Graphical User Interface (GUI) Probelm

[jimgym1989]

import java.util.*;
import java.io.*;
import javax.swing.*;
import java.awt.*;
import java.awt.event.*;
import java.util.Scanner;

public class solano extends JFrame{

private JLabel letterL ,countL, PercentageL;
	private JTextArea display;
	private JButton exitB;
	private ExitButtonHandler ebHandler;
	
	private static final int WIDTH = 600;
	private static final int HEIGHT = 600;
	
	private static final int SIZE1 = 300;
	private static final int SIZE2 = 20;
	
	public solano(){
		
		letterL= new JLabel("Letter",SwingConstants.CENTER);
		countL =  new JLabel("Count",SwingConstants.CENTER);
		PercentageL =  new JLabel("Percentage",SwingConstants.CENTER);
		
		display = new JTextArea(26,3);
		
		//window
    	setTitle("Text Character Count");		
    	Container pane = getContentPane();
    	pane.setLayout(null);
    	letterL.setLocation(-70,1);
    	countL.setLocation(85,1);
    	PercentageL.setLocation(250,1);
    	
    	exitB = new JButton("Exit");
    	ebHandler = new ExitButtonHandler();
    	exitB.addActionListener(ebHandler);	
    	
    	display.setLocation(SIZE2,SIZE2);
    	letterL.setSize(SIZE1,SIZE2);
    	countL.setSize(SIZE1,SIZE2);
    	PercentageL.setSize(SIZE1,SIZE2);
    	display.setSize(500,500);
    	
    	exitB.setSize(100,SIZE2);
    	
    	
    	pane.add(letterL);		
    	pane.add(countL);		
    	pane.add(PercentageL);	
    		pane.add(exitB);
    	pane.add(display);
    	
    	display.setEditable(false);
    	
    	setSize(WIDTH, HEIGHT);
    	setVisible(true);
    	setDefaultCloseOperation(EXIT_ON_CLOSE); 

private class ExitButtonHandler implements ActionListener
    {
    	public void actionPerformed(ActionEvent e)
    	{
    		System.exit(0);
    	}
    }
  public static void main(String[] args)throws FileNotFoundException
    	{
	solano Count = new solano();
    		
    }

I did not put all of my codes..
Everytime I run my program the Exit Button is covering the Letter JLabel
I want to make the Exit Button be on the buttom of my GUI
How will I do that?

[JosAH]

[CODE]Everytime I run my program the Exit Button is covering the Letter JLabel
I want to make the Exit Button be on the buttom of my GUI
How will I do that?

That's what you get for not using an appropriate LayoutManager. For now you
can explicitly set the location of your exit button. You only set its size now.

kind regards,

Jos

[Nepomuk]

Change [code=java]pane.add(exitB) ;[/code] to [code=java]pane.add(exitB, BorderLayout.SO UTH);[/code] and it should end up at the bottom of your pane. Also, you probably should read the Sun LayoutManager Tutorial - LayoutManagers make Life much easier.

Greetings,
Nepomuk

[JosAH]

Change [code=java]pane.add(exitB) ;[/code] to [code=java]pane.add(exitB, BorderLayout.SO UTH);[/code] and it should end up at the bottom of your pane.

That'd only work if there *were* actually a BorderLayout manager installed.

kind regards,

Jos

[jimgym1989]

That's what you get for not using an appropriate LayoutManager. For now you
can explicitly set the location of your exit button. You only set its size now.

kind regards,

Jos

Thank you Jos..you made my day!!
keep it up!! and for those who answer this forum..
I thank you all!!

[Nepomuk]

That'd only work if there *were* actually a BorderLayout manager installed.

Correct me if I'm wrong, but BorderLayout is the default LayoutManager, so a BorderLayout manager is installed, isn't it? In the code for the BorderLayoutDem o in the BorderLayout Tutorial it says:

[code=java]//Use the content pane's default BorderLayout. No need for
//setLayout(new BorderLayout()) ;[/code]

So, shouldn't it work although no LayoutManager was chosen here? They don't choose one in that example.

Greetings,
Nepomuk

[JosAH]

Correct me if I'm wrong, but BorderLayout is the default LayoutManager, so a BorderLayout manager is installed, isn't it?

Yup, normally it is but see what the OP did in line #32 (see above)

kind regards,

Jos

[Nepomuk]

Yup, normally it is but see what the OP did in line #32 (see above)

Ah, right. Well. Not good. (Although line 32 wasn't that easy to find with the new code display...)

Greetings,
Nepomuk