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How do I move a JLabel that is stuck and won't move?

Here is the code, when the image is put onto the background it just stays stuck to the left wall no matter what code I add to move it. I have tried setLocation and setBounds. All I want to do is move the image to the bottom left but, not fully on the walls of the frame.
JFrame window = new JFrame();
window.setSize(800,480);
window.setTitle("Battle");
window.setDefaultCloseOperation(JFrame.EXIT_ON_CLOSE);
window.setLayout(new BorderLayout());
JLabel background = new JLabel();
ImageIcon icon = new ImageIcon("background2.png");
background.setIcon(icon);
background.setLayout(new BorderLayout());
window.setContentPane(background);
JLabel p1 = new JLabel();
p1 = a.getImage();
background.add(p1);
p1.setLocation(500,500);
p1.setVisible(true);
window.setVisible(true);

window.setLayout(new BorderLayout());
...
window.setContentPane(background);
The first statement doesn't do anything because the second statement replaces the content pane of the frame, to the layout manager will be whatever layout manager you set for the "background" component.
All I want to do is move the image to the bottom left,
Well you set the layout manager to a BorderLayout so you need to take advantage of the BorderLayout. Read the section from the Swing tutorial on How to Use BorderLayout for working examples.
So the first thing you need to do is specify the proper constraint to have the component displayed at the bottom:
//background.add(p1); // defaults to BorderLayout.CENTER if no constraint is specified
background.add(p1, BorderLayout.PAGE_END);
Test this and the image will be at the bottom, but it is still centered.
So now you need to set a property on the label to tell the label to paint itself left aligned:
label.setHorizontalAlignment(JLabel.LEFT);
not fully on the walls of the frame
If you need extra space around the image then you can add a Border to the label. Using the above link read the section from the tutorial on How to Use Borders. You can use an EmptyBorder to give the extra space.

One way to do this would be to add extra "left panel" container so we can position your label on the left and bottom
public static void main(String[] args) {
JFrame window = new JFrame();
window.setSize(800, 480);
window.setTitle("Battle");
window.setDefaultCloseOperation(JFrame.EXIT_ON_CLOSE);
JLabel background = new JLabel();
background.setBackground(Color.gray);
background.setLayout(new BorderLayout());
background.setOpaque(true);
window.setContentPane(background);
JPanel leftPanel = new JPanel();
leftPanel.setLayout(new BorderLayout());
background.add(leftPanel, BorderLayout.WEST); // stick our left side bard to the left side of frame
JLabel p1 = new JLabel();
p1.setText("Im here");
p1.setLocation(500, 500);
p1.setVisible(true);
p1.setBackground(Color.black);
p1.setOpaque(true);
leftPanel.add(p1, BorderLayout.SOUTH); // add our label to the bottom
window.setVisible(true);
}
Results:

JTabbedPane in JPanel?

I have a simple problem when I want to add tabs in my jpanel. The alignment of the tabs get horizontal instead of vertical, wich looks like crap =/.
It looks like this:
If I discard the panel instead and add the tabbedPane directly to the frame, everything works fine.
If you uncomment the three lines of code and remove the getContentPane().add(jtp); you can reproduce my probleme.
working Code:
public class TabbedPane extends JFrame
{
public TabbedPane()
{
setTitle("Tabbed Pane");
setSize(300, 300); // set size so the user can "see" it
JTabbedPane jtp = new JTabbedPane();
// JPanel panel = new JPanel();//uncomment all three lines
// panel.add(jtp);
// getContentPane().add(panel);
getContentPane().add(jtp);//remove me
JPanel jp1 = new JPanel();// This will create the first tab
JPanel jp2 = new JPanel();// This will create the second tab
JLabel label1 = new JLabel();
label1.setText("This is Tab 1");
jp1.add(label1);
jtp.addTab("Tab1", jp1);
jtp.addTab("Tab2", jp2);
JButton test = new JButton("Press");
jp2.add(test);
setVisible(true); // otherwise you won't "see" it
}
public static void main(String[] args)
{
TabbedPane tab = new TabbedPane();
}
}
Thanks a lot!

If I discard the panel instead and add the tabbedPane directly to the frame, everything works fine.
The default layout of JPanel is FlowLayout, which "lets each component assume its natural (preferred) size." The default layout of JFrame is BorderLayout, the CENTER of which ignores preferred size. In either case, invoking setSize() precludes the layout from functioning initially; re-size the frame to see the effect. Instead, use pack(), which "Causes this Window to be sized to fit the preferred size and layouts of its subcomponents."
setDefaultCloseOperation(EXIT_ON_CLOSE);
pack();
setVisible(true); // otherwise you won't "see" it

There are many things I would change in that code, starting with the recommendations of #trashgod. OTOH this is the minimal change needed in order to stretch the tabbed pane to the width/height of the parent container.
// give the panel a layout that will stretch components to available space
JPanel panel = new JPanel(new GridLayout());//uncomment all three lines
panel.add(jtp);
getContentPane().add(panel);
//getContentPane().add(jtp);//remove me
For more details see this answer.

Well firstly you can try this:
JPanel panel = new JPanel();//uncomment all three lines
panel.setLayout(new GridLayout());
JPanel jp1 = new JPanel();// This will create the first tab
JPanel jp2 = new JPanel();// This will create the second tab
JLabel label1 = new JLabel();
label1.setText("This is Tab 1");
jp1.add(label1);
jtp.addTab("Tab1", jp1);
jtp.addTab("Tab2", jp2);
JButton test = new JButton("Press");
jp2.add(test);
getContentPane().add(jtp);
and in the main:
TabbedPane tab = new TabbedPane();
tab.pack();
tab.setVisible(true);
May I suggest using MigLayout to set layouts, it will make your life easier. Hope it helps.

Try GridbagLayout. Once you have mastered it, you can design UI of any sort with this layout.

I agree with prasanth regarding the use of GridBagLayout
I have gone through this problem once and I solved it by adding the JTabbedPaneto the panel via GridBagLayout, make sure you add the JTabbedPane using the ipadx and ipady according to your requirements in your GridBagConstraints object
e.g.
JPanel myPanel=new JPanel();
myPanel.setLayout(new GridBagLayout());
JTabbedPane jTP=new JTabbedPane();
jTP.add("Tab1",new JPanel());//substitute your component instead of "new JPanel"
GridBagConstraints myConstraints=new GridBagConstraints();
myConstraints.ipadx=400;//streches the component being added along x axis - 200 px on both sides
myConstraints.ipady=600;//streches the component being added along y axis - 200 px on both sides
myPanel.add(jTP,myConstraints);
You can adjust both these properties according to what is perfect for your need

Resizing a JScrollPane based on window size

After much searching, I hope this will bring me an answer.
Ok, I have a JFrame, which has a a JPanel across the top, and one across the bottom. It also has one on the side, which contains a JScrollPane. The top and bottom panels should remain a consistent size with the window resizing, but the side panel should change vertically. Unfortunately, no scrollbar shows up at all when the JScrollPane has too many items. Rather, the entire window is enlarged, pushing the bottom panel and all excess within the JScrollPane off-screen.
I have been using MigLayout, but if I need to use another layout for the side panel I can. Here is my most recent failed iteration of code.
This is where I add the JScrollPane:
public MenuPanel(){
this.setLayout(new BorderLayout());
innerPanel = new InnerPanel();
jsp = new JScrollPane(innerPanel,
JScrollPane.VERTICAL_SCROLLBAR_AS_NEEDED,
JScrollPane.HORIZONTAL_SCROLLBAR_NEVER);
this.add(jsp, BorderLayout.CENTER);
}
This is inside the main window:
private void addSideSelectionPane() {
side = new SelectionPanel();
this.add(side, "wmax 200, growy");
}
And here is the code where I create the main window:
public InsWindow(){
this.setDefaultCloseOperation(JFrame.EXIT_ON_CLOSE);
this.setExtendedState( this.getExtendedState()| java.awt.Frame.MAXIMIZED_BOTH );
this.setLayout(new MigLayout("debug, nogrid, fill", "[grow, fill]", "[pref!]10[grow, fill]"));
this.addTestLabel();
this.addSideSelectionPane();
this.addMainWindow();
this.addBottomPanel();
this.setVisible(true);
}

How to use the JScrollPane in Java

How can I get the scroller around my JList component in the code given below? It doesn't seem to work properly :(
public class JButtonO extends JFrame{
String[] values = {"henry", "Michael","Uche","John","Ullan","Nelly",
"Ime","Lekan","Austine","jussi","Ossi","Imam","Empo","Austine","Becky",
"Scholar","Ruth", "Anny"};
public JButtonO()
{
super("the button");
this.setSize(400,200);
JPanel panel = new JPanel();
JLabel label = new JLabel("Output Items:");
label.setAlignmentX(1);
label.setAlignmentY(1);
JList conList = new JList(values);
conList.setVisibleRowCount(3);
JScrollPane scroller = new JScrollPane(conList);
panel.add(label);
panel.add(scroller);
panel.add(conList);
this.setDefaultCloseOperation(JFrame.EXIT_ON_CLOSE);
this.add(panel);
this.setVisible(true);
}

Adding the JScrollPane scroller that includes the JList conList to the JPanel panel is enough.
The mistake is that you are adding the JList a second time.
JScrollPane scroller = new JScrollPane(conList);
panel.add(label);
panel.add(scroller);
panel.add(conList); // <---THIS LINE SHOULD BE DELETED...

Look, I may not answering what you need, because I don´t remember to much of swing layout. I don´t work with it a long time ago...
But removing setting a layout (I remember) on your JPanel it works with this code:
public JButtonO() {
super("the button");
this.setSize(400, 200);
// Create a panel with a borderlayout
JPanel jpanel = new JPanel(new BorderLayout());
JLabel label = new JLabel("Output Items:");
label.setAlignmentX(1);
label.setAlignmentY(1);
// Add Label to top of layout
jpanel.add(label, BorderLayout.NORTH);
JList conList = new JList(values);
conList.setVisibleRowCount(3);
JScrollPane scroller = new JScrollPane(conList);
//AddScroll to center
jpanel.add(scroller);
//Add Panel to JFrame
this.add(jpanel);
this.setDefaultCloseOperation(JFrame.EXIT_ON_CLOSE);
this.setVisible(true);
}
I think the problems is the default layoutmaneger of JPanel. Because of how it works your scroll was not "srink" enough to create scrolls...
Hope it helps, even without too much explanation...
ACTUALLY: After I post the answer I saw your mistake. Now I can explain what is wrong. You already added your JList inside your JScrollPane here:
JScrollPane scroller = new JScrollPane(conList);
But after that you put it inside the JPanel:
panel.add(conList);
this changes where yout JList will be displayed, and let the JScroll empty again. Without components it will be displayed with size 0x0 and will not be draw (even being there).
Now I think I helped =D

The JScrollPane has settings called the scrollbar policies which say when the scrollbars are to be displayed. You can set them using JScrolPane(Component,int,int) constructor, or by calling setVerticalScrollBarPolicy() and setHorizontalScrollBarPolicy(). The default policies are "as needed", meaning the scrollbar is only displayed if the component is too large to display whole. So if your list fits inside the window, the scrolbars will not be visible, but will become visible when you e.g. make the window smaller using the mouse. You can change one or both policies to "always" using corresponding constants in order to make the scrollbar(s) always visible if that's what you need.

JScrollPane add to frame issue

I currently have multiple jpanels on a jframe. I can add all of the jpanels fine to the jframe but when I try and add a jscrollpane, nothing shows up. Essentially I just want a jscrollbar/pane on the jframe so that I can scroll down as the size of the jpanels goes off screen. This is the main code that I used:
JPanel Jpanel = new JPanel();
JScrollPane Jpane = new JScrollPane();
frame.getContentPane().add(Jpanel);
frame.getContentPane().add(Jpane);
Any help would be appreciated. Thanks

1) code that you posted caused that (JFrame has implemented by default BorderLayout, and there only one JComponent can to fill concrete area or layst added JComponent), only frame.getContentPane().add(Jpane); is possible to dispay on the screen
2) you have to accept that you can put to the JScrollPane only one JComponent
3) JScrollPane works correctly if is there used proper LayoutManager (not AbsoluteLayout) and in the case that Dimmension of JComponent is wider that JViewport from JScrollPane

This has already been answered with the correct way to do it. The only thing I can think of that you might have done wrong (since it's not working), is that you're adding the panels to the jframe.
When you put a panel inside a scrollpane, you need to add the scrollpane to the JFrame, and not add the panel to the JFrame:
JPanel panel = new JPanel();
JScrollPane scrollPane = new JScrollPane(panel);
add(scrollPane); // or if you have a panel inside a panel, add the pane to that panel. ie west.add(scrollPane);

You need to add the JPanel to the scroll pane, then add the scrollpane to the frame.
One of the way of doing it is when creating the JScrollPane, with the constructor :
JPanel panel = new JPanel();
JScrollPane scrollPane = new JScrollPane(panel);

What you could do is this:
JPanel Jpanel = new JPanel();
JScrollPane Jpane = new JScrollPane(Jpanel);
frame.setLayout(new BorderLayout());
frame.add(Jpane, BorderLayout.CENTER);
The reason your panels aren't showing is beacause your frame doesn't know where to put them. It needs a layoutmanager.
Here you can find some basic layoutmanagers:
http://docs.oracle.com/javase/tutorial/uiswing/layout/using.html