how to show items in JOptionPane.showOptionDialog horizontally?

Question

I'm trying to put a TextBox & a Button in a JOptionPane.showOptionDialog horizontally. I've used this code.

JTextField txt = new JTextField();
JButton btn = new JButton("Button");
int value = JOptionPane.showOptionDialog(this,
                    new Object[]{txt, btn},
                    "Hello World",
                    JOptionPane.OK_CANCEL_OPTION, 
                    JOptionPane.INFORMATION_MESSAGE,
                    null, null, null);

But TextBox & Button showing vertically. How can I show them in horizontally ? Please help... Thanks.

score 4 · Accepted Answer · edited May 23 '17 at 12:32

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From here you can actually do it like this, setting an JPanel which has a textfield and a button.

int value = JOptionPane.showOptionDialog(this,
                    getPanel(),
                    "Hello World",
                    JOptionPane.OK_CANCEL_OPTION, 
                    JOptionPane.INFORMATION_MESSAGE,
                    null, null, null);

private JPanel getPanel() {
    JPanel panel = new JPanel();
    JTextField txt = new JTextField(20);
    JButton btn = new JButton("Button");

    panel.add(txt);
    panel.add(btn);

    return panel;
}

EDIT Each JPanel object is initialized to use a FlowLayout, unless you specify differently when creating the JPanel. as per the doc here.

edited May 23 '17 at 12:32

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answered Aug 27 '13 at 09:45

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@JJPA It's working fine. I'm marking this as answered. Thanks a lot. One more question please: How to add items in jPanel vertically ? panel.setLayout(new BoxLayout(panel, BoxLayout.Y_AXIS)); I'm using this, but not working. Thanks in advance. – Temp Expt Aug 27 '13 at 11:14
@TempExpt try with `new BoxLayout(panel, BoxLayout.PAGE_AXIS)` as per the docit alligns components top to bottom I would make use of `new GridLayout(0,1)` instead. Try with that once. But the space will be divided equally. – Vinay Aug 27 '13 at 13:14

how to show items in JOptionPane.showOptionDialog horizontally?

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