How to make method return a panel? - java

I am making a Java application with tabbed pane, I want some panes to have the same panel layout and structure, I don't want to clutter my code by writing the same code over and over again, so I created a method that returns a JPanel with a structure I want the pane to have.
I am initialising new variables and taking them to the method . My problem is that after I create a panel I can not do anything else in it because it doesn't show up. I can not add labels etc, etc (although if I add the label in the method it does show).
My question is it possible to somehow change the code I've written to make it possible to change it after the panel is returned?
JPanel panel2 = panel2(); // this code bit is in the constructor
JPanel mainPanel = new JPanel(); //Variables needed to create a panel
JPanel LeftPanel = new JPanel();
JPanel RightPanel = new JPanel();
JSplitPane splitPaneH = new JSplitPane();
JPanel panelTop = new JPanel();
JPanel panelBottom = new JPanel();
private JPanel panel2() {
JPanel newPanel = new JPanel();
CreateAPanel(newPanel, LeftPanel,RightPanel,splitPaneH, panelTop,panelBottom);
JLabel label = new JLabel ("lalala");
LeftPanel.add(label,BorderLayout.CENTER);
return newPanel;
}
private JPanel CreateAPanel(JPanel mainPanel, JPanel LeftPanel,JPanel RightPanel, JSplitPane splitPaneH, JPanel panelTop, JPanel panelBottom){
mainPanel.setPreferredSize(new Dimension(1100, 630));
mainPanel.setLayout(new BorderLayout());
LeftPanel = new JPanel();
RightPanel = new JPanel();
splitPaneH = new JSplitPane(JSplitPane.VERTICAL_SPLIT);
panelTop = new JPanel();
panelBottom = new JPanel();
splitPaneH.setTopComponent(panelTop);
splitPaneH.setBottomComponent(panelBottom);
splitPaneH.setDividerLocation(300);
splitPaneH.setPreferredSize(new Dimension(800,630));
mainPanel.add(LeftPanel, BorderLayout.WEST);
mainPanel.add(RightPanel,BorderLayout.EAST);
LeftPanel.setBackground(Color.RED);
LeftPanel.setPreferredSize(new Dimension (300,630));
RightPanel.add(splitPaneH);
return mainPanel;
}

you do not use your return value...
your method CreateAPanel(...) creates the desired panel but you just don't use it
you should adjust your method panel2() in like this:
private JPanel panel2()
{
//JPanel newPanel = new JPanel(); don't create a new panel!
//CreateAPanel(newPanel, LeftPanel,RightPanel,splitPaneH, panelTop,panelBottom);
//instead do this:
JPanel newPanel = CreateAPanel(newPanel, LeftPanel,RightPanel,splitPaneH, panelTop,panelBottom);
JLabel label = new JLabel ("lalala");
LeftPanel.add(label,BorderLayout.CENTER);
return newPanel;
}

It's totally possible to add components to the Panel object afterwards. The only mistake that you have made is that "inside the method body you create new JPanel instances to replace with original param references" so when the method returns there is no effect on the original objects. I suggest doing something different as this:
private JPanel[] CreateAPanel(JPanel mainPanel)
{
mainPanel.setPreferredSize(new Dimension(1100, 630));
mainPanel.setLayout(new BorderLayout());
JPanel leftPanel = new JPanel();
JPanel rightPanel = new JPanel();
JSplitPane splitPaneH = new JSplitPane(JSplitPane.VERTICAL_SPLIT);
JPanel panelTop = new JPanel();
JPanel panelBottom = new JPanel();
splitPaneH.setTopComponent(panelTop);
splitPaneH.setBottomComponent(panelBottom);
splitPaneH.setDividerLocation(300);
splitPaneH.setPreferredSize(new Dimension(800,630));
mainPanel.add(leftPanel, BorderLayout.WEST);
mainPanel.add(rightPanel,BorderLayout.EAST);
leftPanel.setBackground(Color.RED);
leftPanel.setPreferredSize(new Dimension (300,630));
rightPanel.add(splitPaneH);
return new JPanel[]{mainPanel, leftPanel, rightPanel, panelTop, panelBottom};
}

If you want to change or add some more components inside result JPanel you get you can set names to all your components when you create them:
JPanel newPanel = new JPanel();
newPanel .setName("leftPanel");
resultPanel.add(newPanel, BorderLayout.WEST);
Then when you get resultPanel you can get it's components:
Component[] componentList = resultPanel.getContentPane().getComponents();
JPanel leftPanel = null;
for (Component component: componentList) {
if (Objects.equals(component.getName(), "leftPanel")) {
leftPanel = (JPanel) component;
}
}
if (leftPanel != null) {
// do something
}

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Achieving a gui similiar to the picture?

My plan is to get a similiar output, but for some reason, I am only getting the south panel...
My logic is to have 1 Main panel with North Center South.
In the North I will puth the Jlabel and Textfield and align it to the right.
In the Center I wil leave it empty
In the South I will Add a BoxLayout y-axis in the first row another panel with centered boxlayout
Another BoxLayout in the second row of the South BoxLayour row, I will add another Boxlayout and align it to the left.
Here is my code:
public static void main(String args[]) {
EventQueue.invokeLater(new Runnable() {
#Override
public void run() {
JFrame frame = new JFrame();
frame.setSize(new Dimension(500,600));
JPanel MainPanel = new JPanel();
frame.add(MainPanel);
JPanel NorthPanel = new JPanel(); //upper panel to add boxx layout and inside it 2 panls
JPanel ToPanel = new JPanel(); //inside north
JPanel SubjectPanel = new JPanel(); //inside north
NorthPanel.setLayout(new BoxLayout(NorthPanel, BoxLayout.Y_AXIS));
MainPanel.add(NorthPanel, BorderLayout.NORTH);
JLabel SubjectLabel = new JLabel("Subject"); SubjectLabel.setAlignmentX(Component.RIGHT_ALIGNMENT);
JTextField SubjectTextField = new JTextField(20); SubjectTextField.setAlignmentX(Component.RIGHT_ALIGNMENT);
JLabel ToLabel = new JLabel("To"); ToLabel.setAlignmentX(Component.RIGHT_ALIGNMENT);
JTextField ToTextField = new JTextField(20); ToTextField.setAlignmentX(Component.RIGHT_ALIGNMENT);
ToPanel.add(ToLabel);
ToPanel.add(ToTextField);
ToPanel.add(SubjectLabel);
ToPanel.add(SubjectTextField);
NorthPanel.add(ToPanel);
JPanel CenterPanel = new JPanel(); //Center panel blank
MainPanel.add(CenterPanel, BorderLayout.CENTER);
///
JPanel SouthPanel = new JPanel();
NorthPanel.setLayout(new BoxLayout(NorthPanel, BoxLayout.Y_AXIS));
JPanel FontPanels = new JPanel();
FontPanels.setLayout(new BoxLayout(FontPanels, BoxLayout.PAGE_AXIS));
FontPanels.add(new JButton("Bold"));
FontPanels.add(new JButton("Italic"));
FontPanels.add(new JButton("Underlined"));
FontPanels.add(new JButton("Undo"));
FontPanels.add(new JButton("Redo"));
FontPanels.setAlignmentX(Component.CENTER_ALIGNMENT);
JPanel OptionPanel = new JPanel();
OptionPanel.setLayout(new BoxLayout(OptionPanel, BoxLayout.PAGE_AXIS));
FontPanels.setLayout(new BoxLayout(FontPanels, BoxLayout.PAGE_AXIS));
OptionPanel.add(new JButton("Send"));
OptionPanel.setAlignmentX(Component.CENTER_ALIGNMENT);
SouthPanel.add(FontPanels);
SouthPanel.add(OptionPanel);
frame.setDefaultCloseOperation(JFrame.EXIT_ON_CLOSE);
frame.setVisible(true);
}
});
}
You haven't added anything to the JFrame - so naturally it is displaying a blank JFrame.
For each component to appear, you'll need to do frame.add(component);
I leave the layout manager of the frame up to you.

How do I create the following GUI in Java Swing?

I want to create the following GUI with Java Swing.
Since I'm not experienced enough with Java Swing, I'm not sure how to exactly recreate that GUI.
I've tried using GridLayout which looks like this:
I've tried other LayoutManagers but due to my inexperience, I couldn't get anything even remotely resembling the GUI I want to achieve.
I probably have to use GridBagLayout but I've tried it and simply wasn't able to get anything done.
I'm not sure how to exactly use GridBagLayout, especially since there is a variance of the amount of colums needed (2, 2 and then 3).
Here is the code used for creating the second GUI:
import java.awt.*;
import javax.swing.*;
public class GUITest extends JFrame {
public GUITest() {
super("Testing Title");
Container pane = getContentPane();
pane.setLayout(new GridLayout(3,1));
pane.add(getHeader());
pane.add(getTextArea());
pane.add(getButtonPanel());
}
public JComponent getHeader() {
JPanel labelPanel = new JPanel();
labelPanel.setLayout(new GridLayout(1,2));
labelPanel.setSize(getPreferredSize());
JLabel labelLocal = new JLabel("Left value: ", JLabel.CENTER);
JLabel labelDB = new JLabel("Right value: ", JLabel.CENTER);
labelPanel.add(labelLocal);
labelPanel.add(labelDB);
return labelPanel;
}
public JComponent getTextArea() {
JPanel textPanel = new JPanel();
textPanel.setLayout(new GridLayout(1,2,5,0));
JTextArea testTextArea = new JTextArea();
testTextArea.setEditable(false);
JScrollPane sp1 = new JScrollPane(testTextArea);
JTextArea testTextArea2 = new JTextArea();
JScrollPane sp2 = new JScrollPane(testTextArea2);
testTextArea2.setEditable(false);
testTextArea.setText("Hello Hello Hello\nTesting!\ntesterino\ntesteroni");
testTextArea2.setText("Hello Hello Hello\nTesting!\ntest\nABC123\ncdef123\nhijk123");
textPanel.add(sp1);
textPanel.add(sp2);
return textPanel;
}
public JComponent getButtonPanel() {
JPanel inner = new JPanel();
inner.setLayout(new FlowLayout((FlowLayout.CENTER),0,100));
inner.add(new JButton("Do something"));
inner.add(new JButton("Do something different"));
inner.add(new JButton("Do something even more different"));
return inner;
}
public static void main(String[] args) {
GUITest e = new GUITest();
e.setSize(700, 500);
e.setVisible(true);
e.setResizable(false);
e.setDefaultCloseOperation(EXIT_ON_CLOSE);
e.setLocationRelativeTo(null);
}
}
I'm thankful for any kind of support!
You could try something like this:
import javax.swing.*;
import javax.swing.border.EmptyBorder;
import java.awt.*;
public class Example {
public static void main(String[] args) {
JFrame jFrame = new JFrame();
jFrame.setTitle("Testing Title");
jFrame.setLocationRelativeTo(null);
JPanel mainPanel = new JPanel(new BorderLayout());
mainPanel.setBorder(new EmptyBorder(5, 5, 5, 5));
JPanel listPanel = new JPanel(new GridLayout(0, 2, 10, 0));
JPanel leftListPanel = new JPanel(new BorderLayout(0, 10));
JLabel leftLabel = new JLabel("Left value:");
JTextArea leftTextArea = new JTextArea("Hello Hello Hello\nTesting!\ntest");
JScrollPane leftScrollPane = new JScrollPane(leftTextArea);
leftListPanel.add(leftLabel, BorderLayout.NORTH);
leftListPanel.add(leftScrollPane, BorderLayout.CENTER);
JPanel rightListPanel = new JPanel(new BorderLayout(0, 10));
JLabel rightLabel = new JLabel("Right value:");
JTextArea rightTextArea = new JTextArea("Hello Hello Hello\nTesting!\ntest");
JScrollPane rightScrollPane = new JScrollPane(rightTextArea);
rightListPanel.add(rightLabel, BorderLayout.NORTH);
rightListPanel.add(rightScrollPane, BorderLayout.CENTER);
listPanel.add(leftListPanel);
listPanel.add(rightListPanel);
mainPanel.add(listPanel, BorderLayout.CENTER);
JPanel buttonsPanel = new JPanel(new BorderLayout());
buttonsPanel.setBorder(new EmptyBorder(10, 10, 10, 10));
buttonsPanel.add(new JButton("Do something"), BorderLayout.WEST);
buttonsPanel.add(new JButton("Do something different"), BorderLayout.CENTER);
buttonsPanel.add(new JButton("Do something even more different"), BorderLayout.EAST);
mainPanel.add(buttonsPanel, BorderLayout.SOUTH);
jFrame.setContentPane(mainPanel);
jFrame.pack();
jFrame.setVisible(true);
}
}
Explanation:
Firstly I created a main JPanel with a BorderLayout. This JPanel will be split horizontally, the CENTRE component will be another JPanel containing the text areas and labels, and the SOUTH component will be a JPanel containing the buttons.
The JPanel that contains the text areas is given a GridLayout so that it can be easily split vertically, and is also given a hgap of 10 to add some spacing.
The left and right JPanels that are put into that are both the same. They have a BorderLayout with a vgap to add spacing. The NORTH component is a JLabel and the CENTRE component is a JScrollPane containing a JTextArea.
Finally, the SOUTH component of the main JPanel is another JPanel which is given a BorderLayout again. Three JButtons are added with WEST, CENTRE and EAST attributes allocated accordingly.
The overall result looks like:
Here is your code with just some little changes :)
import java.awt.*;
import javax.swing.*;
public class GUITest extends JFrame {
public GUITest() {
super("Testing Title");
Container pane = getContentPane();
pane.setLayout(new BorderLayout());//Modified Layout to BorderLayout
pane.add(getHeader(),BorderLayout.NORTH); //BorderLayout.NORTH
pane.add(getTextArea(),BorderLayout.CENTER);//BorderLayout.CENTER
pane.add(getButtonPanel(),BorderLayout.SOUTH);//BorderLayout.SOUTH
}
public JComponent getHeader() {
JPanel labelPanel = new JPanel();
labelPanel.setLayout(new GridLayout(1,2));
labelPanel.setSize(getPreferredSize());
JLabel labelLocal = new JLabel("Left value: ", JLabel.CENTER);
JLabel labelDB = new JLabel("Right value: ", JLabel.CENTER);
labelPanel.add(labelLocal);
labelPanel.add(labelDB);
return labelPanel;
}
public JComponent getTextArea() {
JPanel textPanel = new JPanel();
textPanel.setLayout(new GridLayout(1,2,5,0));
JTextArea testTextArea = new JTextArea();
testTextArea.setEditable(false);
JScrollPane sp1 = new JScrollPane(testTextArea);
JTextArea testTextArea2 = new JTextArea();
JScrollPane sp2 = new JScrollPane(testTextArea2);
testTextArea2.setEditable(false);
testTextArea.setText("Hello Hello Hello\nTesting!\ntesterino\ntesteroni");
testTextArea2.setText("Hello Hello Hello\nTesting!\ntest\nABC123\ncdef123\nhijk123");
textPanel.add(sp1);
textPanel.add(sp2);
return textPanel;
}
public JComponent getButtonPanel() {
JPanel inner = new JPanel();
inner.setLayout(new FlowLayout());//Modified to standard FlowLayout
inner.add(new JButton("Do something"));
inner.add(new JButton("Do something different"));
inner.add(new JButton("Do something even more different"));
return inner;
}
public static void main(String[] args) {
GUITest e = new GUITest();
e.pack(); //Modified setSize(700,500) to pack()
e.setVisible(true);
e.setResizable(false);
e.setDefaultCloseOperation(EXIT_ON_CLOSE);
e.setLocationRelativeTo(null);
}
}
GridLayout sizes all cells the same, i.e. your outer layout with 3 rows and 1 column makes 3 cells of all the same size.
Instead, use BorderLayout for your outer container and add the top, mid and lower panels with constraints BorderLayout.NORTH, BorderLayout.CENTER and BorderLayout.SOUTH respectively

Having Multiple Panels with scroll panes

I created two panels and a main panel. Each panel contains a very large image, and I wanted both of them to be scroll-able to see the rest of the image. But when I add the two panels in the main panel and run it, the first panel is soo big that it covers the second panel. How would I implement ScrollPane for both panels?
import java.awt.BorderLayout;
import javax.swing.*;
public class BoardFrame extends JFrame {
JPanel mainPanel = new JPanel(new BorderLayout());
JLabel jLabel = new JLabel();
JPanel jPanelNorth = new JPanel();
JScrollPane scrollPane = new JScrollPane();
JLabel jLabel2 = new JLabel();
JPanel jPanelSouth = new JPanel();
JScrollPane scrollPane2 = new JScrollPane();
public BoardFrame() {
jLabel.setIcon(new ImageIcon("an image here"));
jPanelNorth.add(jLabel);
jLabel2.setIcon(new ImageIcon("an image here"));
jPanelSouth.add(jLabel2);
mainPanel.add(jPanelNorth, BorderLayout.NORTH);
mainPanel.add(jPanelSouth, BorderLayout.SOUTH);
add(mainPanel);
//where would I use this?
//scrollPane.setViewportView();
}
}
Each panel contains a very large image>
//JPanel mainPanel = new JPanel(new BorderLayout());
JPanel mainPanel = new JPanel(new GridLayout(0, 1));
You may want to use a GridLayout so that each scroll pane takes up half the frame so as much of each image as possible is displayed.
//JScrollPane scrollPane = new JScrollPane();
JScrollPane scrollPane2 = new JScrollPane(jPanelNorth);
The easiest way to use the scroll pane is to create the scrollpane with the component you want displayed and the scrollpane will add the component to the viewport for you.
//mainPanel.add(jPanelNorth, BorderLayout.NORTH);
mainPanel.add(scrollPane); // don't need the constraint when using GridLayout.
Then you add the scrollPane to the main panel, since the scrollpane contains the panel with the image.
it seems to use grid layout is much better than using border layout , in this case :
import java.awt.BorderLayout;
import javax.swing.*;
public class BoardFrame extends JFrame {
//1. use GridLayout with 2 rows and 1 column .
JPanel mainPanel = new JPanel(new GridLayout(2,1));
JLabel jLabel = new JLabel();
JPanel jPanelNorth = new JPanel();
JScrollPane scrollPane = new JScrollPane();
JLabel jLabel2 = new JLabel();
JPanel jPanelSouth = new JPanel();
JScrollPane scrollPane2 = new JScrollPane();
public BoardFrame() {
jLabel.setIcon(new ImageIcon("an image here"));
jPanelNorth.add(jLabel);
jLabel2.setIcon(new ImageIcon("an image here"));
jPanelSouth.add(jLabel2);
//2.you should place .setViewportView() here :
scrollPane.setViewportView(jPanelNorth);
scrollPane2.setViewportView(jPanelSouth);
mainPanel.add(scrollPane);//is in the top ("North")
mainPanel.add(scrollPane2);//next ("South")
//3.use setContentPane instead of add()
setContentPane(mainPanel);
}
}

JFrame Layout with JPanels

I am having a problem trying to layout my JFrame. I'm trying to add the ToolBar top, then Info below that, then colour below that to the right, then Copies in the center, then Print button to left and then the Printer List to the bottom. If anyone could help me in the right direction would be great.
// Declare GUI Components here
// One JToolBar & JButton
private JPanel mainPanel;
private JPanel detailPanel;
private JPanel toolBarPanel;
private JToolBar jToolbar;
private JButton jbtAdmin, jbtHelp;
// A JPanel called infoPanel & JLabel
private JPanel infoPanel;
private JLabel jlblOne;
// A JPanel called colourPanel
private JPanel colourPanel;
private JRadioButton bwRadioButton, colourRadioButton;
private ButtonGroup btg;
// A JPanel called noCopiesPanel
private JPanel noCopiesPanel;
private JLabel jlbCopies;
private JTextField jtfCopies;
// A JPanel called printerPanel
private JPanel printerPanel;
private JComboBox printerBox;
private JButton jbtPrint;
// Constructor - SetLayout & Add Components here...
// Constructor takes in the selected student and assigns it to currentStudent
public StudentFrame(Student studentIn){
// Set up currentStudent
currentStudent=studentIn;
// Set up Toolbar & add jbtAdmin
toolBarPanel = new JPanel();
toolBarPanel.add(jToolbar = new JToolBar());
jToolbar.add(jbtAdmin = new JButton("Admin"));
jToolbar.add(jbtHelp = new JButton("Help"));
// Set up called infoPanel
infoPanel = new JPanel();
infoPanel.add(jlblOne = new JLabel(currentStudent.toString(), JLabel.CENTER));
// Set up colourPanel with radioButtons
colourPanel = new JPanel(new GridLayout(2,1));
colourPanel.add(bwRadioButton = new JRadioButton("Black & White", true));
colourPanel.add(colourRadioButton = new JRadioButton("Colour"));
btg = new ButtonGroup();
btg.add(bwRadioButton);
btg.add(colourRadioButton);
// Put a TitledBorder around it
colourPanel.setBorder(new TitledBorder("Colour"));
// Set up noCopiesPanel
noCopiesPanel = new JPanel(new GridLayout(1,2));
noCopiesPanel.add(jlbCopies = new JLabel("Copies"));
noCopiesPanel.add(jtfCopies = new JTextField(3));
noCopiesPanel.setBorder(new TitledBorder("Print"));
// Set up jbtPrint JButton
jbtPrint = new JButton("Print",new ImageIcon("Images/printerIcon.png"));
jbtPrint.setHorizontalTextPosition(JButton.CENTER);
jbtPrint.setVerticalTextPosition(JButton.TOP);
jbtPrint.setFont(new Font("Helvetica", Font.BOLD, 30));
jbtPrint.setBackground(Color.LIGHT_GRAY);
jbtPrint.setMnemonic('P');
// Set up printerPanel
printerPanel = new JPanel();
String[] printerList = {"Printer 24001", "Printer 24002", "Printer 24003", "Printer 24004"};
printerPanel.add(printerBox = new JComboBox(printerList));
printerPanel.setBorder(new TitledBorder("Printers"));
detailPanel = new JPanel(new GridLayout(2,1));
detailPanel.add(infoPanel, BorderLayout.NORTH);
detailPanel.add(colourPanel, BorderLayout.WEST);
detailPanel.add(noCopiesPanel, BorderLayout.CENTER);
detailPanel.add(jbtPrint, BorderLayout.EAST);
detailPanel.add(printerPanel, BorderLayout.SOUTH);
mainPanel = new JPanel();
mainPanel.add(toolBarPanel, BorderLayout.NORTH);
mainPanel.add(detailPanel, BorderLayout.SOUTH);
this.add(mainPanel);
//this.add(detailPanel);
detailPanel = new JPanel(new GridLayout(2,1));
detailPanel.add(infoPanel, BorderLayout.NORTH);
You have the layout as GridLayout but you are trying to set BorderLayout positions. If you want to set the positions, set the layout of detailPanel to BorderLayout
mainPanel = new JPanel();
mainPanel.add(toolBarPanel, BorderLayout.NORTH);
Same as above with this case. JPanel has a default FlowLayout. You need to set the layout to BorderLayout.
You should also be adding the detailPanel to the CENTER of the mainPanel.
Also a JToolBar should be added to a container with a BorderLayout
toolBarPanel = new JPanel();
toolBarPanel.add(jToolbar = new JToolBar());
Set the toolBarPanel to BorderLayout

Not all components showing

When I run this program, the window blocks out the buttons in panel2 when I use setSize to determine window size.
In addition, if I use frame.pack() instead of setSize(), all components are on one horizontal line but I'm trying to get them so that panel1 components are on one line and panel2 components are on a line below them.
Could someone explain in detail the answers to both of these problems?
import java.awt.*;
import java.awt.event.*;
import javax.swing.*;
public class Exercise16_4 extends JFrame{
// FlowLayout components of top portion of calculator
private JLabel jlbNum1 = new JLabel("Number 1");
private JTextField jtfNum1 = new JTextField(4);
private JLabel jlNum2 = new JLabel("Number 2");
private JTextField jtfNum2 = new JTextField(4);
private JLabel jlbResult = new JLabel("Result");
private JTextField jtfResult = new JTextField(8);
// FlowLayout Components of bottom portion of calculator
private JButton jbtAdd = new JButton("Add");
private JButton jbtSubtract = new JButton("Subtract");
private JButton jbtMultiply = new JButton("Multiply");
private JButton jbtDivide = new JButton("Divide");
public Exercise16_4(){
JPanel panel1 = new JPanel();
panel1.setLayout(new FlowLayout(FlowLayout.CENTER, 3, 3));
panel1.add(jlbNum1);
panel1.add(jtfNum1);
panel1.add(jlNum2);
panel1.add(jtfNum2);
panel1.add(jlbResult);
panel1.add(jtfResult);
JPanel panel2 = new JPanel();
panel2.setLayout(new FlowLayout(FlowLayout.CENTER, 3, 10));
panel1.add(jbtAdd);
panel1.add(jbtSubtract);
panel1.add(jbtMultiply);
panel1.add(jbtDivide);
add(panel1, BorderLayout.NORTH);
add(panel2, BorderLayout.CENTER);
}
public static void main(String[] args){
Exercise16_4 frame = new Exercise16_4();
frame.setTitle("Caculator");
frame.setSize(400, 200);
frame.setLocationRelativeTo(null);
frame.setDefaultCloseOperation(JFrame.EXIT_ON_CLOSE);
//frame.setResizable(false);
frame.setVisible(true);
}
}
You're problem is likely a typographical error in that you're adding all components to panel1 and none to panel2:
// you create panel2 just fine
JPanel panel2 = new JPanel();
panel2.setLayout(new FlowLayout(FlowLayout.CENTER, 3, 10));
// but you don't use it! Change below to panel2.
panel1.add(jbtAdd);
panel1.add(jbtSubtract);
panel1.add(jbtMultiply);
panel1.add(jbtDivide);
Add the buttons to panel2, and then call pack() before setVisible(true). Do not set the size of the GUI.

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