GUI alignment

[africanhacker]

I am trying to create a GUI with this layout. Any quick suggestion on what I should use to achieve it. Specific details are unnecessary since i can always google for the specifics. All I need is a general idea of how I can go about getting about this alignment.

Many thanks in advance.

[milovan]

use netbeans :-)

[africanhacker]

ha ha ha, I'm still a novice so I prefer to code by hand. Come on milovan, spare a moment.

[Fubarable]

Nah don't use NetBeans as you will not learn the ins and outs of Swing this way.

One possible way: consider creating a main JPanel that uses a BorderLayout with the Basket in the BorderLayout.EAST position and everything else in a JPanel in the BorderLayout.CENTER position. Everything else can go into a JPanel that uses a GridBagLayout, but you'll need to add empty JLabels to fill up the blank spaces. Again this GridBag panel can go BorderLayout.CENTER into the main JPanel.

[milovan]

Well, if there is nothing new in java I guess GridBagLayout can be the answer. But I'm little rusty with this after IDE came in my life.

Take a look at:
How to Use GridBagLayout (The Java™ Tutorials > Creating a GUI With JFC/Swing > Laying Out Components Within a Container)

[africanhacker]

Thanks guys, makes me wanna sing: "Oh where would an africanhacker be without these ever so kind forums, Oh where would I be, nowhere, nowhere, nowhere."