I need to add an icon of an "envelope" to a jcheckbox. The documentation seems to focus on replacing the selected/unselected state icons.
I am happy with those - but I want an "envelope" picture rather than text saying "email".
Create a JCheckbox without a label. Then place it next to a JLabel using an icon.
public static void main(String[] args) {
JFrame frame = new JFrame();
JPanel panel = new JPanel();
JCheckBox box = new JCheckBox();
JLabel label = new JLabel(myIcon);
panel.setLayout(new BoxLayout(panel, BoxLayout.X_AXIS));
panel.add(box);
panel.add(label);
frame.getContentPane().add(panel);
frame.pack();
frame.setVisible(true);
}
Related
I am trying to write a Title for the main menu of my program, by using a JLabel, but it doesn't seem to appear on my screen.
import javax.swing.*;
public class GUI {
public GUI() {
JFrame frame = new JFrame();
JPanel panel = new JPanel();
panel.setBorder(BorderFactory.createEmptyBorder(30,30,10,30));
panel.setLayout(new GridLayout());
frame.add(panel, BorderLayout.CENTER);
frame.setDefaultCloseOperation(JFrame.EXIT_ON_CLOSE);
frame.setTitle("Title");
frame.pack();
frame.setSize(854,560);
frame.setVisible(true);
JLabel title = new JLabel();
title.setText("Title");
//title.setSize();
title.setVisible(true);
}
public static void main(String[] args) {
new GUI();
}
}
What am I doing wrong and how could I change the position of the Text if I manage to make it visible?
And I also want to add a button to go to the next page so if you could tell me how to do that too that would be great.
I would quickly and untested say that you are adding the label after you set the frame visible.
Do it before. Else you would have to revalidate and repaint the frame
As I can see in your code you are not adding title in panel. As a quick solution put panel.add(title); after title.setVisible(true); line in your code, it will display the label.
JFrame frame = new JFrame();
JPanel panel = new JPanel();
panel.setBorder(BorderFactory.createEmptyBorder(30,30,10,30));
panel.setLayout(new GridLayout());
frame.add(panel, BorderLayout.CENTER);
frame.setDefaultCloseOperation(JFrame.EXIT_ON_CLOSE);
frame.setTitle("Title");
frame.pack();
frame.setSize(854,560);
frame.setVisible(true);
JLabel title = new JLabel();
title.setText("Title");
//title.setSize();
title.setVisible(true);
panel.add(title); //<---- this one line will diaplay label in GUI
I want to use 2 JPanel as panel and panel_1.
I want to add image automatically to panel using JLabel
and also add JButton to panel_1.
How can I resize button according to the image which is above the button?
public class Testing extends JFrame {
public Testing() {
this.setSize(590, 327);
this.setTitle("JFrame");
getContentPane().setLayout(null);
JPanel panel = new JPanel();
panel.setBounds(118, 136, 321, 89);
getContentPane().add(panel);
panel.setLayout(new BoxLayout(panel, BoxLayout.X_AXIS));
JLabel lblImage = new JLabel("image for button1");
panel.add(lblImage);
JLabel lblImage_1 = new JLabel("image for button2");
panel.add(lblImage_1);
JLabel lblImage_2 = new JLabel("image for button3");
panel.add(lblImage_2);
JPanel panel_1 = new JPanel();
panel_1.setBounds(118, 30, 321, 77);
getContentPane().add(panel_1);
panel_1.setLayout(new BoxLayout(panel_1, BoxLayout.X_AXIS));
JButton btnNewButton = new JButton("New button 1");
panel_1.add(btnNewButton);
JButton btnNewButton_1 = new JButton("New button 2");
panel_1.add(btnNewButton_1);
JButton btnNewButton_2 = new JButton("New button 3");
panel_1.add(btnNewButton_2);
}
public static void main(String[] args) throws Exception {
Testing frame = new Testing();
frame.setVisible(true);
frame.setDefaultCloseOperation(WindowConstants.DISPOSE_ON_CLOSE);
}
}
If your goal is to have the button above the image, and have the button's width expand with the image, then:
Get rid of your use of null layouts and .setBounds(...) (this is just good general advice)
Put the JLabel with the image into a JPanel that uses BorderLayout with the JLabel in the BorderLayout.CENTER position
Put the button above the JLabel in the same JPanel using the BorderLayout.PAGE_START position.
Then put that JPanel wherever it is needed in the GUI, nesting JPanels, each using their own layout manager.
The BorderLayout will allow the center component to fill that position, and will expand the PAGE_START and PAGE_END positions to fill the width necessary. If the top and bottom components are wider, then this will also expand the width of the container.
I'm trying to create a JPanel (non-resizable) showing a grid of buttons but when I try to add the JPanel to a JFrame it won't show.
JFrame frame = new JFrame("frame");
JPanel panel = new JPanel();
frame.setSize(681,920);
frame.setResizable(true);
JLabel label = new JLabel();
label.setLayout(new FlowLayout(FlowLayout.LEADING,0,0));
JButton btn = new JButton();
btn.setContentAreaFilled( false );
btn.setBorder( null );
btn.setBounds(214,210,0,0);
label.add(btn);
panel.add(label);
frame.add(panel);
frame.setDefaultCloseOperation(JFrame.EXIT_ON_CLOSE);
frame.setVisible(true);
The output should be a resizable frame with inside a 3x4 grid of buttons.
If I don't use the panel and I put the line frame.setResizable(false) it works as expected but I need to add more stuff to the frame so I need to put the buttons safe in a panel.
Both panel and label are added to your frame, to make sure they are added write
JLabel label = new JLabel("JLABEL");
and
panel.setBackground(Color.BLUE);
I am just creating a simple GUI for practice I want to have a few text boxes within my JFrame but I the JTextField I created is taking up the whole frame. I tried doing .setSize but that didn't work.
JFrame
public static Component textbox(String x){
JLabel lbltAm= new JLabel(x);
JTextField tftAm = new JTextField(20);
lbltAm.setLabelFor(tftAm);
lbltAm.setFont(new Font("Serif", Font.PLAIN, 18));
tftAm.setSize(10, 10);
return tftAm;
}
private static void createAndShowGUI() {
//Create and set up the window.
JFrame frame = new JFrame("Tip Calculator");
//Add Textbox
frame.add(textbox("TipAmmount"));
frame.setDefaultCloseOperation(JFrame.EXIT_ON_CLOSE);
frame.getContentPane().setBackground(Color.gray);
frame.setPreferredSize(new Dimension(250, 400));
frame.pack();
frame.setLocationRelativeTo(null);
frame.setVisible(true);
It's because you are not using any layout I suggest to use FlowLayout and GridBagLayout.
Instead of returning JTextField return a Panel object and add the JTextField and Jlabel Object into the panel.You can use any layout I've used BorderLayout
public static Component textbox(String x){
JPanel panel = new JPanel(new BorderLayout());
JLabel lbltAm= new JLabel(x);
JTextField tftAm = new JTextField(20);
lbltAm.setLabelFor(tftAm);
lbltAm.setFont(new Font("Serif", Font.PLAIN, 18));
tftAm.setSize(10, 10);
panel.add(lbltAm, BorderLayout.NORTH);
panel.add(tftAm, BorderLayout.CENTER);
return panel;
}
There are multiple layout using which you can layout components in a Panel. have a look
Its not a good practice to add components directly to JFrame
use it like this
frame.getContentPane().add(component)
or if using borderlayout you can add like this
frame.getContentPane().add(compnent, BorderLayout.CENTER);
So I'm trying to create a gui, I've tinkered with gui's before in java but I'm still new to them. So my issued here is that my JLabels (butLabel & cbLabel) are filled with buttons and checkboxes. Sadly my JFrame will only show whichever is set to the BorderLayout.CENTER. NORTH & SOUTH don't ever show, even if I only set the butLabel to SOUTH and don't even use the cbLabel. What am I overlooking?? It's much appreciated, thanks!
public class mainWindow
{
JFrame frame = new JFrame("Main Window");
JLabel butLabel = new JLabel();
JLabel cbLabel = new JLabel();
JButton showBut = new JButton("Show");
JButton exitBut = new JButton("Exit");
JButton addBut = new JButton("Add");
JButton remBut = new JButton("Remove");
JCheckBox aCB = new JCheckBox("Airplane");
JCheckBox bCB = new JCheckBox("Boat");
JCheckBox cCB = new JCheckBox("Clock");
public mainWindow()
{
frame.setLayout(new BorderLayout()); //I know this is set by default to BorderLayout but I just did it when I was out of options to try.
frame.setDefaultCloseOperation(JFrame.EXIT_ON_CLOSE);
frame.setMinimumSize(new Dimension(360, 480));
butLabel.setLayout(new GridLayout(1,4));
cbLabel.setLayout(new GridLayout(2, 2));
butLabel.add(showBut);
butLabel.add(exitBut);
butLabel.add(addBut);
butLabel.add(remBut);
cbLabel.add(aCB);
cbLabel.add(bCB);
cbLabel.add(cCB);
frame.add(butLabel, BorderLayout.CENTER);
frame.add(cbLabel, BorderLayout.NORTH);
}
public void setVisible()
{
butLabel.setVisible(true);//Didn't think I needed butLabel.setVisible or the cbLabel.setVisible but
cbLabel.setVisible(true);//again I was trying things that I thought might make sense.
frame.setVisible(true);
}
}
do not use Label for grouping elements, use JPanel instead
I have tried replace all
Label
with
Panel
it works