import javax.swing.*;
import java.awt.*;
class MainGui{
JFrame frame = new JFrame();
JPanel mainPanel = new JPanel();
JButton newBut = new JButton("New Game");
JButton continueBut = new JButton("Continue");
JButton exitBut = new JButton("Exit");
JLabel backImage = new JLabel(new ImageIcon("C:\\Users\\BSK\\Desktop\\game5.jpg"));
public MainGui(){
frame.setSize(600,800);
frame.setVisible(true);
frame.setResizable(false);
setButtonSize();
frame.setLayout(new BorderLayout());
frame.setContentPane(backImage);
frame.getContentPane().setLayout(new BoxLayout(frame.getContentPane(),BoxLayout.Y_AXIS));
insertBlankArea(frame);
frame.getContentPane().add(newBut);
insertBlankArea(frame);
frame.getContentPane().add(continueBut);
insertBlankArea(frame);
frame.getContentPane().add(exitBut);
frame.setSize(799,800);
}
public void insertBlankArea(JFrame frame){
frame.getContentPane().add(Box.createRigidArea(new Dimension(280,155)));
}
public void setButtonSize(){
Dimension dim = new Dimension(100,100);//here is the problem,i am not getting the desired dimension and the size of buttons remains the default.
newBut.setPreferredSize(dim);
continueBut.setPreferredSize(dim);
exitBut.setPreferredSize(dim);
}
public static void main(String[] args) {
MainGui mainGui = new MainGui();
}
}
So iam not getting the defined size for the buttons but when i set frame.setResizable(false); then when i stretch the screen the button's height increases but its width still remains the same.
So please tell me what is going wrong?
You should take a look at A Visual Guide to Layout Managers and choose the most appropriate one for your situation. You should also avoid explicitly setting sizes (ie: setSize, setMinimumSize, setMaximumSize, and setPreferredSize) because those methods are the responsibility of the layout manager. You may also be interested in reading this question on whether or not the use of the different set size methods should be avoided or not.
Finally, you should not be calling your MainGUI class outside of the Event Dispatch Thread (EDT). Most Swing GUI-related methods are not thread safe and therefore require being executed in the EDT. Below is a corrected version of your main method:
public static void main(String[] args) {
SwingUtilities.invokeLater(new Runnable() {
#Override
public void run() {
MainGui mainGui = new MainGui();
}
});
}
Just reading your short descrption, I have no idea what your problem is. But based solely on the question title
"How to give a preffered size to the JButton?"
Don't. Let the the layout manager handle this for you. If you want a bigger button, you can use JButton.setMargins(Insets) and/or JButton.setFont(Font) where you specify a bigger font.
If you want you button stretched or not to stretch, You need to select an appropriate layout manager, that will or won't respect the buttons preferred size. For instance, BorderLayout and GridLayout won't respect preferred sizes and will stretch the button the fit, and FlowLayout, BoxLayout, and GridBagLayout will respect the preferred size. As you can see here
See example with GridBagLayout
import javax.swing.*;
import java.awt.*;
class MainGui {
JFrame frame = new JFrame();
JPanel mainPanel = new JPanel();
JButton newBut = new JButton("New Game");
JButton continueBut = new JButton("Continue");
JButton exitBut = new JButton("Exit");
JLabel backImage = new JLabel(new ImageIcon(
getClass().getResource("images.jpg")));
public MainGui() {
backImage.setLayout(new BorderLayout());
frame.setContentPane(backImage);
JPanel mainPanel = new JPanel(new GridBagLayout());
mainPanel.setOpaque(false);
GridBagConstraints gbc = new GridBagConstraints();
gbc.gridy = 0;
gbc.weightx = 1.0;
gbc.weighty = 1.0;
mainPanel.add(newBut, gbc);
gbc.gridy = 1;
mainPanel.add(continueBut, gbc);
gbc.gridy = 2;
mainPanel.add(exitBut, gbc);
frame.setDefaultCloseOperation(JFrame.EXIT_ON_CLOSE);
frame.add(mainPanel);
frame.setSize(250, 275);
frame.setLocationRelativeTo(null);
frame.setVisible(true);
}
public static void main(String[] args) {
SwingUtilities.invokeLater(new Runnable(){
public void run() {
MainGui mainGui = new MainGui();
}
});
}
}
And here's with nesting panels which will give the same result
import java.awt.GridBagLayout;
import java.awt.GridLayout;
import javax.swing.ImageIcon;
import javax.swing.JButton;
import javax.swing.JFrame;
import javax.swing.JLabel;
import javax.swing.JPanel;
import javax.swing.SwingUtilities;
class MainGui {
JFrame frame = new JFrame();
JPanel mainPanel = new JPanel();
JButton newBut = new JButton("New Game");
JButton continueBut = new JButton("Continue");
JButton exitBut = new JButton("Exit");
JLabel backImage = new JLabel(new ImageIcon(
getClass().getResource("images.jpg")));
public MainGui() {
backImage.setLayout(new GridLayout(3,1));
frame.setContentPane(backImage);
JPanel p1= new JPanel(new GridBagLayout());
p1.setOpaque(false);
p1.add(newBut);
JPanel p2 = new JPanel(new GridBagLayout());
p2.setOpaque(false);
p2.add(continueBut);
JPanel p3 = new JPanel(new GridBagLayout());
p3.setOpaque(false);
p3.add(exitBut);
frame.add(p1);
frame.add(p2);
frame.add(p3);
frame.setDefaultCloseOperation(JFrame.EXIT_ON_CLOSE);
frame.setSize(250, 275);
frame.setLocationRelativeTo(null);
frame.setVisible(true);
}
public static void main(String[] args) {
SwingUtilities.invokeLater(new Runnable(){
public void run() {
MainGui mainGui = new MainGui();
}
});
}
}
Related
I created two JPanels, one with a JTextField and label and one with a JTextArea. I tried to put them into a JFrame, and when I ran the code all I got was the bar on top of a window with the minimize, enlarge, and close button.
class 1:
public TextListener() {
newText = new TextSource();
jp1 = new JPanel();
stuff = new JTextArea(45, 70);
scroll = new JScrollPane(stuff);
stuff.setEditable(false);
scroll.setVerticalScrollBarPolicy(ScrollPaneConstants.VERTICAL_SCROLLBAR_ALWAYS);
scroll.setHorizontalScrollBarPolicy(ScrollPaneConstants.HORIZONTAL_SCROLLBAR_ALWAYS);
jp1.setLayout(new FlowLayout());
jp1.add(stuff);
jp1.setBackground(Color.YELLOW);
jp1.setVisible(true);
JFrame yo = new JFrame();
yo.add(jp1);
yo.setVisible(true);
}
class 2:
public TextSource() {
jp1 = new JPanel();
tf1 = new JTextField(8);
lb1 = new JLabel("Text Source");
jp1.setLayout(new FlowLayout());
jp1.add(tf1);
jp1.add(lb1);
jp1.setBackground(Color.GREEN);
jp1.setVisible(true);
tf1.addActionListener(new ActionListener() {
public void actionPerformed(ActionEvent e) {
newTextFirer(tf1.getText());
}
});
JFrame yo = new JFrame();
yo.add(jp1);
yo.setVisible(true);
}
JFrame class:
public JFrameExt() {
main = new JFrame();
tl1 = new TextListener();
ts1 = new TextSource();
main.setLayout(new FlowLayout());
main.add(tl1);
main.add(ts1);
main.revalidate();
main.repaint();
main.setSize(new Dimension(1000, 900));
main.setDefaultCloseOperation(JFrame.EXIT_ON_CLOSE);
main.setLocationRelativeTo(null);
main.setVisible(true);
}
I packed the main JFrame after adding the two JPanel's but it still shows just the top bar of a windows page.
Lets start with a little analysis first
In JFrameExt you have...
tl1 = new TextListener();
ts1 = new TextSource();
//...
main.add(tl1);
main.add(ts1)
So, lets have a look at TextListener
public TextListener() {
newText = new TextSource();
jp1 = new JPanel();
stuff = new JTextArea(45, 70);
scroll = new JScrollPane(stuff);
stuff.setEditable(false);
scroll.setVerticalScrollBarPolicy(ScrollPaneConstants.VERTICAL_SCROLLBAR_ALWAYS);
scroll.setHorizontalScrollBarPolicy(ScrollPaneConstants.HORIZONTAL_SCROLLBAR_ALWAYS);
jp1.setLayout(new FlowLayout());
jp1.add(stuff);
jp1.setBackground(Color.YELLOW);
jp1.setVisible(true);
JFrame yo = new JFrame();
yo.add(jp1);
yo.setVisible(true);
}
Okay, assuming that code compiles, we can assume that TextListener is some kind of component, but you never actually add anything to it
Lets have a look at TextSource
public TextSource() {
jp1 = new JPanel();
tf1 = new JTextField(8);
lb1 = new JLabel("Text Source");
jp1.setLayout(new FlowLayout());
jp1.add(tf1);
jp1.add(lb1);
jp1.setBackground(Color.GREEN);
jp1.setVisible(true);
tf1.addActionListener(new ActionListener() {
public void actionPerformed(ActionEvent e) {
newTextFirer(tf1.getText());
}
});
JFrame yo = new JFrame();
yo.add(jp1);
yo.setVisible(true);
}
Hmmm, same problem.
So based on these out-of-context snippets of code, you should have three windows, two of which have no defined size
Lets see if we can fix the core problems, lets start with TextListener. Since we can assume TextListener is some kind of component, instead of adding stuff to a new JFrame, simply add it directly to the component itself, for example...
public TextListener() {
newText = new TextSource();
stuff = new JTextArea(45, 70);
scroll = new JScrollPane(stuff);
stuff.setEditable(false);
scroll.setVerticalScrollBarPolicy(ScrollPaneConstants.VERTICAL_SCROLLBAR_ALWAYS);
scroll.setHorizontalScrollBarPolicy(ScrollPaneConstants.HORIZONTAL_SCROLLBAR_ALWAYS);
setLayout(new FlowLayout());
add(stuff);
setBackground(Color.YELLOW);
}
You'll have to update TextSource in a similar way.
Now back to JFrameExt. You don't need to revalidate or repaint the frame, it's not been realised on the screen, so it's rather useless. setSize is just a bad practice and you should use pack instead, for example...
public JFrameExt() {
main = new JFrame();
tl1 = new TextListener();
ts1 = new TextSource();
main.setLayout(new FlowLayout());
main.add(tl1);
main.add(ts1);
main.setDefaultCloseOperation(JFrame.EXIT_ON_CLOSE);
main.pack();
main.setLocationRelativeTo(null);
main.setVisible(true);
}
Now, if after you've applied these changes and it doesn't "seem to work", I recommend instead of out-of-context code snippets which require use to make guesses and assumptions, you provide an actually runnable example which demonstrates your problem
Updated with runnable example...
So, I took your code, applied the suggested changes and wrapped into a runnable example ...
import java.awt.Color;
import java.awt.EventQueue;
import java.awt.FlowLayout;
import java.awt.event.ActionEvent;
import java.awt.event.ActionListener;
import javax.swing.JFrame;
import javax.swing.JLabel;
import javax.swing.JPanel;
import javax.swing.JScrollPane;
import javax.swing.JTextArea;
import javax.swing.JTextField;
import javax.swing.ScrollPaneConstants;
import javax.swing.UIManager;
import javax.swing.UnsupportedLookAndFeelException;
public class Test {
public static void main(String[] args) {
new Test();
}
public Test() {
EventQueue.invokeLater(new Runnable() {
#Override
public void run() {
try {
UIManager.setLookAndFeel(UIManager.getSystemLookAndFeelClassName());
} catch (ClassNotFoundException | InstantiationException | IllegalAccessException | UnsupportedLookAndFeelException ex) {
ex.printStackTrace();
}
JFrame frame = new JFrame("Testing");
frame.setDefaultCloseOperation(JFrame.EXIT_ON_CLOSE);
TextListener tl1 = new TextListener();
TextSource ts1 = new TextSource();
frame.setLayout(new FlowLayout());
frame.add(tl1);
frame.add(ts1);
frame.pack();
frame.setLocationRelativeTo(null);
frame.setVisible(true);
}
});
}
public class TextListener extends JPanel {
public TextListener() {
JTextArea stuff = new JTextArea(45, 70);
JScrollPane scroll = new JScrollPane(stuff);
stuff.setEditable(false);
scroll.setVerticalScrollBarPolicy(ScrollPaneConstants.VERTICAL_SCROLLBAR_ALWAYS);
scroll.setHorizontalScrollBarPolicy(ScrollPaneConstants.HORIZONTAL_SCROLLBAR_ALWAYS);
setLayout(new FlowLayout());
add(stuff);
setBackground(Color.YELLOW);
}
}
public class TextSource extends JPanel {
public TextSource() {
JTextField tf1 = new JTextField(8);
JLabel lb1 = new JLabel("Text Source");
setLayout(new FlowLayout());
add(tf1);
add(lb1);
setBackground(Color.GREEN);
}
}
}
I have problem with displaying components on my JFrame. I'm closing my current window and opening new one and want to display jLabel on it but nothing is happening. Code is below :
Frame[] nF = DBChooser.getFrames();
nF[0].setVisible(false);
JFrame windoow = new JFrame("Processing");
JPanel pan = new JPanel();
windoow.setPreferredSize(new Dimension(400, 150));
pan.setPreferredSize(new Dimension(400, 150));
JLabel textLabel = new JLabel ("Processing...");
textLabel.setLayout(null);
pan.setLayout(null);
windoow.setLayout(null);
pan.add(textLabel);
pan.revalidate();
pan.repaint();
windoow.getContentPane().add(pan);
windoow.setLocationRelativeTo(null);
windoow.pack();
windoow.setVisible(true);
I appreciate any help
Why you need so many setLayout(null); ? I remove them and it worked
public class DBChooser extends Frame {
public static void main(String args[]) {
Frame[] nF = DBChooser.getFrames();
// nF[0].setVisible(false);
JFrame windoow = new JFrame("Processing");
JPanel pan = new JPanel();
windoow.setPreferredSize(new Dimension(400, 150));
pan.setPreferredSize(new Dimension(400, 150));
JLabel textLabel = new JLabel("Processing...");
// textLabel.setLayout(null);
// pan.setLayout(null);
// windoow.setLayout(null);
pan.add(textLabel);
pan.revalidate();
pan.repaint();
windoow.getContentPane().add(pan);
windoow.setLocationRelativeTo(null);
windoow.pack();
windoow.setVisible(true);
}
}
It is because you set a null layout to window and panel without specifying any width, lenght or position, either use some LayoutManager or set these properties (eg. bounds). A null LayoutManager means that you need to set everything yourself, because there is nothing (no LayoutManager) that would place your elements automatically. This example uses a BorderLayout, which creates a nice effect:
the code:
import java.awt.BorderLayout;
import java.awt.Dimension;
import javax.swing.JFrame;
import javax.swing.JLabel;
import javax.swing.JPanel;
public class Test {
public static void main(String[] args) {
JFrame windoow = new JFrame("Processing");
JPanel pan = new JPanel();
windoow.setPreferredSize(new Dimension(400, 150));
pan.setPreferredSize(new Dimension(400, 150));
JLabel textLabel = new JLabel("Processing...");
textLabel.setLayout(null);
pan.setLayout(new BorderLayout());
windoow.setLayout(new BorderLayout());
pan.add(textLabel);
pan.revalidate();
pan.repaint();
windoow.getContentPane().add(pan);
windoow.setLocationRelativeTo(null);
windoow.pack();
windoow.setVisible(true);
}
}
I am new to working with GUI's in Java and I am having a problem moving my text and buttons around. No matter what coordinates I give my button or any of the other JLabel it doesn't move, I was wondering how I could fix it this in such a way that I can place my components where ever I want on the JPanel
public class IntroPage extends JFrame {
public static void main(String[] args) {
IntroPage main = new IntroPage();
main.setVisible(true);
}
private JPanel contentPane;
public IntroPage (){
//make sure the program exits when the frame closes
setDefaultCloseOperation(JFrame.EXIT_ON_CLOSE);
setTitle("Welcome");
contentPane = new JPanel();
setSize(400,700);
//This will center the JFrame in the middle of the screen
setLocationRelativeTo(null);
//Welcome Page stuff :D
JLabel ApplauseLabel = new JLabel("Welcome to U.X.Dot.X");
ApplauseLabel.setFont(new Font("Gill Sans MT", Font.PLAIN, 30));
ApplauseLabel.setLocation(100, 50);
contentPane.add(ApplauseLabel);
JLabel slogan = new JLabel("Register below");
slogan.setFont(new Font("Gill Sans MT", Font.PLAIN, 15));
slogan.setLocation(100, 400);
contentPane.add(slogan);
//FacebookSignUp.
JButton FBbutton = new JButton("Login With FaceBook");
FBbutton.setBackground(Color.BLUE);
FBbutton.setSize(50,50);
FBbutton.setLocation(20, 40);
FBbutton.addActionListener(new ActionListener() {
#Override
public void actionPerformed(ActionEvent e) {
//Add JPanel to go to FB API. Much later
}
});
contentPane.add(FBbutton);
add(contentPane);
//make sure the JFrame is visible
setVisible(true);
}
}
You're ignoring the layout managers of your contentPane JPanel. Understand that it uses FlowLayout by default, and will ignore your setLocation and setBounds statements. Ror the JPanel to accept absolute positioning, you would have to give it a null layout via contentPane.setLayout(null).
Having said that, I do not advise you to do this! While null layouts, setLocation(...) and setBounds(...) might seem to Swing newbies like the easiest and best way to create complex GUI's, the more Swing GUI'S you create the more serious difficulties you will run into when using them. They won't resize your components when the GUI resizes, they are a royal witch to enhance or maintain, they fail completely when placed in scrollpanes, they look gawd-awful when viewed on all platforms or screen resolutions that are different from the original one.
For example the following GUI
import java.awt.BorderLayout;
import java.awt.Color;
import java.awt.Dimension;
import java.awt.Font;
import java.awt.GridBagLayout;
import javax.swing.*;
public class IntroPage2 extends JPanel {
public static final String TITLE = "Welcome to U.X.Dot.X";
private JLabel welcomeLabel = new JLabel(TITLE, SwingConstants.CENTER);
private JButton fbButton = new JButton("Login With Facebook");
public IntroPage2() {
fbButton.setBackground(Color.BLUE);
fbButton.setForeground(Color.CYAN);
welcomeLabel.setFont(new Font(Font.SANS_SERIF, Font.PLAIN, 30));
int wlGap = 20;
welcomeLabel.setBorder(BorderFactory.createEmptyBorder(wlGap, wlGap, wlGap, wlGap));
JLabel registerBelowLabel = new JLabel("Register Below");
registerBelowLabel.setFont(new Font(Font.SANS_SERIF, Font.PLAIN, 15));
JPanel centralPanel = new JPanel(new GridBagLayout());
centralPanel.setPreferredSize(new Dimension(300, 600));
centralPanel.add(registerBelowLabel);
JPanel topPanel = new JPanel(new BorderLayout());
topPanel.add(fbButton, BorderLayout.LINE_START);
topPanel.add(welcomeLabel, BorderLayout.CENTER);
setLayout(new BorderLayout());
int ebGap = 8;
setBorder(BorderFactory.createEmptyBorder(ebGap, ebGap, ebGap, ebGap));
add(topPanel, BorderLayout.PAGE_START);
add(centralPanel, BorderLayout.CENTER);
}
private static void createAndShowGui() {
IntroPage2 mainPanel = new IntroPage2();
JFrame frame = new JFrame("Welcome");
frame.setDefaultCloseOperation(JFrame.EXIT_ON_CLOSE);
frame.getContentPane().add(mainPanel);
frame.pack();
frame.setLocationRelativeTo(null);
frame.setVisible(true);
}
public static void main(String[] args) {
SwingUtilities.invokeLater(() -> createAndShowGui());
}
}
would create something like:
the code is used to create an application which shows picture and if your anwser is correct your supposed to see the next picture but the pictureCount does not go up. all of the variables ar declared after the main class and i created an Actionlistener to check if the awnser is correct.
import javax.swing.*;
import java.awt.*;
import java.awt.event.ActionEvent;
import java.awt.event.ActionListener;
public class Main {
public static void main(String[] args) {new Main().test();}
public int pictureCount = 1;
JFrame frame = new JFrame();
JButton button1 = new JButton("Submit");
JTextField text = new JTextField();
JPanel panel1 = new JPanel();
JPanel panel2 = new JPanel();
JPanel panel3 = new JPanel();
JLabel label = new JLabel(new ImageIcon("C:\\Users\\Admin\\Desktop\\practicum 3\\" + pictureCount + ".jpg"));
void test(){
button1.addActionListener(new ActionListener() {
public void actionPerformed(ActionEvent e)
{
if(text.getText().equals("5")){
pictureCount++;
new Main().test();
}
}
});
panel1.add(button1);
panel2.add(text);
panel3.add(label);
text.setPreferredSize(new Dimension(100,50));
panel1.setPreferredSize(new Dimension(1000, 200));
panel2.setPreferredSize(new Dimension(1000, 100));
panel3.setPreferredSize(new Dimension(1000, 450));
frame.getContentPane().add(BorderLayout.SOUTH, panel1);
frame.getContentPane().add(BorderLayout.CENTER, panel2);
frame.getContentPane().add(BorderLayout.NORTH, panel3);
frame.setSize(1000,750);
frame.setVisible(true);
frame.setDefaultCloseOperation(JFrame.EXIT_ON_CLOSE);
frame.setTitle("Operation Screen");
frame.setLocationRelativeTo(null);
}
}
You need to read in all the pictures as ImageIcons into an array or ArrayList, say called imageIconArray and then display imageIconArray[0] in your JLabel when you start.
When the button is pressed, increment pictureCount, and then reset the JLabel's icon via its setIcon(...) method:
// in the ActionListener code:
pictureCount++;
label.setIcon(imageIconArray[pictureCount];
Whatever you do, don't create a new Main object, despite what others might say. Why create a new GUI when all you need to do is swap displayed images?
How to set Jbuttons to a specific place when you have a background in JLabel : code below
i can't get the jlabel to stay at the top and the buttons to stay south(bottom) ??
import java.awt.*;
import java.awt.event.*;
import javax.swing.*;
public class ButtonsClass extends JFrame
implements ActionListener {
JButton b1 = new JButton("button1");
JButton b2 = new JButton("button2");
JButton b3 = new JButton("button3");
JButton b4 = new JButton("button4");
JLabel label = new JLabel("buttons:");
public static void main(String[] args) {
new ButtonsClass();
}
public Jukebox() {
setLayout(new BorderLayout());
setContentPane(new JLabel(new ImageIcon("image.png")));
setLayout(new FlowLayout());
setSize(500,150);
setTitle("Backgroundwithbuttons");
setDefaultCloseOperation(WindowConstants.DO_NOTHING_ON_CLOSE);
JPanel top = new JPanel();
top.add(label);
add("North", top);
JPanel bottom = new JPanel();
bottom.add(b1);
bottom.add(b2);
bottom.add(b3);
bottom.add(b4);
add("South", bottom);
setVisible(true);
}
}
" i can't get the jlabel to stay at the top and the buttons to stay south(bottom)"
That's because you set the layout the BorderLayout, then immediately set it to FlowLayout. With FlowLayout, your BorderLayout positioning will do nothing.
setLayout(new BorderLayout());
setContentPane(new JLabel(new ImageIcon("image.png")));
setLayout(new FlowLayout());
Just get rid of the setLayout(new FlowLayout());
Also your constructor is wrong
public Jukebox() {
-Should be-
public ButtonClass() {
Also you need to set the layout of the JLabel that you set as the content pane. Yout constructor should look like this
public ButtonClass() {
JLabel background = new JLabel(new ImageIcon("image.png"));
background.setLayout(new BorderLayout());
setContentPane(background);
setTitle("Background with buttons");
setDefaultCloseOperation(WindowConstants.DO_NOTHING_ON_CLOSE);
JPanel top = new JPanel();
top.add(label);
add(top, BorderLayout.NORTH);
JPanel bottom = new JPanel();
bottom.add(b1);
bottom.add(b2);
bottom.add(b3);
bottom.add(b4);
add(bottom, BorderLayout.SOUTH);
//pack();
setVisible(true);
}
Also, add("North", top); is a deprecated method. Instead use add(top, BorderLayout.NORTH) and same for add(bottom, BorderLayout.SOUTH)
Also, Swing apps should be run on the Event Dispatch Thread. You can do so by wrapping the code in your main with a SwingUtilities.invokeLater...
public static void main(String[] args) {
SwingUtilities.invokeLater(new Runnable() {
public void run() {
new ButtonClass();
}
});
}
Also, you should set the panel's opaque property to false, if you want the image to show behind them.
top.setOpaque(false);
bottom.setOpaque(false);
import java.awt.*;
import java.awt.event.*;
import javax.swing.*;
public class ButtonClass extends JFrame
implements ActionListener {
JButton b1 = new JButton("button1");
JButton b2 = new JButton("button2");
JButton b3 = new JButton("button3");
JButton b4 = new JButton("button4");
JLabel label = new JLabel("buttons:");
public static void main(String[] args) {
SwingUtilities.invokeLater(new Runnable() {
public void run() {
new ButtonClass();
}
});
}
public ButtonClass() {
label.setForeground(Color.WHITE);
JLabel background = new JLabel(new ImageIcon(getClass().getResource("/resources/space.png")));
background.setLayout(new BorderLayout());
setContentPane(background);
setTitle("Background with buttons");
setDefaultCloseOperation(WindowConstants.DO_NOTHING_ON_CLOSE);
JPanel top = new JPanel();
top.setOpaque(false);
top.add(label);
add(top, BorderLayout.NORTH);
JPanel bottom = new JPanel();
bottom.setOpaque(false);
bottom.add(b1);
bottom.add(b2);
bottom.add(b3);
bottom.add(b4);
add(bottom, BorderLayout.SOUTH);
setSize(400, 300);
setVisible(true);
}
#Override
public void actionPerformed(ActionEvent e) {}
}
Try using:
add(bottom, BorderLayout.SOUTH);
instead of:
add("South", bottom);
BorderLayout tutorial