Thread: How to add a title

Sorry I'm a bit new to using a forum sight. I basically want a JLabel to go in the very top left of the screen but do not want it close to the other components. Should i just make my insets for the JLabel very high numbers ?

Here is my current code, I know that I have not touched Action and Item Handlers.

 
package screens;
 
import java.awt.BorderLayout;
import java.awt.Component;
import java.awt.Font;
import java.awt.GridBagConstraints;
import java.awt.GridBagLayout;
import java.awt.GridLayout;
import java.awt.Insets;
import java.awt.event.ActionEvent;
import java.awt.event.ActionListener;
import java.awt.event.ItemEvent;
import java.awt.event.ItemListener;
 
import javax.swing.BorderFactory;
import javax.swing.ButtonGroup;
import javax.swing.JButton;
import javax.swing.JFrame;
import javax.swing.JLabel;
import javax.swing.JPanel;
import javax.swing.JRadioButton;
import javax.swing.JTextField;
 
public class LoginGUI extends JFrame implements ActionListener, ItemListener
{
 
	//Global Variables
	private JTextField uName, pWord;
	private JButton enter, cancel;
	private JRadioButton sale, admin;
	private JLabel title;
	private Font font = new Font("Trebuchet MS", Font.BOLD, 20);;
	private ButtonGroup options;
	private GridBagLayout layout;
	private GridBagConstraints gbc;
 
	public LoginGUI()
	{
 
		setSize(800,400);
	  	setTitle("Login");
	  	setLocationRelativeTo(null);
	  	setDefaultCloseOperation(EXIT_ON_CLOSE);
 
 
	  	//setBorder(BorderFactory.createTitledBorder("Header"));
	  	layout = new GridBagLayout();
	  	setLayout(layout);
	  	gbc = new GridBagConstraints();
 
 
	  	//GUI Components
 
	  	// User Type Line
	  	addComponent(new JLabel("User Type:"), 0,0,2,1);
	  	sale = new JRadioButton("Sale Staff", true);
	  	admin = new JRadioButton("Admin", false);
 
	  	options = new ButtonGroup(); //Grouping Buttons
	  	options.add(sale);
	  	options.add(admin);
 
	  	sale.addItemListener(this);
	  	admin.addItemListener(this);
 
	  	addComponent(sale,2,0,1,1);
	  	addComponent(admin,3,0,1,1);
 
 
	  	//Username Line
	  	addComponent(new JLabel("Username:"),0,1,2,1);
	 	uName = new JTextField();
	  	addComponent(uName,2,1,2,1);
 
	  	//Password Line
	  	addComponent(new JLabel("Password:"),0,2,2,1);
	 	pWord = new JTextField();
	  	addComponent(pWord,2,2,2,1);
 
	  	//Buttons
	  	enter = new JButton("Enter");
	  	enter.addActionListener(this);
	  	cancel = new JButton("Cancel");
	  	cancel.addActionListener(this);
	  	addComponent(enter,2,3,1,1);
	  	addComponent(cancel,3,3,1,1);
 
	  	this.setVisible(true); //Sets visibility when object is created
	}
 
	//Method to add a component to GridBagLayout
	public void addComponent(Component c, int gx, int gy, int gw, int gh)
			{
				c.setFont(font);
			   gbc.gridx = gx;
			   gbc.gridy = gy;
			   gbc.gridwidth = gw;
			   gbc.gridheight = gh;
			   gbc.weightx = 0;
			   gbc.weighty = 0;  
			   gbc.insets = new Insets(5,5,5,5);
			   gbc.fill = GridBagConstraints.HORIZONTAL;
			   add(c, gbc);
			}
 
	@Override
	public void actionPerformed(ActionEvent arg0)
	{
		// TODO Auto-generated method stub
 
	}
 
 
	@Override
	public void itemStateChanged(ItemEvent arg0)
	{
		// TODO Auto-generated method stub
 
	}
 
 
	public static void main(String[] args)
	{
		LoginGUI gui = new LoginGUI();
 
	}
 
}

Done. I hope I am explaining myself properly.

Originally Posted by X00090307

Done. I hope I am explaining myself properly.

You already have a title called Login that you set using the JFrame method, setTitle("Login"). Do you want a JLabel to be in the top left corner but underneath the bar where the title is shown? If so, set the GridBagConstraints gridx and gridy to 0. If that's not what you meant, then can you please elaborate.