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fixing the size of a JTextField within a GUI

I have the following code to create GUI. The issue i am having is that the JTextField appears to expand as the GUI is resized.
I want the JTextField to stay the same size as the GUI is enlarged. The JTextField also seems to reside at the bottom of the control panel rather than at the top. How do i have control of this?
Can someone provide some helo:
public class HtmlDemo extends JPanel
implements ActionListener {
JLabel theLabel;
JTextArea htmlTextArea;
private boolean bLastName = false;
private boolean bNickName = false;
private boolean bMarks = false;
private JFreeChart chart;
private ChartPanel chartPanel;
private JLabel date1Label, date2Label,date3Label,date4Label;
private JTextField date1Field, date2Field,date3Field,date4Field;
private JButton button,button1;
private Container window;
// public createChart stackedChart = new createChart();
public XYPlot plot1;
private JPanel panel, panel1,panel3,panel4;
public HtmlDemo() {
setLayout(new BoxLayout(this, BoxLayout.LINE_AXIS));
chart = createChart(null);
chartPanel = new ChartPanel(chart);
chartPanel.setPreferredSize(new java.awt.Dimension(1060, 370));
chartPanel.setMouseZoomable(true, false);
//panel4.add(chartPanel);
htmlTextArea = new JTextArea(10, 20);
//htmlTextArea.setText(initialText);
JScrollPane scrollPane = new JScrollPane(chartPanel);
theLabel = new JLabel() {
public Dimension getPreferredSize() {
return new Dimension(200, 200);
}
public Dimension getMinimumSize() {
return new Dimension(200, 200);
}
public Dimension getMaximumSize() {
return new Dimension(200, 200);
}
};
theLabel.setVerticalAlignment(SwingConstants.CENTER);
theLabel.setHorizontalAlignment(SwingConstants.CENTER);
JPanel leftPanel = new JPanel();
leftPanel.setLayout(new BoxLayout(leftPanel, BoxLayout.PAGE_AXIS));
leftPanel.setBorder(BorderFactory.createCompoundBorder(
BorderFactory.createTitledBorder(
"Rolling Demand"),
BorderFactory.createEmptyBorder(10,10,10,10)));
leftPanel.add(scrollPane);
leftPanel.add(Box.createRigidArea(new Dimension(0,10)));
//leftPanel.add(changeTheLabel);
JPanel rightPanel = new JPanel();
rightPanel.setLayout(new BoxLayout(rightPanel, BoxLayout.PAGE_AXIS));
rightPanel.setBorder(BorderFactory.createCompoundBorder(
BorderFactory.createTitledBorder("Controls"),
BorderFactory.createEmptyBorder(10,10,10,10)));
rightPanel.add(theLabel);
button = new JButton();
date1Label = new JLabel("Enter Start Date");
rightPanel.add(date1Label);
date1Field = new JTextField(5);
rightPanel.add(date1Field);
date2Label = new JLabel("Enter End Date");
rightPanel.add(date2Label);
date2Field = new JTextField(5);
rightPanel.add(date2Field);
panel1 = new JPanel();
date3Label = new JLabel("Enter comparator Start Date");
rightPanel.add(date3Label);
date3Field = new JTextField(5);
rightPanel.add(date3Field);
date4Label = new JLabel("Enter comparator End Date");
rightPanel.add(date4Label);
date4Field = new JTextField(5);
rightPanel.add(date4Field);
button.setText("Get Data");
rightPanel.add(button);
setBorder(BorderFactory.createEmptyBorder(10,10,10,10));
add(leftPanel);
add(Box.createRigidArea(new Dimension(10,0)));
add(rightPanel);
}
private JFreeChart createChart(final XYDataset dataset)
{
// System.out.println("hello");
return ChartFactory.createTimeSeriesChart(
"Test",
"Seconds",
"Value",
dataset,
false,
false,
false);
}
//React to the user pushing the Change button.
public void actionPerformed(ActionEvent e) {
theLabel.setText(htmlTextArea.getText());
}
/**
* Create the GUI and show it. For thread safety,
* this method should be invoked from the
* event dispatch thread.
*/
private static void createAndShowGUI() {
//Create and set up the window.
JFrame frame = new JFrame("HtmlDemo");
frame.setDefaultCloseOperation(JFrame.EXIT_ON_CLOSE);
//Add content to the window.
frame.add(new HtmlDemo());
//Display the window.
frame.pack();
frame.setVisible(true);
}
public static void main(String[] args) {
//Schedule a job for the event dispatch thread:
//creating and showing this application's GUI.
SwingUtilities.invokeLater(new Runnable() {
public void run() {
//Turn off metal's use of bold fonts
UIManager.put("swing.boldMetal", Boolean.FALSE);
createAndShowGUI();
}
});
}
}

A Layout controls what gets put where depending on the size. As long as you have a layout, it will always resize. Most of the time, you want this behavior to happen, but to disable simply put
parentContainer.setLayout(null);
This is called a null layout. Note I put parentContainer because you have a bunch of text fields so I don't know which one you want.
Then you can use the textField.setBounds(x, y, width, height) to specify location.
But I do recommend you don't use null layouts.

Place label for text box above the box and not to the side

As stated in the title i need to move the label for the text box to be above the box and not to the side. attached i have a picutres of what i mean. what i have vs what i want i have tried searching for it but i cannot seem to find the answer im looking for/not exactly sure what to look up. I have tried using JFrame but it made a separate window unless i need to make the entire GUI a JFrame for me to get the result i want?
Also the actionPerformed method has things but it is irrelevant to the question but displays correctly still.
import java.awt.event.\*;
import javax.swing.\*;
import java.text.DecimalFormat;
public class Project4 extends JFrame implements ActionListener {
private JTextArea taArea = new JTextArea("", 30, 20);
ButtonGroup group = new ButtonGroup();
JTextField name = new JTextField(20);
boolean ch = false;
boolean pep = false;
boolean sup = false;
boolean veg = false;
DecimalFormat df = new DecimalFormat("##.00");
double cost = 0.0;
public Project4() {
initUI();
}
public final void initUI() {
JPanel panel1 = new JPanel();
JPanel panel2 = new JPanel();
JPanel panel3 = new JPanel();
JPanel panel4 = new JPanel();
JPanel panel5 = new JPanel();
getContentPane().add(panel1, "North");
getContentPane().add(panel2, "West");
getContentPane().add(panel3, "Center");
getContentPane().add(panel4, "East");
panel4.setLayout(new BoxLayout(panel4, BoxLayout.Y_AXIS));
getContentPane().add(panel5, "South");
JButton button = new JButton("Place Order");
button.addActionListener(this);
panel5.add(button);
JButton button2 = new JButton("Clear");
button2.addActionListener(this);
panel5.add(button2);
panel3.add(taArea);
JCheckBox checkBox1 = new JCheckBox("Cheese Pizza") ;
checkBox1.addActionListener(this);
panel4.add(checkBox1);
JCheckBox checkBox2 = new JCheckBox("Pepperoni Pizza");
checkBox2.addActionListener(this);
panel4.add(checkBox2);
JCheckBox checkBox3 = new JCheckBox("Supreme Pizza");
checkBox3.addActionListener(this);
panel4.add(checkBox3);
JCheckBox checkBox4 = new JCheckBox("Vegetarian Pizza");
checkBox4.addActionListener(this);
panel4.add(checkBox4);
JRadioButton radioButton1 = new JRadioButton("Pick Up");
group.add(radioButton1);
radioButton1.addActionListener(this);
panel1.add(radioButton1);
JRadioButton radioButton2 = new JRadioButton("Delivery");
group.add(radioButton2);
radioButton2.addActionListener(this);
panel1.add(radioButton2);
JLabel name_label = new JLabel("Name on Order");
name.addActionListener(this);
panel5.add(name_label);
panel5.add(name);
setSize(600, 300);
setTitle("Pizza to Order");
setDefaultCloseOperation(EXIT_ON_CLOSE);
}
public void actionPerformed(ActionEvent action) {
}
public static void main(String[] args) {
Project4 ex = new Project4();
ex.setVisible(true);
}
}

You can use a nested JPanel with another layout in order to achieve that. I would go with BorderLayout here. You can also other layouts that allow vertical orientation. Visiting the visual guide to Layout Managers will help you spot them.
JLabel name_label = new JLabel("Name on Order");
name.addActionListener(this);
JPanel verticalNestedPanel = new JPanel(new BorderLayout());
verticalNestedPanel.add(name_label, BorderLayout.PAGE_START);
verticalNestedPanel.add(name, BorderLayout.PAGE_END);
panel5.add(verticalNestedPanel);

Ad selected panel throw JCombobox

I'm having problem with adding another JPanel to my frame when I'm using combobox.
I want to change the center panel according to the selection in combobox.
I made differehnt panel to all selections but it didn't add to my main panel.
I added the code.
thanks :)
import AllClasses.FlightCompany;
{
public class WorkerDialog extends JFrame {
private JPanel Worker;
private String[] LabelNames = { "Worker Type:", " Worker Name:" };
String [] str = { "Office", "Host",
"Pilot" };
JComboBox<String> ChooseBox = new JComboBox<>(str);
public JPanel MainPanel;
private JPanel [] p= new JPanel[3];
public WorkerDialog(FlightCompany f) {
super("Worker Dialog");
p[0] = new Office_Gui();
p[1] = new Host_Gui();
p[2] = new Pilot_Gui();
Worker = new JPanel(new FlowLayout(FlowLayout.LEFT, 5, 5));
JLabel LabelName = new JLabel(LabelNames[0]);
JLabel LabelName2 = new JLabel(LabelNames[1]);
JTextField fieldBox = new JTextField();
LabelName.setSize(40, 25);
ChooseBox.setPreferredSize(new Dimension(180, 22));
Worker.add(LabelName);
Worker.add(ChooseBox);
Worker.add(LabelName2);
fieldBox.setPreferredSize(new Dimension(180, 22));
Worker.add(fieldBox);
JPanel AddPanel = new JPanel(new GridLayout(2, 1, 1, 1));
AddPanel.add(new JButton("Add"));
AddPanel.add(new JButton("TakeOff"));
MainPanel = new JPanel(new BorderLayout(3, 3));
AddPanel.setPreferredSize(new Dimension(0, 110));
ChooseBox.addItemListener(new ItemListener() {
#Override
public void itemStateChanged(ItemEvent e) {
// TODO Auto-generated method stub
//String str = e.getActionCommand();
String jb = (String) ChooseBox.getSelectedItem();
if (jb.equals("Office")){
MainPanel.add(p[0],BorderLayout.CENTER);
System.out.println("Office");}
}
});
MainPanel.add(Worker, BorderLayout.NORTH);
MainPanel.add(AddPanel, BorderLayout.SOUTH);
add(MainPanel);
//pack();
setSize(560, 300);
setAlwaysOnTop(true);
setDefaultCloseOperation(EXIT_ON_CLOSE);
setLocationRelativeTo(null);
setResizable(false);
setVisible(true);

What you want to do is use a CardLayout for your mainPanel, that will allow you to easily switch between panels. Then add all your panels to the mainPanel, specifying a name for the panel. That name will go in the combo box. When you want to show a certain panel, just call cardLayout.show(mainPanel, "nameOfPanel")
To learn more about Cardlayout see How to Use CardLayout. You can also see a simple example here
An aside: Use Java naming convention. Variables begin with lower case letters, using camel casing. ie:
ChooseBox → chooseBox
MainPanel → mainPanel
etc.

Adding a list of images in jscrollpane and show it

I need to add some images in jscrollpane and show the correct image when my jlist string is selected with relative image... but i have some doubt to do it.
public class Tela{
private JList<String> list;
public Tela(){
JFrame display = new JFrame();
display.setTitle("Maquina de Refrigerante");
String labels[] = { "Coca-Cola", "Fanta Laranja", "Fanta-Uva",
"Sprite"};
JPanel panel = new JPanel();
panel.setLayout(new BoxLayout(panel,BoxLayout.Y_AXIS));
JPanel firstPanel = new JPanel();
JPanel buttonPanel = new JPanel();
JPanel secondPanel = new JPanel();
//downPanel.add(BorderLayout.SOUTH);
//downPanel.setBorder(BorderFactory.createEmptyBorder(20, 20, 30, 260));
secondPanel.setBackground(Color.WHITE);
secondPanel.setPreferredSize(new Dimension(110,110));
final JButton comprar = new JButton("Comprar");
comprar.setEnabled(false);
list = new JList<String>(labels);
list.setSelectionMode(ListSelectionModel.SINGLE_SELECTION);
list.setBorder(BorderFactory.createEmptyBorder(3, 3, 3, 3));
list.setSelectedIndex(0);
JScrollPane pane = new JScrollPane();
pane.getViewport().add(list);
firstPanel.add(pane);
list.addListSelectionListener(new ListSelectionListener() {
#Override
public void valueChanged(ListSelectionEvent e) {
int selections[] = list.getSelectedIndices();
//String selectedValue = list.getSelectedValue();
Object selectionValues[] = list.getSelectedValues();
for (int i = 0, n = selections.length; i < n; i++) {
if (i == 0) {
System.out.println("Value" + selectionValues[i] );
}}
comprar.setEnabled(true);
}
});
ImageIcon image = new ImageIcon("assets/fantalogo.jpg");
JScrollPane jsp = new JScrollPane(new JLabel(image));
panel.add(jsp);
buttonPanel.add(comprar);
buttonPanel.add(Box.createRigidArea(new Dimension(0,4)));
buttonPanel.setBorder(BorderFactory.createEmptyBorder(20, 20, 20, 20));
panel.add(firstPanel);
panel.add(secondPanel);
panel.add(buttonPanel);
//panel.add(buttonPanel, BorderLayout.CENTER);
panel.setBackground(Color.BLACK);
display.add(panel);
display.setSize(550, 500);
display.setLocationRelativeTo(null);
display.setDefaultCloseOperation(display.EXIT_ON_CLOSE);
display.setVisible(true);
comprar.addActionListener(new Paga());
}
}
in my code how i can implemments it and view the correctly output?

Take a look at the section from the Swing tutorial on How to Use Combo Boxes. You find an example that does almost exactly what you want. The example uses a combo box, but the code for a JList will be very similar. That is the combo box contains a list of Strings and when you select an item the matching image is displayed.

JList not updating when set to new DefaultListModel

public class MainMenu extends JFrame {
private JPanel panel,file_list_panel;
private JPanel contentPane;
private JMenuBar menuBar;
private JMenu mnNewMenu1,mnNewMenu2,mnNewMenu3;
private JMenuItem mt1,mt2,mt3;
private JPanel right,left ,bottom;
private JSplitPane spver ,sphor;
private JTabbedPane tabbedPane;
private JLabel label;
private JList<String> list_1;
private JScrollPane jscroll_list;
private DefaultListModel listmodel_1 = new DefaultListModel();
public MainMenu() {
Dimension screenSize = Toolkit.getDefaultToolkit().getScreenSize();
setBounds(0,0,screenSize.width, screenSize.height);
setExtendedState(getExtendedState() | JFrame.MAXIMIZED_BOTH);
int intValue = Integer.parseInt( "EEEEEE",16);
Color aColor = new Color( intValue );
UIManager.put("TabbedPane.background", new Color(230, 216, 174));
UIManager.put("TabbedPane.selected", Color.WHITE);
UIManager.put("TabbedPane.contentAreaColor",aColor );
UIManager.put("TabbedPane.focus", Color.WHITE);
setTitle("Main Menu");
setDefaultCloseOperation(JFrame.EXIT_ON_CLOSE);
//setBounds(100, 100, 848, 680);
//setLocation(10, 10);
setLocationRelativeTo(null); // set jFrame alignment to center
//parent(first) panel
contentPane = new JPanel();
contentPane.setBackground(Color.BLACK);
contentPane.setBorder(new EmptyBorder(2, 2, 2, 2));
setContentPane(contentPane);
contentPane.setLayout(new BorderLayout(0, 0));
//Main Menu BAR
menuBar = new JMenuBar();
menuBar.setFont(new Font("Tekton Pro Ext", Font.PLAIN, 11));
setJMenuBar(menuBar);
//Menu 1
mnNewMenu1 = new JMenu("New menu");
menuBar.add(mnNewMenu1);
//Menu 1 MenuItem 1
mt1 = new JMenuItem("Browse New Project");
mt1.addActionListener(new ActionListener() {
#Override
public void actionPerformed(ActionEvent arg0) {
BrowseScreen frame = new BrowseScreen();
frame.setVisible(true);
}
});
mnNewMenu1.add(mt1);
//second panel
panel = new JPanel();
contentPane.add(panel, BorderLayout.CENTER);
panel.setLayout(new BorderLayout(0, 0));
spver =new JSplitPane(JSplitPane.VERTICAL_SPLIT);
spver.setDividerLocation(500);
spver.setEnabled(false);
bottom=new JPanel();
sphor =new JSplitPane(JSplitPane.HORIZONTAL_SPLIT);
sphor.setEnabled(false);
spver.setTopComponent(sphor);
spver.setBottomComponent(bottom);
bottom.setLayout(null);
panel.add(spver);
sphor.setDividerLocation(180);
left =new JPanel();
right =new JPanel();
sphor.setRightComponent(right);
right.setLayout(new GridLayout(0, 1, 0, 0));
tabbedPane = new JTabbedPane(JTabbedPane.TOP);
tabbedPane.setTabLayoutPolicy(JTabbedPane.SCROLL_TAB_LAYOUT);
JPanel tab1 = new JPanel();
tabbedPane.addTab("fffa", tab1);
tabbedPane.setMnemonicAt(0, KeyEvent.VK_1);
JPanel tab2 = new JPanel();
tabbedPane.addTab("TAB1", tab2);
tabbedPane.setMnemonicAt(0, KeyEvent.VK_1);
right.add(tabbedPane);
sphor.setLeftComponent(left);
left.setLayout(new BorderLayout(0, 0));
file_list_panel= new JPanel();
file_list_panel.setBackground(Color.BLACK);
file_list_panel.setForeground(Color.WHITE);
label = new JLabel("Java Files of Project");
label.setBackground(Color.BLACK);
label.setForeground(Color.WHITE);
label.setFont(new Font("Garamond", Font.BOLD, 14));
file_list_panel.add(label);
left.add(file_list_panel, BorderLayout.NORTH);
list_1 = new JList<String>(listmodel_1);
jscroll_list = new JScrollPane(list_1);
left.add(jscroll_list, BorderLayout.CENTER);
}
public void setList(Vector<String> files){
listmodel_1.removeAllElements();
list_1.removeAll();
for(int i=0;i<files.size();i++)
listmodel_1. addElement(files.elementAt(i));
list_1.setModel(listmodel_1);
this.invalidate();
this.validate();
this.repaint();
}
}
setList is called from the browse window before it calls setVisible(false);
ie . this methods gets called when the browse window disappears .. it does all the things in method but does not update it in the MainMenu
public void setFileList(){
MainMenu mm= new MainMenu();
mm.setList(java_files);
}
list_1 -JList listmodel_1=DefaultListModel
i've tried to refreshing the frame but does not refresh after adding the new list to the Main Window ...
before JList is updated im browsing the the files in another window then it is set to setVisible(false) then MainMenu gets focused and calls the setList method but its not changing

You're creating a new JList<String> and copying the reference to your instance variable - but you're neither removing the old JList from the frame, nor adding the new one. Just changing the variable won't do that.
Rather than creating a new JList<String>, why don't you just replace the model of the existing one? Remove this line:
list_1=new JList<String>(listmodel_1);
and you may find it just works. (You're already setting the model in the subsequent line...)

Basically, you are creating a new JList and associating your model with it, but this has no effect on the JList that is on the screen
public void setList(Vector<String> files){
// Good...
listmodel_1.removeAllElements();
// Not required, has nothing to do with the items in the list
//list_1.removeAll();
// Good
for(int i=0;i<files.size();i++)
listmodel_1. addElement(files.elementAt(i));
// This here is your problem
//list_1=new JList<String>(listmodel_1);
// Because I have no idea what model list_1 is actually using...
list_1.setModel(listmodel_1);
//list_1.setSelectedIndex(0);
//this.invalidate();
//this.validate();
//this.repaint();
}