GUI's - SpringLayout

Question

I am attempting to create a GUI which takes from user Last Name, First Name, Middle Initial, etc. How can I set the JLabels to be aligned (which I already have) and text fields aligned but different sizes? Here is my code and I am trying to make the Middle Initial TextField shorter than the others but still aligned to the left under the other fields.
Any help is appreciated...
public class SpringForm2
* Create the GUI and show it. For thread safety,
* this method should be invoked from the
* event-dispatching thread.
private static void createAndShowGUI()
String[] labels = {"Last Name: ", "First Name: ", "Middle Initial: ",
"Facility: ", "Seniority Date: ", "Score: ", "Scramble: " };
System.out.println(labels.length);
int numPairs = labels.length;
int textFieldLength = 0;
//Create and populate the panel.
JPanel p = new JPanel(new SpringLayout());
//for (int i = 0; i < numPairs; i++)
JLabel LNameLabel = new JLabel(labels[0], JLabel.TRAILING);
p.add(LNameLabel);
JTextField LNameField = new JTextField(10);
LNameLabel.setLabelFor(LNameField);
p.add(LNameField);
JLabel FNameLabel = new JLabel(labels[1], JLabel.TRAILING);
p.add(FNameLabel);
JTextField FNameField = new JTextField(10);
FNameLabel.setLabelFor(FNameField);
p.add(FNameField);
JLabel MNameLabel = new JLabel(labels[2], JLabel.TRAILING);
p.add(MNameLabel);
JTextField MNameField = new JTextField(5);
MNameField.setMaximumSize(new Dimension(2, 5));
MNameLabel.setLabelFor(MNameField);
p.add(MNameField);
JLabel FacilityLabel = new JLabel(labels[3], JLabel.TRAILING);
p.add(FacilityLabel);
JTextField FacilityField = new JTextField(10);
FacilityLabel.setLabelFor(FacilityField);
p.add(FacilityField);
JLabel SenDateLabel = new JLabel(labels[4], JLabel.TRAILING);
p.add(SenDateLabel);
JTextField SenDateField = new JTextField(10);
SenDateLabel.setLabelFor(SenDateField);
p.add(SenDateField);
JLabel ScoreLabel = new JLabel(labels[5], JLabel.TRAILING);
p.add(ScoreLabel);
JTextField ScoreField = new JTextField(10);
ScoreLabel.setLabelFor(ScoreField);
p.add(ScoreField);
JLabel ScrambleLabel = new JLabel(labels[6], JLabel.TRAILING);
p.add(ScrambleLabel);
JTextField ScrambleField = new JTextField(10);
ScrambleLabel.setLabelFor(ScrambleField);
p.add(ScrambleField);
JLabel l = new JLabel(labels, JLabel.TRAILING);
p.add(l);
if(labels[i].equals("Middle Initial: "))
textFieldLength = 5;
System.out.println("Middle Initial");
else
textFieldLength = 10;
JTextField textField = new JTextField(5);
l.setLabelFor(textField);
p.add(textField);
//Lay out the panel.
SpringUtilities.makeCompactGrid(p,
7/*numPairs*/, 2, //rows, cols
6, 6, //initX, initY
6, 6); //xPad, yPad
//Create and set up the window.
JFrame frame = new JFrame("SpringForm2");
frame.setDefaultCloseOperation(JFrame.EXIT_ON_CLOSE);
//Set up the content pane.
p.setOpaque(true); //content panes must be opaque
frame.setContentPane(p);
//Display the window.
frame.pack();
frame.setVisible(true);
public static void main( String[] args )
//Schedule a job for the event-dispatching thread:
//creating and showing this application's GUI.
javax.swing.SwingUtilities.invokeLater(new Runnable()
public void run()
createAndShowGUI();
Message was edited by:
poncho

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