Setting an arbitrary width in GridBagLayout - java

I was trying to make a keyboard layout, where one can specify the buttons' width. Therefore, I made an attempt with GridBagLayout but without success.
To illustrate my problem I did a simple example, where I expected to obtain this (Button2, Button4, Button5, Button6):
but instead I get Button4 and Button6 of double width.
The code is:
package views;
import java.awt.BorderLayout;
import java.awt.EventQueue;
import java.awt.GridBagConstraints;
import java.awt.GridBagLayout;
import javax.swing.JButton;
import javax.swing.JFrame;
import javax.swing.JPanel;
public class TestLayout extends JFrame {
public static void main(String[] args) {
EventQueue.invokeLater(new Runnable() {
#Override
public void run() {
new TestLayout().setVisible(true);
}
});
}
public TestLayout() {
JButton btn;
setBounds(0, 0, 444, 111);
setLayout(new GridBagLayout());
GridBagConstraints gbc = new GridBagConstraints();
gbc.fill = GridBagConstraints.BOTH;
gbc.gridy = 1;//ROW 1
btn = new JButton("Button 1");gbc.gridx = 0;gbc.gridwidth = 1;add(btn, gbc);
btn = new JButton("Button 2");gbc.gridx = 1;gbc.gridwidth = 2;add(btn, gbc);
btn = new JButton("Button 3");gbc.gridx = 3;gbc.gridwidth = 1;add(btn, gbc);
btn = new JButton("Button 4");gbc.gridx = 4;gbc.gridwidth = 2;add(btn, gbc);
gbc.gridy = 2;//ROW 2
btn = new JButton("Button 5");gbc.gridx = 0;gbc.gridwidth = 2;add(btn, gbc);
btn = new JButton("Button 6");gbc.gridx = 2;gbc.gridwidth = 2;add(btn, gbc);
btn = new JButton("Button 7");gbc.gridx = 4;gbc.gridwidth = 1;add(btn, gbc);
btn = new JButton("Button 8");gbc.gridx = 5;gbc.gridwidth = 1;add(btn, gbc);
}
}
Moreover, my goal is to define the keyboard something like this, with no correlation between rows, which I couldn't achieved with this Layout manager:

I took this matter over to Why does this GridBagLayout not appear as planned? & camickr solved it using a dummy row of components, each 1 gridwidth wide.
These 2 images show:
At the bottom, the 'minimalist' version of the code that uses a 1px tall transparent image.
At the top, the more obvious version that uses a solid black image that is 5 px tall.
import java.awt.*;
import java.awt.image.BufferedImage;
import javax.swing.*;
import javax.swing.border.*;
public class KeyBoardLayout {
private JComponent ui = null;
KeyBoardLayout(boolean lowImpact) {
initUI(lowImpact);
}
public void initUI(boolean lowImpact) {
if (ui != null) {
return;
}
ui = new JPanel(new GridBagLayout());
ui.setBorder(new EmptyBorder(4, 4, 4, 4));
GridBagConstraints gbc = new GridBagConstraints();
gbc.weightx = .5;
gbc.weighty = .5;
gbc.fill = GridBagConstraints.BOTH;
/* This code adds a dummy (invisible) row of components, 1 per
single gridwidth column. It has the effect of forcing the GBL width
to the size we would expect, proportional to each gridwidth assigned.
The problem with this (simple) approach is that the perfect
width will change according to PLAF and the content/preferred
size of the visible components. */
// TODO! improve on use of 'magic numbers'
int w = 30; // adjust width per requirement
int h = lowImpact ? 1 : 5; // 1 for small height/border, 5 for large
// TYPE_INT_RGB for black
// TYPE_INT_ARGB for invisible
int t = lowImpact ?
BufferedImage.TYPE_INT_ARGB :
BufferedImage.TYPE_INT_RGB;
// an icon for the dummy row
ImageIcon ii = new ImageIcon(new BufferedImage(w, h, t));
ui.setBorder(new CompoundBorder(
ui.getBorder(), new EmptyBorder(0, 0, h, 0)));
// put a 'padding cell' in each column of the top row
// to force the layout to respect each individual column
for (int i = 0; i < 22; i++) {
gbc.gridx = i;
gbc.gridy = 4;
ui.add(new JLabel(ii));
}
gbc.gridx = 0;
gbc.gridy = 1;
gbc.gridwidth = 3;
ui.add(new JButton("1,1 (3)"), gbc);
gbc.gridx = 3;
gbc.gridwidth = 2;
ui.add(new JButton("2,1 (2)"), gbc);
gbc.gridx = 5;
ui.add(new JButton("3,1 (2)"), gbc);
gbc.gridx = 7;
ui.add(new JButton("4,1 (2)"), gbc);
gbc.gridx = 9;
ui.add(new JButton("5,1 (2)"), gbc);
gbc.gridx = 11;
ui.add(new JButton("6,1 (2)"), gbc);
gbc.gridx = 13;
ui.add(new JButton("7,1 (2)"), gbc);
gbc.gridx = 15;
gbc.gridwidth = 3;
ui.add(new JButton("8,1 (3)"), gbc);
gbc.gridx = 18;
gbc.gridwidth = 4;
ui.add(new JButton("9,1 (4)"), gbc);
gbc.gridx = 0;
gbc.gridy = 2;
ui.add(new JButton("1,2 (4)"), gbc);
gbc.gridx = 4;
gbc.gridwidth = 2;
ui.add(new JButton("2,2 (2)"), gbc);
gbc.gridx = 6;
ui.add(new JButton("3,2 (2)"), gbc);
gbc.gridx = 8;
ui.add(new JButton("4,2 (2)"), gbc);
gbc.gridx = 10;
ui.add(new JButton("5,2 (2)"), gbc);
gbc.gridx = 12;
ui.add(new JButton("6,2 (2)"), gbc);
gbc.gridx = 14;
ui.add(new JButton("7,2 (2)"), gbc);
gbc.gridx = 16;
ui.add(new JButton("8,2 (2)"), gbc);
gbc.gridx = 18;
gbc.gridwidth = 4;
ui.add(new JButton("9,2 (4)"), gbc);
gbc.gridx = 0;
gbc.gridy = 3;
gbc.gridwidth = 5;
ui.add(new JButton("1,3 (5)"), gbc);
gbc.gridx = 5;
gbc.gridwidth = 2;
ui.add(new JButton("2,3 (2)"), gbc);
gbc.gridx = 7;
ui.add(new JButton("3,3 (2)"), gbc);
gbc.gridx = 9;
ui.add(new JButton("4,3 (2)"), gbc);
gbc.gridx = 11;
ui.add(new JButton("5,3 (2)"), gbc);
gbc.gridx = 13;
ui.add(new JButton("6,3 (2)"), gbc);
gbc.gridx = 15;
ui.add(new JButton("7,3 (2)"), gbc);
gbc.gridx = 17;
ui.add(new JButton("8,3 (2)"), gbc);
gbc.gridx = 19;
gbc.gridwidth = 3;
ui.add(new JButton("9,3 (3)"), gbc);
gbc.gridx = 0;
gbc.gridy = 4;
gbc.gridwidth = 3;
ui.add(new JButton("1,4 (3)"), gbc);
gbc.gridx = 3;
ui.add(new JButton("2,4 (3)"), gbc);
gbc.gridx = 6;
gbc.gridwidth = 10;
ui.add(new JButton("3,4 (10)"), gbc);
gbc.gridx = 16;
gbc.gridwidth = 3;
ui.add(new JButton("4,4 (3)"), gbc);
gbc.gridx = 19;
ui.add(new JButton("5,4 (3)"), gbc);
gbc.gridx = 0;
gbc.gridy = 4;
gbc.gridwidth = 1;
}
public JComponent getUI() {
return ui;
}
public static void main(String[] args) {
Runnable r = new Runnable() {
#Override
public void run() {
try {
UIManager.setLookAndFeel(
UIManager.getSystemLookAndFeelClassName());
} catch (Exception useDefault) {
}
for (int ii = 0; ii < 2; ii++) {
KeyBoardLayout o = new KeyBoardLayout(ii==0);
JFrame f = new JFrame("Keyboard Layout");
f.setDefaultCloseOperation(JFrame.DISPOSE_ON_CLOSE);
f.setLocationByPlatform(true);
f.setContentPane(o.getUI());
f.pack();
f.setMinimumSize(f.getSize());
f.setVisible(true);
}
}
};
SwingUtilities.invokeLater(r);
}
}

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This is how it looks like currently :
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gbc.gridheight = 1;
calendarTitle.setHorizontalAlignment(JLabel.CENTER);
calendarTitle.setBorder(BorderFactory.createMatteBorder(1, 1, 1, 0, Color.BLACK));
calendarTitle.setFont(calendarTitle.getFont().deriveFont(18.0f));
gridbag.setConstraints(calendarTitle, gbc);
rp.add(calendarTitle, gbc);
gbc.gridx = 10;
gbc.gridy = 4;
gbc.gridheight = 3;
gbc.gridwidth = 1;
totalHours.setHorizontalAlignment(JLabel.CENTER);
totalHours.setBorder(BorderFactory.createMatteBorder(1, 1, 1, 1, Color.BLACK));
totalHours.setFont(totalHours.getFont().deriveFont(18.0f));
gridbag.setConstraints(totalHours, gbc);
rp.add(totalHours, gbc);
gbc.gridx = 11;
gbc.gridy = 4;
gbc.gridheight = 3;
gbc.gridwidth = 1;
ratePerHour.setHorizontalAlignment(JLabel.CENTER);
ratePerHour.setBorder(BorderFactory.createMatteBorder(1, 0, 1, 0, Color.BLACK));
ratePerHour.setFont(ratePerHour.getFont().deriveFont(18.0f));
gridbag.setConstraints(ratePerHour, gbc);
rp.add(ratePerHour, gbc);
gbc.gridx = 12;
gbc.gridy = 4;
gbc.gridheight = 3;
gbc.gridwidth = 1;
totalAmount.setHorizontalAlignment(JLabel.CENTER);
totalAmount.setBorder(BorderFactory.createMatteBorder(1, 1, 1, 1, Color.BLACK));
totalAmount.setFont(totalAmount.getFont().deriveFont(18.0f));
gridbag.setConstraints(totalAmount, gbc);
rp.add(totalAmount, gbc);
//row 5//////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////
gbc.gridx = 2;
gbc.gridy = 5;
gbc.gridheight = 1;
gbc.gridwidth = 1;
dayHeading.setHorizontalAlignment(JLabel.CENTER);
dayHeading.setBorder(BorderFactory.createMatteBorder(0, 1, 1, 1, Color.BLACK));
dayHeading.setFont(dayHeading.getFont().deriveFont(18.0f));
gridbag.setConstraints(dayHeading, gbc);
rp.add(dayHeading, gbc);
gbc.gridx = 3;
gbc.gridy = 5;
gbc.gridheight = 1;
gbc.gridwidth = 1;
mon.setHorizontalAlignment(JLabel.CENTER);
mon.setBorder(BorderFactory.createMatteBorder(0, 0, 1, 0, Color.BLACK));
mon.setFont(mon.getFont().deriveFont(18.0f));
gridbag.setConstraints(mon, gbc);
rp.add(mon, gbc);
gbc.gridx = 4;
gbc.gridy = 5;
gbc.gridheight = 1;
gbc.gridwidth = 1;
tues.setHorizontalAlignment(JLabel.CENTER);
tues.setBorder(BorderFactory.createMatteBorder(0, 1, 1, 1, Color.BLACK));
tues.setFont(tues.getFont().deriveFont(18.0f));
gridbag.setConstraints(tues, gbc);
rp.add(tues, gbc);
gbc.gridx = 5;
gbc.gridy = 5;
gbc.gridheight = 1;
gbc.gridwidth = 1;
wed.setHorizontalAlignment(JLabel.CENTER);
wed.setBorder(BorderFactory.createMatteBorder(0, 0, 1, 0, Color.BLACK));
wed.setFont(wed.getFont().deriveFont(18.0f));
gridbag.setConstraints(wed, gbc);
rp.add(wed, gbc);
gbc.gridx = 6;
gbc.gridy = 5;
gbc.gridheight = 1;
gbc.gridwidth = 1;
thur.setHorizontalAlignment(JLabel.CENTER);
thur.setBorder(BorderFactory.createMatteBorder(0, 1, 1, 1, Color.BLACK));
thur.setFont(thur.getFont().deriveFont(18.0f));
gridbag.setConstraints(thur, gbc);
rp.add(thur, gbc);
gbc.gridx = 7;
gbc.gridy = 5;
gbc.gridheight = 1;
gbc.gridwidth = 1;
fri.setHorizontalAlignment(JLabel.CENTER);
fri.setBorder(BorderFactory.createMatteBorder(0, 0, 1, 0, Color.BLACK));
fri.setFont(fri.getFont().deriveFont(18.0f));
gridbag.setConstraints(fri, gbc);
rp.add(fri, gbc);
gbc.gridx = 8;
gbc.gridy = 5;
gbc.gridheight = 1;
gbc.gridwidth = 1;
sat.setHorizontalAlignment(JLabel.CENTER);
sat.setBorder(BorderFactory.createMatteBorder(0, 1, 1, 1, Color.BLACK));
sat.setFont(sat.getFont().deriveFont(18.0f));
gridbag.setConstraints(sat, gbc);
rp.add(sat, gbc);
gbc.gridx = 9;
gbc.gridy = 5;
gbc.gridheight = 1;
gbc.gridwidth = 1;
sun.setHorizontalAlignment(JLabel.CENTER);
sun.setBorder(BorderFactory.createMatteBorder(0, 0, 1, 0, Color.BLACK));
sun.setFont(sun.getFont().deriveFont(18.0f));
gridbag.setConstraints(sun, gbc);
rp.add(sun, gbc);
//row 6//////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////
gbc.gridx = 2;
gbc.gridy = 6;
gbc.gridheight = 1;
gbc.gridwidth = 1;
dateHeading.setHorizontalAlignment(JLabel.CENTER);
dateHeading.setBorder(BorderFactory.createMatteBorder(0, 1, 1, 1, Color.BLACK));
dateHeading.setFont(dateHeading.getFont().deriveFont(18.0f));
gridbag.setConstraints(dateHeading, gbc);
rp.add(dateHeading, gbc);
int dateSpaceIndex = 3;
boolean flip = true;
for (int k = 0; k <= 6; k++)//create gridlines for day area
{
gbc.gridx = dateSpaceIndex;
gbc.gridy = 6;
gbc.gridheight = 1;
gbc.gridwidth = 1;
if(flip) dateSpace[k].setBorder(BorderFactory.createMatteBorder(0, 0, 1, 0, Color.BLACK));
else dateSpace[k].setBorder(BorderFactory.createMatteBorder(0, 1, 1, 1, Color.BLACK));
gridbag.setConstraints(dateSpace[k], gbc);
rp.add(dateSpace[k], gbc);
dateSpaceIndex++;
flip = !flip;
}
//row 7/////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////
gbc.gridx = 1;
gbc.gridy = 7;
gbc.gridheight = 3;
gbc.gridwidth = 1;
supt.setHorizontalAlignment(JLabel.CENTER);
supt.setBorder(BorderFactory.createMatteBorder(0, 0, 1, 0, Color.BLACK));
supt.setFont(supt.getFont().deriveFont(18.0f));
gridbag.setConstraints(supt, gbc);
rp.add(supt, gbc);
//row 10///////////////////////////////////////////////////////////
gbc.gridx = 1;
gbc.gridy = 10;
gbc.gridheight = 3;
gbc.gridwidth = 1;
foreman.setHorizontalAlignment(JLabel.CENTER);
foreman.setBorder(BorderFactory.createMatteBorder(0, 0, 1, 0, Color.BLACK));
foreman.setFont(foreman.getFont().deriveFont(18.0f));
gridbag.setConstraints(foreman, gbc);
rp.add(foreman, gbc);
//row 13-36 plus 7-12 time worked labels//////////////////////////
for (int r = 0; r <= 7; r++)
{
gbc.gridx = 1;
gbc.gridy = 13 + (3*r);
gbc.gridheight = 3;
gbc.gridwidth = 1;
mechanic[r].setHorizontalAlignment(JLabel.CENTER);
mechanic[r].setBorder(BorderFactory.createMatteBorder(0, 0, 1, 0, Color.BLACK));
mechanic[r].setFont(mechanic[r].getFont().deriveFont(18.0f));
gridbag.setConstraints(mechanic[r], gbc);
rp.add(mechanic[r], gbc);
}
for (int c = 0; c <= 9; c++){
gbc.gridx = 2;
gbc.gridy = 7 + (3*c);
gbc.gridheight = 1;
gbc.gridwidth = 1;
ot2[c].setHorizontalAlignment(JLabel.CENTER);
ot2[c].setBorder(BorderFactory.createMatteBorder(0, 1, 1, 1, Color.BLACK));
ot2[c].setFont(ot2[c].getFont().deriveFont(18.0f));
gridbag.setConstraints(ot2[c], gbc);
rp.add(ot2[c], gbc);
gbc.gridx = 2;
gbc.gridy = 8 + (3*c);
gbc.gridheight = 1;
gbc.gridwidth = 1;
ot1[c].setHorizontalAlignment(JLabel.CENTER);
ot1[c].setOpaque(true);
ot1[c].setBackground(shade);
ot1[c].setBorder(BorderFactory.createMatteBorder(0, 1, 1, 1, Color.BLACK));
ot1[c].setFont(ot1[c].getFont().deriveFont(18.0f));
gridbag.setConstraints(ot1[c], gbc);
rp.add(ot1[c], gbc);
gbc.gridx = 2;
gbc.gridy = 9 + (3*c);
gbc.gridheight = 1;
gbc.gridwidth = 1;
st[c].setHorizontalAlignment(JLabel.CENTER);
st[c].setBorder(BorderFactory.createMatteBorder(0, 1, 1, 1, Color.BLACK));
st[c].setFont(st[c].getFont().deriveFont(18.0f));
gridbag.setConstraints(st[c], gbc);
rp.add(st[c], gbc);
}
//row 37/////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////
gbc.gridx = 0;
gbc.gridy = 37;
gbc.gridheight = 1;
gbc.gridwidth = 1;
locAndDescriptionLabel.setFont(locAndDescriptionLabel.getFont().deriveFont(18.0f));
gridbag.setConstraints(locAndDescriptionLabel, gbc);
rp.add(locAndDescriptionLabel);
gbc.gridx = 11;
gbc.gridy = 37;
gbc.gridheight = 1;
gbc.gridwidth = 1;
grandTotal.setHorizontalAlignment(JLabel.CENTER);
grandTotal.setOpaque(true);
grandTotal.setBackground(Color.BLACK);
grandTotal.setForeground(Color.WHITE);
grandTotal.setBorder(BorderFactory.createLineBorder(Color.BLACK,1));
grandTotal.setFont(grandTotal.getFont().deriveFont(18.0f));
gridbag.setConstraints(grandTotal, gbc);
rp.add(grandTotal);
gbc.gridx = 12;
gbc.gridy = 37;
gbc.gridwidth = 1;
gbc.gridheight = 1;
grandTotalSpace.setBorder(BorderFactory.createMatteBorder(0, 1, 1, 1, Color.BLACK));
gridbag.setConstraints(grandTotalSpace, gbc);
rp.add(grandTotalSpace);
//row 38////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////
gbc.gridx = 0;
gbc.gridy = 38;
gbc.gridwidth = 10;
gbc.gridheight = 1;
gbc.ipady = 80;
locAndDescSpace.setBorder(BorderFactory.createLineBorder(Color.BLACK,1));
gridbag.setConstraints(locAndDescSpace, gbc);
rp.add(locAndDescSpace);
//row 39////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////
gbc.ipady = 0; //reset to default
gbc.gridx = 0;
gbc.gridy = 39;
gbc.gridheight = 1;
gbc.gridwidth = 2;
toCertify.setFont(toCertify.getFont().deriveFont(18.0f));
gridbag.setConstraints(toCertify, gbc);
rp.add(toCertify);
//row 40///////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////
gbc.gridx = 0;
gbc.gridy = 40;
gbc.gridheight = 1;
gbc.gridwidth = 3;
authorizedBy.setFont(authorizedBy.getFont().deriveFont(18.0f));
gridbag.setConstraints(authorizedBy, gbc);
rp.add(authorizedBy);
for (int r = 0; r <= 9; r++)//gridlines for personnel space
{
gbc.gridx = 0;
gbc.gridy = 7 + (3*r);
gbc.gridheight = 3;
gbc.gridwidth = 1;
personnelSpace[r].setBorder(BorderFactory.createMatteBorder(0, 1, 1, 1, Color.BLACK));
gridbag.setConstraints(personnelSpace[r], gbc);
rp.add(personnelSpace[r]);
}
//create calendar grid lines
int yPointer = 7;
int xPointer = 3;
int shadePtr = 8;
for (int j = 0; j <= 299; j++)
{
gbc.gridx = xPointer;
gbc.gridy = yPointer;
gbc.gridheight = 1;
gbc.gridwidth = 1;
calendarGridLines[j].setBorder(BorderFactory.createMatteBorder(0, 0, 1, 0, Color.BLACK));
if (yPointer == shadePtr){ //if row number = shadePtr then color the cell
calendarGridLines[j].setOpaque(true);
calendarGridLines[j].setBackground(shade);
}
gridbag.setConstraints(calendarGridLines[j], gbc);
rp.add(calendarGridLines[j]);
xPointer++; //go to next cell in row
j++; //use the next jlabel
gbc.gridx = xPointer;
gbc.gridy = yPointer;
gbc.gridheight = 1;
gbc.gridwidth = 1;
calendarGridLines[j].setBorder(BorderFactory.createMatteBorder(0, 1, 1, 1, Color.BLACK));
if (yPointer == shadePtr){ //if row number = shadePtr then color the cell
calendarGridLines[j].setOpaque(true);
calendarGridLines[j].setBackground(shade);
}
gridbag.setConstraints(calendarGridLines[j], gbc);
rp.add(calendarGridLines[j]);
xPointer++; //go to next cell in row
if(xPointer == 13) //if end of column then go to next row and reset column pointer to 3 and increment shade pointer by 3
{
yPointer++; //go down a row
xPointer = 3;
if((j % 3) == 0) {
shadePtr = yPointer;
}
}
}
JButton printTest = new JButton("PrintTest");
printTest.addActionListener(this);
gbc.gridx = 0;
gbc.gridy = 41;
gbc.gridheight = 1;
gbc.gridwidth = 1;
gridbag.setConstraints(printTest, gbc);
rp.add(printTest);
}
#Override
public void actionPerformed(ActionEvent e) {
PrinterJob printJob = PrinterJob.getPrinterJob();
printJob.setPrintable(this);
if (printJob.printDialog()){
try{
printJob.print();
}
catch(Exception ex){
throw new RuntimeException(ex);
}
}
}
#Override
public int print(Graphics g, PageFormat pf, int index)
throws PrinterException {
Graphics2D g2 = (Graphics2D)g;
if (index >= 1){
return Printable.NO_SUCH_PAGE;
}
else {
AffineTransform originalTransform = g2.getTransform();
double scaleX = pf.getImageableWidth() / rp.getWidth();
double scaleY = pf.getImageableHeight() / rp.getHeight();
// Maintain aspect ratio
double scale = Math.min(scaleX, scaleY);
g2.translate(pf.getImageableX(), pf.getImageableY());
g2.scale(scale, scale);
rp.printAll(g2);
g2.setTransform(originalTransform);
return Printable.PAGE_EXISTS;
}
}
}
I put my main GUI panel inside another JPanel, which sits inside the JScrollPane. This prevents my main GUI from resizing to the frame size; instead the "outer" JPanel is what gets resized.
On your JPanel you can use both :
setSize( w, h)
setPreferredSize()
Or maybe add a component listener to handle manually the "repaint / invalidate" on resize events
JPanel component = new JPanel();
component.addComponentListener(new ComponentListener()
{
public void componentResized(ComponentEvent evt) {
Component c = (Component)evt.getSource();
//........
}
});

How to tell GridBagLayout not to resize my components

I have JPanel inside vertical JSplitPane. JPanel contains jlabels and jtextfields. When I shrink height of JPanel by moving JSplitPane's divider All components in jpanel are resized themselves. How to tell them not to resize when height of parent jpanel shrinks.
I cannot size minSize for JPanel because it makes impossible for JSplitPane to move divider.
JSplitPane splitPane = new JSplitPane(JSplitPane.VERTICAL_SPLIT);
splitPane.setDividerSize(10);
splitPane.setOneTouchExpandable(true);
JPanel searchPanel = createSearchPanel();
splitPane.setDividerLocation(searchPanel.getPreferredSize().height + 5);
splitPane.setTopComponent(searchPanel);
As you see there is searchPanel. Let's see it:
JPanel searchPanel = new JPanel(new GridBagLayout()) {
Dimension minSize = new Dimension(200, 0);
#Override
public Dimension getMinimumSize() {
return minSize;
}
};
searchPanel.setBorder(BorderFactory.createTitledBorder("Search query"));
GridBagConstraints gbc = new GridBagConstraints(0, 0, 1, 1, 0, 0,
GridBagConstraints.LINE_START, GridBagConstraints.HORIZONTAL,
new Insets(5, 2, 5, 3), 0, 0);
searchPanel.add(eventLabel, gbc);
gbc.gridx = 1;
gbc.gridwidth = 3;
searchPanel.add(eventLabelField, gbc);
gbc.gridx = 0;
gbc.gridy = 1;
gbc.gridwidth = 1;
searchPanel.add(timestampLabel, gbc);
gbc.gridx = 1;
searchPanel.add(timestampStartField, gbc);
gbc.gridx = 2;
searchPanel.add(timestammpToLabel, gbc);
gbc.gridx = 3;
searchPanel.add(timestampEndField, gbc);
gbc.gridx = 0;
gbc.gridy = 2;
searchPanel.add(locationLabel, gbc);
gbc.gridx = 1;
gbc.gridy = 2;
gbc.gridwidth = 3;
searchPanel.add(locationField, gbc);
gbc.gridx = 0;
gbc.gridy = 3;
gbc.gridwidth = 1;
searchPanel.add(durationMagnitudeLabel, gbc);
gbc.gridx = 1;
gbc.gridy = 3;
searchPanel.add(durationMagnitudeMinField, gbc);
gbc.gridx = 2;
searchPanel.add(durationToLabel, gbc);
gbc.gridx = 3;
searchPanel.add(durationMagnitudeMaxField, gbc);
gbc.gridx = 1;
gbc.gridy = 4;
gbc.gridwidth = 2;
gbc.anchor = GridBagConstraints.PAGE_END;
gbc.weighty = 1.0;
gbc.ipadx = 2;
gbc.ipady = 2;
gbc.insets = new Insets(15, 0, 0, 0);
searchPanel.add(searchButton, gbc);
When I move up vertical divider the height of searchPanel shrinks and components look like:
You see that jtextFields got much smaller than they were after I moved divider up
Please, help me here.
I have changed your code. Use weightx property of GridBagConstraint with GridBagConstraints.HORIZONTAL fill, it helps components to fill their cell properly.
Example code:
JPanel searchPanel = new JPanel(new GridBagLayout()) {
Dimension minSize = new Dimension(200, 0);
#Override
public Dimension getMinimumSize() {
return minSize;
}
};
searchPanel.setBorder(BorderFactory.createTitledBorder("Search query"));
GridBagConstraints gbc = new GridBagConstraints(0, 0, 1, 1, 0, 0,
GridBagConstraints.LINE_START, GridBagConstraints.HORIZONTAL,
new Insets(5, 2, 5, 3), 0, 0);
searchPanel.add(new JLabel("1"), gbc);
gbc.gridx = 1;
gbc.gridwidth = 3;
gbc.weightx = 1;
searchPanel.add(new JTextField(), gbc);
gbc.gridx = 0;
gbc.gridy = 1;
gbc.gridwidth = 1;
gbc.weightx = 0;
searchPanel.add(new JLabel("1"), gbc);
gbc.gridx = 1;
gbc.weightx = 1;
searchPanel.add(new JTextField(), gbc);
gbc.gridx = 2;
gbc.weightx = 0;
searchPanel.add(new JLabel("1"), gbc);
gbc.gridx = 3;
gbc.weightx = 1;
searchPanel.add(new JTextField(), gbc);
gbc.gridx = 0;
gbc.gridy = 2;
gbc.weightx = 0;
searchPanel.add(new JLabel("1"), gbc);
gbc.gridx = 1;
gbc.gridy = 2;
gbc.gridwidth = 3;
gbc.weightx = 1;
searchPanel.add(new JTextField(), gbc);
gbc.gridx = 0;
gbc.gridy = 3;
gbc.gridwidth = 1;
gbc.weightx = 0;
searchPanel.add(new JLabel("1"), gbc);
gbc.gridx = 1;
gbc.gridy = 3;
gbc.weightx = 1;
searchPanel.add(new JTextField(), gbc);
gbc.gridx = 2;
gbc.weightx = 0;
searchPanel.add(new JLabel("1"), gbc);
gbc.gridx = 3;
gbc.weightx = 1;
searchPanel.add(new JTextField(), gbc);
gbc.gridx = 1;
gbc.gridy = 4;
gbc.gridwidth = 2;
gbc.anchor = GridBagConstraints.PAGE_END;
gbc.weighty = 1.0;
gbc.ipadx = 2;
gbc.ipady = 2;
gbc.insets = new Insets(15, 0, 0, 0);
gbc.weightx = 0;
searchPanel.add(new JButton("b"), gbc);
return searchPanel;
Watch docs How to use GridBagLayout
Results:
Edit: Sorry, I'm using awful names for labels)
Add a dummy JPanel to the bottom and set weightY=1 for the JPanel. ALl the rest component should have weightY=0. Thus on height increasing all the additional pixels are targeted to the dummy JPanel.

JRadio Buttons are "Hiding" in GridBagLayout

Please have a look at the following code
package normal;
import java.awt.*;
import java.awt.event.*;
import javax.swing.*;
public class Form extends JFrame
{
private JLabel heightLabel, weightLabel, waistLabel, neckLabel, hipsLabel,genderLabel,valuesLabel,bfPercentageLabel;
private JLabel logoLabel;
private ImageIcon logo;
private JTextField heightTxt, weightTxt, waistTxt, neckTxt, hipsTxt;
private JRadioButton maleRadio, femaleRadio, inchesRadio, cmRadio;
private ButtonGroup genderGroup, valuesGroup;
private JComboBox percentageCombo;
private JPanel centerPanel, northPanel, southPanel;
public Form()
{
//Declaring instance variables
heightLabel = new JLabel("Height: ");
weightLabel = new JLabel("Weight: ");
waistLabel = new JLabel("Waist: ");
neckLabel = new JLabel("Neck: ");
hipsLabel = new JLabel("Hips: ");
genderLabel = new JLabel("Gender: ");
valuesLabel = new JLabel("Values in: ");
logoLabel = new JLabel();
logo = new ImageIcon(getClass().getResource("/images/calc_logo_final_2_edit.gif"));
logoLabel.setIcon(logo);
heightTxt = new JTextField(10);
weightTxt = new JTextField(10);
waistTxt = new JTextField(10);
neckTxt = new JTextField(10);
hipsTxt = new JTextField(10);
maleRadio = new JRadioButton("Male");
femaleRadio = new JRadioButton("Female");
genderGroup = new ButtonGroup();
genderGroup.add(maleRadio);
genderGroup.add(femaleRadio);
inchesRadio = new JRadioButton("Inches");
cmRadio = new JRadioButton("Centimeters");
valuesGroup = new ButtonGroup();
valuesGroup.add(inchesRadio);
valuesGroup.add(cmRadio);
percentageCombo = new JComboBox();
percentageCombo.addItem("No Value is Set");
this.add(createNorthPanel(),"North");
this.add(createCenterPanel(),"Center");
this.setResizable(false);
this.pack();
this.setVisible(true);
this.setDefaultCloseOperation(JFrame.EXIT_ON_CLOSE);
}
private JPanel createNorthPanel()
{
northPanel = new JPanel();
northPanel.setLayout(new FlowLayout());
northPanel.add(logoLabel);
return northPanel;
}
private JPanel createCenterPanel()
{
centerPanel = new JPanel();
GridBagLayout gbl = new GridBagLayout();
GridBagConstraints gbc = new GridBagConstraints();
centerPanel.setLayout(gbl);
//creating a jpanel for gender radio buttons
JPanel genderPanel = new JPanel();
genderPanel.setLayout(new FlowLayout());
genderPanel.add(genderLabel);
genderPanel.add(maleRadio);
genderPanel.add(femaleRadio);
gbc.gridx = 1;
gbc.gridy = 1;
gbc.fill = GridBagConstraints.BOTH;
gbc.insets = new Insets(15,5,0,0);
centerPanel.add(heightLabel,gbc);
gbc.gridx = 2;
gbc.gridy = 1;
gbc.fill = GridBagConstraints.BOTH;
gbc.insets = new Insets(15,5,0,0);
centerPanel.add(heightTxt,gbc);
gbc.gridx = 3;
gbc.gridy = 1;
gbc.fill = GridBagConstraints.BOTH;
gbc.insets = new Insets(15,5,0,0);
centerPanel.add(weightLabel,gbc);
gbc.gridx = 4;
gbc.gridy = 1;
gbc.fill = GridBagConstraints.BOTH;
gbc.insets = new Insets(15,5,0,0);
centerPanel.add(weightTxt,gbc);
gbc.gridx = 1;
gbc.gridy = 2;
gbc.fill = GridBagConstraints.BOTH;
gbc.insets = new Insets(15,5,0,0);
centerPanel.add(waistLabel,gbc);
gbc.gridx = 2;
gbc.gridy = 2;
gbc.fill = GridBagConstraints.BOTH;
gbc.insets = new Insets(15,5,0,0);
centerPanel.add(waistTxt,gbc);
gbc.gridx = 3;
gbc.gridy = 2;
gbc.fill = GridBagConstraints.BOTH;
gbc.insets = new Insets(15,5,0,0);
centerPanel.add(neckLabel,gbc);
gbc.gridx = 4;
gbc.gridy = 2;
gbc.fill = GridBagConstraints.BOTH;
gbc.insets = new Insets(15,5,0,0);
centerPanel.add(neckTxt,gbc);
gbc.gridx = 5;
gbc.gridy = 2;
gbc.fill = GridBagConstraints.BOTH;
gbc.insets = new Insets(15,5,0,0);
centerPanel.add(hipsLabel,gbc);
gbc.gridx = 6;
gbc.gridy = 2;
gbc.fill = GridBagConstraints.BOTH;
gbc.insets = new Insets(15,5,0,0);
centerPanel.add(hipsTxt,gbc);
gbc.gridx = 1;
gbc.gridy = 3;
gbc.fill = GridBagConstraints.BOTH;
gbc.insets = new Insets(15,5,0,0);
centerPanel.add(genderLabel,gbc);
gbc.gridx = 2;
gbc.gridy = 3;
gbc.fill = GridBagConstraints.BOTH;
gbc.insets = new Insets(15,5,0,0);
centerPanel.add(maleRadio,gbc);
gbc.gridx = 3;
gbc.gridy = 3;
gbc.fill = GridBagConstraints.BOTH;
gbc.insets = new Insets(15,-10,0,0);
centerPanel.add(femaleRadio,gbc);
gbc.gridx = 1;
gbc.gridy = 4;
gbc.fill = GridBagConstraints.BOTH;
gbc.insets = new Insets(50,5,0,0);
centerPanel.add(valuesLabel,gbc);
return centerPanel;
}
}
As you can see, the JRadio button "female" is hiding a part of it, and once you move your cursor, it shows up completely. I guess this is happening because it is using minus spacing in "insets".
However I did it like that to reduce the gap between 2 radio buttons. Male is in gridx = 2, and female is in gridx = 3, which is a massive space between the buttons.So I used minus space in insets to reduce the space, unfortunately it came like this.
I tried adding the JLabel, maleRadio and femaleRadio into a seperate JPanel which is having flowlayout, and put it into gbc.gridx = 2; gbc.gridy = 3;. It made everything worst by matching all the cells in gridy = 3 into the width of new JPanel.
Please help me to reduce the gap between these 2 JRadio buttons, without having any issue. Thank you.
Dont extend JFrame rather create an instance and use that.
Also I see you add your radio buttons to a panel but you dont add the panel rather you re-add the radio buttons to centerpanel? choose one way lose the other (though I think this might have occurred in trying to mend the problem?)
An SSCCE most importantly is compilable (via correct syntax and no compile error) and runnable (via a main method and no runtime exceptions (unless thats the problem :P) - like your reading of the image - please find a way to include resources i.e link to an URL with the logo or make a method return a simple image the same size as logo or simply leave it out).
The problem is here:
gbc.gridx = 3;
gbc.gridy = 3;
gbc.fill = GridBagConstraints.BOTH;
gbc.insets = new Insets(15, -10, 0, 0);
centerPanel.add(femaleRadio, gbc);
-10 should definitely not be there (maybe typo?) as this will cause it to overlap or in this case underlap another component, rather use anything greater than or equal to 0:
gbc.gridx = 3;
gbc.gridy = 3;
gbc.fill = GridBagConstraints.BOTH;
gbc.insets = new Insets(15, 10, 0, 0);
centerPanel.add(femaleRadio, gbc);
which would give us:
UPDATE:
Also it is important to note GridBagContsraints like gridx etc start at 0 and not 1.
+1 to #Gagandeeps balis comment on re-using values which have been set already and are the same in GridBagConstraints, here is your code with all talked about fixes:
import java.awt.FlowLayout;
import java.awt.GridBagConstraints;
import java.awt.GridBagLayout;
import java.awt.Insets;
import javax.swing.ButtonGroup;
import javax.swing.ImageIcon;
import javax.swing.JComboBox;
import javax.swing.JFrame;
import javax.swing.JLabel;
import javax.swing.JPanel;
import javax.swing.JRadioButton;
import javax.swing.JTextField;
import javax.swing.SwingUtilities;
class Form {
private JLabel heightLabel, weightLabel, waistLabel, neckLabel, hipsLabel, genderLabel, valuesLabel, bfPercentageLabel;
private JLabel logoLabel;
private ImageIcon logo;
private JTextField heightTxt, weightTxt, waistTxt, neckTxt, hipsTxt;
private JRadioButton maleRadio, femaleRadio, inchesRadio, cmRadio;
private ButtonGroup genderGroup, valuesGroup;
private JComboBox percentageCombo;
private JPanel centerPanel, northPanel, southPanel;
public Form() {
//Declaring instance variables
heightLabel = new JLabel("Height: ");
weightLabel = new JLabel("Weight: ");
waistLabel = new JLabel("Waist: ");
neckLabel = new JLabel("Neck: ");
hipsLabel = new JLabel("Hips: ");
genderLabel = new JLabel("Gender: ");
valuesLabel = new JLabel("Values in: ");
logoLabel = new JLabel();
//logo = new ImageIcon(getClass().getResource("/images/calc_logo_final_2_edit.gif"));
//logoLabel.setIcon(logo);
heightTxt = new JTextField(10);
weightTxt = new JTextField(10);
waistTxt = new JTextField(10);
neckTxt = new JTextField(10);
hipsTxt = new JTextField(10);
maleRadio = new JRadioButton("Male");
femaleRadio = new JRadioButton("Female");
genderGroup = new ButtonGroup();
genderGroup.add(maleRadio);
genderGroup.add(femaleRadio);
inchesRadio = new JRadioButton("Inches");
cmRadio = new JRadioButton("Centimeters");
valuesGroup = new ButtonGroup();
valuesGroup.add(inchesRadio);
valuesGroup.add(cmRadio);
percentageCombo = new JComboBox();
percentageCombo.addItem("No Value is Set");
JFrame frame = new JFrame();
frame.setDefaultCloseOperation(JFrame.EXIT_ON_CLOSE);
frame.add(createNorthPanel(), "North");
frame.add(createCenterPanel(), "Center");
frame.setResizable(false);
frame.pack();
frame.setVisible(true);
}
private JPanel createNorthPanel() {
northPanel = new JPanel();
northPanel.setLayout(new FlowLayout());
northPanel.add(logoLabel);
return northPanel;
}
private JPanel createCenterPanel() {
centerPanel = new JPanel(new GridBagLayout());
GridBagLayout gbl = new GridBagLayout();
centerPanel.setLayout(gbl);
GridBagConstraints gbc = new GridBagConstraints();
gbc.fill = GridBagConstraints.BOTH;
gbc.insets = new Insets(15, 5, 0, 0);
gbc.gridx = 0;
gbc.gridy = 0;
centerPanel.add(heightLabel, gbc);
gbc.gridx = 1;
centerPanel.add(heightTxt, gbc);
gbc.gridx = 2;
centerPanel.add(weightLabel, gbc);
gbc.gridx = 3;
centerPanel.add(weightTxt, gbc);
gbc.gridx = 0;
gbc.gridy = 1;
centerPanel.add(waistLabel, gbc);
gbc.gridx = 1;
centerPanel.add(waistTxt, gbc);
gbc.gridx = 2;
centerPanel.add(neckLabel, gbc);
gbc.gridx = 3;
centerPanel.add(neckTxt, gbc);
gbc.gridx = 4;
centerPanel.add(hipsLabel, gbc);
gbc.gridx = 5;
centerPanel.add(hipsTxt, gbc);
gbc.gridx = 0;
gbc.gridy = 2;
centerPanel.add(genderLabel, gbc);
gbc.gridx = 1;
centerPanel.add(maleRadio, gbc);
gbc.gridx = 2;
centerPanel.add(femaleRadio, gbc);
gbc.gridx = 0;
gbc.gridy = 3;
gbc.insets = new Insets(50, 5, 0, 0);
centerPanel.add(valuesLabel, gbc);
return centerPanel;
}
public static void main(String[] args) {
SwingUtilities.invokeLater(new Runnable() {
#Override
public void run() {
new Form();
}
});
}
}

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