JPanel and JTextfield not aligning correctly..

[Michael Raymond Jr.]

Below is part of the code i'm trying to get working...well, it works and compiles, but I can't get it to display how I want it to.

Basically, it's a rectangular box with two jlabels and 2 Jtextfields like so:

File Name: [ ]
Folder name: [ ]

Above is how I want it to appear, but instead it's appearing like:

File Name: [ ] Folder name:
[ ]

Total dorkyness....there's probably a layout mnger, but I can't find a way to fix this. Any help would be great!



{code}:

JPanel panel = new JPanel();
panel.setPreferredSize(new Dimension(500, 200));

//for first row of frame
JLabel searchtext = new JLabel("File Name:", SwingConstants.LEFT);
JTextField searchfiles = new JTextField (20);

panel.add(searchtext);
panel.add(searchfiles);


//second row of frame
JLabel foldername = new JLabel("Folder Name:", SwingConstants.LEFT);
JTextField createfolder = new JTextField (20);

panel.add(foldername);
panel.add(createfolder);

{code end}

[Michael Dunn]

see if this does what you want

import java.awt.*;
import javax.swing.*;
class Testing extends JFrame
{
  public Testing()
  {
    setLocation(400,300);
    setDefaultCloseOperation(EXIT_ON_CLOSE);
    JPanel jp = new JPanel(new GridLayout(2,2));
    jp.add(new JLabel("File Name:",JLabel.LEFT));
    jp.add(new JTextField(10));
    jp.add(new JLabel("Folder Name:",JLabel.LEFT));
    jp.add(new JTextField(10));
    getContentPane().add(jp);
    pack();
  }
  public static void main(String[] args){new Testing().setVisible(true);}
}

[Michael Raymond Jr.]

cool dude...

i plugged in the layout manager (right?) 'gridlayout' and it worked...however, I had to remove:

"panel.setPreferredSize(new Dimension(500, 200));"

that(above) was screwing everything up.

another question...

Where on Java's API list can I find these layout managers for swing???
I'm pretty sure they are not listed under javax.swing.*
http://java.sun.com/j2se/1.5.0/docs/api/

Thanks!

[Michael Dunn]

this might be a better link for you

http://java.sun.com/developer/onlineTraining/GUI/AWTLayoutMgr/shortcourse.html