Thread: Need help please, cannot get GUI to work right.

Hi, I am trying to get the layout of my GUI for my Yahtzee game right and am having issues. The panel that i set to BorderLayout.WEST is working great and is how i want it to look. I tried to make the panel I set to BorderLayout.EAST to look the exact same, but it will not work. Im not getting any errors, but i cannot figure out why the other side wont show up the same as the WEST panel. Please help, thanks.

 
D:\JavaII\YahtzeeGame\src\yahtzeegame\Driver.java
 
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package yahtzeegame;
import javax.swing.*;
import java.awt.*;
import java.awt.event.*;
/**
 *
 * @author Owner
 */
public class Driver extends JFrame implements ActionListener {
 
    private static final int FRAME_WIDTH = 700;
    private static final int FRAME_HEIGHT = 500;
    private static final int X_AXIS = 0;
    private static final int Y_AXIS = 0;
    private static final int FIELD_WIDTH1 = 10;
 
    JMenu fileMenu, aboutMenu;
    JLabel  displayTurn, displayRoll, ones, 
            twos, threes, fours, fives, sixes, threeKind,
            fourKind, fullHouse, smStraight, lgStraight, yahtzee, chance,
            dice1, dice2, dice3, dice4, dice5;
 
 
    /**
     * @param args the command line arguments
     */
    public static void main(String[] args) {
        Driver frame = new Driver();
        frame.setVisible(true);
 
 
    }
 
    public Driver(){
        setTitle("Yahtzee!");
        setSize(FRAME_WIDTH, FRAME_HEIGHT);
            setLocation(X_AXIS, Y_AXIS);
            setResizable(false);
            addComponents(getContentPane());
            createFileMenu();
            JMenuBar menuBar = new JMenuBar();
            setJMenuBar (menuBar);
            menuBar.add(fileMenu);
            setDefaultCloseOperation(EXIT_ON_CLOSE); 
    }
 
    public void actionPerformed(ActionEvent event){
 
    }
 
    private void createFileMenu()
        {
                JMenuItem item;
 
                fileMenu = new JMenu("File");
 
                item = new JMenuItem("New Game");
                item.addActionListener(this);
                fileMenu.add(item);
 
                fileMenu.addSeparator();
 
                item = new JMenuItem("Quit");
                item.addActionListener(this);
                fileMenu.add(item);
        }
 
   public void addComponents(Container contentPane){
 
       contentPane.setLayout(new BorderLayout());
 
       JLabel turn, roll;
       JRadioButton hold1, hold2, hold3, hold4, hold5;
       JButton rollDice, onesBtn, twosBtn, threesBtn, foursBtn, fivesBtn, sixesBtn, threeKindBtn, fourKindBtn, fullHouseBtn, smStraightBtn, lgStraightBtn, chanceBtn, yahtzeeBtn;
       JPanel scoringLeft, scoringRight, diceDisplay;
 
       scoringLeft = new JPanel();
       scoringLeft.setBackground(Color.white);
       scoringLeft.setLayout(new GridLayout(14,1));
 
       turn = new JLabel("Turn #:");
       scoringLeft.add(turn);
 
       displayTurn = new JLabel("");
 
       scoringLeft.add(displayTurn);
 
       onesBtn = new JButton("Ones:");
       scoringLeft.add(onesBtn);
 
       ones = new JLabel("");
       scoringLeft.add(ones);
 
       twosBtn = new JButton("Twos:");
       scoringLeft.add(twosBtn);
 
       twos = new JLabel("");
       scoringLeft.add(twos);
 
       threesBtn = new JButton("Threes:");
       scoringLeft.add(threesBtn);
 
       threes = new JLabel("");
       scoringLeft.add(threes);
 
       foursBtn = new JButton("Fours:");
       scoringLeft.add(foursBtn);
 
       fours = new JLabel("");
       scoringLeft.add(fours);
 
       fivesBtn = new JButton("Fives:");
       scoringLeft.add(fivesBtn);
 
       fives = new JLabel("");
       scoringLeft.add(fives);
 
       sixesBtn = new JButton("Sixes:");
       scoringLeft.add(sixesBtn);
 
       sixes = new JLabel("");
       scoringLeft.add(sixes);
 
       contentPane.add(scoringLeft, BorderLayout.WEST);
 
       scoringRight = new JPanel();
       scoringRight.setLayout(new GridLayout(14,1));
       scoringRight.setBackground(Color.white);
 
       roll = new JLabel("Roll #:");
       scoringRight.add(roll);
 
       displayRoll = new JLabel("");
       scoringRight.add(displayRoll);
 
       threeKindBtn = new JButton("3 of a Kind:");
       scoringRight.add(threeKindBtn);
 
       threeKind = new JLabel("");
       scoringRight.add(threeKind);
 
       fourKindBtn = new JButton("4 of a Kind:");
       scoringRight.add(fourKindBtn);
 
       fourKind = new JLabel("");
       scoringRight.add(fourKind);
 
       fullHouseBtn = new JButton("Full House:");
       scoringRight.add(fullHouseBtn);
 
       fullHouse = new JLabel("");
       scoringRight.add(fullHouse);
 
       smStraightBtn = new JButton("Sm. Straight:");
       scoringRight.add(smStraightBtn);
 
       smStraight = new JLabel("");
       scoringRight.add(smStraight);
 
       lgStraightBtn = new JButton("Lg. Straight:");
       scoringRight.add(lgStraightBtn);
 
       lgStraight = new JLabel("");
       scoringRight.add(lgStraight);
 
       yahtzeeBtn = new JButton("Yahtzee:");
       scoringRight.add(yahtzeeBtn);
 
       yahtzee = new JLabel("");
       scoringRight.add(yahtzee);
 
       chanceBtn = new JButton("Chance:");
       scoringRight.add(chanceBtn);
 
       chance = new JLabel("");
       scoringRight.add(chance);
 
       contentPane.add(scoringRight, BorderLayout.EAST);
 
       setDefaultCloseOperation(EXIT_ON_CLOSE);
 
 
 
}
}

Also posted at: Need help, GUI issue - Dev Shed

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Sorry, I forgot to ask you to wrap the code in code tags to preserve its formatting:
Edit your post and wrap your code with[code=java]<YOUR CODE HERE>[/code] to get highlighting

Not great on GUI and layouts. I changed this line and looked at the layout:

       displayRoll = new JLabel("xxx");

That should give you a clue as to what is happening.

How many components are you adding to the container?

Details. details, details.