Re: Layout help

From:
IchBin <weconsul@ptd.net>
Newsgroups:
comp.lang.java.help
Date:
Sun, 01 Oct 2006 08:31:39 -0400
Message-ID:
<DuKcnQaN_o-wKILYUSdV9g@ptd.net>
Andrew Thompson wrote:

geoph521@gmail.com wrote:

I'm just learning swing with awt for making a ui, and i can't seem to
get it to look how I want.

layout:
__________________________
|Label : [Text Area ] |
|Label : [Text Area ] |
|Label : [Text Area ] |
|Label : [Text Area ] |
| [Button][Button] |
|_________________________|
|Text Area |
| |
| |
|_________________________|


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) );


Just a passing notice that the object cJPanel is undefined...

    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.


--
Thanks in Advance...
IchBin, Pocono Lake, Pa, USA http://weconsultants.phpnet.us
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