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[MarkusHendersonicus]

Hi folks, I was just wondering how, in the following example, I'd make button1 appear on the JFrame. I've put "THIS DOESN'T WORK!" after my attempt which is commented out at this time...

package marksct;

import javax.swing.JButton;
import javax.swing.JFrame;
import javax.swing.JScrollPane;
import javax.swing.JTable;
import javax.swing.ScrollPaneConstants;

public class MarksCT {
  	static JFrame frame;
  	static JTable table;
  	protected static JButton button1;

	private static void createAndShowGUI() {
		/*
		 * Here's the data that I want to put in the JTable.
		 */
        String[] columnNames = {"First Name",
                "Last Name",
                "Sport",
                "# of Years",
                "Vegetarian"};
        Object[][] data = {
        	    {"Kathy", "Smith",
        	     "Snowboarding", new Integer(5), new Boolean(false)},
        	    {"John", "Doe",
        	     "Rowing", new Integer(3), new Boolean(true)},
        	    {"Sue", "Black",
        	     "Knitting", new Integer(2), new Boolean(false)},
        	    {"Jane", "White",
        	     "Speed reading", new Integer(20), new Boolean(true)},
        	    {"Joe", "Brown",
        	     "Pool", new Integer(10), new Boolean(false)}
        	};


        
    	//Create a JFrame and make sure program ends when visuals are closed.
        frame = new JFrame("MarksCT Application");
        frame.setDefaultCloseOperation(JFrame.EXIT_ON_CLOSE);

        //Create a JTable with the data in it.
    	table = new JTable(data, columnNames);
    	//Create a JScrollPane make it contain the JTable
    	JScrollPane scroller =
    		new JScrollPane (table, 
    			ScrollPaneConstants.VERTICAL_SCROLLBAR_AS_NEEDED, 
    			ScrollPaneConstants.HORIZONTAL_SCROLLBAR_AS_NEEDED);
    	//Add the JScrollPane to the JFrame ContentPane
    	frame.getContentPane().add (scroller);
    	button1=new JButton();
    	//frame.getContentPane().add (button1); // THIS DOESN'T WORK!
    	
    	frame.pack(); // Make the window use the minimal amount of space possible.
        frame.setVisible(true);
    }
	
	public static void main(String[] args) {
	    //Asynchronously create and show this applications GUI.
		/* This application does the following;
		 * (a) Creates a CustomTableModel
		 * (b) Uses the above to display the contents of a database.
		 */
	    javax.swing.SwingUtilities.invokeLater(new Runnable() {
	        public void run() {
	            createAndShowGUI(); 
	        }
	    });
	}

}

[Eranga]

Please use code tags next time. Unformated codes are really hard to read. If you don't know how to do that, check my forum signature.

[Fubarable]

Hi folks, I was just wondering how, in the following example, I'd make button1 appear on the JFrame. I've put "THIS DOESN'T WORK!" after my attempt which is commented out at this time...

Please define "this doesn't work" for us, because if we don't know how it's not working, we can't help you.

Also, you'll want to read the Oracle Swing tutorials layout manager section where you'll see that a JFrame's contentPane uses BorderLayout by default, and what BorderLayout's behavior is.

[Eranga]

You've put some comments. Identify that the comment and the rest of the code are relevant too.

[MarkusHendersonicus]

Sorry folks! Basically, when the following line is allowed to execute

frame.getContentPane().add (button1); // THIS DOESN'T WORK!

I would expect a JButton to appear in addition to the already displayed JTable. However, what actually happens is that the JTable vanishes and a very thin JButton appears instead! I have no idea why at this point.

[Eranga]

That's because of the layout you've used. Do you know about those?

[Eranga]

Using Layout Managers (The Java™ Tutorials > Creating a GUI With JFC/Swing > Laying Out Components Within a Container)