Sorry if I might mix terms up. So I have a basic application where I would press the button and Jpanel1 with a label in it, would then switch/replace to JPanel2 that'll have a picture in it, all within the panel.
The JPanel inside the box would change from Jpanel1 to JPanel 2 after pressing the button. So is their a way to instance a JPanel in a panel or JFrame? I can't find the method on how to fill the panel with the JPanel.
frame.getContentPane().add(panel, /*layout.location*/);
You mean add
The exact way to do this depends on the LayoutManager you use. I suggest checking out the Visual Guide to LayoutManagers. For example, if you use a BorderLayout, you can add a panel to the center and then replace it with a different panel when the user clicks a button.
I ended using layeredPane with a card layout. Then I placed a panel using the center Border Layout, then instanced the JPanel as the panel from a different class.
Picture of Windowbuilder layout
panelPPBrowser = new JPanel();
layeredPane.add(panelPPBrowser, "name_216881785358769");
panelPPBrowser.setLayout(new BorderLayout(0, 0));
panelBrowser panelBrowserCon = new panelBrowser();
panelPPBrowser.add(panelBrowserCon, BorderLayout.CENTER);
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I'm trying to create a simple login screen consisting of different panels. I want help in resizing panels. The Panel I want resized is coloured in Green. I want to make it a bit smaller. The Panel in Green is the North Panel and is set to Border Layout. I want to make the green panel smaller since i feel its too big
I tried northPanel.setSize(150,150); but I got no result
This is my code:
JLabel lblWelcome = new JLabel("Welcome To The Login Screen", SwingConstants.CENTER);
JPanel northPanel = new JPanel(new BorderLayout());
northPanel.setBackground(Color.green);
northPanel.add(lblWelcome, BorderLayout.CENTER);
You are using a BorderLayout which has five positions to put components in the layout. The five positions are PAGE_START, PAGE_END, LINE_START, LINE_END, and CENTER. Here is a diagram of these positions:
For this layout, you want to put the component that should take the remaining space of the frame in the CENTER position. For this reason, the northPanel is probably better suited in the PAGE_START position while the JPanel that houses the login labels and submit button should be in the CENTER position. Using this positioning will allow you to resize the northPanel and allow the panel housing the login labels and submit button to take up the remaining frame space.
I want to make the green panel smaller
Looks to me like the two panels are the same size which tells me you are using a GridLayout for your frame.
Don't use a GridLayout, instead keep the default BorderLayout of the frame.
Then your code would be something like:
JLabel lblWelcome = new JLabel("Welcome To The Login Screen", SwingConstants.CENTER);
JPanel northPanel = new JPanel(new BorderLayout());
northPanel.setBackground(Color.green);
northPanel.add(lblWelcome, BorderLayout.CENTER);
frame.add(northPanel, BorderLayout.PAGE_START);
frame.add(centerPanel, BorderLayout.CENTER);
Now the green panel will only be as big as the JLabel. If you want the panel to be bigger, then add an EmptyBorder to the northPanel. Read the section from the Swing tutorial on How to Use Borders for more information.
I'm using a JFrame with the size of 800x600.
what i'm trying to do is make this:
the black Panel has 2 other panels inside of him with the size of 300x300 each.
the result is that the black panel is to the left (as suposed) and the red panel in in the centre with a gap on top between the frame and the panel. also, if i remove the black panel the right panel is filling the whole frame...
this is the code:
//create the left part of the screen
JPanel leftPanels = new JPanel();
leftPanels.setLayout(new GridLayout(2,1));
leftPanels.setSize(new Dimension(300,600));
// just to illustrate the 2 panels inside of the black panel.
//leftPanels.add(new JPanel());
//leftPanels.add(new JPanel());
//create the right part
JPanel rightPanel = new JPanel();
rightPanel.setSize(new Dimension(500,600));
rightPanel.setBackground(Color.red);
this.add(leftPanels);
this.add(rightPanel);
this.validate();
this.repaint();
is there an easy way to fix this?
I also tried a Gridlayout on the JFrame but that gives me 2 panels of 400X600 each
First, use FlowLayout like this
setLayout(new FlowLayout(FlowLayout.LEFT));
Secondly, kindly use setPreferedSize rather than setSize for the JPanels
leftPanels.setPreferredSize(new Dimension(300,600));
I don't know what is cashRegister, but it looks like you are not adding the rightPanel to JFrame so make sure you add it.
Try to set the layout of the frame to null. Then use setBounds to position the panel.
If you are trying to set the panel relatively one from another set the frame layout to null
this.getContentPane().setLayout(null);
Then you will be able to place them absolutely.
For more info : Doing Without a Layout Manager (Absolute Positioning)
I am making swing application. And there is too much height of my jPanel. So I want to make this panel as scrollable.:
Following is my description of my requirement.
I have four jpanel in one jpanel I mean:
JPanel p1=new JPanel();
JPanel p2=new JPanel();
JPanel p3=new JPanel();
JPanel p4=new JPanel();
I am adding p2, p3, p4 inside p1 like following output:
like above showing panel has more height than computer screen height. So I want to display all content of my panel on computer screen by scrolling.
I searched here and found the following questions:
How to make a JPanel scrollable?
How do i get vertical scrolling to JPanel?
However, the answers did not solve myproblem.
Without seeing your code, my guess is that you don't have a JScrollpane to provide the scrollable behaviour you want.
JPanel mainPanel = new JPanel(); //This would be the base panel of your UI
JPanel p1=new JPanel();
JPanel p2=new JPanel();
JPanel p3=new JPanel();
JPanel p4=new JPanel();
JPanel newPanel = new JPanel();
newPanel.add(p1);
newPanel.add(p2);
newPanel.add(p3);
newPanel.add(p4);
JScrollPane pane = new JScrollPane(newPanel);
mainPanel.add(pane);
Since you use NetBeans, add a JScrollpane from the palette in which you'll add a panel to contain the 4 others. I think you could also just add the 4 panel into the JScrollpane.
Add your panel to a JScrollPane. Assumed that you want vertical scrolling only:
JScrollPane scrollPane=new JScrollPane(panel,
ScrollPaneConstants.VERTICAL_SCROLLBAR_AS_NEEDED,
ScrollPaneConstants.HORIZONTAL_SCROLLBAR_NEVER);
For fine-tuning the scroll amounts, you can optionally implement the Scrollable interface.
See also How to Use Scroll Panes (The Java Tutorial)
It is easy to design scroll pane using Netbeans IDE. Below given are the steps I followed to add a scroll pane:
1. In Netbeans GUI editor, select all panels which requires scroll pane using CTRL+left click
2. Right click on the hilighted panels, select the option 'Enclose in' -> Scroll Pane. This will add a scroll pane for the selected panels.
3. If there are other elements than Panel(say JTree), select all the elements ->Enclose in ->Panel. Then enlose the new parent panel to scroll pane
4. Make sure that 'Auto Resizing' is turned on for the selected parent panel(Right click on panel -> Auto resizing -> Tick both Horizontal and vertical)
How to add a JButton into the center of a JFrame with BorderLayout()? I tried using BorderLayout.CENTER, but instead of the center of the screen, it gave the top-center of the screen. Or do I have to use another layout manager?
Put a JPanel in the CENTER and set the layout to GridBagLayout or BoxLayout as seen in this answer to Set component at center of the page.
The GridBagLayout is used to center a label containing the yellow/red gradient image seen in the Nested Layout Example.
It may take some time to learn, but SpringLayout is worth looking into. It will let you position elements on the GUI where you wish. You can look here for examples of different layouts.
try this
frame.getContentPane().setLayout(new BorderLayout(0, 0));
JButton btnNewButton = new JButton("New button");
frame.getContentPane().add(btnNewButton, BorderLayout.CENTER);
I'm trying to make a simple GUI with radio buttons and I grouped them into one panel. I wanted it positioned on the leftmost side so I used the setBounds method. Whatever numbers I put on the parameters, the panel won't move. Are panels not affected by the setBounds method? Or is there another way to position my panel. Here's the snippet of my code:
JPanel radioPanel = new JPanel();
radioPanel.setLayout(new GridLayout(3,1));
JRadioButton Rbutton1 = new JRadioButton("Credit Card");
JRadioButton Rbutton2 = new JRadioButton("E-Funds");
JRadioButton Rbutton3 = new JRadioButton("Check");
Rbutton3.setSelected(true);
ButtonGroup Bgroup = new ButtonGroup();
Bgroup.add(Rbutton1);
Bgroup.add(Rbutton2);
Bgroup.add(Rbutton3);
radioPanel.add(Rbutton1);
radioPanel.add(Rbutton2);
radioPanel.add(Rbutton3);
radioPanel.setBounds(10,50,50,40); //this is where I'm trying to position the panel with the radio buttons
paymentPanel.add(radioPanel);
contentPane.add(paymentPanel); //contentPane is the frame
contentPane.setVisible(true);
Set layout for the frame. For example:
contentPane.setLayout(new BorderLayout());
contentPane.add(paymentPanel, BorderLayout.LINE_START);
More info about layout managers you can find here: A Visual Guide to Layout Managers
You should read about Layout Managers which will do this for you. And I would suggest using a GUI Builder Tool, but that might not be allowed for your homework.
You can set layout as null layout for your contentPane.
contentPane.setLayout(null);
Then your setBounds() will work exactly as you designed.
Note:
Creating containers with absolutely positioned containers can cause problems if the window containing the container is resized.