Gridbag layout resize problem

Question

I have some JLabel, as statusBar, when user diminishes the width of jframe the text of the jlabel is overlapped to the text of other jlabel, therefore the text becomes not leggibile
I would want that when the user diminishes the width of the frame, the labels disappear one to the time
I have this code:
import java.awt.*;
import javax.swing.*;
import javax.swing.border.*;
public class StatusBar extends JPanel {
     private JLabel userJLabel;
     private JLabel groupJLabel;
     private JLabel serverJLabel;
     private JLabel statusJLabel;
     private JLabel versionJLabel;
     public StatusBar() {
          userJLabel = new JLabel("TEXT ON LABEL ONE");     
          groupJLabel = new JLabel("TEXT ON LABEL TWO");
          serverJLabel = new JLabel("LABEL THREE");     
          statusJLabel = new JLabel("LABEL FOUR");
          versionJLabel = new JLabel("LABEL FIVE");
          //create border
          BevelBorder loweredBevelBorder1 = (BevelBorder) BorderFactory.createLoweredBevelBorder();
          //set border
          userJLabel.setBorder(loweredBevelBorder1);          
          groupJLabel.setBorder(loweredBevelBorder1);          
          serverJLabel.setBorder(loweredBevelBorder1);          
          statusJLabel.setBorder(loweredBevelBorder1);          
          versionJLabel.setBorder(loweredBevelBorder1);          
          //set statusBar layout
          this.setLayout(new GridBagLayout());
          GridBagConstraints c = new GridBagConstraints();
          c.weightx = 1;
          c.gridx = 0;
          c.gridy = 0;
          c.fill = GridBagConstraints.HORIZONTAL;          
          this.add(userJLabel, c);
          c.gridx = 1;
          c.gridy = 0;
          c.fill = GridBagConstraints.HORIZONTAL;
          this.add(groupJLabel, c);
          c.gridx = 2;
          c.gridy = 0;
          c.fill = GridBagConstraints.HORIZONTAL;
          this.add(serverJLabel, c);
          //non rimuovere il carattere di spazio altrimenti la statusBar non viene visualizzata correttamente
          //se l'utente diminuisce le dimensioni del JFrame dello studio
          JLabel emptyLabel = new JLabel(" ");     
          //emptyLabel.setPreferredSize(new Dimension(30, 23));     
          emptyLabel.setBorder(loweredBevelBorder1);
          //c.weightx = 1;
          c.gridx = 3;
          c.gridy = 0;
          c.fill = GridBagConstraints.HORIZONTAL;
          this.add(emptyLabel, c);
          //c.weightx = 0;
          c.gridx = 4;
          c.gridy = 0;
          c.fill = GridBagConstraints.HORIZONTAL;
          this.add(statusJLabel, c);
          //c.weightx = 0;
          c.gridx = 5;
          c.gridy = 0;
          c.fill = GridBagConstraints.HORIZONTAL;
          this.add(versionJLabel, c);          
     public static void main (String[] args) {
          JFrame frame = new JFrame("PROVA");
          frame.getContentPane().setLayout(new BorderLayout());
          frame.getContentPane().add(new JTextArea("bla bla bla"), BorderLayout.CENTER);
          frame.getContentPane().add(new StatusBar(), BorderLayout.SOUTH);
          frame.setSize(800, 600);
          frame.setVisible(true);
}

Answer 1

you could tryimport java.awt.*;
import javax.swing.*;
import javax.swing.border.*;
public class StatusBar extends JPanel {
   private JLabel userJLabel;
   private JLabel groupJLabel;
   private JLabel serverJLabel;
   private JLabel statusJLabel;
   private JLabel versionJLabel;
   public StatusBar() {
      super(new FlowLayout(FlowLayout.RIGHT));
      userJLabel = new JLabel("TEXT ON LABEL ONE");
      groupJLabel = new JLabel("TEXT ON LABEL TWO");
      serverJLabel = new JLabel("LABEL THREE");
      statusJLabel = new JLabel("LABEL FOUR");
      versionJLabel = new JLabel("LABEL FIVE");
      //create border
      BevelBorder loweredBevelBorder1 = (BevelBorder) BorderFactory.createLoweredBevelBorder();
      //set border
      userJLabel.setBorder(loweredBevelBorder1);
      groupJLabel.setBorder(loweredBevelBorder1);
      serverJLabel.setBorder(loweredBevelBorder1);
      statusJLabel.setBorder(loweredBevelBorder1);
      versionJLabel.setBorder(loweredBevelBorder1);
      add(userJLabel);
      add(groupJLabel);
      add(serverJLabel);
      add(statusJLabel);
      add(versionJLabel);
   public static void main (String[] args) {
      JFrame frame = new JFrame("PROVA");
      frame.getContentPane().setLayout(new BorderLayout());
      frame.getContentPane().add(new JTextArea("bla bla bla"), BorderLayout.CENTER);
      frame.getContentPane().add(new StatusBar(), BorderLayout.SOUTH);
      frame.setSize(800, 600);
      frame.setVisible(true);
}but this doesn't solve your second question..
you could try FormLayout...
http://www.jgoodies.com/freeware/forms/
its very nice, i think it can do what you want too
asjf