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    Default Need help please, cannot get GUI to work right.

    Hi, I am trying to get the layout of my GUI for my Yahtzee game right and am having issues. The panel that i set to BorderLayout.WEST is working great and is how i want it to look. I tried to make the panel I set to BorderLayout.EAST to look the exact same, but it will not work. Im not getting any errors, but i cannot figure out why the other side wont show up the same as the WEST panel. Please help, thanks.


     
    D:\JavaII\YahtzeeGame\src\yahtzeegame\Driver.java
     
    /*
     * To change this template, choose Tools | Templates
     * and open the template in the editor.
     */
    package yahtzeegame;
    import javax.swing.*;
    import java.awt.*;
    import java.awt.event.*;
    /**
     *
     * @author Owner
     */
    public class Driver extends JFrame implements ActionListener {
     
        private static final int FRAME_WIDTH = 700;
        private static final int FRAME_HEIGHT = 500;
        private static final int X_AXIS = 0;
        private static final int Y_AXIS = 0;
        private static final int FIELD_WIDTH1 = 10;
     
        JMenu fileMenu, aboutMenu;
        JLabel  displayTurn, displayRoll, ones, 
                twos, threes, fours, fives, sixes, threeKind,
                fourKind, fullHouse, smStraight, lgStraight, yahtzee, chance,
                dice1, dice2, dice3, dice4, dice5;
     
     
        /**
         * @param args the command line arguments
         */
        public static void main(String[] args) {
            Driver frame = new Driver();
            frame.setVisible(true);
     
     
        }
     
        public Driver(){
            setTitle("Yahtzee!");
            setSize(FRAME_WIDTH, FRAME_HEIGHT);
                setLocation(X_AXIS, Y_AXIS);
                setResizable(false);
                addComponents(getContentPane());
                createFileMenu();
                JMenuBar menuBar = new JMenuBar();
                setJMenuBar (menuBar);
                menuBar.add(fileMenu);
                setDefaultCloseOperation(EXIT_ON_CLOSE); 
        }
     
        public void actionPerformed(ActionEvent event){
     
        }
     
        private void createFileMenu()
            {
                    JMenuItem item;
     
                    fileMenu = new JMenu("File");
     
                    item = new JMenuItem("New Game");
                    item.addActionListener(this);
                    fileMenu.add(item);
     
                    fileMenu.addSeparator();
     
                    item = new JMenuItem("Quit");
                    item.addActionListener(this);
                    fileMenu.add(item);
            }
     
       public void addComponents(Container contentPane){
     
           contentPane.setLayout(new BorderLayout());
     
           JLabel turn, roll;
           JRadioButton hold1, hold2, hold3, hold4, hold5;
           JButton rollDice, onesBtn, twosBtn, threesBtn, foursBtn, fivesBtn, sixesBtn, threeKindBtn, fourKindBtn, fullHouseBtn, smStraightBtn, lgStraightBtn, chanceBtn, yahtzeeBtn;
           JPanel scoringLeft, scoringRight, diceDisplay;
     
           scoringLeft = new JPanel();
           scoringLeft.setBackground(Color.white);
           scoringLeft.setLayout(new GridLayout(14,1));
     
           turn = new JLabel("Turn #:");
           scoringLeft.add(turn);
     
           displayTurn = new JLabel("");
     
           scoringLeft.add(displayTurn);
     
           onesBtn = new JButton("Ones:");
           scoringLeft.add(onesBtn);
     
           ones = new JLabel("");
           scoringLeft.add(ones);
     
           twosBtn = new JButton("Twos:");
           scoringLeft.add(twosBtn);
     
           twos = new JLabel("");
           scoringLeft.add(twos);
     
           threesBtn = new JButton("Threes:");
           scoringLeft.add(threesBtn);
     
           threes = new JLabel("");
           scoringLeft.add(threes);
     
           foursBtn = new JButton("Fours:");
           scoringLeft.add(foursBtn);
     
           fours = new JLabel("");
           scoringLeft.add(fours);
     
           fivesBtn = new JButton("Fives:");
           scoringLeft.add(fivesBtn);
     
           fives = new JLabel("");
           scoringLeft.add(fives);
     
           sixesBtn = new JButton("Sixes:");
           scoringLeft.add(sixesBtn);
     
           sixes = new JLabel("");
           scoringLeft.add(sixes);
     
           contentPane.add(scoringLeft, BorderLayout.WEST);
     
           scoringRight = new JPanel();
           scoringRight.setLayout(new GridLayout(14,1));
           scoringRight.setBackground(Color.white);
     
           roll = new JLabel("Roll #:");
           scoringRight.add(roll);
     
           displayRoll = new JLabel("");
           scoringRight.add(displayRoll);
     
           threeKindBtn = new JButton("3 of a Kind:");
           scoringRight.add(threeKindBtn);
     
           threeKind = new JLabel("");
           scoringRight.add(threeKind);
     
           fourKindBtn = new JButton("4 of a Kind:");
           scoringRight.add(fourKindBtn);
     
           fourKind = new JLabel("");
           scoringRight.add(fourKind);
     
           fullHouseBtn = new JButton("Full House:");
           scoringRight.add(fullHouseBtn);
     
           fullHouse = new JLabel("");
           scoringRight.add(fullHouse);
     
           smStraightBtn = new JButton("Sm. Straight:");
           scoringRight.add(smStraightBtn);
     
           smStraight = new JLabel("");
           scoringRight.add(smStraight);
     
           lgStraightBtn = new JButton("Lg. Straight:");
           scoringRight.add(lgStraightBtn);
     
           lgStraight = new JLabel("");
           scoringRight.add(lgStraight);
     
           yahtzeeBtn = new JButton("Yahtzee:");
           scoringRight.add(yahtzeeBtn);
     
           yahtzee = new JLabel("");
           scoringRight.add(yahtzee);
     
           chanceBtn = new JButton("Chance:");
           scoringRight.add(chanceBtn);
     
           chance = new JLabel("");
           scoringRight.add(chance);
     
           contentPane.add(scoringRight, BorderLayout.EAST);
     
           setDefaultCloseOperation(EXIT_ON_CLOSE);
     
     
     
    }
    }
    Last edited by swerdnick; June 7th, 2012 at 08:12 PM.


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    Default Re: Need help please, cannot get GUI to work right.

    Also posted at: Need help, GUI issue - Dev Shed

    See the response at that site.
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    Default Re: Need help please, cannot get GUI to work right.

    Ok, i removed the line numbers.

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    Default Re: Need help please, cannot get GUI to work right.

    Sorry, I forgot to ask you to wrap the code in code tags to preserve its formatting:
    Edit your post and wrap your code with[code=java]<YOUR CODE HERE>[/code] to get highlighting
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    Default Re: Need help please, cannot get GUI to work right.

    done, thanks for explaining that to me.

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    Default Re: Need help please, cannot get GUI to work right.

    Not great on GUI and layouts. I changed this line and looked at the layout:
           displayRoll = new JLabel("xxx");
    That should give you a clue as to what is happening.
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    Default Re: Need help please, cannot get GUI to work right.

    Yes i know it doesn't look amazing, I am just using the same layouts that were taught in the class I am taking. Ok, so i can see that its placing the labels next to all of the buttons instead of between them like i want. Shouldn't the GridLayout(14,1) make it so there is only one column instead of two?

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    Default Re: Need help please, cannot get GUI to work right.

    How many components are you adding to the container?
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    Default Re: Need help please, cannot get GUI to work right.

    Oh I see, I didn't realize i had more components in the panel I was placing in the right side. I just raised the number of rows with my GridLayout and now they fit nicely. Thank you much.

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    Details. details, details.
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