JList Location

[BeeGee]

Hello,

I was wondering if there is a way to set the location of JList on a Frame. I noticed that the JList shows up in the center for the frame everytime. Is there a way to position the frame to the left of the screen or any other position???

A sample code is listed below:

import javax.swing.*;
import javax.swing.event.ListSelectionEvent;
import javax.swing.event.ListSelectionListener;
import java.awt.*;
import java.awt.event.*;

public class JListDemo extends JFrame {

	JList list;
	String[] listColorNames = { "black", "blue", "green", "yellow",
			"white" };
	Container contentpane;
	public JListDemo() {
		super("List Source Demo");
		contentpane = getContentPane();
		contentpane.setLayout(new FlowLayout());
		list = new JList(listColorNames);
		list.setSelectedIndex(0);
		list.setSelectionMode(ListSelectionModel.SINGLE_SELECTION);
		contentpane.add(new JScrollPane(list));
		list.addListSelectionListener(new ListSelectionListener() {

			public void valueChanged(ListSelectionEvent e) {

System.out.println("You have selected "+list.getSelectedValue());
			}
		});
		setSize(200, 200);
		setVisible(true);
	}
	public static void main(String[] args) {
		JListDemo test = new JListDemo();
		test.setDefaultCloseOperation(JFrame.EXIT_ON_CLOSE);
	}
}

[camickr]

Use the "Code" formatting tags when posting code.

Read the section from the Swing tutorial on Using Layout Managers to understand whats happening.

The FlowLayout has a parameter that allows you to control where the component is layed out.

[j2me64]

I was wondering if there is a way to set the location of JList on a Frame. I noticed that the JList shows up in the center for the frame everytime. Is there a way to position the frame to the left of the screen or any other position???

what are you looking for, positioning the frame on the screen or the jlist inside the frame?

[BeeGee]

Hi, Thanks for your help. I was looking for a way to position the JList inside the frame as it's default position seems to be at the center of the frame.

Any help is much appreciated. thanks.

[JosAH]

Hi, Thanks for your help. I was looking for a way to position the JList inside the frame as it's default position seems to be at the center of the frame.

Any help is much appreciated. thanks.

Camickr already gave you the answer: now you're using a FlowLayout which centers its components by default. Read the API documentation for its other constructors.

kind regards,

Jos

[BeeGee]

Sorry to bother you all. I looked at the other constructors of FlowLayout and used the FlowLayout(int align) constructor. However, I was unable to use the setLayout function with the FlowLayout constructor as the latter had an int type. It ended up looking similar to ListDemo in How to Use Lists (The Java™ Tutorials > Creating a GUI With JFC/Swing > Using Swing Components). I was trying to shift what I was getting when using new FlowLayout() to the left and not change the way it looked.
I apologize if I am annoying but I really need your help. Thanks.

[JosAH]

Sorry to bother you all. I looked at the other constructors of FlowLayout and used the FlowLayout(int align) constructor. However, I was unable to use the setLayout function with the FlowLayout constructor as the latter had an int type. It ended up looking similar to ListDemo in How to Use Lists (The Java™ Tutorials > Creating a GUI With JFC/Swing > Using Swing Components). I was trying to shift what I was getting when using new FlowLayout() to the left and not change the way it looked.
I apologize if I am annoying but I really need your help. Thanks.

This is what the API documentation has to say about that other constructor:

Constructs a new FlowLayout with the specified alignment and a default 5-unit horizontal and vertical gap. The value of the alignment argument must be one of FlowLayout.LEFT, FlowLayout.RIGHT, FlowLayout.CENTER, FlowLayout.LEADING, or FlowLayout.TRAILING

so:

new FlowLayout(FlowLayout.LEFT);

does the job.

kind regards,

Jos

[j2me64]

Any help is much appreciated. thanks.

my suggestion is changing two lines in

contentpane.setLayout(new BorderLayout());
contentpane.add(new JScrollPane(list), BorderLayout.WEST);

use WEST to position your jscrollpane on the left side, EAST for the right side and CENTER for center positionl. for all details look at BorderLayout (Java Platform SE 6)

[BeeGee]

Thanks. Can't believe I didn't think of that. I feel so stupid now. Thank you for your help.