adding jtextarea

[xhoneyskye]

So... well I'm new to Java, this is the current code I have. I want to add a textarea at the east of everthing. Could someone help me with this or at least give me an idea on how? Please and thanks.

package javaapplication1;

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

public class Main extends JFrame implements ActionListener
{

    Container thing = new Container();
    JTextField textfield1= new JTextField("jtextfield");
    JTextField textfield2= new JTextField("jtextfield");
    JTextArea textarea = new JTextArea("textarea");
    JButton button = new JButton("push");

    public Main ()
    {
        this.setSize(200, 200);
        
        thing.setLayout(new GridLayout(2,1));
        thing.add(textfield1);
        thing.add(textfield2);
        thing.add(button);


        button.addActionListener(this);
        
        this.setLayout(new BorderLayout());
        
        this.add(textfield1, BorderLayout.NORTH);
        this.add(textfield2, BorderLayout.CENTER);
        this.add(button, BorderLayout.SOUTH);
        
        this.setVisible(true);
        this.setDefaultCloseOperation(JFrame.EXIT_ON_CLOSE);

    }
    
    public static void main(String[] args)
    {
        Main m = new Main();
    }

    public void actionPerformed(ActionEvent e) 
    {
        if(e.getSource().equals(button))
        {
            System.out.println("pushed!");
        }
    }

}

[Fubarable]

Hello, and welcome to the forum. I hope you don't mind that I changed your color tags into code tags since they make your code much easier to read.

My obvious first question is have you tried to add your textfield to the JFrame (this), well actually it's contentPane, BorderLayout.EAST?

[Fubarable]

Ah, I see what you're trying to do. To solve this you need to nest some of your components in another JPanel and add that to the BorderLayout.CENTER position of the JFrame, then add the textarea BorderLayout.EAST. e.g.,

        this.setLayout(new BorderLayout());
        JPanel centerPanel = new JPanel(new BorderLayout());
        
        centerPanel.add(textfield1, BorderLayout.NORTH);
        centerPanel.add(textfield2, BorderLayout.CENTER);
        centerPanel.add(button, BorderLayout.SOUTH);
        
        add(centerPanel, BorderLayout.CENTER);
        add(textarea, BorderLayout.EAST);

[xhoneyskye]

yessssssssssssssssssss that was exactly what I was looking for. Thank you so much

[Fubarable]

yessssssssssssssssssss that was exactly what I was looking for. Thank you so much

Quite welcome!