creating an invisible JButton

[kratos27]

hey all had a quick question,
I wanted to add a jbutton to a panel but just for its physical space on the panel and not so users can see it.

iv got the code:

p7.add(new JButton("Im invisible"));

i was thinking something like this:
p7.add(new JButton("Im invisible"){Visible=false});

but that doesnt work.

Iv got alot of invisible buttons to add hence i am not taking the route that invloves creating and naming jbutton variables and then using method setVisible to make them invisible.

Any ideas? Thanks

[KevinWorkman]

That doesn't work because that's not valid syntax at all.

How is that an easier approach than simply calling setVisible()?

And why are you adding invisible JButtons again? I'm pretty sure there's a better way to accomplish whatever it is you're trying to do.

[JosAH]

Any ideas? Thanks

Have a look at the Box class; it can create invisible componenents (that take up space) for you.

kind regards,

Jos

[kratos27]

That doesn't work because that's not valid syntax at all.

How is that an easier approach than simply calling setVisible()?

And why are you adding invisible JButtons again? I'm pretty sure there's a better way to accomplish whatever it is you're trying to do.

The reason why i want to add invisible buttons is because i am using a mixture of GridLayouts and BorderLayouts and with gridlayout you have to specifiy the number of rows and columns e.g. gridlayout(4,1) (means 4 rows and 1 column).

However i want to add my button to the 4th row because of its position and so i add other invisible buttons before it, so that they will occupy the above space.

The reason why i do not want to instantise new JButton variables is because i will not be needed the invisible buttons ever again, and so dont require them to have a local name or take up memory.

Perhaps I should be using another layout manager?

Have a look at the Box class; it can create invisible componenents (that take up space) for you.

kind regards,

Jos

Im going to have a look at this. Thanks.