Layout assistance please

Hello all,

Here is psuedo for what I am doing

JDialog dialog = new JDialog

JPanel text = new JPanel
text.setLayout(flowlayout());
new label
new inputtextfield
text.add(label)
text.add(inputtextfield)

JPanel boxes
boxes.setLayout(new Boxlayout(boxes))
jlabel
boxes

container = dialgog.getcontentpane()
*****boxlayout******
add(text)
add(boxes)

Now I want to add these to a container.setLayout(boxlayout())
but I am unsure of what I can pass to the boxlayout.
Also how do you give the input field and an elipse or ... so they can browse directories and return only the path directory not a file?

Does this seem to be good practice for the gui adding all the jpanels? Is there a better way of doing this?

Thanks,
Lammy
[ May 10, 2007: Message edited by: Randy Tatham ]

> ... so they can browse directories and return only the path directory not a file?

JFileChooser set to 'directories only' might suit

Yea I am using the DIRECTORIES_ONLY constant. The problem is that on my contentpane I am using a flowlayout and hsould be using a boxlayout but, I cannot figure what to pass the boxlayout because I have 4 different JPanels.

Also my jfilechooser is showing up in the window versus just a button. Should I just do a jlabel jtextfield jbutton[to browse files]? Can I direct the answer of hte browser to the jtextfield?

Thanks,
Lammy

> I cannot figure what to pass the boxlayout because I have 4 different JPanels.

you would add the 4 panels to the boxlayoutPanel, X or Y axis.

JPanel boxlayoutPanel = new JPanel();
boxlayoutPanel.setLayout(new BoxLayout(boxlayoutPanel,BoxLayout.Y_AXIS));
boxlayoutPanel.add(panel1);
boxlayoutPanel.add(panel2);
etc

> Can I direct the answer of hte browser to the jtextfield?

your button opens the JFileChooser (which is modal), so in your button's actionPerformed()