Boxlayout question

Question

hey all
i have a jfame that have a panel that have a y-axis boxlayout, in this panel i have another panel that have an x-axis boxlayout, in this panel i added a jlabel and a jtextfield but the problem is that those two components appear in the center of the panel, i tried setalignmentx() but it doesn't work...
how to make the two component with left alignment???
please help
thanks in advance

Answer 1

for all who are interested in a solution, here is the solution that i came up with
import javax.swing.*;
import java.awt.*;
import java.awt.event.ActionEvent;
import java.awt.event.ActionListener;
import java.awt.event.WindowEvent;
import java.awt.event.WindowListener;
public class GUI extends JFrame implements ActionListener {
    public GUI() {
        setDefaultCloseOperation(EXIT_ON_CLOSE);
        setTitle("DVD rental center");
        setSize(1000, 700);
        setLocation(20, 20);
        initializeMenuBar();
        initializeGUI();
    public void initializeGUI() {
        JTabbedPane tp = new JTabbedPane(JTabbedPane.LEFT);
        getContentPane().add(tp);
        tp.addTab("Rent Fees", new RentFeesGUI());
    public void initializeMenuBar() {
        JMenuBar menuBar = new JMenuBar();
        JMenu fileMenu = new JMenu("File");
        JMenuItem exitItem = new JMenuItem("Exit");
        exitItem.setActionCommand("exit");
        exitItem.addActionListener(this);
        fileMenu.add(exitItem);
        menuBar.add(fileMenu);
        this.setJMenuBar(menuBar);
    public static void main(String[] args) {
        GUI g = new GUI();
        g.setVisible(true);
     * Invoked when an action occurs.
    public void actionPerformed(ActionEvent e) {
        if (e.getActionCommand().equalsIgnoreCase("exit"))
            System.exit(0);
class RentFeesGUI extends JPanel implements WindowListener {
    private JLabel rentFee = new JLabel("Rent Fees ");
    private JLabel lateFee = new JLabel("Late Fees ");
    private JTextField rentFeeField = new JTextField(10);
    private JTextField lateFeeField = new JTextField(10);
    private final int HORIZONTAL_SPACING = 600;
    private final int VERTICAL_SPACING = 700;
    private final int SMALL_VERICAL_SPACING = 10;
    private final int FONT_SIZE = 20;
    private Font f = new Font("Times New Roman", Font.BOLD, FONT_SIZE);
    public RentFeesGUI() {
        setupComponents();
        setupFonts();
        initializeGUI();
    public void setupFonts() {
        rentFee.setFont(f);
        lateFee.setFont(f);
        rentFeeField.setFont(f);
        lateFeeField.setFont(f);
    public void setupComponents() {
        rentFeeField.setBorder(BorderFactory.createLoweredBevelBorder());
        lateFeeField.setBorder(BorderFactory.createLoweredBevelBorder());
    public void initializeGUI() {
        rentFeeField.setEditable(false);
        lateFeeField.setEditable(false);
        setLayout(new BoxLayout(this, BoxLayout.Y_AXIS));
        Box b1 = new Box(BoxLayout.LINE_AXIS);
        b1.add(rentFee);
        b1.add(rentFeeField);
        b1.add(Box.createHorizontalStrut(HORIZONTAL_SPACING));
        add(b1);
        add(Box.createVerticalStrut(SMALL_VERICAL_SPACING));
        Box b2 = new Box(BoxLayout.LINE_AXIS);
        b2.add(lateFee);
        b2.add(lateFeeField);
        b2.add(Box.createHorizontalStrut(HORIZONTAL_SPACING));
        add(b2);
        add(Box.createVerticalStrut(VERTICAL_SPACING));
    public void setupButtons() {
        //To change body of implemented methods use File | Settings | File Templates.
    public void resetFields() {
        //To change body of implemented methods use File | Settings | File Templates.
     * Invoked the first time a window is made visible.
    public void windowOpened(WindowEvent e) {
        //To change body of implemented methods use File | Settings | File Templates.
     * Invoked when the user attempts to close the window
     * from the window's system menu.
    public void windowClosing(WindowEvent e) {
        //To change body of implemented methods use File | Settings | File Templates.
     * Invoked when a window has been closed as the result
     * of calling dispose on the window.
    public void windowClosed(WindowEvent e) {
        //To change body of implemented methods use File | Settings | File Templates.
     * Invoked when a window is changed from a normal to a
     * minimized state. For many platforms, a minimized window
     * is displayed as the icon specified in the window's
     * iconImage property.
     * @see java.awt.Frame#setIconImage
    public void windowIconified(WindowEvent e) {
        //To change body of implemented methods use File | Settings | File Templates.
     * Invoked when a window is changed from a minimized
     * to a normal state.
    public void windowDeiconified(WindowEvent e) {
        //To change body of implemented methods use File | Settings | File Templates.
     * Invoked when the Window is set to be the active Window. Only a Frame or
     * a Dialog can be the active Window. The native windowing system may
     * denote the active Window or its children with special decorations, such
     * as a highlighted title bar. The active Window is always either the
     * focused Window, or the first Frame or Dialog that is an owner of the
     * focused Window.
    public void windowActivated(WindowEvent e) {
        //To change body of implemented methods use File | Settings | File Templates.
     * Invoked when a Window is no longer the active Window. Only a Frame or a
     * Dialog can be the active Window. The native windowing system may denote
     * the active Window or its children with special decorations, such as a
     * highlighted title bar. The active Window is always either the focused
     * Window, or the first Frame or Dialog that is an owner of the focused
     * Window.
    public void windowDeactivated(WindowEvent e) {
        //To change body of implemented methods use File | Settings | File Templates.
}