Thread: JFrame with a J anel on the Right

I am wanting to add a panel to the right of the JFrame, but it isn't showing up when I do this:

		getFrame().getContentPane().add(new Hiscores(), "West");

What am I doing wrong? Hiscores is a class that extend JPanel by the way.

	private static void loadClient() throws Exception {
		System.out.println("Loading client...");
		RS2Loader loader = new RS2Loader();
		Applet a = null;
		try {
			a = (Applet) loader.loadClass("client").newInstance();
			a.setPreferredSize(new Dimension(765, 503));
			a.setStub(loader);
			a.init();
			a.start();
		} catch (Exception e) {
			JOptionPane.showMessageDialog(
					null,
					"Error loading client - delete gamepack.jar in: "
							+ System.getProperty("user.home")
							+ ".jagex_cache_32 and reload this applet.");
			e.printStackTrace();
		}
 
		final JTabbedPane pane = new JTabbedPane(JTabbedPane.TOP);
 
		JComponent panelComponent = new JPanel(false);
		panelComponent.setLayout(new GridLayout());
		panelComponent.add(a);
 
		pane.setOpaque(true);
		pane.setForeground(new Color(64, 58, 58, 150));
 
		JComponent panel1 = new JPanel(false);
		panel1.setLayout(new GridLayout());
		panel1.add(new Calculator());
 
		JComponent panel2 = new JPanel(false);
		panel2.setLayout(new GridLayout());
		panel2.add(new Hiscores());
 
		pane.addTab("Client", panelComponent);
		pane.addTab("Combat Calc.", panel1);
		pane.addTab("Hiscores", panel2);
		pane.setFont(font);
 
		getFrame().setIconImage(
				new ImageIcon(Hiscores.class.getClassLoader().getResource(
						"skill_icon/icon.png")).getImage());
		getFrame().setDefaultCloseOperation(JFrame.EXIT_ON_CLOSE);
 
		getFrame().getContentPane().add(new Hiscores(), "West");
 
		getFrame().setContentPane(pane);
 
 
		getFrame().setResizable(false);
		getFrame().pack();
 
		getFrame().setVisible(true);
 
		Executors.newScheduledThreadPool(1).scheduleWithFixedDelay(new Runnable() {
 
			@Override
			public void run() {
 
				long milliseconds = System.currentTimeMillis() - START_TIME;
				String time = (int) ((milliseconds / (1000*60*60*24)) % 7) + ":" + ((int) ((milliseconds / (1000 * 60 * 60)) % 24)) + ":" + ((int) ((milliseconds / (1000 * 60)) % 60)) + ":" + ((int) (milliseconds / 1000) % 60);
				getFrame().setTitle("RuneScape 07 (" + time + ")");
			}
		}, 1, 1, TimeUnit.SECONDS);
	}

Originally Posted by Norm

Please make a small complete program that compiles, executes and shows the problem.

PM'ed it to you.

package wbot.nl;
 
import java.awt.BorderLayout;
import java.awt.Color;
import java.awt.GridLayout;
import java.awt.event.KeyEvent;
import java.awt.event.KeyListener;
import java.util.concurrent.Executors;
import java.util.concurrent.TimeUnit;
 
import javax.swing.ImageIcon;
import javax.swing.JComponent;
import javax.swing.JFrame;
import javax.swing.JLabel;
import javax.swing.JPanel;
import javax.swing.JTabbedPane;
import javax.swing.JTextField;
import javax.swing.border.EmptyBorder;
 
import wbot.nl.Hiscores.JTextFieldLimit;
 
public class tEST {
 
	private static JFrame frame = new JFrame();
 
	public static void main(String... args) {
		final JTabbedPane pane = new JTabbedPane(JTabbedPane.TOP);
 
		JComponent panelComponent = new JPanel(false);
		panelComponent.setLayout(new GridLayout());
		//panelComponent.add(a);
 
		pane.setOpaque(true);
		pane.setForeground(new Color(64, 58, 58, 150));
 
		JComponent panel1 = new JPanel(false);
		panel1.setLayout(new GridLayout());
		//panel1.add(new Calculator());
 
		JComponent panel2 = new JPanel(false);
		panel2.setLayout(new GridLayout());
		//panel2.add(new Hiscores());
 
		pane.addTab("Client", panelComponent);
		pane.addTab("Combat Calc.", panel1);
		pane.addTab("Hiscores", panel2);
 
		getFrame().setDefaultCloseOperation(JFrame.EXIT_ON_CLOSE);
 
		getFrame().getContentPane().setLayout(new BorderLayout()); 
		getFrame().getContentPane().add(new Thing(), BorderLayout.EAST);
 
		getFrame().setContentPane(pane);
 
		getFrame().pack();
 
		getFrame().setVisible(true);
 
	}
 
	/**
	 * @return the frame
	 */
	public static JFrame getFrame() {
		return frame;
	}
 
	/**
	 * @param frame the frame to set
	 */
	public void setFrame(JFrame frame) {
		this.frame = frame;
	}
 
}

package wbot.nl;
 
import javax.swing.JLabel;
import javax.swing.JPanel;
import javax.swing.JTextField;
import javax.swing.border.EmptyBorder;
 
public class Thing extends JPanel {
 
	private JTextField nameField;
 
	public Thing() {
		setBounds(100, 100, 422, 523);
		this.setBorder(new EmptyBorder(5, 5, 5, 5));
		this.setLayout(null);
 
		JLabel lblNewLabel = new JLabel("Hiscores for:");
		lblNewLabel.setBounds(54, 16, 79, 16);
		this.add(lblNewLabel);
 
		nameField = new JTextField();
		nameField.setText("No Allies");
		nameField.setBounds(151, 10, 114, 28);
		this.add(nameField);
		nameField.setColumns(10);
	}
}

Originally Posted by Norm

What is supposed to happen when the code is executed? I get a small frame in upper left with 3 tabs? jammed into a vertical alignment. Where is the problem?

There's supposed to be a panel on the EAST.

--- Update ---

I've switched to a boxlayout but there is a random spacing between the two:

		JPanel panel = new JPanel();
		panel.setLayout(new BoxLayout(panel, BoxLayout.X_AXIS));
		Hiscores hiscores = new Hiscores();
 
		panel.add(a);
		panel.add(hiscores);