hi there i am trying to make a calculator with coding sizes,layouts etc. by myself (trying to not use NetBeans and it is not a homework). but i am facing with a problem about empty spaces. i have a TextArea and Buttons but as you can see below i cant handle this space problem. here is my code,
import java.awt.BorderLayout;
import java.awt.Color;
import java.awt.FlowLayout;
import java.awt.GridLayout;
import javax.swing.JButton;
import javax.swing.JFrame;
import javax.swing.JPanel;
import javax.swing.JSeparator;
import javax.swing.JTextArea;
public class calculator extends JFrame {
public calculator(){
initComponents();
}
private void initComponents(){
JPanel panelScreen = new JPanel(new GridLayout(0,1));
JTextArea screen = new JTextArea();
panelScreen.add(screen);
JFrame frame = new JFrame("CALCULATOR");
frame.setDefaultCloseOperation(EXIT_ON_CLOSE);
JPanel panelButtons = new JPanel(new GridLayout(3,3));
JButton oneButton = new JButton("1");
panelButtons.add(oneButton);
JButton twoButton = new JButton("2");
panelButtons.add(twoButton);
JButton threeButton = new JButton("3");
panelButtons.add(threeButton);
JButton fourButton = new JButton("4");
panelButtons.add(fourButton);
JButton fiveButton = new JButton("5");
panelButtons.add(fiveButton);
JButton sixButton = new JButton("6");
panelButtons.add(sixButton);
JButton sevenButton = new JButton("7");
panelButtons.add(sevenButton);
JButton eightButton = new JButton("8");
panelButtons.add(eightButton);
JButton nineButton = new JButton("9");
panelButtons.add(nineButton);
frame.getContentPane().add(panelScreen, BorderLayout.NORTH);
//frame.getContentPane().add(new JSeparator(), BorderLayout.CENTER);
frame.getContentPane().add(panelButtons, BorderLayout.SOUTH);
frame.setBounds(50, 50, 500, 500);
frame.setResizable(false);
//frame.pack();
frame.setVisible(true);
}
public static void main(String[] args) {
new calculator();
}
}
and this the picture of programme;
i appreciate if you can help me. anyway thanks :)
A few suggestions:
e.g.,
import java.awt.BorderLayout;
import java.awt.Font;
import java.awt.GridLayout;
import javax.swing.*;
public class Calc2 {
public static final String[][] BUTTON_TEXTS = {
{"7", "8", "9", "+"},
{"4", "5", "6", "-"},
{"1", "2", "3", "*"},
{"0", ".", "/", "="}
};
public static final Font BTN_FONT = new Font(Font.SANS_SERIF, Font.BOLD, 24);
private static void createAndShowGui() {
JTextField field = new JTextField(10);
field.setFont(BTN_FONT.deriveFont(Font.PLAIN));
JPanel btnPanel = new JPanel(new GridLayout(BUTTON_TEXTS.length,
BUTTON_TEXTS[0].length));
for (int i = 0; i < BUTTON_TEXTS.length; i++) {
for (int j = 0; j < BUTTON_TEXTS[i].length; j++) {
JButton btn = new JButton(BUTTON_TEXTS[i][j]);
btn.setFont(BTN_FONT);
btnPanel.add(btn);
}
}
JPanel mainPanel = new JPanel(new BorderLayout());
mainPanel.add(field, BorderLayout.PAGE_START);
mainPanel.add(btnPanel, BorderLayout.CENTER);
JFrame frame = new JFrame("Calc2");
frame.setDefaultCloseOperation(JFrame.EXIT_ON_CLOSE);
frame.getContentPane().add(mainPanel);
frame.pack();
frame.setLocationRelativeTo(null);
frame.setVisible(true);
}
public static void main(String[] args) {
SwingUtilities.invokeLater(new Runnable() {
public void run() {
createAndShowGui();
}
});
}
}