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how to implement UTF-8 format in Swing application?
In Swing application I have the send button, one text area and a text field.
If I press the send button, I need to send the text from text field to text area
It's working fine in English But not in the local language...
package package1;
import java.awt.*;
import java.awt.event.*;
import java.io.UnsupportedEncodingException;
import javax.swing.BorderFactory;
import javax.swing.JFrame;
import javax.swing.JTextArea;
import javax.swing.JTextField;
import javax.swing.border.Border;
class AEvent extends JFrame implements ActionListener{
private static final long serialVersionUID = 1L;
JTextField tf;
JTextArea area ;
Border border;
AEvent(){
area = new JTextArea(200,200);
area.setBounds(60,200,300,200);
border = BorderFactory.createLineBorder(Color.BLACK);
area.setBorder(border);
tf=new JTextField();
tf.setBounds(60,70,150,20);
Button b=new Button("click me");
b.setBounds(100,120,80,30);
b.addActionListener(this);
add(b);
add(tf);
add(area);
addWindowListener(new WindowAdapter(){
public void windowClosing(WindowEvent we){
System.exit(0);
}
});
setSize(600,600);
setLayout(null);
setVisible(true);
}
public void actionPerformed(ActionEvent e){
String s = null;
try {
s = new String(tf.getText().getBytes(), "UTF-8");
} catch (UnsupportedEncodingException e1) {
e1.printStackTrace();
}
area.setText(s);
}
public static void main(String args[]){
new AEvent();
}
}
Please give some Idea or some code that will help me to solve this..
This breaks if the the platform default encoding is not utf-8. tf.getText().getBytes() gives you the bytes in the platform default encoding. new String(tf.getText().getBytes(), "UTF-8") will create a corrupt string if the actual encoding of the bytes is not utf-8.
try
public void actionPerformed(ActionEvent e){
area.setText(tf.getText());
}
OK, so if you are still not convinced of Phillipe's answer, here is a fully working code which demonstrates the good answer. I tried it with accented characters and it works just fine. If it breaks, please indicate how.
import java.awt.GridBagConstraints;
import java.awt.GridBagLayout;
import java.awt.Insets;
import java.awt.event.ActionEvent;
import java.awt.event.ActionListener;
import java.awt.event.WindowAdapter;
import java.awt.event.WindowEvent;
import javax.swing.JButton;
import javax.swing.JFrame;
import javax.swing.JScrollPane;
import javax.swing.JTextArea;
import javax.swing.JTextField;
import javax.swing.SwingUtilities;
class AEvent implements ActionListener {
private JTextField tf;
private JTextArea area;
private JFrame frame;
protected void initUI() {
frame = new JFrame();
frame.setLayout(new GridBagLayout());
area = new JTextArea(30, 80);
area.setEditable(false);
area.setFocusable(false);
tf = new JTextField();
JButton b = new JButton("click me");
b.addActionListener(this);
JScrollPane scrollPane = new JScrollPane(area);
scrollPane.setHorizontalScrollBarPolicy(JScrollPane.HORIZONTAL_SCROLLBAR_NEVER);
scrollPane.setVerticalScrollBarPolicy(JScrollPane.VERTICAL_SCROLLBAR_AS_NEEDED);
GridBagConstraints gbc = new GridBagConstraints();
gbc.weightx = 1.0;
gbc.weighty = 1.0;
gbc.fill = GridBagConstraints.BOTH;
gbc.insets = new Insets(5, 5, 5, 5);
gbc.gridwidth = GridBagConstraints.REMAINDER;
frame.add(scrollPane, gbc);
gbc = new GridBagConstraints();
gbc.weightx = 1.0;
gbc.insets = new Insets(5, 5, 5, 5);
gbc.fill = GridBagConstraints.HORIZONTAL;
frame.add(tf, gbc);
gbc = new GridBagConstraints();
gbc.insets = new Insets(5, 5, 5, 5);
frame.add(b, gbc);
frame.getRootPane().setDefaultButton(b);
frame.addWindowListener(new WindowAdapter() {
#Override
public void windowClosing(WindowEvent we) {
System.exit(0);
}
});
frame.pack();
frame.setVisible(true);
tf.requestFocusInWindow();
}
#Override
public void actionPerformed(ActionEvent e) {
area.append(tf.getText() + "\n");
tf.setText("");
}
public static void main(String args[]) {
SwingUtilities.invokeLater(new Runnable() {
#Override
public void run() {
new AEvent().initUI();
}
});
}
}
Why this?
String s = null;
try {
s = new String(tf.getText().getBytes(), "UTF-8");
} catch (UnsupportedEncodingException e1) {
e1.printStackTrace();
}
area.setText(s);
Why not just:
area.setText(tf.getText());
I tried to do do your objective with a local language it worked fine for me. Can you please specify which local language are you considering and on what IDE are you working?
Related
Hello I found a Projekt on yt where you can search for a keyword and it will show all the websites it found on google. And right now I am trying to revive the keyword the user put in the textfield but it isn't working. It does not find the textfield (tf1) I made, but I don't know what I did wrong. Thanks in advance!
here's my code:
import java.awt.Color;
import java.awt.Dimension;
import java.awt.FlowLayout;
import java.awt.event.ActionEvent;
import java.awt.event.ActionListener;
import java.util.ArrayList;
import javax.swing.AbstractButton;
import javax.swing.JButton;
import javax.swing.JFrame;
import javax.swing.JLabel;
import javax.swing.JTextField;
public class Main implements ActionListener {
public static void main(String[] args) {
int frameWidth = 600;
int frameHeight = 600;
JFrame f = new JFrame();
JLabel l1 = new JLabel();
JTextField tf1 = new JTextField();
JButton b1 = new JButton();
f.getContentPane().setBackground(Color.PINK);
f.setDefaultCloseOperation(JFrame.EXIT_ON_CLOSE);
f.setResizable(false);
f.setSize(frameWidth, frameHeight);
f.setTitle("Search");
f.setLocationRelativeTo(null);
f.setLayout(new FlowLayout(FlowLayout.CENTER,10,10));
f.add(l1);
f.add(tf1);
f.add(b1);
l1.setText("Enter Keywords");
tf1.setPreferredSize(new Dimension(200, 20));
tf1.revalidate();
b1.setText("Search");
b1.addActionListener(new Main());
f.setVisible(true);
// ArrayList<WebCrawler> bots = new ArrayList<>();
// bots.add(new WebCrawler("", 1));
// bots.add(new WebCrawler("", 2));
// bots.add(new WebCrawler("", 3));
// for(WebCrawler w : bots) {
// try {
// w.getThread().join();
//
// }catch(InterruptedException e) {
// e.printStackTrace();
// }
// }
}
#Override
public void actionPerformed(ActionEvent e) {
String keyword = tf1.getText(); //Here it does not find the tf I made
System.out.println(keyword); //just for confirmation
}
}
You have a reference issue.
tf1 is declared as a local variable within main, which makes it inaccessible to any other method/context. Add into the fact that main is static and you run into another problem area.
The simple solution would be to make tf1 a instance field. This would be further simplified if you grouped your UI logic into a class, for example...
import java.awt.Color;
import java.awt.EventQueue;
import java.awt.GridBagConstraints;
import java.awt.GridBagLayout;
import java.awt.Insets;
import java.awt.event.ActionEvent;
import java.awt.event.ActionListener;
import javax.swing.JButton;
import javax.swing.JFrame;
import javax.swing.JLabel;
import javax.swing.JOptionPane;
import javax.swing.JPanel;
import javax.swing.JTextField;
import javax.swing.border.EmptyBorder;
public class Main {
public static void main(String[] args) {
new Main();
}
public Main() {
EventQueue.invokeLater(new Runnable() {
#Override
public void run() {
JFrame frame = new JFrame();
frame.add(new TestPane());
frame.pack();
frame.setLocationRelativeTo(null);
frame.setVisible(true);
}
});
}
public class TestPane extends JPanel {
private JLabel label;
private JTextField textField;
private JButton searchButton;
public TestPane() {
setBorder(new EmptyBorder(32, 32, 32, 32));
setBackground(Color.PINK);
setLayout(new GridBagLayout());
label = new JLabel("Enter Keywords: ");
textField = new JTextField(20);
searchButton = new JButton("Search");
GridBagConstraints gbc = new GridBagConstraints();
gbc.insets = new Insets(8, 8, 8, 8);
gbc.gridx = 0;
gbc.gridy = 0;
add(label, gbc);
gbc.gridx++;
add(textField, gbc);
gbc.gridy++;
gbc.gridx = 0;
gbc.gridwidth = GridBagConstraints.REMAINDER;
add(searchButton, gbc);
ActionListener listener = new ActionListener() {
#Override
public void actionPerformed(ActionEvent e) {
String text = textField.getText();
JOptionPane.showMessageDialog(TestPane.this, "You want to search for: " + text);
}
};
textField.addActionListener(listener);
searchButton.addActionListener(listener);
}
}
}
This is basic Java 101. You might find something like What is the difference between a local variable, an instance field, an input parameter, and a class field? of help
I feel as beginner I may have bitten off too much in regards to application building. That said, I am working on developing an application for a friend that will have prompts where each JPanel will provide fields to create an object to be used later. What I would like to have happen is that when the panel loads, it displays one object creation panel and a button to dynamically add a new panel if the user wants to make multiples (the plus button would add the new panel).
I have drawn up something in paint to illustrate this:
By my very limited understanding, I can create a panel to hold these sub-panels, and then add a action listener to the '+' button to create new panels. The only way I could think to implement this is to create a constructor for the panel I want to add. Is this possible? Let me show you what I have:
package com.company;
import java.awt.*;
import javax.swing.*;
/**
* Created by Travis on 3/1/2015.
*/
public class MainSnakeGui extends JFrame{
protected int panelCount;
//row 1
JPanel row1 = new JPanel();
JLabel splitSnakeLabel = new JLabel("Create a Split Snake", JLabel.CENTER);
//row 2
JPanel row2 = new JPanel();
JButton addButton = new JButton("+");
public MainSnakeGui() {
super("Snake Channels");
setSize(550, 400);
setDefaultCloseOperation(JFrame.EXIT_ON_CLOSE);
GridLayout layout = new GridLayout(5, 1, 10, 10);
setLayout(layout);
FlowLayout layout1 = new FlowLayout(FlowLayout.CENTER, 10, 10);
row1.setLayout(layout1);
row1.add(splitSnakeLabel);
add(row1);
GridLayout layout2 = new GridLayout(1, 2, 10, 10);
row2.setLayout(layout2);
row2.add(addButton);
MainSnakeConstructor snakePanel = new MainSnakeConstructor();
row2.add(snakePanel);
add(row2);
setVisible(true);
}
public static void setLookAndFeel () {
try {
UIManager.setLookAndFeel("com.sun.java.swing.plaf.nimbus.NimbusLookAndFeel");
} catch (Exception e) {
}
}
public static void main(String[] arg) {
MainSnakeGui.setLookAndFeel();
MainSnakeGui frame = new MainSnakeGui();
}
}
Here is the constructor:
package com.company;
import javax.swing.*;
import java.awt.*;
/**
* Created by Travis on 3/1/2015.
*/
public class MainSnakeConstructor extends JFrame {
public MainSnakeConstructor () {
JPanel splitSnakeRow = new JPanel();
JLabel snakeNameLabel = new JLabel("Snake Name");
JLabel channelCountLabel = new JLabel("Channel Count");
JCheckBox artistSuppliedCheckBox = new JCheckBox("Artist Supplied?");
JTextField snakeNameTextField = new JTextField(30);
JTextField channelCountTextField = new JTextField(3);
GridLayout layout = new GridLayout(3,2,10,10);
splitSnakeRow.setLayout(layout);
splitSnakeRow.add(snakeNameLabel);
splitSnakeRow.add(channelCountLabel);
splitSnakeRow.add(artistSuppliedCheckBox);
splitSnakeRow.add(snakeNameTextField);
splitSnakeRow.add(channelCountTextField);
add(splitSnakeRow);
}
}
Think about it differently. You want a button that allows you to add new panels, so you really only need a single button.
From there, you need some kind common panel which provides the functionality you want to the user (the creation panel). Then, when the user clicks the add button, you create a new creation panel and add it to the container been used to display them, for example...
import java.awt.BorderLayout;
import java.awt.Color;
import java.awt.Dimension;
import java.awt.EventQueue;
import java.awt.FlowLayout;
import java.awt.GridBagConstraints;
import java.awt.GridBagLayout;
import java.awt.event.ActionEvent;
import java.awt.event.ActionListener;
import javax.swing.JButton;
import javax.swing.JFrame;
import javax.swing.JLabel;
import javax.swing.JPanel;
import javax.swing.JScrollPane;
import javax.swing.UIManager;
import javax.swing.UnsupportedLookAndFeelException;
import javax.swing.border.CompoundBorder;
import javax.swing.border.EmptyBorder;
import javax.swing.border.LineBorder;
public class Test {
public static void main(String[] args) {
new Test();
}
public Test() {
EventQueue.invokeLater(new Runnable() {
#Override
public void run() {
try {
UIManager.setLookAndFeel(UIManager.getSystemLookAndFeelClassName());
} catch (ClassNotFoundException | InstantiationException | IllegalAccessException | UnsupportedLookAndFeelException ex) {
ex.printStackTrace();
}
JFrame frame = new JFrame("Testing");
frame.setDefaultCloseOperation(JFrame.EXIT_ON_CLOSE);
frame.add(new TestPane());
frame.pack();
frame.setLocationRelativeTo(null);
frame.setVisible(true);
}
});
}
public class TestPane extends JPanel {
public TestPane() {
JButton btnAdd = new JButton("+");
setLayout(new BorderLayout());
JPanel buttons = new JPanel(new FlowLayout(FlowLayout.LEFT));
buttons.add(btnAdd);
add(buttons, BorderLayout.NORTH);
JPanel content = new JPanel(new GridBagLayout());
GridBagConstraints gbc = new GridBagConstraints();
gbc.gridwidth = GridBagConstraints.REMAINDER;
gbc.weighty = 1;
content.add(new JPanel(), gbc);
add(new JScrollPane(content));
btnAdd.addActionListener(new ActionListener() {
#Override
public void actionPerformed(ActionEvent e) {
CreationPane pane = new CreationPane();
int insertAt = Math.max(0, content.getComponentCount() - 1);
GridBagConstraints gbc = new GridBagConstraints();
gbc.gridwidth = GridBagConstraints.REMAINDER;
gbc.fill = GridBagConstraints.HORIZONTAL;
gbc.weightx = 1;
content.add(pane, gbc, insertAt);
content.revalidate();
content.repaint();
}
});
}
#Override
public Dimension getPreferredSize() {
return new Dimension(200, 200);
}
}
public static class CreationPane extends JPanel {
private static int count;
public CreationPane() {
setLayout(new GridBagLayout());
add(new JLabel("Make it so " + (count++)));
setBorder(new CompoundBorder(new LineBorder(Color.BLACK), new EmptyBorder(10, 10, 10, 10)));
}
}
}
Now having done all that, I prefer the VerticalLayout manager from SwingLabs, SwingX library, which basically does the same thing...
in my new Java project I have a JFrame in which there is a JLabel set to North with BorderLayout, and below it is an image. The image fits fine on the JFrame, but the JLabel cuts off the top of it. How can I resize this JLabel? I tried setPreferredSize and that didn't work. Help would be appreciated.
Code:
package counter.main;
import java.awt.BorderLayout;
import java.awt.Component;
import java.awt.Dimension;
import java.awt.FlowLayout;
import java.awt.Font;
import java.awt.Image;
import java.awt.event.ActionEvent;
import java.awt.event.ActionListener;
import java.io.IOException;
import java.net.URL;
import javax.sound.sampled.AudioInputStream;
import javax.sound.sampled.AudioSystem;
import javax.sound.sampled.Clip;
import javax.sound.sampled.LineUnavailableException;
import javax.sound.sampled.UnsupportedAudioFileException;
import javax.swing.ImageIcon;
import javax.swing.JButton;
import javax.swing.JFrame;
import javax.swing.JLabel;
import javax.swing.JPanel;
import javax.swing.SwingConstants;
public class FoodCounter {
public static JLabel greet4 = new JLabel("",SwingConstants.CENTER);
public static JLabel message4 = new JLabel();
public static JLabel lclicks4 = new JLabel();
public static JButton buttonClick4 = new JButton("+ Food");
public static int clicks4 = 0;
public static URL food = Main.class.getResource("/counter/main/FoodEating.wav");
public static JButton back = new JButton("Back");
public static JLabel bread;
static JFrame frame = new JFrame("Food Counter"); {
createView();
frame.setSize(500, 100);
frame.setLocationRelativeTo(null);
frame.setResizable(false);
frame.setDefaultCloseOperation(JFrame.EXIT_ON_CLOSE);
frame.revalidate();
frame.repaint();
}
private void createView() {
final JPanel panelc = new JPanel();
frame.getContentPane().add(panelc);
panelc.setLayout(new FlowLayout(FlowLayout.CENTER, 5, 11));
greet4.setFont(new Font( "Dialog", Font.PLAIN, 18));
greet4.setPreferredSize(new Dimension(40, 20));
panelc.add(message4);
frame.add(back, BorderLayout.WEST);
frame.add(greet4, BorderLayout.NORTH);
back.addActionListener(new ActionListener() {
#Override
public void actionPerformed(ActionEvent e) {
frame.setVisible(false);
SelectionFrame.frame1.setVisible(true);
}
});
panelc.add(buttonClick4);
panelc.add(lclicks4);
updateCounter();
bread = new JLabel("");
bread.setPreferredSize(new Dimension(64, 64));
Image img = new ImageIcon(this.getClass().getResource("/counter/main/SlicedBread64.png")).getImage();
bread.setIcon(new ImageIcon(img));
frame.getContentPane().add(bread, BorderLayout.EAST);
buttonClick4.addActionListener(new ActionListener() {
#Override
public void actionPerformed(ActionEvent e) {
clicks4++;
updateCounter();
try {
AudioInputStream audioInputStream = AudioSystem.getAudioInputStream(food);
Clip clip = AudioSystem.getClip();
clip.open(audioInputStream);
clip.start();
} catch (IOException | UnsupportedAudioFileException | LineUnavailableException x) {
x.printStackTrace();
}
}
});
};
private void updateCounter() {
lclicks4.setText(clicks4 + "/100 Food ");
if (clicks4 < 1) {
message4.setText("Click to Begin! -->");
}
if (clicks4 >= 1 && clicks4 < 10) {
message4.setText("Keep Going!");
}
if (clicks4 >= 10 && clicks4 < 50) {
message4.setText("Keep 'em Comin'!");
}
if (clicks4 >= 50 && clicks4 < 70) {
message4.setText("Don't Stop!");
}
if (clicks4 >= 70 && clicks4 < 80) {
message4.setText("Almost!");
}
if (clicks4 >= 90 && clicks4 < 100) {
message4.setText("Finish Strong!");
}
if (clicks4 >= 100) {
try {
Thread.sleep(3000);
} catch(InterruptedException ex) {
Thread.currentThread().interrupt();
}
System.exit(0);
}
}
}
Don't set sizes, preferred sizes or similar issues on components and top-level windows if it can be avoided.
Instead let the GUI size itself by using layout managers smartly and by calling pack() on the top-level window after adding all components and before calling setVisible(true).
Consider putting dummy text into your greet4 JLabel, so that it takes up space when the GUI is packed. Some spaces, " " will likely suffice.
Unrelated recommendations:
Most of your variables should be instance variables, not static variables. Java is structured along object-oriented programming principles for many reasons, but a chief one is to reduce connections and its associated complexity. By using static variables and methods, you remove this benefit and risk creating programs with a high degree of cyclomatic complexity, making debugging difficult.
Likewise for variables declared as public. Prefer to use private fields to help reduce coupling and increase cohesion.
Run long-running code, such as the code that plays your music, in a background thread to avoid tying up the Swing event thread.
Never call Thread.sleep(...) within the Swing Event Dispatch Thread, or EDT, as this will put your entire Swing GUI to sleep.
For example,
import java.awt.BorderLayout;
import java.awt.Font;
import java.awt.GridBagConstraints;
import java.awt.GridBagLayout;
import java.awt.Insets;
import java.awt.image.BufferedImage;
import java.io.IOException;
import java.net.URL;
import javax.imageio.ImageIO;
import javax.swing.*;
#SuppressWarnings("serial")
public class FoodCounter2 extends JPanel {
public static final String IMAGE_PATH = "https://duke.kenai.com/iconSized/duke.gif";
private static final Font TITLE_FONT = new Font("Dialog", Font.PLAIN, 18);
private JLabel titleLabel = new JLabel("Welcome, User", SwingConstants.CENTER);
private JButton backButton = new JButton("Back");
private JButton addFoodButton = new JButton("+ Food");
private JLabel foodCountLabel = new JLabel("0/100 Food");
public FoodCounter2() throws IOException {
URL imgUrl = new URL(IMAGE_PATH);
BufferedImage img = ImageIO.read(imgUrl);
ImageIcon icon = new ImageIcon(img);
JPanel foodPanel = new JPanel(new GridBagLayout());
// JPanel foodPanel = new JPanel();
GridBagConstraints gbc = new GridBagConstraints();
gbc.weightx = 1.0;
gbc.weighty = 1.0;
gbc.gridx = 0;
gbc.gridy = 0;
gbc.insets = new Insets(10, 10, 10, 10);
foodPanel.add(new JLabel("Click to Begin! --->"), gbc);
gbc.gridx++;
foodPanel.add(addFoodButton, gbc);
gbc.gridx++;
foodPanel.add(foodCountLabel, gbc);
JPanel centerPanel = new JPanel(new BorderLayout());
titleLabel.setFont(TITLE_FONT);
centerPanel.add(titleLabel, BorderLayout.PAGE_START);
centerPanel.add(foodPanel, BorderLayout.CENTER);
setLayout(new BorderLayout());
add(backButton, BorderLayout.LINE_START);
add(centerPanel, BorderLayout.CENTER);
add(new JLabel(icon), BorderLayout.LINE_END);
}
private static void createAndShowGui() {
FoodCounter2 mainPanel = null;
try {
mainPanel = new FoodCounter2();
} catch (IOException e) {
e.printStackTrace();
System.exit(-1);
}
JFrame frame = new JFrame("FoodCounter2");
frame.setDefaultCloseOperation(JFrame.DISPOSE_ON_CLOSE);
frame.getContentPane().add(mainPanel);
frame.pack();
frame.setLocationByPlatform(true);
frame.setVisible(true);
}
public static void main(String[] args) {
SwingUtilities.invokeLater(new Runnable() {
public void run() {
createAndShowGui();
}
});
}
}
Which displays as:
This is what is happening:
As you can see, the top part of the bread is cut off. This is because the JPanel is covering it I assume.
I have encountered a problem whilst working the JFrame's, and JButtons. I am trying to center my JButton, however when I do so, it covers almost the entire screen. Any idea's on what's causing this?
Here is a picture on how it looks :
And here is my code :
package character;
import javax.imageio.ImageIO;
import javax.swing.*;
import java.awt.*;
import java.io.IOException;
/**
* Created by Niknea on 6/28/14.
*/
public class characterSelector{
JFrame cselectorButtons, clogo;
JLabel logo, characterName, label;
JButton male, female;
public characterSelector(){
this.createCharacterSelector();
}
public void createCharacterSelector() {
try {
label = new JLabel(new ImageIcon(ImageIO.read(getClass()
.getResource("/resources/Grass_Background.jpg"))));
cselectorButtons = new JFrame("SupremeSoccer");
logo = new JLabel(new ImageIcon(ImageIO.read(this.getClass().getResource("/resources/Character_Selector_Image.png"))));
characterName = new JLabel("<Character Name>");
characterName.setFont(new Font(characterName.getFont().getName(),
Font.HANGING_BASELINE, 50));
/*
Buttons
*/
male = new JButton("Male");
////******************////
//// END OF BUTTONS ////
////****************////
cselectorButtons.add(logo);
cselectorButtons.setDefaultCloseOperation(JFrame.EXIT_ON_CLOSE);
cselectorButtons.setContentPane(label);
cselectorButtons.setLayout(new BorderLayout());
cselectorButtons.add(logo, BorderLayout.NORTH);
cselectorButtons.add(male, BorderLayout.CENTER);
cselectorButtons.pack();
cselectorButtons.setLocationRelativeTo(null);
cselectorButtons.setVisible(true);
} catch (IOException exp) {
exp.printStackTrace();
}
}
}
Thanks again.
Any idea's on what's causing this?
This is the default behaviour of BorderLayout. The component at the CENTER position will occupy the maximum amount of space the is available from the parent component, when the other (NORTH, SOUTH, EAST, WEST) positions have been taken into account
Depending on what you are trying to achieve you might consider creating another JPanel (set it's opaque state to false so it's transparent) and use something like GridLayout or GridBagLayout instead.
Take a look at A Visual Guide to Layout Managers for some more ideas
Updated
So based on your linked code, I changed
part2 = new JPanel();
to
part2 = new JPanel(new java.awt.GridBagLayout());
And got...
Updated with additional example
Start by breaking down your requirements into individual containers and focus on the layout requirements for each individual, then build them all back into a single container.
This will make changing them later much easier and also make controlling them much easier...
import java.awt.BorderLayout;
import java.awt.Color;
import java.awt.EventQueue;
import java.awt.Font;
import java.awt.GridBagConstraints;
import java.awt.GridBagLayout;
import java.awt.Insets;
import java.awt.image.BufferedImage;
import java.io.IOException;
import javax.imageio.ImageIO;
import javax.swing.ImageIcon;
import javax.swing.JButton;
import javax.swing.JFrame;
import javax.swing.JLabel;
import javax.swing.JPanel;
import javax.swing.JTextField;
import javax.swing.UIManager;
import javax.swing.UnsupportedLookAndFeelException;
public class ExampleLayout {
public static void main(String[] args) {
new ExampleLayout();
}
public ExampleLayout() {
EventQueue.invokeLater(new Runnable() {
#Override
public void run() {
try {
UIManager.setLookAndFeel(UIManager.getSystemLookAndFeelClassName());
} catch (ClassNotFoundException | InstantiationException | IllegalAccessException | UnsupportedLookAndFeelException ex) {
}
JFrame frame = new JFrame("Testing");
frame.setDefaultCloseOperation(JFrame.EXIT_ON_CLOSE);
frame.setLayout(new BorderLayout());
frame.add(new TestPane());
frame.pack();
frame.setLocationRelativeTo(null);
frame.setVisible(true);
}
});
}
public class TestPane extends JPanel {
private HeaderPane header;
private ScorePane score;
private CharacterSelectionPane characterSelection;
public TestPane() {
setLayout(new BorderLayout());
JLabel background = new JLabel();
try {
BufferedImage img = ImageIO.read(getClass().getResource("/Grass.jpg"));
background.setIcon(new ImageIcon(img));
} catch (IOException ex) {
ex.printStackTrace();
}
add(background);
background.setLayout(new GridBagLayout());
header = new HeaderPane();
score = new ScorePane();
characterSelection = new CharacterSelectionPane();
GridBagConstraints gbc = new GridBagConstraints();
gbc.gridwidth = GridBagConstraints.REMAINDER;
gbc.weightx = 1;
gbc.fill = GridBagConstraints.BOTH;
background.add(header, gbc);
background.add(score, gbc);
gbc.weighty = 1;
background.add(characterSelection, gbc);
}
}
public class HeaderPane extends JPanel {
public HeaderPane() {
setLayout(new BorderLayout());
JLabel label = new JLabel("Character Selection");
label.setForeground(Color.WHITE);
label.setFont(label.getFont().deriveFont(Font.BOLD, 48f));
label.setHorizontalAlignment(JLabel.CENTER);
add(label);
setOpaque(false);
}
}
public class ScorePane extends JPanel {
public ScorePane() {
JLabel label = new JLabel("[-][-[]-][-]");
label.setForeground(Color.YELLOW);
add(label);
setOpaque(false);
}
}
public class CharacterSelectionPane extends JPanel {
private JButton btMale;
private JButton btFemale;
private JTextField tfName;
private JButton btContinue;
public CharacterSelectionPane() {
setOpaque(false);
setLayout(new GridBagLayout());
btMale = new JButton("Male");
btFemale = new JButton("Female");
btContinue = new JButton("Continue");
tfName = new JTextField(10);
GridBagConstraints gbc = new GridBagConstraints();
gbc.gridx = 0;
gbc.gridy = 0;
gbc.insets = new Insets(4, 4, 4, 4);
gbc.fill = GridBagConstraints.HORIZONTAL;
add(btMale, gbc);
gbc.gridx++;
add(btFemale, gbc);
gbc.gridx = 0;
gbc.gridy++;
add(new JLabel("Name:"), gbc);
gbc.gridx++;
add(tfName, gbc);
gbc.gridx = 0;
gbc.gridy++;
gbc.gridwidth = GridBagConstraints.REMAINDER;
add(btContinue, gbc);
}
}
}
Use a BoxLayout or (easier) GridBagLayout for the bottom area, as seen in this answer.
I want to add textfields dynamically on the click of a button but the value to be fetched and the button are in one class and the panel where i want to add the textboxes and sliders adjacent to the are in a different class. Code is -
public class TipSplitting extends JPanel
JLabel lblNoOfGuests = new JLabel("No. Of guests");
lblNoOfGuests.setBounds(10, 26, 95, 14);
add(lblNoOfGuests);
private JTextField noofguests = new JTextField();
noofguests.setBounds(179, 23, 86, 20);
add(noofguests);
noofguests.setColumns(10);
JButton btnTiptailoring = new JButton("TipTailoring");
btnTiptailoring.setBounds(117, 286, 89, 23);
add(btnTiptailoring);
public class TipTailoring extends JPanel {}
In this class I need to create the text fields dynamically according to the no. entered. In the variable noofguests and the click of the button in the previous class.
I can't really see what the problem, but here some simple demo code of what you describe.
import java.awt.BorderLayout;
import java.awt.FlowLayout;
import java.awt.GridBagConstraints;
import java.awt.GridBagLayout;
import java.awt.event.ActionEvent;
import java.awt.event.ActionListener;
import javax.swing.JButton;
import javax.swing.JFormattedTextField;
import javax.swing.JFrame;
import javax.swing.JLabel;
import javax.swing.JPanel;
import javax.swing.JScrollPane;
import javax.swing.JTextField;
import javax.swing.SwingUtilities;
public class TestDynamicallyAddedTextFields {
private void initUI() {
JFrame frame = new JFrame(TestDynamicallyAddedTextFields.class.getSimpleName());
frame.setDefaultCloseOperation(JFrame.EXIT_ON_CLOSE);
final JPanel textfieldContainerPanel = new JPanel();
textfieldContainerPanel.setLayout(new GridBagLayout());
JLabel nrOfGuests = new JLabel("Nr. of guests");
final JFormattedTextField textfield = new JFormattedTextField();
textfield.setValue(Integer.valueOf(1));
textfield.setColumns(10);
JButton add = new JButton("Add");
add.addActionListener(new ActionListener() {
#Override
public void actionPerformed(ActionEvent e) {
if (textfield.getValue() != null) {
addTextFieldsToPanel((Integer) textfield.getValue(), textfieldContainerPanel);
}
}
});
JPanel panel = new JPanel(new FlowLayout(FlowLayout.LEADING));
panel.add(nrOfGuests);
panel.add(textfield);
panel.add(add);
frame.add(panel, BorderLayout.NORTH);
frame.add(new JScrollPane(textfieldContainerPanel));
frame.setSize(300, 600);
frame.setLocationRelativeTo(null);
frame.setVisible(true);
}
protected void addTextFieldsToPanel(Integer value, JPanel textfieldContainerPanel) {
GridBagConstraints gbc = new GridBagConstraints();
gbc.gridwidth = GridBagConstraints.REMAINDER;
gbc.gridheight = 1;
for (int i = 0; i < value; i++) {
textfieldContainerPanel.add(new JTextField(20), gbc);
}
textfieldContainerPanel.revalidate();
textfieldContainerPanel.repaint();
}
public static void main(String[] args) {
SwingUtilities.invokeLater(new Runnable() {
#Override
public void run() {
new TestDynamicallyAddedTextFields().initUI();
}
});
}
}
And the result: