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How do you add a JPanel from another class to a panel with CardLayout?

I'm working on a group project and I'm the one making the GUI figuring it'd be good to practice with it. The program is supposed to be a pizza ordering system (pretty standard stuff) and what I'm trying to accomplish is that I have a main class that creates an application window. Inside this window is a panel that uses CardLayout with a button that when pressed calls another JPanel from another class dedicated specifically to that panel and places it as a card in the layout to be swapped back and forth from as normal.
What I have so far are the different panels I wish to call and the main class which has the window and main card panel. I can have it swap easily between panels created within the main class but when I try to use the panels from the other classes it just swaps to a blank panel when it should show the other class's panel.
The main class
package PizzaGUI;
import java.awt.EventQueue;
import java.awt.CardLayout;
import javax.swing.JFrame;
import javax.swing.*;
import java.awt.event.*;
import java.awt.Font;
public class PizzaSystem {
private JFrame frame;
Toppings toppingsPanel;
MainMenu menuPanel;
JButton loginBtn;
JPanel mainPanel;
CardLayout cl;
//MAIN
public static void main(String[] args) {
EventQueue.invokeLater(new Runnable() {
public void run() {
try {
PizzaSystem window = new PizzaSystem();
window.frame.setVisible(true);
} catch (Exception e) {
e.printStackTrace();
}
}
});
}
//Constructor
public PizzaSystem() {
initialize();
}
//Initialize the GUI
private void initialize() {
cl = new CardLayout();
frame = new JFrame();
frame.setBounds(100, 100, 893, 527);
frame.setDefaultCloseOperation(JFrame.EXIT_ON_CLOSE);
frame.getContentPane().setLayout(null);
mainPanel = new JPanel();
mainPanel.setBounds(10, 10, 859, 470);
frame.getContentPane().add(mainPanel);
mainPanel.setLayout(cl);
JPanel panel_2 = new JPanel();
mainPanel.add(panel_2, "test");
panel_2.setLayout(null);
JLabel lblNewLabel = new JLabel("It Worked");
lblNewLabel.setFont(new Font("Tahoma", Font.PLAIN, 45));
lblNewLabel.setBounds(282, 118, 312, 103);
panel_2.add(lblNewLabel);
JPanel panel_1 = new JPanel();
loginBtn = new JButton();
loginBtn.setText("Login");
loginBtn.setBounds(175, 72, 199, 154);
loginBtn.addActionListener(new ActionListener() {
public void actionPerformed(ActionEvent e) {
showCard("menu");
}
});
panel_1.add(loginBtn);
mainPanel.add(panel_1, "loginPanel");
JPanel menuPanel = new MainMenu();
mainPanel.add(menuPanel, "menu");
showCard("loginPanel");
}
//Call card matching the key
public void showCard(String key) {
cl.show(mainPanel, key);
}
}
and one of the classes with the panel (format is messed up but should work still)
package PizzaGUI;
import java.awt.Color;
import java.awt.Font;
import java.awt.Image;
import java.awt.event.ActionEvent;
import java.awt.event.ActionListener;
import javax.swing.ImageIcon;
import javax.swing.JButton;
import javax.swing.JFrame;
import javax.swing.JLabel;
import javax.swing.JPanel;
import javax.swing.JScrollPane;
import javax.swing.JTabbedPane;
import javax.swing.JTextArea;
import javax.swing.SwingConstants;
import javax.swing.border.BevelBorder;
public class MainMenu extends JPanel {
public MainMenu() {
JPanel panel1 = new JPanel();
panel1.setBounds(100, 100, 893, 572);
panel1.setBackground(Color.PINK);
panel1.setLayout(null);
panel1.setVisible(true);
JLabel logoLabel = new JLabel("");
logoLabel.setBounds(10, 10, 100, 110);
panel1.add(logoLabel);
ImageIcon image1 = new ImageIcon("C:\\Users\\thera\\eclipse-workspace\\PizzaSystem\\Images\\MamaJane1.png");
logoLabel.setIcon(new ImageIcon("C:\\Users\\thera\\eclipse-workspace\\PizzaSystem\\Images\\MamaJane.png"));
JTabbedPane tabbedPane = new JTabbedPane(JTabbedPane.TOP);
tabbedPane.setBounds(133, 113, 548, 402);
tabbedPane.setBorder(new BevelBorder(BevelBorder.LOWERED, null, null, null, null));
tabbedPane.setBackground(Color.PINK);
tabbedPane.setForeground(Color.GRAY);
tabbedPane.setFont(new Font("Tahoma", Font.PLAIN, 20));
tabbedPane.setToolTipText("");
panel1.add(tabbedPane);
JPanel panel = new JPanel();
tabbedPane.addTab("MENU", null, panel, null);
panel.setLayout(null);
//*******************************************************************************************************
//Pepperoni menu section
JLabel pizza1Image = new JLabel("IMAGE");
pizza1Image.setBounds(6, 25, 100, 100);
panel.add(pizza1Image);
ImageIcon image2 = new ImageIcon("C:\\Users\\thera\\eclipse-workspace\\PizzaSystem\\Images\\Pepperoni.jpg");
Image pizza1 = image2.getImage();
Image pepperoni = pizza1.getScaledInstance(100, 100, java.awt.Image.SCALE_SMOOTH);
image2 = new ImageIcon(pepperoni);
pizza1Image.setIcon(image2);
JLabel pepperoniLabel = new JLabel("PEPPERONI");
pepperoniLabel.setHorizontalAlignment(SwingConstants.CENTER);
pepperoniLabel.setBounds(110, 25, 86, 48);
pepperoniLabel.setFont(new Font("Tahoma", Font.PLAIN, 12));
panel.add(pepperoniLabel);
JButton pepperoniOrderBtn = new JButton("ORDER");
pepperoniOrderBtn.setBounds(110, 79, 86, 47);
panel.add(pepperoniOrderBtn);
pepperoniOrderBtn.addActionListener( new ActionListener() {
public void actionPerformed(ActionEvent e) {
}
});
//Pepperoni End
JButton accountButton = new JButton("Account");
accountButton.setBounds(10, 414, 113, 39);
accountButton.setBackground(Color.WHITE);
panel.add(accountButton);
JButton checkoutButton = new JButton("Checkout");
checkoutButton.setBounds(713, 438, 138, 31);
panel.add(checkoutButton);
JButton logoutButton = new JButton("Logout");
logoutButton.setBounds(10, 463, 113, 52);
panel.add(logoutButton);
JTextArea txtrOrderInfoGoes = new JTextArea();
txtrOrderInfoGoes.setBounds(703, 10, 154, 418);
txtrOrderInfoGoes.setText("Order Info\r\nGoes Here\r\n\r\nPepperoni Pizza x1\r\n$6.50");
panel.add(txtrOrderInfoGoes);
JButton clearOrderButton = new JButton("Clear");
clearOrderButton.setBounds(723, 479, 113, 36);
panel.add(clearOrderButton);
JLabel titleLabel = new JLabel("MAMA JANE'S PIZZERIA");
titleLabel.setBounds(147, 10, 534, 65);
panel.add(titleLabel);
titleLabel.setFont(new Font(titleLabel.getFont().getName(), Font.PLAIN, 50));
JLabel storeInfoLabel = new JLabel("<html>1234 Fakelane Rd <br> 10001, Faketopia, USA <br> 111-11-PIZZA <br> Mon-Fri 11AM to 10pm <br> Sat-Sun 10AM to 11pm");
storeInfoLabel.setBounds(10, 130, 113, 274);
panel.add(storeInfoLabel);
JScrollPane scrollPane = new JScrollPane();
scrollPane.setBounds(406, 85, 2, 2);
panel.add(scrollPane);
logoutButton.addActionListener( new ActionListener() {
public void actionPerformed(ActionEvent e) {
System.exit(0);
}
});
}
}
I can't tell where I've gone wrong and I've spent roughly the last three hours trying to fix this and searching the internet for answers to no avail so thank you in advance if you can help me out.
Also I apologize in advance, I know I end up misusing the proper terminology for programming alot, I understand what things are just forget what to properly call them sometimes.

So, basically, I took out all the null layouts and "manual" layout code, as it's just going to mess with you to no end AND added add(panel1); to the end of the MainMenu constructor - as, I've said, NOTHING was added to MainMenu, so, nothing was going to get displayed.
Before you tell me that "this isn't the layout I want", understand that I understand that, but my point is, null layouts are a really bad idea, as almost the entire Swing API relies the layout managers in one way or another.
I appreciate that layout management can seem like a complex subject, but it solves some very complex problems and it's worth taking the time to learn them. Remember, you're not stuck to a single layout manager, you can use component components to adjust individual containers to their individual needs.
You can take a look at:
Layout using Java Swing
Which Layout Manager to use?
How I can do swing complex layout Java
How to use Java Swing layout manager to make this GUI?
*Which java swing layout should I use
to some ideas how you might approach designing a complex UI.
You should also take a look at Laying Out Components Within a Container
import java.awt.BorderLayout;
import java.awt.CardLayout;
import java.awt.EventQueue;
import java.awt.Font;
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.JTabbedPane;
import javax.swing.JTextArea;
import javax.swing.SwingConstants;
public class PizzaSystem {
private JFrame frame;
// Toppings toppingsPanel;
MainMenu menuPanel;
JButton loginBtn;
JPanel mainPanel;
CardLayout cl;
//MAIN
public static void main(String[] args) {
EventQueue.invokeLater(new Runnable() {
public void run() {
try {
PizzaSystem window = new PizzaSystem();
window.frame.setVisible(true);
} catch (Exception e) {
e.printStackTrace();
}
}
});
}
//Constructor
public PizzaSystem() {
initialize();
}
//Initialize the GUI
private void initialize() {
cl = new CardLayout();
frame = new JFrame();
frame.setDefaultCloseOperation(JFrame.EXIT_ON_CLOSE);
mainPanel = new JPanel(cl);
frame.getContentPane().add(mainPanel);
JPanel panel_1 = new JPanel(new GridBagLayout());
loginBtn = new JButton();
loginBtn.setText("Login");
loginBtn.addActionListener(new ActionListener() {
public void actionPerformed(ActionEvent e) {
showCard("menu");
}
});
panel_1.add(loginBtn);
mainPanel.add(panel_1, "loginPanel");
JPanel menuPanel = new MainMenu();
mainPanel.add(menuPanel, "menu");
frame.pack();
showCard("loginPanel");
}
//Call card matching the key
public void showCard(String key) {
cl.show(mainPanel, key);
}
public class MainMenu extends JPanel {
public MainMenu() {
JPanel panel1 = new JPanel(new BorderLayout());
JLabel logoLabel = new JLabel("Logo");
panel1.add(logoLabel, BorderLayout.NORTH);
JTabbedPane tabbedPane = new JTabbedPane(JTabbedPane.TOP);
tabbedPane.setToolTipText("");
panel1.add(tabbedPane, BorderLayout.CENTER);
JPanel panel = new JPanel();
tabbedPane.addTab("MENU", null, panel, null);
//*******************************************************************************************************
//Pepperoni menu section
JLabel pizza1Image = new JLabel("IMAGE");
panel.add(pizza1Image);
JLabel pepperoniLabel = new JLabel("PEPPERONI");
pepperoniLabel.setHorizontalAlignment(SwingConstants.CENTER);
panel.add(pepperoniLabel);
JButton pepperoniOrderBtn = new JButton("ORDER");
pepperoniOrderBtn.addActionListener(new ActionListener() {
public void actionPerformed(ActionEvent e) {
}
});
//Pepperoni End
JButton accountButton = new JButton("Account");
panel.add(accountButton);
JButton checkoutButton = new JButton("Checkout");
panel.add(checkoutButton);
JButton logoutButton = new JButton("Logout");
panel.add(logoutButton);
JTextArea txtrOrderInfoGoes = new JTextArea(10, 20);
txtrOrderInfoGoes.setText("Order Info\r\nGoes Here\r\n\r\nPepperoni Pizza x1\r\n$6.50");
panel.add(txtrOrderInfoGoes);
JButton clearOrderButton = new JButton("Clear");
panel.add(clearOrderButton);
JLabel titleLabel = new JLabel("MAMA JANE'S PIZZERIA");
panel.add(titleLabel);
titleLabel.setFont(new Font(titleLabel.getFont().getName(), Font.PLAIN, 50));
JLabel storeInfoLabel = new JLabel("<html>1234 Fakelane Rd <br> 10001, Faketopia, USA <br> 111-11-PIZZA <br> Mon-Fri 11AM to 10pm <br> Sat-Sun 10AM to 11pm");
panel.add(storeInfoLabel);
JScrollPane scrollPane = new JScrollPane();
panel.add(scrollPane);
logoutButton.addActionListener(new ActionListener() {
public void actionPerformed(ActionEvent e) {
System.exit(0);
}
});
add(panel1);
}
}
}

How to add a JButton to a JFrame?

I tried to add a button to the JFrame, but it won't appear for some reason. How do I make it appear?
import javax.swing.JLabel;
import javax.swing.JTextField;
import javax.swing.JPanel;
import javax.swing.SwingConstants;
import javax.swing.border.Border;
import javax.swing.BorderFactory;
import java.awt.Color;
import java.awt.Container;
import java.awt.Rectangle;
import java.awt.event.ActionListener;
import javax.swing.JButton;
import javax.swing.*;
public class GraficoconArreglo extends javax.swing.JFrame {
JPanel pan = (JPanel) this.getContentPane();
JLabel []lab = new JLabel[6];
JTextField []text = new JTextField[6];
Border border = BorderFactory.createLineBorder(Color.pink,1);
JButton b = new JButton("Calculate");
public GraficoconArreglo() {
initComponents();
pan.setLayout(null);
pan.setBackground(Color.GRAY);
for(int i=0; i<lab.length ;i++){
lab[i] = new JLabel();
text[i] = new JTextField();
lab[i].setBounds(new Rectangle(15,(i+1)*40, 60, 25));
lab[i].setText("Data " + (i+1));
lab[i].setBorder(border);
text[i].setBounds(new Rectangle(100,(i+1)*40, 60, 25));
pan.add(lab[i],null);
pan.add(text[i],null);
setSize(200,330);
setTitle("Arrays in forums.");
add(b);
b.addActionListener((ActionListener) this);
}
}

You are creating only one button and adding it to 6 different places. Therefore, you only would see it on the last place you added.

You should add the button to the contentPane, not the JFrame. A working code for this, provided from SwingDesigner from Eclipse Marketplace would be:
public class Window extends JFrame {
private JPanel contentPane;
/**
* Launch the application.
*/
public static void main(String[] args) {
EventQueue.invokeLater(new Runnable() {
public void run() {
try {
Window frame = new Window();
frame.setVisible(true);
} catch (Exception e) {
e.printStackTrace();
}
}
});
}
/**
* Create the frame.
*/
public Window() {
setDefaultCloseOperation(JFrame.EXIT_ON_CLOSE);
setBounds(100, 100, 450, 300);
contentPane = new JPanel();
contentPane.setBorder(new EmptyBorder(5, 5, 5, 5));
contentPane.setLayout(null);
setContentPane(contentPane);
JButton btnNewButton = new JButton("New button");
btnNewButton.setBounds(170, 110, 89, 23);
contentPane.add(btnNewButton);
}
}

set JTextField Size according to text in JTextArea

In my program i have to make JTextField Dynamically when JButton pressed. And i have to set JTextField size according to text inside in JTextArea.
The process is whenever i typed any message in JTextArea and pressed JButton it show that message inside JTextField. And JTextField size is according to the text that i want to display in JTextArea.
this is my code
import java.awt.EventQueue;
import java.awt.Font;
import java.awt.event.ActionEvent;
import java.awt.event.ActionListener;
import javax.swing.GroupLayout;
import javax.swing.JButton;
import javax.swing.JFrame;
import javax.swing.JPanel;
import javax.swing.JScrollPane;
import javax.swing.JTextArea;
import javax.swing.GroupLayout.Alignment;
import com.alee.laf.WebLookAndFeel;
import javax.swing.JTextField;
import net.miginfocom.swing.MigLayout;
public class ThirdApplication {
private JFrame frame;
private JPanel panel_2;
private JTextArea SendText;
private int y=20;
private JTextField DisplayText;
/**
* Launch the application.
*/
public static void main(String[] args) {
EventQueue.invokeLater(new Runnable() {
public void run() {
try {
WebLookAndFeel.install();
ThirdApplication window = new ThirdApplication();
window.frame.setVisible(true);
} catch (Exception e) {
e.printStackTrace();
}
}
});
}
/**
* Create the application.
*/
public ThirdApplication() {
initialize();
}
/**
* Initialize the contents of the frame.
*/
private void initialize() {
frame = new JFrame();
frame.setResizable(false);
frame.setBounds(100, 100, 614, 649);
frame.setDefaultCloseOperation(JFrame.DISPOSE_ON_CLOSE);
JPanel panel = new JPanel();
GroupLayout groupLayout = new GroupLayout(frame.getContentPane());
groupLayout.setHorizontalGroup(
groupLayout.createParallelGroup(Alignment.LEADING)
.addComponent(panel, GroupLayout.DEFAULT_SIZE, 608, Short.MAX_VALUE)
);
groupLayout.setVerticalGroup(
groupLayout.createParallelGroup(Alignment.LEADING)
.addComponent(panel, GroupLayout.DEFAULT_SIZE, 621, Short.MAX_VALUE)
);
panel.setLayout(null);
JPanel panel_1 = new JPanel();
panel_1.setBounds(0, 534, 608, 87);
panel.add(panel_1);
panel_1.setLayout(null);
JButton btnNewButton = new JButton("Send");
btnNewButton.addActionListener(new ActionListener() {
public void actionPerformed(ActionEvent arg0) {
panel_2.revalidate();
panel_2.repaint();
DisplayText = new JTextField();
DisplayText.setFont(new Font("Georgia", Font.PLAIN, 15));
DisplayText.setEditable(false);
DisplayText.setBounds(10,y,0,0);
DisplayText.setText(SendText.getText());
panel_2.add(DisplayText,"width 179, height 40,wrap");
DisplayText.setColumns(10);
y=y+38;
}
});
btnNewButton.setFont(new Font("Georgia", Font.BOLD, 15));
btnNewButton.setBounds(509, 23, 89, 40);
panel_1.add(btnNewButton);
JScrollPane scrollPane = new JScrollPane();
scrollPane.setBounds(10, 11, 486, 65);
panel_1.add(scrollPane);
SendText = new JTextArea();
SendText.setFont(new Font("Georgia", Font.PLAIN, 15));
scrollPane.setViewportView(SendText);
JScrollPane scrollPane_1 = new JScrollPane();
scrollPane_1.setBounds(0, 0, 608, 534);
panel.add(scrollPane_1);
panel_2 = new JPanel();
scrollPane_1.setViewportView(panel_2);
panel_2.setLayout(new MigLayout("wrap"));
frame.getContentPane().setLayout(groupLayout);
}
}

How to open a new JPanel with a JButton?

I am trying to code a program with multiple screens, however, I do not want to use tabbed panes. I have looked at using multiple JPanels with the card layout and the methods are simply not working. What I need to be able to do is load the new JPanel when a button is clicked. Here is my code:
import java.awt.BorderLayout;
import java.awt.EventQueue;
import javax.swing.JFrame;
import javax.swing.JPanel;
import javax.swing.border.EmptyBorder;
import java.awt.CardLayout;
import javax.swing.JButton;
import java.awt.event.ActionListener;
import java.awt.event.ActionEvent;
public class IA extends JFrame {
private JPanel contentPane;
private JPanel home;
private JPanel clients;
/**
* Launch the application.
*/
public static void main(String[] args) {
EventQueue.invokeLater(new Runnable() {
public void run() {
try {
IA frame = new IA();
frame.setVisible(true);
} catch (Exception e) {
e.printStackTrace();
}
}
});
}
/**
* Create the frame.
*/
public IA() {
setDefaultCloseOperation(JFrame.EXIT_ON_CLOSE);
setBounds(100, 100, 450, 300);
contentPane = new JPanel();
contentPane.setBorder(new EmptyBorder(5, 5, 5, 5));
setContentPane(contentPane);
contentPane.setLayout(new CardLayout(0, 0));
JPanel home = new JPanel();
contentPane.add(home, "name_714429679706141");
home.setLayout(null);
JButton btnClients = new JButton("Clients");
btnClients.addActionListener(new ActionListener() {
public void actionPerformed(ActionEvent e) {
home.setVisible(false);
clients.setVisible(true);
}
});
btnClients.setBounds(160, 108, 89, 23);
home.add(btnClients);
JPanel clients = new JPanel();
contentPane.add(clients, "name_714431450350356");
clients.setLayout(null);
JButton btnHome = new JButton("Home");
btnHome.addActionListener(new ActionListener() {
public void actionPerformed(ActionEvent e) {
clients.setVisible(false);
home.setVisible(true);
}
});
btnHome.setBounds(169, 107, 89, 23);
clients.add(btnHome);
}
}

The problem is that you have duplicate variables home and clients .
The folllowing is your modified code to fix that, with comments on the changed lines (five lines total) :
import java.awt.CardLayout;
import java.awt.EventQueue;
import java.awt.event.ActionEvent;
import java.awt.event.ActionListener;
import javax.swing.JButton;
import javax.swing.JFrame;
import javax.swing.JPanel;
import javax.swing.border.EmptyBorder;
public class IA extends JFrame {
private final JPanel contentPane;
// private final JPanel home; // REMOVED
// private JPanel clients; // REMOVED
/**
* Launch the application.
*/
public static void main(final String[] args) {
EventQueue.invokeLater(new Runnable() {
public void run() {
try {
IA frame = new IA();
frame.setVisible(true);
} catch (Exception e) {
e.printStackTrace();
}
}
});
}
/**
* Create the frame.
*/
public IA() {
setDefaultCloseOperation(JFrame.EXIT_ON_CLOSE);
setBounds(100, 100, 450, 300);
contentPane = new JPanel();
contentPane.setBorder(new EmptyBorder(5, 5, 5, 5));
setContentPane(contentPane);
contentPane.setLayout(new CardLayout(0, 0));
final JPanel home = new JPanel();
contentPane.add(home, "name_714429679706141");
home.setLayout(null);
final JPanel clients = new JPanel(); // MOVED UP
contentPane.add(clients, "name_714431450350356"); // MOVED UP
clients.setLayout(null); // MOVED UP
JButton btnClients = new JButton("Clients");
btnClients.addActionListener(new ActionListener() {
public void actionPerformed(final ActionEvent e) {
home.setVisible(false);
clients.setVisible(true);
}
});
btnClients.setBounds(160, 108, 89, 23);
home.add(btnClients);
JButton btnHome = new JButton("Home");
btnHome.addActionListener(new ActionListener() {
public void actionPerformed(final ActionEvent e) {
clients.setVisible(false);
home.setVisible(true);
}
});
btnHome.setBounds(169, 107, 89, 23);
clients.add(btnHome);
}
}

I would take a look at this post, however I have a feeling you'll need to use a actionlistener to get this done...
Java Swing. Opening a new JPanel from a JButton and making the buttons pretty
I would of left this as a comment but apparently you need 50 rep for that...
This link might be more helpful.. How to open a new window by clicking a button

When the following code is invoked the clients variable equals to null.
JButton btnClients = new JButton("Clients");
btnClients.addActionListener(new ActionListener() {
public void actionPerformed(ActionEvent e) {
home.setVisible(false);
clients.setVisible(true);
}
});
Write this:
JPanel clients = new JPanel();
contentPane.add(clients, "name_714431450350356");
clients.setLayout(null);
JButton btnHome = new JButton("Home");
btnHome.setBounds(169, 107, 89, 23);
clients.add(btnHome);
before you add the Action Listener

Gui problems when enlarged

I have a question on my GUI. after I ran my codes. my GUI will display like the picture shown below
But when I enlarged it to full screen. it will become like this.
How do I keep in the center and just like the size in picture one only when enlarged to full screen?
import java.awt.BorderLayout;
import java.awt.GridLayout;
import javax.swing.JFrame;
import javax.swing.JLabel;
import javax.swing.JPanel;
import javax.swing.JTextField;
import javax.swing.SwingUtilities;
public class GuiTest {
JFrame frame = new JFrame("Gui Test");
JPanel panel = new JPanel(new GridLayout(4,0));
JPanel panelTwo = new JPanel(new BorderLayout());
JLabel labelOne = new JLabel("Text One:");
JLabel labelTwo = new JLabel("Text Two:");
JTextField textFieldOne = new JTextField(15);
JTextField textFieldTwo = new JTextField(15);
JTextField textFieldThree = new JTextField(15);
public GuiTest() {
panel.add(labelOne);
panel.add(textFieldOne);
panel.add(labelTwo);
panel.add(textFieldTwo);
panelTwo.add(panel, BorderLayout.CENTER);
frame.add(panelTwo);
frame.setDefaultCloseOperation(JFrame.DISPOSE_ON_CLOSE);
frame.pack();
frame.getPreferredSize();
frame.setLocationRelativeTo(null);
frame.setVisible(true);
//frame.setResizable(false);
}
public static void main(String[]args) {
SwingUtilities.invokeLater(new Runnable() {
#Override
public void run() {
new GuiTest();
}
});
}
}

Yet another GridLayout confusion!
It is stretching its children and there is nothing that we can do about it.
GridLayout is a very simple manager with very limited practical
usage. Skip it and skip BorderLayout as well. The only thing that
you need to know about BorderLayout is that it is the default manager
of the frame's content pane.
Layout management is a complex thing -- there not shortcuts. One has to
put some effort to learn it. The good news is that there are some very capable
layout managers. I recommend the following two:
MigLayout
GroupLayout
JGoodies' FormLayout is a good option too. These managers are doing
it properly. Study them carefully and choose your favourite.
I provide two solutions, one with MigLayout, one with GroupLayout.
MigLayout solution
MigLayout is a third-party layout manager for which we need to dowload
a single jar file.
package com.zetcode;
import java.awt.EventQueue;
import javax.swing.JFrame;
import javax.swing.JLabel;
import javax.swing.JPanel;
import javax.swing.JTextField;
import net.miginfocom.swing.MigLayout;
public class MigLayoutEx extends JFrame {
public MigLayoutEx() {
initUI();
}
private void initUI() {
JPanel pnl = new JPanel(new MigLayout("ins dialog, center, "
+ "center, wrap"));
pnl.add(new JLabel("Text one"));
pnl.add(new JTextField(15));
pnl.add(new JLabel("Text two"));
pnl.add(new JTextField(15));
add(pnl);
pack();
setTitle("MigLayout example");
setLocationRelativeTo(null);
setDefaultCloseOperation(JFrame.EXIT_ON_CLOSE);
}
public static void main(String[] args) {
EventQueue.invokeLater(new Runnable() {
#Override
public void run() {
MigLayoutEx ex = new MigLayoutEx();
ex.setVisible(true);
}
});
}
}
GroupLayout solution
GroupLayout is a built-in layout manager.
package com.zetcode;
import java.awt.Container;
import java.awt.EventQueue;
import javax.swing.GroupLayout;
import static javax.swing.GroupLayout.Alignment.LEADING;
import static javax.swing.GroupLayout.DEFAULT_SIZE;
import static javax.swing.GroupLayout.PREFERRED_SIZE;
import javax.swing.JFrame;
import javax.swing.JLabel;
import javax.swing.JTextField;
public class GroupLayoutEx extends JFrame {
public GroupLayoutEx() {
initUI();
}
private void initUI() {
Container pane = getContentPane();
GroupLayout gl = new GroupLayout(pane);
pane.setLayout(gl);
JLabel lbl1 = new JLabel("Text one");
JLabel lbl2 = new JLabel("Text two");
JTextField field1 = new JTextField(15);
JTextField field2 = new JTextField(15);
gl.setAutoCreateGaps(true);
gl.setAutoCreateContainerGaps(true);
gl.setHorizontalGroup(gl.createSequentialGroup()
.addGap(5, 50, Short.MAX_VALUE)
.addGroup(gl.createParallelGroup(LEADING)
.addComponent(lbl1)
.addComponent(field1, DEFAULT_SIZE, DEFAULT_SIZE,
PREFERRED_SIZE)
.addComponent(lbl2)
.addComponent(field2, DEFAULT_SIZE, DEFAULT_SIZE,
PREFERRED_SIZE))
.addGap(5, 50, Short.MAX_VALUE)
);
gl.setVerticalGroup(gl.createSequentialGroup()
.addGap(5, 50, Short.MAX_VALUE)
.addGroup(gl.createSequentialGroup()
.addComponent(lbl1)
.addComponent(field1, DEFAULT_SIZE, DEFAULT_SIZE,
PREFERRED_SIZE)
.addComponent(lbl2)
.addComponent(field2, DEFAULT_SIZE, DEFAULT_SIZE,
PREFERRED_SIZE))
.addGap(5, 50, Short.MAX_VALUE)
);
pack();
setTitle("GroupLayout example");
setLocationRelativeTo(null);
setDefaultCloseOperation(JFrame.EXIT_ON_CLOSE);
}
public static void main(String[] args) {
EventQueue.invokeLater(new Runnable() {
#Override
public void run() {
GroupLayoutEx ex = new GroupLayoutEx();
ex.setVisible(true);
}
});
}
}