I have cretaed textfields and labels on clicking 'add' button. I have given x and y coordinates, but textbox appearing is in improper manner. how to correct it? and also how to increase width of textbox ???
import java.awt.Dimension;
import java.awt.GridBagConstraints;
import java.awt.GridBagLayout;
import java.awt.event.ActionEvent;
import java.awt.event.ActionListener;
import java.util.ArrayList;
import java.util.List;
import javax.swing.JButton;
import javax.swing.JFrame;
import javax.swing.JLabel;
import javax.swing.JPanel;
import javax.swing.JTextField;
import javax.swing.border.LineBorder;
public class SS
{
// Field members
static JPanel panel = new JPanel();
static Integer indexer = 1;
static List<JLabel> listOfLabels = new ArrayList<JLabel>();
static List<JTextField> listOfTextFields = new ArrayList<JTextField>();
public static void main(String[] args)
{
// Construct frame
JFrame frame = new JFrame();
frame.setLayout(new GridBagLayout());
frame.setPreferredSize(new Dimension(800, 800));
frame.setTitle("My Example");
frame.setDefaultCloseOperation(JFrame.EXIT_ON_CLOSE);
// Frame constraints
GridBagConstraints frameConstraints = new GridBagConstraints();
// Construct button
JButton addButton = new JButton("Add");
addButton.addActionListener(new ButtonListener());
// Add button to frame
frameConstraints.gridx = 0;
frameConstraints.gridy = 0;
frame.add(addButton, frameConstraints);
// Construct panel
panel.setPreferredSize(new Dimension(400, 400));
panel.setLayout(new GridBagLayout());
panel.setBorder(LineBorder.createBlackLineBorder());
// Add panel to frame
frameConstraints.gridx = 0;
frameConstraints.gridy = 1;
frameConstraints.weighty = 20;
frame.add(panel, frameConstraints);
// Pack frame
frame.pack();
// Make frame visible
frame.setVisible(true);
}
static class ButtonListener implements ActionListener
{
@Override
public void actionPerformed(ActionEvent arg0)
{
// Clear panel
panel.removeAll();
// Create label and text field
listOfTextFields.add(new JTextField());
listOfLabels.add(new JLabel("Name " + indexer));
// Create constraints
GridBagConstraints textFieldConstraints = new GridBagConstraints();
GridBagConstraints labelConstraints = new GridBagConstraints();
// Add labels and text fields
for(int i = 0; i < indexer; i++)
{
// Text field constraints
textFieldConstraints.gridx = 20;
textFieldConstraints.gridy = i;
// Label constraints
labelConstraints.gridx = 1;
labelConstraints.gridy = i;
// Add them to panel
panel.add(listOfTextFields.get(i), textFieldConstraints);
panel.add(listOfLabels.get(i), labelConstraints);
}
// Align components top-to-bottom
GridBagConstraints c = new GridBagConstraints();
c.gridx = 0;
c.gridy = indexer;
c.weighty = 1;
panel.add(new JLabel(), c);
// Increment indexer
indexer++;
}
}
}