Re: not happy with layout of components

Question

I have written the front end of a banking application.
The problem is I am not happy with how the components are positioned.
Any suggestion?
I am using gridlayout(7,2)
6 rows are made up of mainly labels and textfield.
One row is a panel, which has other components.
The problem is there is a large gap between the labels and the next component.
Here is the code:
import java.awt.*;
import java.awt.event.*;
import javax.swing.*;
public class BankUI extends JFrame {
JLabel jlabel1, jlabel2, jlabel3, jlabel4, jlabel5, jlabel6,
jlabel7, jlabel8, jlabel9, jlabel10;
JCheckBox jcheckbox1, jcheckbox2;
JTextField jtextfield1, jtextfield2, jtextfield3, jtextfield4;
private JComboBox jcombobox1, jcombobox2, jcombobox3;
private String days[] = { "1","2","3","4","5","6","7","8","9",
"10","11","12","13","14","15","16","17",
"18","19","20","21","22","23","24",
"25","26","27","28","29","30","31"};
private String month[] = { "January", "February", "March", "April",
"May", "June", "July", "August", "September",
"October", "November", "December"};
private String year[] = { "1970", "1971","1972","1973","1974","1975","1976",
"1977","1978","1979",
"1980", "1981","1982","1983","1984","1985","1986",
"1987","1988","1989",
"1990", "1991","1992","1993","1994","1995","1996",
"1997","1998","1999",
"2000", "2001", "2002", "2003"};
private JPanel jpanel;
private Container c;
private GridLayout gridlayout;
public BankUI()
super( "Scruple Bank");
gridlayout = new GridLayout(7,2);
c = getContentPane();
c.setLayout(gridlayout);
jlabel1 = new JLabel("Surname:");
jtextfield1 = new JTextField(20);
c.add(jlabel1);
c.add(jtextfield1);
jlabel2 = new JLabel("First name:");
jtextfield2 = new JTextField(20);
c.add(jlabel2);
c.add(jtextfield2);
jlabel3 = new JLabel("Address:");
jtextfield3 = new JTextField(20);
c.add(jlabel3);
c.add(jtextfield3);
jlabel4 = new JLabel();
jtextfield4 = new JTextField(20);
c.add(jlabel4);
c.add(jtextfield4);
jlabel5 = new JLabel("Date of birth:");
c.add(jlabel5);
jpanel = new JPanel();
c.add(jpanel);
jlabel6 = new JLabel("Day");
jcombobox1 = new JComboBox(days);
jcombobox1.setMaximumRowCount(3);
jpanel.add(jlabel6);
jpanel.add(jcombobox1);
jlabel7 = new JLabel("Month");
jcombobox2 = new JComboBox(month);
jcombobox2.setMaximumRowCount(3);
jpanel.add(jlabel7);
jpanel.add(jcombobox2);
jlabel8 = new JLabel("Month");
jcombobox3 = new JComboBox(year);
jcombobox3.setMaximumRowCount(3);
jpanel.add(jlabel8);
jpanel.add(jcombobox3);
jlabel9 = new JLabel();
jcheckbox1 = new JCheckBox("Payment Protection");
c.add(jlabel9);
c.add(jcheckbox1);
jlabel10 = new JLabel();
jcheckbox2 = new JCheckBox("Card Protection");
c.add(jlabel10);
c.add(jcheckbox2);
setSize(750,300);
show();
public static void main(String args[])
BankUI app = new BankUI();
app.addWindowListener(
new WindowAdapter() {
public void windowClosing(WindowEvent e)
System.exit(0);

Answer 1

I have an open source layout called AttachLayout that a member of this forum gave to me awhile back. It greatly assisted me and you can check it out here:
http://www.compaq.com/java/download/attachlayout/
It's easy and intuitive.
Let me know if you need more assistance or have difficulty getting the classes.