How to change position of JButtons in a CardLayout?

[esgol]

...

    JPanel cards; //a panel that uses CardLayout
    Button BtGotoCard2; //awt button for test BUT DOESNT CHANGES POSITION EITHER
    Button BtGotoCard1;
    JButton myButton = new JButton("JB Go to Card2");

public void addComponentToPane(Container pane) {

        

        JPanel card1 = new JPanel();
        BtGotoCard2 = new Button("Go to Card2");      
        [COLOR="Red"]BtGotoCard2.setBounds(50,150,80,20);[/COLOR]
        [COLOR="Red"]myButton.setBounds(50,150,80,20);[/COLOR]

        card1.add(BtGotoCard2);
        card1.add(new JButton("J Button 1"));
        card1.add(myButton);
        myButton.addActionListener(this);
        BtGotoCard2.addActionListener(this);

        BtGotoCard1 = new Button("Go to Card1");       

        card1.add(BtGotoCard1);

        BtGotoCard1.addActionListener(this);


        JPanel card2 = new JPanel();
        card2.add(new JTextField("TextField", 20)).setBackground(LightBez);
        card2.add(BtGotoCard1);


        //Create the panel that contains the "cards".
        cards = new JPanel(new CardLayout());
        cards.add(card1, "Enter PIN");
        cards.add(card2, "Eidos Logariasmou");


        pane.add(cards);
        

    }

And when the function is called

private static void createAndShowGUI() {
        //Create and set up the window.
        JFrame frame = new JFrame("CardLayoutDemo");
        frame.setBounds(450,250,380,300);
        frame.setPreferredSize(new Dimension(380, 300));
        frame.setDefaultCloseOperation(JFrame.EXIT_ON_CLOSE);

        //Create and set up the content pane.
        CardLayoutDemo demo = new CardLayoutDemo();
        //demo.setBounds(450,250,380,300);
        demo.addComponentToPane(frame.getContentPane());

        //Display the window.
        frame.pack();
        frame.setVisible(true);
    }

Set bounds works with the frame ( even if not for the size) but not for the JButtons. What can i do?

[JosAH]

A CardLayout sets each of its components ("cards") to the same size. If those components are, say, JPanels, you can add other components to them using any LayoutManager your want (even none). Those other components can be JButtons or whatevev. b.t.w. don't use Buttons, use JButtons instead.

kind regards,

Jos

[esgol]

Even None and it will work?
I've imagine tha all other elements inheritate the cardlayout's layout

So i can put other elements by specifing none layout? And i will be freed from the bounds of the cardlayout?

Like doing

myButton.setLayout(null);
myButton.setBounds(50,150,80,20);
card1.add(myButton);

I ve done it inside the constructor but its stil bound to the cardlayout

[JosAH]

Even None and it will work?
I've imagine tha all other elements inheritate the cardlayout's layout

So i can put other elements by specifing none layout? And i will be freed from the bounds of the cardlayout?

Like doing

myButton.setLayout(null);
myButton.setBounds(50,150,80,20);
card1.add(myButton);

I ve done it inside the constructor but its stil bound to the cardlayout

If you add your myButton to the JComponent with the CardLayout it will have the size of the entire component. It doesn't matter whether or not you've set the LayoutManager of the JButton to null. Add some JPanels (without a LayoutManager) to the JComponent with the CardLayout (also a JPanel?) and add components to the other JPanels. Use the CardLayout to display one of the JPanels. So:

CardLayout cards= new CardLayout();
JPanel mainPanel= new JPanel(cards); // create the main panel

JPanel panel1= new JPanel(null); // create two cards
JPanel panel2= new JPanel(null);

mainPanel.add(panel1, "panel1"); // add them to the main panel
mainPanel.add(panel2, "panel2");

// add other components to panel1 and panel2 here
// note that the panels don't have a LayoutManager
...
// use cards.show(mainPanel, "panel1") to show panel1

kind regards,

Jos

[esgol]

IT WORKS! :D IT WORKS!!! :D :D :D

//CONSTRUCTOR TYPES DECLARATION
CardLayout cards= new CardLayout(); //a panel that uses CardLayout
    JPanel MainPanel= new JPanel(cards); // create the main panel

    


    Button BtGotoCard2;
    Button BtGotoCard1;
    JTextField TextField1 = new JTextField("TextField1", 20);

public void addComponentToPane(Container pane) 
{
...
        JPanel card1 = new JPanel(null);
        MainPanel.add(card1, "Enter PIN");

        BtGotoCard2 = new Button("Go to Card2");  
        BtGotoCard2.addActionListener(this);     
        BtGotoCard2.setBounds(50,50,80,20);
        myButton.setBounds(150,100,80,20);

        card1.add(BtGotoCard2);
        card1.add(myButton);

//------------------------------------

        JPanel card2 = new JPanel(null);
        MainPanel.add(card2, "Eidos Logariasmou");

        BtGotoCard1 = new Button("Go to Card1");      
        BtGotoCard1.setBounds(50,50,80,20);
        TextField1.setBounds(100,100,80,20);
        BtGotoCard1.addActionListener(this);

        card2.add(BtGotoCard1);
        card2.add(TextField1);

       ...

       pane.add(MainPanel);
}

And into the Action Listenet Afterwards

public void actionPerformed(ActionEvent e) {
        if (e.getSource()==BtGotoCard2)
        {
            System.out.println("pathitike to Card2");
            //CardLayout cl = (MainPanel)(cards.getLayout());
            cards.show(MainPanel, "Eidos Logariasmou");
            //cl.show(cards,"Eidos Logariasmou" );
        }
        
        if (e.getSource()==myButton)
        {
            System.out.println("Anagnoristike pathma myButton apo to if getsource");
            //CardLayout cl = (CardLayout)(cards.getLayout());
            cards.show(MainPanel, "Eidos Logariasmou");
        }
        if (e.getSource()==BtGotoCard1)
        {
            System.out.println("pathitike to GotoCard1");
            //CardLayout cl = (CardLayout)(cards.getLayout());
            cards.show(MainPanel, "Enter PIN");
        }
    }

NOW I'M GONNA HAVE A SUPER ATM INTERFACE :D :D :D :D

THANK YOU ALL OF YOU :D