Thread: setAlignment have no effect

I'm trying to make a game with a menu and therefor I'm using the setAlignment which seem to have no effect.

(I'm not sure how I attach images so it might not run.

 
package fold;
import javax.swing.*;
//Pakke der hjælper med at lave vinduet
import javax.swing.JFrame;
import java.awt.*;
import java.awt.event.*;
import javax.swing.JLabel;
 
import javax.swing.ImageIcon;
 
public class GameFrame extends JFrame {
    // CENTER regions størrelse
    static final int SCREEN_WIDTH = 2296;
    static final int SCREEN_HEIGHT = 1280;
 
    // De forskellige JPanels
    JLabel topMenu;
    JLabel mineCounter1, mineCounter2, mineCounter3;
    JLabel timer1, timer2, timer3;
    public static GameFrame frame;
    JButton newGameButton;
 
    GameFrame() {
 
        setLayout(new BorderLayout());
 
        // adding top menu
        //add(new GamePanel(), BorderLayout.CENTER);
 
        addTopMenu();
 
        setSize(SCREEN_WIDTH, SCREEN_HEIGHT);
        setVisible(true);
        setDefaultCloseOperation(JFrame.EXIT_ON_CLOSE);
        setResizable(false);
 
    }
 
 
    public static void main(String[] args) {
 
        frame = new GameFrame();
    }
 
    // Indeling af kode. Den del af koden som laver top menuen.
    void addTopMenu() {
        topMenu = new JLabel();
        topMenu.setIcon(new ImageIcon("Images/menuBackground.png"));
        topMenu.setLayout(new BoxLayout(topMenu, BoxLayout.Y_AXIS));
 
        JButton optionButton = new JButton();
 
 
        optionButton.setAlignmentX(LEFT_ALIGNMENT);
        String iconfilePath = this.getClass().getClassLoader().getResource("Images/gear.png").getFile();
        optionButton.setIcon(new ImageIcon(iconfilePath));
        optionButton.setBorder(BorderFactory.createEmptyBorder());
        optionButton.setContentAreaFilled(false);
        optionButton.setFocusable(false);
        topMenu.add(optionButton);
 
 
 
 
        JPanel iconMenu = new JPanel();
        iconMenu.setLayout(new BoxLayout(iconMenu, BoxLayout.X_AXIS));
 
 
 
        // topMenu.setLayout(new GridLayout(1, 3, 0, 300));
 
 
 
        // topMenu.add(Box.createRigidArea(new Dimension(0, 0)));
        // topMenu.add(Box.createRigidArea(new Dimension(0, 0)));
 
        mineCounter3 = new JLabel();
        mineCounter3.setIcon(new ImageIcon("Images/Numbers/1.png"));
        mineCounter3.setAlignmentX(LEFT_ALIGNMENT);
        iconMenu.add(mineCounter3);
 
        mineCounter2 = new JLabel();
        mineCounter2.setIcon(new ImageIcon("Images/Numbers/9.png"));
        mineCounter2.setAlignmentX(LEFT_ALIGNMENT);
        iconMenu.add(mineCounter2);
 
        mineCounter1 = new JLabel();
        mineCounter1.setIcon(new ImageIcon("Images/Numbers/9.png"));
        mineCounter1.setAlignmentX(LEFT_ALIGNMENT);
        iconMenu.add(mineCounter1);
 
        // topMenu.add(Box.createRigidArea(new Dimension(0, 0)));
        // topMenu.add(Box.createRigidArea(new Dimension(830, 0)));
 
        newGameButton = new JButton();
        newGameButton.addActionListener(new ActionListener() {
            public void actionPerformed(ActionEvent e) {
                System.out.println("new game");
            }
        });
 
        newGameButton.setIcon(new ImageIcon("Images/Defualt.png"));
        newGameButton.setBorder(BorderFactory.createEmptyBorder());
        newGameButton.setContentAreaFilled(false);
        newGameButton.setFocusable(false);
        newGameButton.setAlignmentX(CENTER_ALIGNMENT);
        iconMenu.add(newGameButton);
 
        // .add(Box.createRigidArea(new Dimension(830, 0)));
 
        timer3 = new JLabel();
        timer3.setIcon(new ImageIcon("Images/Numbers/0.png"));
        timer3.setAlignmentX(RIGHT_ALIGNMENT);
        iconMenu.add(timer3);
 
        timer2 = new JLabel();
        timer2.setIcon(new ImageIcon("Images/Numbers/0.png"));
        timer2.setAlignmentX(RIGHT_ALIGNMENT);
        iconMenu.add(timer2);
 
        timer1 = new JLabel();
        timer1.setIcon(new ImageIcon("Images/Numbers/0.png"));
        timer1.setAlignmentX(RIGHT_ALIGNMENT);
        iconMenu.add(timer1);
 
 
        iconMenu.setAlignmentY(LEFT_ALIGNMENT);
 
        topMenu.add(iconMenu);
 
 
 
        add(topMenu, BorderLayout.NORTH);
 
    }
 
    public void changeIcon(String imagePath) {
        String iconfilePath = this.getClass().getClassLoader().getResource(imagePath).getFile();
        newGameButton.setIcon(new ImageIcon(iconfilePath));
    }
}

What I want is a small JButton with a image in the very top left corner. Then I want 3 JLabel with image in the left side, 1 JButton with image in the middle and 3 JLabel with image in the right side. All of this is in borderlayout section NORTH. Right now everthing is in the middle.

How I have tried achieve this is by adding a JLabel with a background image to section NORTH: topMenu. Layout(new BoxLayout(topMenu, BoxLayout.Y_AXIS));. The reason I do this is becuase I want my small top left JButton to be further up then the other elements: optionButton.setAlignmentX(LEFT_ALIGNMENT);

Now I make a seperate JPanel to my 7 other elements: iconMenu.setLayout(new BoxLayout(iconMenu, BoxLayout.X_AXIS));. I use the timer3.setAlignmentX(RIGHT_ALIGNMENT); on 3 of my elements, newGameButton.setAlignmentX(CENTER_ALIGNMENT); on 1 and mineCounter1.setAlignmentX(LEFT_ALIGNMENT); on yet another 3.

Originally Posted by Norm

Check the calls to the setAllgnment methods.

The code appears to put contents on two rows.


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The guys from the coderanch helped me and now everything works. Using glue was the trick. Thanks for the help