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Thread: GridBagLayout help

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    Default GridBagLayout help

    I may just be totally misusing GridBagLayout, but, given the tutorials I have read, I don't understand how I might be.

    The code is:

    import java.awt.*;
    import java.awt.event.*;
    import javax.swing.*;
     
    public class ButtonsGUI extends JFrame
    {
        JButton button;
        JLabel label = new JLabel("No buttons clicked");
        Flash flash;
        ActionListener bl;
     
     
        ButtonsGUI()
        {
            setSize(275, 275);
            setDefaultCloseOperation(EXIT_ON_CLOSE);
            setVisible(true);
     
            setLayout(new GridBagLayout());
            GridBagConstraints con = new GridBagConstraints();
     
            bl = new ButtonsListener(this);
     
            //flash = new Flash(label);
     
            con.gridx = 0;
            con.gridy = 0;
            con.gridwidth = 2;
            add(label);
     
            button = new JButton("Left");
            con.gridx = 0;
            con.gridy = 1;
            con.gridwidth = 1;
            button.addActionListener(bl);
            add(button);
     
            button = new JButton("Right");
            con.gridx = 1;
            con.gridy = 1;
            con.gridwidth = 1;
            button.addActionListener(bl);
            add(button);
        }
    }
     
    class ButtonsListener implements ActionListener
    {
        String butStr;
        String labStr;
        String newStr;
        JLabel lab;
     
        ButtonsListener(ButtonsGUI bg)
        {
            lab = bg.label;
        }
     
        public void actionPerformed(ActionEvent ae)
        {
            butStr = ae.getActionCommand();
            labStr = lab.getText();
     
            if (labStr.equals("No buttons clicked"))
            {
                newStr = labStr.substring(2, 9) + labStr.substring(10, 18);
     
                if (butStr.equals("Left"))
                {
                    lab.setText(butStr + newStr);
                }
                else if (butStr.equals("Right"))
                {
                    lab.setText(butStr + newStr);
                }
            }
            else if (labStr.equals("Left button clicked"))
            {
                newStr = labStr.substring(4, 19);
     
                if (butStr.equals("Right"))
                {
                    lab.setText(butStr + newStr);
                }
            }
            if (labStr.equals("Right button clicked"))
            {
                newStr = labStr.substring(5, 20);
     
                if (butStr.equals("Left"))
                {
                    lab.setText(butStr + newStr);
                }
            }
     
        }    
    }
     
    class Buttons
    {
        public static void main(String args[])
        {
            new ButtonsGUI();
        }
    }

    Currently, all the elements are displaying in the same row. I thought that I had correctly used the constraints to specify column and row, but, apparently, I don't know how to specify constraints.


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    Default Re: GridBagLayout help

    You must pass the constraints you've created/modified to parent component when you add a child. See
    How to Use GridBagLayout (The Java™ Tutorials > Creating a GUI With JFC/Swing > Laying Out Components Within a Container)

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