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Thread: CardLayout does not show my content

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    Default CardLayout does not show my content

    I have a JFrame, a JSplitPane as the container of the frame.
    On the left side of the splitpane, there are two radio buttons (more to come, but I am stuck).
    On the right side, there is a CardLayout. This CardLayout has two 'cards' (JPanels, actually). And to test if it shows the panels when I switch them, I put one checkbox each.

    But it does not show anything. I cannot think anything to do. I tried to put only the checkboxes thinking maybe it only accepts components, but it didn't work.

    This is the GUI class I have. I have commented what I am trying to do so that you don't have to read everything. Also, it does not have the imports and it is started from another class.
    Since I am just testing, I created a project for this, so the main class main method just starts this.
    public class SolveSomehow extends JFrame{
     
    		private JSplitPane splitPane;
    		private JPanel leftPanel,rightPanel,panelOne,panelTwo;
    		private JCheckBox cbTwo,cbOne,cbCardOne,cbCardTwo;
    		private CardLayout cardLay;
     
    		private final String ONE = "PanelOne";
    		private final String TWO = "PanelTwo";
     
    		public SolveSomehow() {
    			setResizable(false);
    			setDefaultCloseOperation(JFrame.DISPOSE_ON_CLOSE);
    			setBounds(100, 100, 450, 300);
    			// I use WindowBuilder as GUI designer and it had a JPanel as the container.
    			// I deleted and added splitPane.
    			splitPane = new JSplitPane();
    			splitPane.setResizeWeight(0.5);
    			setContentPane(splitPane);
     
     
    			//Next 6 lines I put panels to the left and right side of the splitpane.
    			leftPanel = new JPanel();
    			splitPane.setLeftComponent(leftPanel);
    			leftPanel.setLayout(null); //WindowBuilder made this null but it actually has absoluteLayout
     
    			rightPanel = new JPanel();
    			splitPane.setRightComponent(rightPanel);
     
    			// I have to define the cardLay before the rightPanel, or else it does not recognize it
    			// as the parent. [show(Container parent, String name);]
    			cardLay = new CardLayout(0, 0);
    			rightPanel.setLayout(cardLay);
     
    			//Next 6 lines are about the left side of the splitPane. I add my checkboxes
    			cbTwo = new JCheckBox("Box Two");
    			cbTwo.setBounds(6, 7, 97, 23);
    			leftPanel.add(cbTwo);
     
    			cbOne = new JCheckBox("Box One");
    			cbOne.setBounds(6, 34, 97, 23);
    			leftPanel.add(cbOne);
     
    			// The two panels I try to add to the cardLayout.
    			panelOne = new JPanel(new FlowLayout());
    			panelTwo = new JPanel(new FlowLayout());
     
     
    			// Adding the checkboxes to the panels before adding them into the cardlayout.
    			cbCardOne = new JCheckBox("Panel One");
    			cbCardTwo = new JCheckBox("Panel Two");
     
    			//Finally, boxes are added to the panel
    			panelOne.add(cbCardOne);
    			panelTwo.add(cbCardTwo);
     
    			//Panels are added to the cardLayout
    			cardLay.addLayoutComponent(panelOne, ONE);			
    			cardLay.addLayoutComponent(panelTwo, TWO);
     
    			//I want it to show the relevant panel when the checkbox gets the focus. 
    			//So I wrote this Focus Adapter.
    			cbTwo.addFocusListener(new FocusAdapter(){
    				@Override
    				public void focusGained(FocusEvent arg0) {
    					System.out.println("Did it change?"); //Testing if 'focus' is what I thought,
    					cardLay.show(rightPanel, ONE);		//And it is what I thought.
    				}
    			});
     
    			cbOne.addFocusListener(new FocusAdapter(){
    				@Override
    				public void focusGained(FocusEvent arg0) {
    					System.out.println("Didn't it change?");
    					cardLay.show(rightPanel, TWO);
    				}
    			});
     
    		}
    	}

    What am I doing wrong?


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    Default Re: CardLayout does not show my content

    Can you make a small, complete program that compiles, executes and shows the problem?
    If you don't understand my answer, don't ignore it, ask a question.

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    Default Re: CardLayout does not show my content

    Norm, I hope this is enough for you to help me. The attached file includes my source file and a compiled app. The source and app only have the codes about the CardLayout.
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    Default Re: CardLayout does not show my content

    Please post the code here in the thread. It needs to compile, execute and show the problem.
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    Default Re: CardLayout does not show my content

    Okay. This is my main class, only calls the GUI:
    public class SolveHere {
     
    	public static void main(String[] args) {
    		SolveSomehow m = new SolveSomehow();
    		m.setVisible(true);
     
    	}
    }

    This is the SolveSomehow class, which creates the GUI:
    import java.awt.CardLayout;
    import java.awt.FlowLayout;
    import java.awt.event.FocusAdapter;
    import java.awt.event.FocusEvent;
    import javax.swing.JCheckBox;
    import javax.swing.JFrame;
    import javax.swing.JPanel;
    import javax.swing.JSplitPane;
     
    public class SolveSomehow extends JFrame{
     
     
    		private static final long serialVersionUID = 10277105675385182L;
    		private JSplitPane splitPane;
    		private JPanel leftPanel,rightPanel,panelOne,panelTwo;
    		private JCheckBox cbTwo,cbOne,cbCardOne,cbCardTwo;
    		private CardLayout cardLay;
     
    		private final String ONE = "PanelOne";
    		private final String TWO = "PanelTwo";
     
    		public SolveSomehow() {
    			setResizable(false);
    			setDefaultCloseOperation(JFrame.DISPOSE_ON_CLOSE);
    			setBounds(100, 100, 450, 300);
    			// I use WindowBuilder as GUI designer and it had a JPanel as the container.
    			// I deleted and added splitPane.
    			splitPane = new JSplitPane();
    			splitPane.setResizeWeight(0.5);
    			setContentPane(splitPane);
     
     
    			//Next 6 lines I put panels to the left and right side of the splitpane.
    			leftPanel = new JPanel();
    			splitPane.setLeftComponent(leftPanel);
    			leftPanel.setLayout(null); //WindowBuilder made this null but it actually has absoluteLayout
     
    			rightPanel = new JPanel();
    			splitPane.setRightComponent(rightPanel);
     
    			// I have to define the cardLay before the rightPanel, or else it does not recognize it
    			// as the parent. [show(Container parent, String name);]
    			cardLay = new CardLayout(0, 0);
    			rightPanel.setLayout(cardLay);
     
    			//Next 6 lines are about the left side of the splitPane. I add my checkboxes
    			cbTwo = new JCheckBox("Box Two");
    			cbTwo.setBounds(6, 7, 97, 23);
    			leftPanel.add(cbTwo);
     
    			cbOne = new JCheckBox("Box One");
    			cbOne.setBounds(6, 34, 97, 23);
    			leftPanel.add(cbOne);
     
    			// The two panels I try to add to the cardLayout.
    			panelOne = new JPanel(new FlowLayout());
    			panelTwo = new JPanel(new FlowLayout());
     
     
    			// Adding the checkboxes to the panels before adding them into the cardlayout.
    			cbCardOne = new JCheckBox("Panel One");
    			cbCardTwo = new JCheckBox("Panel Two");
     
    			//Finally, boxes are added to the panel
    			panelOne.add(cbCardOne);
    			panelTwo.add(cbCardTwo);
     
    			//Panels are added to the cardLayout
    			cardLay.addLayoutComponent(panelOne, ONE);			
    			cardLay.addLayoutComponent(panelTwo, TWO);
     
    			//I want it to show the relevant panel when the checkbox gets the focus. 
    			//So I wrote this Focus Adapter.
    			cbTwo.addFocusListener(new FocusAdapter(){
    				@Override
    				public void focusGained(FocusEvent arg0) {
    					System.out.println("Did it change?"); //Testing if 'focus' is what I thought, And it is what I thought.
    					cardLay.show(rightPanel, ONE);		// But it does not show anything on the right side.
    				}
    			});
     
    			cbOne.addFocusListener(new FocusAdapter(){
    				@Override
    				public void focusGained(FocusEvent arg0) {
    					System.out.println("Didn't it change?");
    					cardLay.show(rightPanel, TWO);
    				}
    			});
     
    		}
    	}
    I hope this helps you help me

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    Default Re: CardLayout does not show my content

    Where do you add anything to the right panel?
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    Default Re: CardLayout does not show my content

    Damn...
    It is obvious now of course but... I thought the CardLayout is a little different than others and so I do not need this:
    			rightPanel.add(panelOne);
    			rightPanel.add(panelTwo);
    I mean, I normally do add components to panels (or any other containers), not to layout, but CardLayout sounded a little different...
    OK this was stupid.

    Added the code. It works.

    Thank you.

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