Thread: How to use CardLAyout without using applets???

I tried it but at the compile time it throwed IllegalArgumentException.
my code is....

import javax.swing.*;
import javax.swing.event.*;
import java.awt.*;
public class cards extends JFrame
{
	JPanel p1,p2,cards;
	JLabel l1,l2;
	JButton b1,b2;
	public cards()
	{
		//super("card1");
		setDefaultCloseOperation(EXIT_ON_CLOSE);
		setLayout(new CardLayout());
		l1=new JLabel("card1....");
		l2=new JLabel("card2....");
		b1=new JButton("b1....");
		b2=new JButton("b2....");
		p1=new JPanel(new FlowLayout());
		p2=new JPanel(new FlowLayout());
		p1.add(l1);
		p1.add(b1);
		p2.add(l2);
		p2.add(b2);
		add(p1);
		add(p2);
	}
	public static void main(String[] args)
	{
		cards c=new cards();
		c.setSize(300,300);
		c.setVisible(true);
	}
}

i m jst a beginner!!!!!!!!!!!

How to Use CardLayout (The Java™ Tutorials > Creating a GUI With JFC/Swing > Laying Out Components Within a Container)

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Please post in the correct forum. Thread moved to - AWT / Java Swing

Hi divyarattan,

You are using the CardLayout incorrectly:

setLayout(new CardLayout());
add(p1);

The correct way is:
setLayout(new CardLayout());
add(p1, "Name_of_the_card");

For each component added to the card, you should give it a name, so later you can show that card:

((CardLayout) getLayout()).show("Name_of_the_card"))

immutable objects