centering/sizing fields on a panel

[philgrek]

I am having a hard time getting my text field and password fields to size correctly and to appear in the middle of the screen. Any help?

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

public class LoginScreen extends JFrame
{
	public static void main(String[] args) {
		new LoginScreen();
	}
	 
	 public LoginScreen() {
	 	 
	    super("Log-In");
	    this.setDefaultCloseOperation(super.EXIT_ON_CLOSE);
	
	    Container content = getContentPane();
	    content.setPreferredSize(new Dimension(400,200));
	    content.setBackground(Color.black);
	    content.setLayout(new BoxLayout(content, BoxLayout.Y_AXIS));
	    content.add(Box.createRigidArea(new Dimension(0,100)));
	    
	    JFormattedTextField user = new JFormattedTextField();
	    JPasswordField pword = new JPasswordField();
	    	    	
	    content.add(user, BorderLayout.PAGE_START);
	    user.setSize(5,2);
	   
	    content.add(Box.createRigidArea(new Dimension(0,30)));
	    content.add(pword, BorderLayout.PAGE_START);
	    pword.setSize(5,2);
	    	   
	    pack();	
	    setVisible(true);
	}
	
	
	        	
}

[bigjo]

Hi,

first I would put this after setDefaultCloseOperation():

this.setLocationRelativeTo(null);

so your JFrame will be placed in the middle of you screen.
And for the textfield itself I would use the GridLayout(int rows,int columns);
In that way you don't have to place the size. All component will have the same size and would be allign.