Layout of JLabels and JTextFields

Question

Hi!
I am looking for an easy way to layout JLabels and JTextFields side by side like this:
jlabel             jtextField
small jlabel       jtextField
longer jlabel      jtextFieldAny ideas on how to do this?
Peter

Answer 1

Read this section from the Swing tutorial on "Using Layout Managers":
http://java.sun.com/docs/books/tutorial/uiswing/layout/using.html
The easiest way is to use a GridLayout.
JPanel panel = new JPanel();
panel.setLayout( new GridLayout(0, 2) );
panel.add( new JLabel("...") );
panel.add( new JTextField(10) );
panel.add( new JLabel("...") );
panel.add( new JTextField(10) );
A more complicated, but more flexible way is to use a GridBagLayout. Something like this:
public class ActivityPanel extends JPanel
     public ActivityPanel()
          setBorder( new EmptyBorder(5, 5, 5, 5) );
          setLayout( new GridBagLayout() );
          GridBagConstraints gbc = new GridBagConstraints();
          gbc.insets = new Insets(5, 10, 5, 10);
          // add street
          JLabel lStreet = new JLabel("Street");
          JTextField cStreet = new JTextField(32);
          addRow(gbc, lStreet, cStreet);
          // add city
          JLabel lCity = new JLabel("City");
          JTextField cCity = new JTextField(32);
          addRow(gbc, lCity, cCity);
     private void addRow(GridBagConstraints gbc, Component left, Component right)
          gbc.gridx = GridBagConstraints.RELATIVE;
          gbc.gridy = GridBagConstraints.RELATIVE;
          gbc.gridheight = 1;
          gbc.gridwidth = 1;
          gbc.anchor = GridBagConstraints.EAST;
          add(left, gbc);
          gbc.gridwidth = GridBagConstraints.REMAINDER;
          gbc.anchor = GridBagConstraints.WEST;
          add(right, gbc);
}