Thread: Layout problems

Hi!

I have often problems with Layouts. How can I set component at exact location.
I thought I can do
button.setLocation(20,40) but some strange things happens all the time. The problem is with this
Layouts (Flow, Grid, Border...). In C# I think there are not these problems.
Can I turn off all these layouts and put things much simpler. At this time I have this code and when I run this
the table is not showed at window?

public class nothing extends JFrame {

private JTable tabpredmet;

public nothing () {
super("govno");
setLayout(null);
setSize(400, 700);
setVisible(true);

String[][] data = new String[][]{{"Srpski jezik"}, {"Engleski jezik"}, {"Ruski jezik"}};
String[] col = {"Predmet"};
tabpredmet = new JTable(data, col);
tabpredmet.setPreferredScrollableViewportSize(new Dimension(200, 200));
tabpredmet.setFillsViewportHeight(true);
// JScrollPane jscrollpane = new JScrollPane(tabpredmet);
JScrollPane p = new JScrollPane(tabpredmet);
add(p);
p.setVisible(true);
p.setLocation(50, 50);

}

public static void main(String[] args) {
nothing a = new nothing ();
a.setDefaultCloseOperation(JFrame.EXIT_ON_CLOSE);




}
}

I saw this but there is a very little explained here

--- Update ---

If I use managers then I have to put components where java lets me put it.
This layouts restrict my choice of putting and arranging components as I want.

--- Update ---

I wounder what bill gates thinks about this concept

With GridBagLayout you can end up with just about any layout you want, but with the added complication of placing everything exactly where you want it. (not that such a thing is too difficult)

Layout managers attempt to achieve the look you desire, but you have to manage the managers. You have to set up the hierarchy of containers in a manner such that the manager can apply it's specific rule set to it's specific contents. Depending on the complication involved this may require multiple JPanels or JScrollPanes etc to be contained within even other JPanels for example. I know this sounds confusing, I can not find the right words to express my thoughts. Perhaps by example... but the code you posted does not demonstrate enough complexity.

Looking over the code posted:
1) The first thing I see is setLayout(null). If you want the layout managers to be responsible for the positioning, then don't fire them before the job starts. Remove this line.
2) The second thing I notice is the use of setSize and setVisible at the top of the constructor, before all contents have been added. Add all components prior to setting the JFrame size and showing. Move these two lines of code down to the last thing the JFrame constructor is responsible for.

After those changes are made, post the code again if you have any more questions.

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Thanks for help. I am starting now with this and it is confusing. And I can't find at one place all stuff I need to know.
There are a lot of tutorials like the one mentioned above at docs.oracle.com/javase/tutorial/ but these are simple stuff.

Did you read post #4?
Have you tried what was suggested?
Where is the revised code? What is the new question?

If you follow the directions in post #4 using the code in post #1 you should see some changes in the display. If this is not suitable, talk more about what you want and don't forget to post the revised code.

I fixed the problem in my code, but that code is not very important to me. It was just a little practice. I just wanted to show little example of what
I don't understand. I started to learning layout managers.

Hi!

I have been working past time with this and I got pretty ok. I practiced a lot with BorderLayout, BoxLayout and GridBagLayout managers.
This things are not complicated as they seemed to me at the beginning.