Components Layout in a JPanel

[jboy]

Hi,

Could someone tell me how to assign a specfic layout to each component in a Panel? For example, if I want to display something as follows using Box class:

.....Name......
[..............]

[ ...... ] age
[ ...... ] ID

Where the brackets are the textfields and dots are spaces.
Which methods are out there to change to this layout? Can anyone give a very good source to refer to?

Thanks heaps.

[Fubarable]

You will often use nested layouts; that is several JPanels, some nested inside of others, each using their own layouts. Popular layouts include the Sun Swing (or AWT) layouts which you can read about here: Lesson: Laying Out Components Within a Container (The Java™ Tutorials > Creating a GUI With JFC/Swing)

Also, there's the MigLayout which you can read up on here: MiG Layout Java Layout Manager for Swing and SWT

[jboy]

I have now decided to manage my layout using the GridBagLayout, the problem is I don't know how to add a text field and two radio buttons on the first row and a text field and two radio buttons on th second row without any borders. So it is actually one panel with 6 different components. How can I set their position for each on the panel?

Thanks!

[Fubarable]

For general questions on how to use this complex layout, I doubt any of us can explain things better than is already done in the tutorial. You can find this tutorial by going to my first link above. Please give it a read, and then give it a try. Much luck.

[Fubarable]

As an aside, I personally try to avoid the GridBagLayout due to its complexity. If I can solve the problem in a simpler manner, I will. If you really want GridBag functionality in an easier layout, take a serious look at the Mig Layout.

YMMV