Re: Layout question

From:

"Andrew Thompson" <andrewthommo@gmail.com>

Newsgroups:

comp.lang.java.programmer

Date:

30 Jan 2007 03:40:51 -0800

Message-ID:

<1170157251.618472.325920@a34g2000cwb.googlegroups.com>

On Jan 30, 9:54 pm, nukl...@invalid.addr (nukleus) wrote:

In article <1170129146.373308.103...@a75g2000cwd.googlegroups.com>,

....

I wonder if you might give me a hint on how would
you layout that frame I described in my previous post.

I might (at least, as well as I understand your description)..

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

class ExampleNestedLayout extends JPanel {

  ExampleNestedLayout() {
    super( new BorderLayout(5,5) );

    JToolBar tb = new JToolBar();
    // extra measures need to be taken,
    // to ensure toolbars can 'float'
    // correctly, we keep it simple.
    tb.setFloatable(false);
    for (int ii=1; ii<5; ii++) {
      tb.add( new JButton("Button " + ii ) );
    }

    add( tb, BorderLayout.NORTH );

    JPanel textFieldContainer =
      new JPanel(new GridLayout(0,1,5,5));
    for (int ii=1; ii<5; ii++) {
      textFieldContainer.add( new JTextField() );
    }

    JPanel textEditContainer = new JPanel(
      new BorderLayout(5,5) );
    textEditContainer.add(
      textFieldContainer, BorderLayout.NORTH );
    textEditContainer.add(
      new JScrollPane( new JTextArea(5,20) ) );

    add( textEditContainer, BorderLayout.WEST );

    JPanel checkBoxContainer = new JPanel(
      new FlowLayout( FlowLayout.CENTER, 5, 5 ) );
    for (int ii=1; ii<15; ii++) {
      checkBoxContainer.add(
        new JCheckBox("CheckBox " + ii) );
    }

    add( checkBoxContainer, BorderLayout.CENTER );
  }

  public static void main(String[] args) {
    JFrame f = new JFrame("Example Nested Layout");
    f.setDefaultCloseOperation(
      JFrame.EXIT_ON_CLOSE);
    f.getContentPane().add(
      new ExampleNestedLayout() );
    f.pack();
    f.setMinimumSize( new Dimension(450,300) );
    f.setSize( 800,400 );
    f.setLocationRelativeTo(null);
    f.setVisible(true);
  }
}
</sscce>

HTH

Andrew T.