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JPanel with SpringLayout is not visible

I am getting insane! I am adding a JPanel to an another JPanel by a method. This method is generating a grid via SpringLayout. The problem is that after adding all JComponents to the panel the preferred size of the panel is 0, thus no content is displayed. Using an another layout manager solves the visibility but I need the structures of the SpringLayout. I can't find my problem.
private JPanel panelErzeugen(ArrayList<JComponent> labels){
JPanel panel = new JPanel();
SpringLayout layout = new SpringLayout();
panel.setLayout(layout);
int abstandVert = 5;
int abstandHori = 5;
for(JComponent label : labels){
if(labels.indexOf(label) == labels.size()/2){
abstandVert = 100;
abstandHori = 5;
}
layout.putConstraint(SpringLayout.WEST, panel, abstandVert, SpringLayout.WEST, label);
layout.putConstraint(SpringLayout.NORTH, panel, abstandHori, SpringLayout.NORTH, label);
panel.add(label);
abstandHori = abstandHori + 25;
}
return panel;
}

Increase a row size in Gridlayout

The above frame contains gridlayout with two rows. First row is text area,second is a panel with two checkboxes. I want to increase height of first row so that first row should be 75% of Total height and second row should be 25%. How can I do that? Here is my code snippet:
setLayout(new GridLayout(2, 0, 0, 0));
Panel text_panel = new Panel();
add(text_panel);
text_panel.setLayout(new GridLayout(1, 0, 0, 0));
JTextArea textArea = new JTextArea();
textArea.setText("text to be displayed");
JScrollPane scroll = new JScrollPane (textArea);
text_panel.add(scroll);
textArea.setLineWrap(true);
textArea.setWrapStyleWord(true);
textArea.setEditable(false);
Border border = BorderFactory.createLineBorder(Color.GRAY);
textArea.setBorder(border);
textArea.setFont(new Font("Arial",Font.PLAIN,12));
textArea.setCaretPosition(0);
textArea.requestFocus();
Panel checebox_panel = new Panel();
checebox_panel.setBackground(Color.WHITE);
add(checebox_panel);
checebox_panel.setLayout(new GridLayout(1, 0, 0, 0));
androidCheckBox = new JCheckBox("Open start page");
androidCheckBox.setBackground(Color.WHITE);
androidCheckBox.addItemListener(itemListener);
androidCheckBox.setSelected(true);
checebox_panel.add(androidCheckBox);
eclipseCheckBox = new JCheckBox("register for updates");
eclipseCheckBox.setBackground(Color.WHITE);
eclipseCheckBox.addItemListener(itemListener);
eclipseCheckBox.setSelected(true);
checebox_panel.add(eclipseCheckBox);

This is not possible with GridLayout. GridLayout will always use even spacing. Look into another layout manager.
Here is a good reference:
https://docs.oracle.com/javase/tutorial/uiswing/layout/visual.html

With GridLayout you can't have two rows that are different sizes. Look into BoxLayout. Something like this:
JPanel content = new JPanel();
frame.getContentPane().add(content);
LayoutManager layout = new BoxLayout(content, BoxLayout.Y_AXIS);
Box boxes[] = new Box[2];
boxes[0] = Box.createHorizontalBox();
boxes[1] = Box.createHorizontalBox();
boxes[0].createGlue();
boxes[1].createGlue();
content.add(boxes[0]);
content.add(boxes[1]);
JPanel panel = new JPanel();
JPanel panel2 = new JPanel();
panel.setPreferredSize(new Dimension(500,300));
panel2.setPreferredSize(new Dimension(500,200));
boxes[0].add(panel);
boxes[1].add(panel2);
Using setPreferredSize is never optimal, but it works. This is just an example of how you could do it, I'm sure there is better ways though! ;)

"Increase a row size in Gridlayout" I came across this requirement and by trying to device a solution I got one, tried border instead grid layout. it might be helpful :)
here is the code:
import ComponentMeta.RequiredComp;
import javax.swing.*;
import java.awt.*;
import java.util.HashMap;
import java.util.List;
import java.util.Map;
public class PromptPopup extends JDialog {
private final JScrollPane scrollPane = new JScrollPane();
private int rows;
private int cols;
private int vGap;
private int hGap;
private Map<String, Component> componentRepo;
public PromptPopup(JFrame parent) {
super(parent);
componentRepo = new HashMap<>();
this.setModalityType(ModalityType.APPLICATION_MODAL);
}
public void setComponentsDisplayStyle(int rows, int cols, int vGap, int hGap) {
this.rows = rows;
this.cols = cols;
this.vGap = vGap;
this.hGap = hGap;
}
public void setComponentReop() {
JTextField dynamicParamTextField = new JTextField();
this.componentRepo.put("COMPANY_CODE", dynamicParamTextField);
JTextField dynamicParamTextField2 = new JTextField();
this.componentRepo.put("DIST_CODE", dynamicParamTextField2);
JTextField dynamicParamTextField3 = new JTextField();
this.componentRepo.put("LOCA_CODE", dynamicParamTextField3);
JTextField dynamicParamTextField4 = new JTextField();
this.componentRepo.put("TOKEN_EXEC", dynamicParamTextField4);
}
public void initPopupUI() {
//Setting content panes layout
getContentPane().setLayout(new BorderLayout(0, 0));
//Creating a root panel(root container) to hold the child components
JPanel rootContainer = new JPanel();
rootContainer.setLayout(new BorderLayout());
//Creating header panel(header container) to hold the header components
JPanel header = new JPanel();
header.setLayout(new FlowLayout());
JLabel headerText = new JLabel("Source query parameters required ");
headerText.setForeground(Color.WHITE);
header.add(headerText);
header.setBackground(Color.BLUE);
//Creating footer panel(footer container ) to hold the footer components
JPanel footer = new JPanel();
footer.setLayout(new FlowLayout());
JButton executeWithParamsButton = new JButton("Execute with params");
executeWithParamsButton.setBackground(Color.BLACK);
executeWithParamsButton.setForeground(Color.WHITE);
JButton cancelButton = new JButton("Cancel");
cancelButton.setBackground(Color.RED);
cancelButton.setForeground(Color.WHITE);
footer.add(executeWithParamsButton);
footer.add(cancelButton);
footer.setBackground(Color.BLUE);
//Creating content panel(content container) to hold the all dynamically generated components
JPanel contentContainer = new JPanel();
GridLayout gridLayout = new GridLayout(this.rows, this.cols, this.hGap, this.vGap);
contentContainer.setLayout(gridLayout);
for (Map.Entry entry : componentRepo.entrySet()) {
JLabel dynamicParamLabel = new JLabel(entry.getKey().toString());
contentContainer.add(dynamicParamLabel);
contentContainer.add((Component) entry.getValue());
}
// Adding all the created containers to the root container one by one
rootContainer.add(header, BorderLayout.NORTH);
rootContainer.add(contentContainer, BorderLayout.CENTER);
rootContainer.add(footer, BorderLayout.SOUTH);
//Adding the root container to the scroll pane in order the view to be scrollable nno matter how many components are there.
scrollPane.setViewportView(rootContainer);
getContentPane().add(scrollPane);
}
}
And Here is output I wanted i.e The Header to be on top consuming space only based on it's components and same for the Center panel and The footer containing button controls.
output

2 JPanels in the same location using Jigloo Swing

My problem is that I need to make a GUI that, on startup, displays a login screen, then, when the user succesfully logs in, displays a different screen. I've visited other questions on both this board and on others, and on all of them, the general consensus is that instead of using two different, JFrames, I should use 2 JPanels in the same JFrame. When a user logs in, the first JFrame, asking for log in details, will have its visibility set to false and the second JFrame's visibility will become True. The problem I'm having here is that I can't seem to place 2 JPanels on the same location. I'm using Jigloo to work on Swing. Whenever I place the second JPanel and set its visibility to false, it's size becomes 0,0. I tried putting components on the second panel, then setting my preferred size and then switching the visibility to false, but both panels disappeared during executionm despite the first frame's visibility still being true and being the proper size. Help please!

I've answered a similar question wherein you've multiple panels within single JFrame.. and based on user action performed panels are replaced
Can't seem to get .remove to work
To skin the program based on your query:
public class Main extends JFrame implements ActionListener
{
private JPanel componentPanel = null;
private JPanel loginPanel = null;
private JLabel loginLabel = null;
private JPanel optionPanel = null;
private JLabel optionLabel = null;
private JButton loginButton = null;
public JPanel getComponentPanel()
{
if(null == componentPanel)
{
componentPanel = new JPanel();
GridBagLayout gridBagLayout = new GridBagLayout();
componentPanel.setLayout(gridBagLayout);
GridBagConstraints constraint = new GridBagConstraints();
constraint.insets = new Insets(10, 10, 10, 10);
loginPanel = new JPanel();
constraint.gridx = 0;
constraint.gridy = 0;
loginPanel.setMinimumSize(new Dimension(100, 50));
loginPanel.setPreferredSize(new Dimension(100, 50));
loginPanel.setMaximumSize(new Dimension(100, 50));
loginPanel.setBorder(
BorderFactory.createLineBorder(Color.RED));
loginLabel = new JLabel("Login Panel");
loginPanel.add(loginLabel);
componentPanel.add(loginPanel, constraint);
optionPanel = new JPanel();
constraint.gridx = 0;
constraint.gridy = 0;
optionPanel.setMinimumSize(new Dimension(100, 50));
optionPanel.setPreferredSize(new Dimension(100, 50));
optionPanel.setMaximumSize(new Dimension(100, 50));
optionPanel.setBorder(
BorderFactory.createLineBorder(Color.BLUE));
optionLabel = new JLabel("Option Panel");
optionPanel.add(optionLabel);
componentPanel.add(optionPanel, constraint);
loginButton = new JButton("Login");
constraint.gridx = 0;
constraint.gridy = 1;
loginButton.addActionListener(this);
componentPanel.add(loginButton, constraint);
}
return componentPanel;
}
public void actionPerformed (ActionEvent evt)
{
loginPanel.setVisible(false);
loginButton.setEnabled(false);
optionPanel.setVisible(true);
}
public static void main(String[] args)
{
JFrame frame = new JFrame();
Main main = new Main();
frame.setTitle("Simple example");
frame.setSize(200, 200);
frame.setLocationRelativeTo(null);
frame.setContentPane(main.getComponentPanel());
frame.setVisible(true);
frame.setDefaultCloseOperation(EXIT_ON_CLOSE);
}
}

Creating JTabbedPane in a JDialog and making the frame available

I'm working with GUI in Java and I've made several JDialogs opening one above the other.
I tried to create a JTabbedPane and I have succeed. However, I have to make the JTabbedPane in a JFrame. I've tried but the JPanel opens all blank.
Second of all when I use JFrame (so the new JTabbedPane became operational) that same frame appears behind the previous one.
So my questions are:
How can I create the tabbed pane in a JDialog ?
How do I make the JTabbedPane appear in front of all other frames, if I use JFrame ?
Here's my code, this JFrame opened when I click on a JButton from a previous JDialog
public class AddComponents extends JDialog {
private String[] arr = {"House", "Microgrid", "CSP", "VPP"};
public AddComponents(JDialog pai, String titulo)
{
super(pai, titulo);
frame = new JFrame(titulo);
// Display the window.
frame.setSize(500, 300);
frame.setVisible(true);
frame.setDefaultCloseOperation(JFrame.EXIT_ON_CLOSE);
// set grid layout for the frame
frame.getContentPane().setLayout(new GridLayout(1, 1));
tabbedPane = new JTabbedPane(JTabbedPane.TOP);
pack();
for (int i = 0; i < arr.length; i++) {
String tmp = arr[i];
tabbedPane.addTab(tmp, makePanel(tmp));
}
frame.getContentPane().add(tabbedPane);
frame.setMinimumSize(new Dimension(getWidth(), getHeight()));
frame.setLocation(pai.getX() + 85, pai.getY() + 25);
frame.setEnabled(true);
}
private JPanel makePanel(String text) {
JPanel p = new JPanel();
//p.setLayout(new GridLayout(0,1));
JPanel p1 = new JPanel();
JPanel p2 = new JPanel();
if(text.equals("House"))
{ //CADA UM DOS ifs chama a class correspondente para criar o interface
p1.setLayout(new GridLayout(4, 2));
idLabel = new JLabel("Component ID:");
idText = new JTextField("");
p1.add(idLabel);
p1.add(idText);
maxUsageLabel = new JLabel("Max usage per hour:");
maxUsageText = new JTextField("");
p1.add(maxUsageLabel);
p1.add(maxUsageText);
minUsageLabel = new JLabel("Min usage per hour:");
minUsageText = new JTextField("");
p1.add(minUsageLabel);
p1.add(minUsageText);
averageUsageLabel = new JLabel("Average usage per hour:");
averageUsageText = new JTextField("");
p1.add(averageUsageLabel);
p1.add(averageUsageText);
// emptyLabel = new JLabel("");
saveButton = new JButton("Save");
// p.add(emptyLabel);
p2.add(saveButton);
p.add(p1);
p.add(p2);
}
if(text.equals("Microgrid"))
{
p.setLayout(new GridLayout(5, 2));
outroLabel = new JLabel(" Microgrid");
p.add(outroLabel);
}
if(text.equals("VPP"))
{
p.setLayout(new GridLayout(5, 2));
outroLabel = new JLabel(" VPP");
p.add(outroLabel);
}
if(text.equals("CSP"))
{
p.setLayout(new GridLayout(5, 2));
outroLabel = new JLabel(" CSP");
p.add(outroLabel);
}
return p;
}
}

"How can I create the tabbed pane in a JDialog ?"
same as you would if you added it to a JFrame. There is essentially no difference here whatsoever.
"How do I make the JTabbedPane appear in front of all other frames, if I use JFrame ?"
you don't. You use a JDialog if you want to display a window above other windows.

For creating the JDialog use:
final JDialog dialog = new JDialog();
dialog.add(tabbedPane);
dialog.setVisible(true);
Java applications normally have only one JFrame, so nobody worries about the Z-order. If you like them, you can use JInternalFrame. Here is the tutorial. You can, however, use dialogs instead.

Stack swing elements from top to bottom

Consider the following figure:
I need to develop a swing GUI the looks like this. I simply named them jLabel's but there a few images and jLabels in it. The default awt background visible is a JPanel and each red background visible is a serperate JPanel. Now I need them to get stacked as shown above. I tried a number of LayoutManagers and still it doesn't work.
The important point here is that the number of red colored divs are not constant. If there is only one red colored div then it must be displayed at the top, not at the center. As far as i know GridBagLayout should work, but it centers the single red colored jpanel available. All the layout managers are centering them but not stacking them from top to bottom.

Even with anchor set to NORTH then the panels will still be centered. You could work around it by adding a dummy panel to fill the remaining space. Personally I'd stay well away from GridBagLayout though.
JFrame frame = new JFrame();
JPanel content = new JPanel();
content.setBorder(BorderFactory.createLineBorder(Color.red));
frame.setContentPane(content);
frame.getContentPane().setLayout(new GridBagLayout());
frame.setSize(400, 300);
for (int i = 0; i < 3; i++) {
JPanel panel = new JPanel();
panel.add(new JLabel("label1"));
panel.add(new JLabel("label2"));
panel.add(new JLabel("label3"));
panel.setBorder(BorderFactory.createLineBorder(Color.red));
GridBagConstraints con = new GridBagConstraints();
con.gridy = i;
con.gridx = 0;
con.anchor = GridBagConstraints.NORTHWEST;
con.ipady = 10;
frame.getContentPane().add(panel, con);
}
// dummy panel to use up the space (force others to top)
frame.getContentPane().add(
new JPanel(),
new GridBagConstraints(0, 3, 1, 1, 1, 1,
GridBagConstraints.NORTHWEST,
GridBagConstraints.VERTICAL, new Insets(0, 0, 0, 0), 0,
0));
frame.setVisible(true);
GroupLayout example (my favourite layout manager).
JFrame frame = new JFrame();
JPanel content = new JPanel();
frame.setContentPane(content);
frame.getContentPane().setLayout(
new BoxLayout(content, BoxLayout.Y_AXIS));
frame.setSize(400, 300);
GroupLayout gLayout = new GroupLayout(content);
content.setLayout(gLayout);
ParallelGroup hGroup = gLayout.createParallelGroup();
gLayout.setHorizontalGroup(hGroup);
SequentialGroup vGroup = gLayout.createSequentialGroup();
gLayout.setVerticalGroup(vGroup);
for (int i = 0; i < 3; i++) {
JPanel panel = new JPanel();
panel.add(new JLabel("label1"));
panel.add(new JLabel("label2"));
panel.add(new JLabel("label3"));
panel.setBorder(BorderFactory.createLineBorder(Color.red));
hGroup.addComponent(panel);
vGroup.addComponent(panel, GroupLayout.PREFERRED_SIZE,
GroupLayout.PREFERRED_SIZE, GroupLayout.PREFERRED_SIZE);
vGroup.addGap(10);
}
frame.setVisible(true);

you can use Vertical BoxLayout, for example:
http://www.java-tips.org/java-se-tips/javax.swing/how-to-use-swing-boxlayout.html

nobody tell us that all JComponents must be visible, for example
from code
import java.awt.*;
import java.awt.event.*;
import javax.swing.*;
import javax.swing.border.LineBorder;
public class AddComponentsAtRuntime {
private JFrame f;
private JPanel panel;
private JCheckBox checkValidate, checkReValidate, checkRepaint, checkPack;
public AddComponentsAtRuntime() {
f = new JFrame();
f.setDefaultCloseOperation(JFrame.EXIT_ON_CLOSE);
panel = new JPanel(new GridLayout(0, 1));
f.add(panel, "Center");
f.add(getCheckBoxPanel(), "South");
f.setLocation(200, 200);
f.pack();
f.setVisible(true);
}
private JPanel getCheckBoxPanel() {
checkValidate = new JCheckBox("validate");
checkValidate.setSelected(false);
checkReValidate = new JCheckBox("revalidate");
checkReValidate.setSelected(false);
checkRepaint = new JCheckBox("repaint");
checkRepaint.setSelected(false);
checkPack = new JCheckBox("pack");
checkPack.setSelected(false);
JButton addComp = new JButton("Add New One");
addComp.addActionListener(new ActionListener() {
#Override
public void actionPerformed(ActionEvent e) {
JPanel b = new JPanel(new GridLayout(0, 4));
b.setBackground(Color.red);
b.setBorder(new LineBorder(Color.black, 2));
//b.setPreferredSize(new Dimension(600, 20));
for (int i = 0; i < 4; i++) {
JLabel l = new JLabel("label" + i + 1);
b.add(l);
if (i == 2) {
l.setVisible(false);
}
}
panel.add(b);
makeChange();
System.out.println(" Components Count after Adds :" + panel.getComponentCount());
}
});
JButton removeComp = new JButton("Remove One");
removeComp.addActionListener(new ActionListener() {
#Override
public void actionPerformed(ActionEvent e) {
int count = panel.getComponentCount();
if (count > 0) {
panel.remove(0);
}
makeChange();
System.out.println(" Components Count after Removes :" + panel.getComponentCount());
}
});
JPanel panel2 = new JPanel();
panel2.add(checkValidate);
panel2.add(checkReValidate);
panel2.add(checkRepaint);
panel2.add(checkPack);
checkPack.setSelected(true);
panel2.add(addComp);
panel2.add(removeComp);
return panel2;
}
private void makeChange() {
if (checkValidate.isSelected()) {
panel.validate();
}
if (checkReValidate.isSelected()) {
panel.revalidate();
}
if (checkRepaint.isSelected()) {
panel.repaint();
}
if (checkPack.isSelected()) {
f.pack();
}
}
public static void main(String[] args) {
AddComponentsAtRuntime makingChanges = new AddComponentsAtRuntime();
}
}

You should try the MigLayout it is simple yet powerful. Below I tell miglayout to grow elements, and fill all possible space, then after each element I tell it to go to a new line (wrap). You can find examples and tutorial on MigLayout page http://www.miglayout.com/:
import net.miginfocom.swing.MigLayout;
public class PanelLearning extends JPanel {
public PanelLearning() {
setLayout(new MigLayout("", "[grow, fill]", ""));
for (int i = 0; i < 3; i++) {
JPanel panel = new JPanel();
panel.add(new JLabel("label1"));
panel.add(new JLabel("label2"));
panel.add(new JLabel("label3"));
panel.setBorder(BorderFactory.createLineBorder(Color.red));
add(panel, "span, wrap");
}
}
public static void main(String[] args) {
JFrame frame = new JFrame("Login");
frame.setVisible(true);
frame.setContentPane(new PanelLearning());
frame.setDefaultCloseOperation(JFrame.EXIT_ON_CLOSE);
frame.setVisible(true);
frame.pack();
}
}

Make sure GridBagConstraints.anchor = GridBagConstraints.NORTH when you add components to the panel.