group layout - span ?

[random7]

Hello,


im trying to make a gui in which i want the following components layed out like this (using group layout):


But i dont know how to get the "löschen" button below the "neu" button.
I always end up like this:



Is there a way to tell the JTextArea to take up 2 columns (similar to the grid layout), or is it impossible to make such a layout using grouplayout?

Thanks for any help :)

[random7]

can't anyone help me with this?

[Fubarable]

Myself, I wouldn't use GroupLayout but rather a combination of other layouts, say two BoxLayouts, or BoxLayout and BorderLayout.

[Maxideon]

Let "Relationen", the text area, "Neu", and "Loschen" be called c1, c2, c3, and c4 respectfully.

Then what you want is essentially the following.

Horiz Group = Sequential Group{c1,c2,Parallel Group{c3,c4}}
Vertical Group = Parallel Group{c1,c2,Sequential Group{c3,c4}}

that is,

layout.setHorizontalGroup(
        layout.createSequentialGroup()
            .addComponent(c1)
            .addComponent(c2)
            .addGroup(layout.createParallelGroup()
                .addComponent(c3)
                .addComponent(c4))
);
layout.setVerticalGroup(
        layout.createParallelGroup()
            .addComponent(c1)
            .addComponent(c2)
            .addGroup(layout.createSequentialGroup()
                .addComponent(c3)
                .addComponent(c4))
);

[random7]

thanks maxideon, this works really great.