I want to make an input form in Java so that the user can enter details.
Something like this:
import java.awt.GridLayout;
import javax.swing.*;
class JOptionPaneTest {
public static void main(String[] args) {
String[] items = {"One", "Two", "Three", "Four", "Five"};
JComboBox combo = new JComboBox(items);
JTextField field1 = new JTextField("1234.56");
JTextField field2 = new JTextField("9876.54");
JPanel panel = new JPanel(new GridLayout(0, 1));
panel.add(combo);
panel.add(new JLabel("Field 1:"));
panel.add(field1);
panel.add(new JLabel("Field 2:"));
panel.add(field2);
int result = JOptionPane.showConfirmDialog(null, panel, "Test",
JOptionPane.OK_CANCEL_OPTION, JOptionPane.PLAIN_MESSAGE);
if (result == JOptionPane.OK_OPTION) {
System.out.println(combo.getSelectedItem()
+ " " + field1.getText()
+ " " + field2.getText());
} else {
System.out.println("Cancelled");
}
}
}
My output form:
I think I must change my layout to something like BorderLayout
. Any ideas how to get the look of the form at the top of the question?
Yes, you have to change layout. Have a look at SpringLayout and this example:
(source: sun.com)
String[] labels = {"Name: ", "Fax: ", "Email: ", "Address: "};
int numPairs = labels.length;
//Create and populate the panel.
JPanel p = new JPanel(new SpringLayout());
for (int i = 0; i < numPairs; i++) {
JLabel l = new JLabel(labels[i], JLabel.TRAILING);
p.add(l);
JTextField textField = new JTextField(10);
l.setLabelFor(textField);
p.add(textField);
}
//Lay out the panel.
SpringUtilities.makeCompactGrid(p,
numPairs, 2, //rows, cols
6, 6, //initX, initY
6, 6); //xPad, yPad
SpringLayout works fine for this simple form, but there is third party libraries that has more features. I.e. MiG Layout.