (ii+1)) );
    }

    JButton restore = new JButton("Restore");
    JButton cancel = new JButton("Cancel");

    JPanel buttonPanel = new
      cJPanel(new FlowLayout(FlowLayout.CENTER, 15, 0) );
    buttonPanel.add(restore);
    buttonPanel.add(cancel);

    fieldGrid.add( buttonPanel, BorderLayout.SOUTH );

    JTextArea ta = new JTextArea(3,35);
    c.add( new JScrollPane(ta,
      ScrollPaneConstants.VERTICAL_SCROLLBAR_ALWAYS,
      ScrollPaneConstants.HORIZONTAL_SCROLLBAR_NEVER ),
      BorderLayout.CENTER );

    c.add( fieldGrid, BorderLayout.NORTH );

    f.pack();
    f.setVisible(true);
  }
}
</sscce>

Andrew T.