How do I set the location of Radio Buttons?

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I want to create two radio buttons for the "Gender" label. Here is what I got:

maleRB = new JRadioButton("Male", true);
femaleRB = new JRadioButton("Female", false);

radioGroup = new ButtonGroup();
radioGroup.add(maleRB);
radioGroup.add(femaleRB);

But I have no idea on how to set their locations. Do you set the location the same as how you set the location of JLabel/JTextField, etc...? Here is the photo. I want to place the radio buttons beside the label "Gender".

http://docs.oracle.com/javase/tutorial/uiswing/components/button.html#radiobutton — Bartzilla, Feb 27 '13 at 14:42
you can add the radio group within Panel and set the layout for it — nsgulliver, Feb 27 '13 at 14:42
_Do you set the location the same as how you set the location of JLabel/JTextField, etc..._ Yes, you use a LayoutManager to do that. Never call yourself `setLocation/setSize/setBounds/setPreferredSize`! — Guillaume Polet, Feb 27 '13 at 15:00

nsgulliver · Answer 1 · 2013-02-27T14:55:10.717

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It generally depends on which layout you are using, but one way to add the radio button group is via JPanel as i mentioned in the comment earlier.

JRadioButton maleRB   = new JRadioButton("Male"  , true);
JRadioButton femaleRB    = new JRadioButton("Female"   , false);

ButtonGroup bgroup = new ButtonGroup();
bgroup.add(maleRB);
bgroup.add(femaleRB);

JPanel radioPanel = new JPanel();
radioPanel.setLayout(new GridLayout(r, c)); // here r could be 1 and c could be 2 
radioPanel.add(maleRB);
radioPanel.add(femaleRB);

edited Feb 27 '13 at 14:55

answered Feb 27 '13 at 14:49

nsgulliver

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I have a problem. I tried this, but it doesn't show up in the frame. What's wrong? – Ciara Mar 01 '13 at 01:10

score 0 · Answer 2 · answered Feb 27 '13 at 14:44

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Just add them to a JPanel the same way you would anything else.

ButtonGroup just wires their events together so that only one can be selected at once. It isn't a graphical Swing component itself.

answered Feb 27 '13 at 14:44

David Lavender

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score -1 · Answer 3 · answered Feb 06 '23 at 03:35

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I had the same issue. Just do

button.setbounds(x,y,z,w); // your coordinates,length and width button.setLayout(null);

answered Feb 06 '23 at 03:35

CrustyCrustecean

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score -2 · Answer 4 · edited May 30 '15 at 06:46

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YourButton.setBounds(X, Y, Z, MAX_ENTRIES);

Example:

Duck.setBounds(75, 100, 75, MAX_ENTRIES);

edited May 30 '15 at 06:46

Sam

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answered May 30 '15 at 06:14

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How do I set the location of Radio Buttons?

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