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user12655184
user12655184

Reputation:

Create 2 buttons on the same x axis in jFrame

My java code below features a image and a button below I just want to add another button that is on the same x axis as the one the current button is on. I don't know how to do that. I thought I tried to manipulate abc.weightx and change it and it had no effect. I have included a pic of what I am trying to do below.

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    import java.awt.GridBagConstraints;
   import java.awt.GridBagLayout;
    import java.io.IOException;
    import java.net.URL;
   import javax.swing.ImageIcon;
    import javax.swing.JButton;
  import javax.swing.JFrame;
  import javax.swing.JLabel;

    class Main extends JFrame {

public static void main(String[] args0) {

    try {
        JFrame frame = new JFrame();
        frame.setDefaultCloseOperation(EXIT_ON_CLOSE);

        frame.getContentPane().setLayout(new GridBagLayout());

        GridBagConstraints gbc = new GridBagConstraints();
        gbc.gridwidth = GridBagConstraints.REMAINDER;
        gbc.weightx = 0.5;
        gbc.weighty = 0.4;
        gbc.fill = GridBagConstraints.BOTH;

        URL url = new URL("http://www.digitalphotoartistry.com/rose1.jpg");
        ImageIcon image = new ImageIcon(url);
        JLabel imageLabel = new JLabel(image);
        frame.add(imageLabel, gbc);

        gbc.weightx = 0.9;
        gbc.weighty = 0.1;
        gbc.fill = GridBagConstraints.NONE;







        JButton b = new JButton("Click Here");
        frame.add(b, gbc);

        frame.pack();
        frame.setVisible(true);

    } catch (IOException e) {
        e.printStackTrace();
    }
}}

Upvotes: 0

Views: 195

Answers (2)

Matthieu
Matthieu

Reputation: 3098

You're not setting the gridx and gridy from your GridBagConstraint so they probably won't appear where you want them to.

I'd suggest to follow @AndrewThompson's advice and go for a BorderLayout with your main panel in the BorderLayout.CENTER position, and your buttons in a separate JPanel with the default FlowLayout, that you'd put in the BorderLayout.SOUTH position.

If you want to stick with GridBagLayout:

  • Main panel: gridx=0 gridy=0 gridwidth=2 weightx=1 weighty=1
  • Left button: gridx=0 gridy=1
  • Right button: gridx=1 gridy=1

I'm not posting code because you'll learn a lot more if you try it all yourself.

Upvotes: 1

Andrew Thompson
Andrew Thompson

Reputation: 168815

Put the buttons in a centered flow layout. Put the flow layout in the page end of a border layout.

Upvotes: 1

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