Invisible components still take up space JPanel

java swing user-interface jpanel grid-layout
David picture David · Oct 11, 2011 · Viewed 11.2k times · Source

I have a series of components underneath each other in a JPanel set as a GridLayout. I need to temporarily hide the components but setVisible(false) doesn't cut it, because there is still an empty gap where the components were.

Is there a quick and easy way to do this? Or do I have to stay saving the state of the JPanel, removing the components, then restoring it?

SSCCE:

[GridLayout2.java]

import java.awt.Component;
import java.awt.Container;
import java.awt.Dimension;
import java.awt.GridLayout;
import java.awt.Insets;

public class GridLayout2 extends GridLayout 
{
  public GridLayout2() {
    this(1, 0, 0, 0);
  }

  public GridLayout2(int rows, int cols) {
    this(rows, cols, 0, 0);
  }

  public GridLayout2(int rows, int cols, int hgap, int vgap) {
    super(rows, cols, hgap, vgap);
  }

  public Dimension preferredLayoutSize(Container parent) {
    //System.err.println("preferredLayoutSize");
    synchronized (parent.getTreeLock()) {
      Insets insets = parent.getInsets();
      int ncomponents = parent.getComponentCount();
      int nrows = getRows();
      int ncols = getColumns();
      if (nrows > 0) {
        ncols = (ncomponents + nrows - 1) / nrows;
      } 
      else {
        nrows = (ncomponents + ncols - 1) / ncols;
      }
      int[] w = new int[ncols];
      int[] h = new int[nrows];
      for (int i = 0; i < ncomponents; i ++) {
        int r = i / ncols;
        int c = i % ncols;
        Component comp = parent.getComponent(i);
        Dimension d = comp.getPreferredSize();
        if (w[c] < d.width) {
          w[c] = d.width;
        }
        if (h[r] < d.height) {
          h[r] = d.height;
        }
      }
      int nw = 0;
      for (int j = 0; j < ncols; j ++) {
        nw += w[j];
      }
      int nh = 0;
      for (int i = 0; i < nrows; i ++) {
        nh += h[i];
      }
      return new Dimension(insets.left + insets.right + nw + (ncols-1)*getHgap(), 
          insets.top + insets.bottom + nh + (nrows-1)*getVgap());
    }
  }

  public Dimension minimumLayoutSize(Container parent) {
    System.err.println("minimumLayoutSize");
    synchronized (parent.getTreeLock()) {
      Insets insets = parent.getInsets();
      int ncomponents = parent.getComponentCount();
      int nrows = getRows();
      int ncols = getColumns();
      if (nrows > 0) {
        ncols = (ncomponents + nrows - 1) / nrows;
      } 
      else {
        nrows = (ncomponents + ncols - 1) / ncols;
      }
      int[] w = new int[ncols];
      int[] h = new int[nrows];
      for (int i = 0; i < ncomponents; i ++) {
        int r = i / ncols;
        int c = i % ncols;
        Component comp = parent.getComponent(i);
        Dimension d = comp.getMinimumSize();
        if (w[c] < d.width) {
          w[c] = d.width;
        }
        if (h[r] < d.height) {
          h[r] = d.height;
        }
      }
      int nw = 0;
      for (int j = 0; j < ncols; j ++) {
        nw += w[j];
      }
      int nh = 0;
      for (int i = 0; i < nrows; i ++) {
        nh += h[i];
      }
      return new Dimension(insets.left + insets.right + nw + (ncols-1)*getHgap(), 
          insets.top + insets.bottom + nh + (nrows-1)*getVgap());
    }
  }

  public void layoutContainer(Container parent) {
    //System.err.println("layoutContainer");
    synchronized (parent.getTreeLock()) {
      Insets insets = parent.getInsets();
      int ncomponents = parent.getComponentCount();
      int nrows = getRows();
      int ncols = getColumns();
      if (ncomponents == 0) {
        return;
      }
      if (nrows > 0) {
        ncols = (ncomponents + nrows - 1) / nrows;
      } 
      else {
        nrows = (ncomponents + ncols - 1) / ncols;
      }
      int hgap = getHgap();
      int vgap = getVgap();
      // scaling factors      
      Dimension pd = preferredLayoutSize(parent);
      double sw = (1.0 * parent.getWidth()) / pd.width;
      double sh = (1.0 * parent.getHeight()) / pd.height;
      // scale
      int[] w = new int[ncols];
      int[] h = new int[nrows];
      for (int i = 0; i < ncomponents; i ++) {
        int r = i / ncols;
        int c = i % ncols;
        Component comp = parent.getComponent(i);
        Dimension d = comp.getPreferredSize();
        d.width = (int) (sw * d.width);
        d.height = (int) (sh * d.height);
        if (w[c] < d.width) {
          w[c] = d.width;
        }
        if (h[r] < d.height) {
          h[r] = d.height;
        }
      }
      for (int c = 0, x = insets.left; c < ncols; c ++) {
        for (int r = 0, y = insets.top; r < nrows; r ++) {
          int i = r * ncols + c;
          if (i < ncomponents) {
            parent.getComponent(i).setBounds(x, y, w[c], h[r]);
          }
          y += h[r] + vgap;
        }
        x += w[c] + hgap;
      }
    }
  }  
}

[SSCCE.java]

import java.awt.Color;
import javax.swing.*;
import javax.swing.border.*;

public class SSCCE extends JFrame{

    JPanel innerPane = new JPanel();
    JScrollPane scr  = new JScrollPane(innerPane);

    public static void main(String[] args) {
        new SSCCE();
    }


    public SSCCE() {

        setSize(400, 800);
        innerPane.setLayout(new GridLayout2(0, 1));

        add(scr);

        for (int i = 0; i < 30; i++)
        {
            innerPane.add(getPane());
        }

        setVisible(true);

        try {
            Thread.sleep(2000);
        } catch (InterruptedException e) {}

        for (int i = 0; i < 30; i++)
        {
            if (i%2==0)
                innerPane.getComponent(i).setVisible(false);
        }

    }


    private JPanel getPane()
    {
        JPanel ret = new JPanel();
        JLabel lbl = new JLabel("This is a pane.");

        ret.add(lbl);
        ret.setBorder(BorderFactory.createBevelBorder(BevelBorder.RAISED));
        ret.setBackground(Color.gray);

        return ret;

    }

}

screenshot

Answer

camickr picture camickr · Oct 11, 2011

because there is still an empty gap where the components were.

Yes, GridLayout is not that smart. It just uses the total number of components to determine the number of row/columns.

Is there a quick and easy way to do this?

I would create a custom layout manager. Just copy the GridLayout code and make a couple of changes. The basic changes would be:

  1. Override the ncomponents variable. Instead of just using the number of components on the panel you would need to loop thorugh all the components and count the visible ones.

  2. In the layout code you would need to add an if (visible) check.

Edit:

import java.awt.*;
import java.awt.event.*;
import javax.swing.*;
import javax.swing.border.*;

public class InvisibleGridLayout implements LayoutManager, java.io.Serializable
{
    int hgap;
    int vgap;
    int rows;
    int cols;

    public InvisibleGridLayout() {
    this(1, 0, 0, 0);
    }

    public InvisibleGridLayout(int rows, int cols) {
    this(rows, cols, 0, 0);
    }

    public InvisibleGridLayout(int rows, int cols, int hgap, int vgap) {
    if ((rows == 0) && (cols == 0)) {
        throw new IllegalArgumentException("rows and cols cannot both be zero");
    }
    this.rows = rows;
    this.cols = cols;
    this.hgap = hgap;
    this.vgap = vgap;
    }

    public int getRows() {
    return rows;
    }

    public void setRows(int rows) {
    if ((rows == 0) && (this.cols == 0)) {
        throw new IllegalArgumentException("rows and cols cannot both be zero");
    }
    this.rows = rows;
    }

    public int getColumns() {
    return cols;
    }

    public void setColumns(int cols) {
    if ((cols == 0) && (this.rows == 0)) {
        throw new IllegalArgumentException("rows and cols cannot both be zero");
    }
    this.cols = cols;
    }

    public int getHgap() {
    return hgap;
    }

    public void setHgap(int hgap) {
    this.hgap = hgap;
    }

    public int getVgap() {
    return vgap;
    }

    public void setVgap(int vgap) {
    this.vgap = vgap;
    }

    public void addLayoutComponent(String name, Component comp) {
    }

    public void removeLayoutComponent(Component comp) {
    }

    public Dimension preferredLayoutSize(Container parent) {
      synchronized (parent.getTreeLock()) {
    Insets insets = parent.getInsets();
//  int ncomponents = parent.getComponentCount();
    int ncomponents = getVisibleComponents(parent);
    int nrows = rows;
    int ncols = cols;

    if (nrows > 0) {
        ncols = (ncomponents + nrows - 1) / nrows;
    } else {
        nrows = (ncomponents + ncols - 1) / ncols;
    }
    int w = 0;
    int h = 0;
//  for (int i = 0 ; i < ncomponents ; i++) {
    for (int i = 0 ; i < parent.getComponentCount(); i++) {
        Component comp = parent.getComponent(i);

        if (!comp.isVisible()) continue; // added

        Dimension d = comp.getPreferredSize();
        if (w < d.width) {
        w = d.width;
        }
        if (h < d.height) {
        h = d.height;
        }
    }

    Dimension d = new Dimension(insets.left + insets.right + ncols*w + (ncols-1)*hgap,
                 insets.top + insets.bottom + nrows*h + (nrows-1)*vgap);

    return d;
      }
    }

    public Dimension minimumLayoutSize(Container parent) {
      synchronized (parent.getTreeLock()) {
        Insets insets = parent.getInsets();
//  int ncomponents = parent.getComponentCount();
    int ncomponents = getVisibleComponents(parent);
    int nrows = rows;
    int ncols = cols;

    if (nrows > 0) {
        ncols = (ncomponents + nrows - 1) / nrows;
    } else {
        nrows = (ncomponents + ncols - 1) / ncols;
    }
    int w = 0;
    int h = 0;
//  for (int i = 0 ; i < ncomponents ; i++) {
    for (int i = 0 ; i < parent.getComponentCount(); i++) {
        Component comp = parent.getComponent(i);

        if (!comp.isVisible()) continue; // added

        Dimension d = comp.getMinimumSize();
        if (w < d.width) {
        w = d.width;
        }
        if (h < d.height) {
        h = d.height;
        }
    }

    Dimension d = new Dimension(insets.left + insets.right + ncols*w + (ncols-1)*hgap,
                 insets.top + insets.bottom + nrows*h + (nrows-1)*vgap);

    return d;
      }
    }

    public void layoutContainer(Container parent) {
      synchronized (parent.getTreeLock()) {
    Insets insets = parent.getInsets();
//  int ncomponents = parent.getComponentCount();
    int ncomponents = getVisibleComponents(parent);
    int nrows = rows;
    int ncols = cols;
    boolean ltr = parent.getComponentOrientation().isLeftToRight();

    if (ncomponents == 0) {
        return;
    }
    if (nrows > 0) {
        ncols = (ncomponents + nrows - 1) / nrows;
    } else {
        nrows = (ncomponents + ncols - 1) / ncols;
    }

//  int w = parent.width - (insets.left + insets.right);
//  int h = parent.height - (insets.top + insets.bottom);
    int w = parent.getSize().width - (insets.left + insets.right);
    int h = parent.getSize().height - (insets.top + insets.bottom);
    w = (w - (ncols - 1) * hgap) / ncols;
    h = (h - (nrows - 1) * vgap) / nrows;
/*
    if (ltr) {
        for (int c = 0, x = insets.left ; c < ncols ; c++, x += w + hgap) {
        for (int r = 0, y = insets.top ; r < nrows ; r++, y += h + vgap) {
            int i = r * ncols + c;
            if (i < ncomponents) {
            parent.getComponent(i).setBounds(x, y, w, h);
            }
        }
        }
    } else {
//      for (int c = 0, x = parent.width - insets.right - w; c < ncols ; c++, x -= w + hgap) {
        for (int c = 0, x = parent.getSize().width - insets.right - w; c < ncols ; c++, x -= w + hgap) {
        for (int r = 0, y = insets.top ; r < nrows ; r++, y += h + vgap) {
            int i = r * ncols + c;
            if (i < ncomponents) {
            parent.getComponent(i).setBounds(x, y, w, h);
            }
        }
        }
    }
      }
*/

        int i = 0;

        if (ltr)
        {
            for (int r = 0, y = insets.top ; r < nrows ; r++, y += h + vgap)
            {
                int c = 0;
                int x = insets.left;

                while (c < ncols)
                {
                    if (i >= parent.getComponentCount()) break;

                    Component component = parent.getComponent(i);

                    if (component.isVisible())
                    {
                        parent.getComponent(i).setBounds(x, y, w, h);
                        c++;
                        x += w + hgap;
                    }

                    i++;
                }
            }
        }

    }}

    private int getVisibleComponents(Container parent)
    {
        int visible = 0;

        for (Component c: parent.getComponents())
        {
            if (c.isVisible())
                visible++;
        }

        return visible;
    }

    public String toString() {
    return getClass().getName() + "[hgap=" + hgap + ",vgap=" + vgap +
                           ",rows=" + rows + ",cols=" + cols + "]";
    }



    public static void main(String[] args)
    {
        final JPanel innerPane = new JPanel();
        JScrollPane scr  = new JScrollPane(innerPane);

        innerPane.setLayout(new InvisibleGridLayout(0, 3));


        for (int i = 0; i < 30; i++)
        {
            JPanel ret = new JPanel();
            JLabel lbl = new JLabel("This is  pane " + i);

            ret.add(lbl);
            ret.setBorder(BorderFactory.createBevelBorder(BevelBorder.RAISED));
            ret.setBackground(Color.gray);

            innerPane.add(ret);
        }

        JFrame frame = new JFrame();
        frame.setDefaultCloseOperation(JFrame.EXIT_ON_CLOSE);
        frame.add(scr);
        frame.setBounds(400, 0, 400, 700);
        frame.setVisible(true);

        javax.swing.Timer timer = new javax.swing.Timer(2000, new ActionListener()
        {
            public void actionPerformed(ActionEvent e)
            {
                for (int i = 0; i < 30; i++)
                {
                    if (i%2==0)
                        innerPane.getComponent(i).setVisible(false);
                }

            }
        });
        timer.setRepeats(false);
        timer.start();

    }
}

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