CODEWITHSUNDEEP
javaswing
jeffrey zachary
jeffrey zachary

Reputation: 91

How do I eliminating the gap that BorderLayout.CENTER is taking up?

This may be a silly question, and one that can be resolved by changing the Layout I'm using for this, but, when running my calculator program, I'm savvy up until I see that my text area size wont stretch to fit the size of the pane it's in automatically without me setting the size when first creating it, and also, how do I go about eliminating this monstrous gap that BorderLayout.CENTER is taking up between my button panels?

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

public class calculatorProg extends JFrame implements ActionListener
{
    private Container contents;
    private JButton add, subtr, mult, div, pow, pow10, b1, b2, b3, b4, b5, b6, b7, b8, b9, b0;
    private JTextArea win;
    private JPanel numArea, win1, arithArea, numPlusArith;
    private JMenu men;
    private JMenuItem menItem;
    JSplitPane calcPane;

    public calculatorProg()
    {
        super("Calculator");
        contents = getContentPane();
        setDefaultCloseOperation(EXIT_ON_CLOSE);
        contents.setLayout(new BorderLayout());

        //Arithmetic buttons
        add = new JButton("+");
        subtr = new JButton("-");
        mult = new JButton("x");
        div = new JButton("/");
        pow = new JButton("x^");
        pow10 = new JButton("x^10");

        //Buttons
        b1 = new JButton("1");
        b5 = new JButton("5");
        b2 = new JButton("2");
        b6 = new JButton("6");
        b3 = new JButton("3");
        b7 = new JButton("7");
        b4 = new JButton("4");
        b8 = new JButton("8");
        b9 = new JButton("9");
        b0 = new JButton("0");

        //Creating the panels
        win = new JTextArea(2, 25);
        win.setEditable(false);
        win.setVisible(true);
        win1 = new JPanel();
        win1.setLayout(new FlowLayout(FlowLayout.LEFT));
        win1.add(win);
        numArea = new JPanel(new GridLayout(0, 3));
        arithArea = new JPanel(new GridLayout(3, 3));
        arithArea.setSize(new Dimension(8, 8));
        numPlusArith = new JPanel(new BorderLayout());

        //Adding to num area
        numArea.add(b1);
        numArea.add(b2);
        numArea.add(b3);
        numArea.add(b4);
        numArea.add(b5);
        numArea.add(b6);
        numArea.add(b7);
        numArea.add(b8);
        numArea.add(b9);
        numArea.add(b0);
        arithArea.add(add);
        arithArea.add(subtr);
        arithArea.add(div);
        arithArea.add(mult);
        arithArea.add(pow);
        arithArea.add(pow10);
        numPlusArith.add(arithArea, BorderLayout.LINE_START);
        numPlusArith.add(numArea, BorderLayout.LINE_END);

        //Lay out the panes
        calcPane = new JSplitPane(JSplitPane.VERTICAL_SPLIT, win1, numPlusArith);
        calcPane.setOneTouchExpandable(true);
        calcPane.setDividerLocation(50);

        Dimension minimumSize = new Dimension(100, 50);
        win1.setMinimumSize(minimumSize);
        numArea.setMinimumSize(minimumSize);

        //add to contents
        contents.add(calcPane, BorderLayout.CENTER);

        setSize(320, 370);
        setVisible(true);
    }

    public static void main(String[] args)
    {
        calculatorProg cp = new calculatorProg();
    }
}

Someone may make mention about the 0 being off center in the numArea (I read in the Java docs about GridBagLayout but haven't even had half my toenail into those waters, yet.)

EDIT CODE: 

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

class calculatorProg extends JFrame implements ActionListener {
private Container contents;
private JButton add, subtr, mult, div, pow, pow10, clr, plmi, b1, b2, b3, b4, b5,   b6, b7, b8, b9, b0;
private JTextArea win;
private JPanel numArea, win1, arithArea, numPlusArith;
private JMenu men;
private JMenuItem menItem;
JSplitPane calcPane;

public calculatorProg(){
    super("Calculator");
contents = getContentPane();
setDefaultCloseOperation(EXIT_ON_CLOSE);
contents.setLayout(new BorderLayout());

//Arithmetic buttons
add = new JButton("+");
subtr = new JButton("-");
mult = new JButton("x");
div = new JButton("/");
pow = new JButton("x^");
pow10 = new JButton("x^10");


//Buttons
b1 = new JButton("1"); b5 = new JButton("5");
b2 = new JButton("2"); b6 = new JButton("6");   
b3 = new JButton("3"); b7 = new JButton("7");
b4 = new JButton("4"); b8 = new JButton("8");
b9 = new JButton("9"); b0 = new JButton("0");
clr = new JButton("C"); plmi = new JButton("+/-");


//Creating the panels
win = new JTextArea(2, 25);
win.setLineWrap(true);
win.setWrapStyleWord(true);
win.setEditable(false);
win.setVisible(true);
win1 = new JPanel();
win1.setLayout(new BorderLayout());
win1.add(new JScrollPane(win), BorderLayout.CENTER);
numArea = new JPanel(new GridLayout(0,3));
arithArea = new JPanel(new GridLayout(3, 3));
//arithArea.setSize(new Dimension(8, 8));
numPlusArith = new JPanel(new GridLayout(0, 2, 0, 0));

//Adding to num area
numArea.add(b1); numArea.add(b2);
numArea.add(b3); numArea.add(b4);
numArea.add(b5); numArea.add(b6);
numArea.add(b7); numArea.add(b8);
numArea.add(b9); numArea.add(b0); 
numArea.add(clr); numArea.add(plmi);
arithArea.add(add);
arithArea.add(subtr);
arithArea.add(div);
arithArea.add(mult);
arithArea.add(pow);
arithArea.add(pow10);
numPlusArith.add(arithArea);
numPlusArith.add(numArea);

//Lay out the panes
calcPane = new JSplitPane(JSplitPane.VERTICAL_SPLIT, win1, numPlusArith);
calcPane.setOneTouchExpandable(true);
calcPane.setDividerLocation(50);

Dimension minimumSize = new Dimension(100, 50);
win1.setMinimumSize(minimumSize);
numArea.setMinimumSize(minimumSize);

//add to contents
contents.add(calcPane, BorderLayout.CENTER);

pack();
setVisible(true);

}
public static void main(String[] args) {
    calculatorProg cp = new calculatorProg();

}

private double addition(double a, double b){
    a=0.0; b=0.0;
    double finAnswer = a + b;

    return finAnswer;
}
private double subtraction(double a, double b){
    a=0.0; b=0.0;
    double finAnswer = a + b;

    return finAnswer;
}
private double division(double a, double b){
    a=0.0; b=0.0;
    double finAnswer = a / b;

    return finAnswer;
}
private double multiplication(double a, double b){
    a=0.0; b=0.0;
    double finAnswer = a * b;
    return finAnswer;
}
private double pow(double a, double b){
    a=0.0; b=0.0;
    double finAnswer = Math.pow(a, b);
    return finAnswer;
}
private double pow10(double a){
    a = 0.0;
    double finAnswer = Math.pow(a, 10);

    return finAnswer;
}
@Override
public void actionPerformed(ActionEvent arg0) {
    // TODO Auto-generated method stub

}

}

As you can see I made the much needed changes. It looks a lot cleaner. There's still a minor gap around the numbers area, but nonetheless it's cleaner. pack() definitely makes a difference. Thanks for all the help guys!

Upvotes: 4

Views: 372

Answers (1)

Brian
Brian

Reputation: 17309

Thanks for the SSCCE, +1 for that. All that's missing is the actionPerformed method (you were also missing the last } until the recent edit).

In any case, your problem is that you're using FlowLayout for the panel that contains your JTextArea. Change these lines:

win1.setLayout(new FlowLayout(FlowLayout.LEFT));
win1.add(win);

to this:

win1.setLayout(new BorderLayout());
win1.add(new JScrollPane(win), BorderLayout.CENTER);

You may also notice that I wrapped the text area in a scroll pane. This will make it so that any text overflow is scrollable. You should also add in the following lines to turn on line-wrapping:

win = new JTextArea(2, 25);
win.setLineWrap(true);
win.setWrapStyleWord(true);

Upvotes: 1

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