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reji
reji

Reputation: 19

buttons vertically arranged and tabs in Swing

is there a way where i can add buttons verically on the left side of a frame and tabbed area in the right using swing?

Upvotes: 1

Views: 1295

Answers (4)

camickr
camickr

Reputation: 324137

Expirement with the different layout managers. And remember you can nest layout managers to achieve your desired effect. The only way to learn how to use them is to try them out. The tutorial has lots of demo code.

Also using a GridLayout in the West may not be as simple as it seems since the buttons size will keep changing as the height of the frame keep changing. So you may need code something like:

JPanel grid = new JPanel( new GridLayout(...) );
grid.add( ... );
JPanel wrapper = new JPanel();
wrapper.add( grid );
frame.add(wrapper, BorderLayout.WEST);

Upvotes: 1

trashgod
trashgod

Reputation: 205815

JToolBar with a VERTICAL orientation is a flexible alternative, as shown here.

Upvotes: 1

aioobe
aioobe

Reputation: 421060

I would suggest using a GridLayout for the left "button-panel" and place this in the WEST pane of a BorderLayout.

.----------------------------------.
|        Border layout             |
|  _[west]_  __[center]___________ |
| | Grid   | |                    ||
| | Layout | | Tabs...            ||
| |--------| |                    ||
| |  btn1  | |                    ||
| |--------| |                    ||
| |  btn2  | |                    ||
| |--------| |                    ||
| |  btn3  | |                    ||
| |--------| |                    ||
| |  btn4  | |                    ||
| |________| |____________________||
'----------------------------------'

Upvotes: 9

extraneon
extraneon

Reputation: 23950

You could play with google's WindowBuilder and play with the various layouts. I think a borderlayout should be fine.

Upvotes: 1

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