Thread: Help me in alligning . GridBagLayout

hi. i want to align heading to the top centre and i want to align rest of my fields and labels to the left after heading. i have tried alot but cant do it.

i want to do it like this

gH5Wq.png

public class Main {
 
	public static void main(String[] args) {
		Entry test = new Entry();
 
	}
 
 
}
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import java.awt.*;
 
import javax.swing.*;
public class Objects {
 
	JLabel top;
// TextInput Fields
	JTextField SerialNo;
	JTextField RecDate;
	JTextField GatePassNo;
	JTextField BoxNo;
	public GridBagConstraints gbc = new GridBagConstraints();
	public JPanel EntryPanel = new JPanel(new GridBagLayout());
	JPanel HeadingPanel= new JPanel();
	Objects()
	{
		top = new JLabel("Text1");
		BoxNo = new JTextField(10);
		SerialNo = new JTextField(10);
	}
 
}
 
 
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import java.awt.*;
 
import javax.swing.*;
 
public class Entry extends Objects{
 
	public Entry()
	{
		JFrame entry= new JFrame("Text1");
		entry.setDefaultCloseOperation(JFrame.EXIT_ON_CLOSE);
		entry.setLocationRelativeTo(null);
		entry.setVisible(true);
		top.setFont(new Font("Serif",Font.BOLD,30));
		entry.getContentPane().add(HeadingPanel,BorderLayout.PAGE_START);
		HeadingPanel.add(top);
		entry.getContentPane().add(EntryPanel,BorderLayout.WEST);
		gbc.gridx = 1;
		gbc.gridy=5;
		EntryPanel.add(BoxNo);
		entry.setSize(600,600);
 
 
	}
 
}

cross-posted: http://www.coderanch.com/t/590070/GU...-GridBagLayout
http://www.java-forums.org/awt-swing...baglayout.html

Originally Posted by fredsilvester93

hi. i want to align heading to the top centre and i want to align rest of my fields and labels to the left after heading. i have tried alot but cant do it.

i want to do it like this

gH5Wq.png

public class Main {
 
	public static void main(String[] args) {
		Entry test = new Entry();
 
	}
 
 
}
--------------------------
 
import java.awt.*;
 
import javax.swing.*;
public class Objects {
 
	JLabel top;
// TextInput Fields
	JTextField SerialNo;
	JTextField RecDate;
	JTextField GatePassNo;
	JTextField BoxNo;
	public GridBagConstraints gbc = new GridBagConstraints();
	public JPanel EntryPanel = new JPanel(new GridBagLayout());
	JPanel HeadingPanel= new JPanel();
	Objects()
	{
		top = new JLabel("Text1");
		BoxNo = new JTextField(10);
		SerialNo = new JTextField(10);
	}
 
}
 
 
--------------------------
 
import java.awt.*;
 
import javax.swing.*;
 
public class Entry extends Objects{
 
	public Entry()
	{
		JFrame entry= new JFrame("Text1");
		entry.setDefaultCloseOperation(JFrame.EXIT_ON_CLOSE);
		entry.setLocationRelativeTo(null);
		entry.setVisible(true);
		top.setFont(new Font("Serif",Font.BOLD,30));
		entry.getContentPane().add(HeadingPanel,BorderLayout.PAGE_START);
		HeadingPanel.add(top);
		entry.getContentPane().add(EntryPanel,BorderLayout.WEST);
		gbc.gridx = 1;
		gbc.gridy=5;
		EntryPanel.add(BoxNo);
		entry.setSize(600,600);
 
 
	}
 
}

cross-posted: Help me with alignment. GridBagLayout (Swing / AWT / SWT forum at JavaRanch)
Help me with alignment. GridBagLayout

Did you read the documentation? How to Use GridBagLayout (The Java™ Tutorials > Creating a GUI With JFC/Swing > Laying Out Components Within a Container)

Anyway, here you have a small code which uses GridBagLayout ... hope it helps.

private void buildGui() {
		Container contentPane = this.getContentPane();
 
		contentPane.setLayout(new GridBagLayout());
 
		contentPane.add(ngFiltersPanel, new GridBagConstraints(0, 0, 1, 1, 1, 0, GridBagConstraints.CENTER,
				GridBagConstraints.HORIZONTAL, new Insets(5, 5, 5, 5), 0, 0));
		contentPane.add(table, new GridBagConstraints(0, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, GridBagConstraints.CENTER, GridBagConstraints.BOTH,
				new Insets(0, 5, 5, 5), 0, 0));
		contentPane.add(buttonVolver, new GridBagConstraints(0, 2, 1, 1, 1, 0, GridBagConstraints.EAST, GridBagConstraints.NONE,
				new Insets(0, 5, 5, 5), 0, 0));
	}