Help needed in Swing BoxLayout

[srinivas suri]

/*Can someone help me why i'm getting a plane frame?? */

import java.awt.event.*;
import javax.swing.JFrame;
import javax.swing.JButton;
import javax.swing.JTextField;
import javax.swing.JPasswordField;
import javax.swing.BoxLayout;

class GUITest3 implements ActionListener{
JFrame frame;
JButton button1;
JTextField login;
JPasswordField password;

void launchGraphics( ) {
frame = new JFrame("GUITest3");

frame.setLayout(new BoxLayout(frame.getContentPane(),BoxLayout.X_AXIS) );

frame.setSize(300,300);
frame.setVisible(true);
frame.setDefaultCloseOperation(JFrame.EXIT_ON_CLOSE);

button1 = new JButton("Login");
button1.setActionCommand("Login");

login = new JTextField(20);
password = new JPasswordField(20);

frame.getContentPane().add(login);
frame.getContentPane().add(password);
frame.getContentPane().add(button1);


button1.addActionListener(this);
password.addActionListener(this);
login.addActionListener(this);
}

public void actionPerformed(ActionEvent e) {
if( login.getText().equals("suri")) {
button1.setText(" not Intruder Intruder");
if( password.getText().equals("pass"))button1.setText("permission Granted");
}
else
button1.setText("Intruder Intruder");
}


public static void main(String args[]) {
GUITest3 gui = new GUITest3();
gui.launchGraphics();
}
}

[Wesleigh Pieters]

Please use code tags

if I compile this I get a frame with an test field, a password filed and a login button? what problems are you having exactly?

[Michael Dunn]

> Can someone help me why i'm getting a plane frame??

because you've set the frame visible before adding any components.

run it, then drag the frame a little wider - do they appear now?

[srinivas suri]

Thank you so much! ...yah, that was the bug, i've changed the code a bit and set the setVisible to true after adding the components, it works fine now ......

[Campbell Ritchie]

Welcome to the Ranch
Remember, setVisible() comes last.