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How to write above a JPanel
Hey guys!
I'm working on a little game at the moment and I'm with a problem. I have a JPanel where the game runs and above it in one corner I want to write the total points of the player but I don't know how to do it. I tried a lot of things and nothingCan you help me please?
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Re: How to write above a JPanel
What type of layout are you using? You should use a JLabel to display the score.
Take a look at these different layout managers. Position your JLabel above the JPanel.
How to Use Various Layout Managers (The Java™ Tutorials > Creating a GUI with JFC/Swing > Laying Out Components Within a Container)
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Re: How to write above a JPanel
Well I'm using a GridBagLayout now and I'm writing the points on a JLabel and finally it wroked ^^ But I have something wrong on my code :s The text appears in center of JPanel instead of the FIRST_LINE_END. Can you please tell me what's wrong on my code?
GridBagConstraints c = new GridBagConstraints(); label = new JLabel(); c.fill = GridBagConstraints.HORIZONTAL; c.ipady = 40; //Altura c.anchor = GridBagConstraints.FIRST_LINE_END; //Posição c.gridx = 2; c.gridwidth = 2; //Número de colunas. c.gridy = 0; //Numero da linha. add(label, c);
Re: How to write above a JPanel
Hello bruno88
Can you please post all of your code for me to look at? I need to compile it to see the problem..
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Re: How to write above a JPanel
Hello,
I decided to use the drawString method from Graphics2D and it did what I want. Anyway thank you very much for your help, that link about layout managers can be very helpfull in future ^^
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