Okay, so I need your help guys. I don't know what I missed but the insets and anchor is not taking effect even though I've set the layout to GridBag.
I need to put the logout button just above the tabbedpane and position the logout button on the upper right hand corner. In other words, tabbed pane on position gridx = 0, gridy = 1; and logout Button on position gridx = 0, gridy = 0;
Also, the myaccount button, leftpanel and rightpanel which are inside the home panel, won't get the insets i applied.
What am I missing. Please help because I'm new to this layout.
TopPanel.java
package MainComponents;
import java.awt.Color;
import javax.swing.BorderFactory;
import javax.swing.JPanel;
import javax.swing.border.Border;
import MainTab_TabbedPane.TopTabbedPane;
import java.awt.GridBagConstraints;
import java.awt.GridBagLayout;
import javax.swing.JButton;
public class TopPanel extends JPanel {
//DECLARATION
JButton logOutButton = new JButton("Logout");
TopTabbedPane topTabbedPane = new TopTabbedPane();
private final Border myLineBorder = BorderFactory.createLineBorder(Color.BLACK, 2);
//CONSTRUCTOR
public TopPanel(){
setPanelInitialProperties();
addComponents();
}
//METHODS
private void setPanelInitialProperties(){
setLayout(new GridBagLayout());
setBorder(myLineBorder); //sets a Line Border for this panel
}
private void addComponents(){
GridBagConstraints gbc = new GridBagConstraints();
gbc.gridx = 0;
gbc.gridy = 1;
this.add(topTabbedPane); //adds TabbedPane holding Home, Administration... to this Top Panel
gbc.gridx = 0;
gbc.gridy = 0;
this.add(logOutButton);
}
}
HomeTopPanel.java
package HomeTab;
import java.awt.Color;
import java.awt.Dimension;
import java.awt.GridBagConstraints;
import java.awt.GridBagLayout;
import java.awt.Insets;
import javax.swing.BorderFactory;
import javax.swing.JButton;
import javax.swing.JPanel;
import javax.swing.border.Border;
public class HomeTopPanel extends JPanel {
private final JButton MyAccountButton = new JButton("My Account");
private final JPanel leftPanel = new JPanel(new GridBagLayout());
private final JPanel rightPanel = new JPanel(new GridBagLayout());
private final Border leftPanelLineBorder = BorderFactory.createLineBorder(Color.BLACK, 2);
private final Border rightPanelLineBorder = BorderFactory.createLineBorder(Color.BLACK, 2);
//CONSTRUCTOR
public HomeTopPanel(){
constructMyAccountButton();
constructPanels();
setLeftRightPanelBorders();
this.setLayout(new GridBagLayout());
}
private void constructMyAccountButton(){
GridBagConstraints MyAccountButton_gbc = new GridBagConstraints();
MyAccountButton_gbc.gridx = 0; MyAccountButton_gbc.gridy = 0;
MyAccountButton_gbc.anchor = GridBagConstraints.NORTHWEST;
this.add(MyAccountButton);
}
private void constructPanels(){
GridBagConstraints leftPanelgbc = new GridBagConstraints();
GridBagConstraints rightPanelgbc = new GridBagConstraints();
leftPanelgbc.insets = new Insets(3,3,3,3);
leftPanelgbc.gridx = 1; leftPanelgbc.gridy = 0;
leftPanel.setPreferredSize(new Dimension(300, 500));
this.add(leftPanel);
rightPanelgbc.insets = new Insets(3,3,3,3);
rightPanelgbc.gridx = 2; leftPanelgbc.gridy = 0;
rightPanel.setPreferredSize(new Dimension(300, 500));
this.add(rightPanel);
}
private void setLeftRightPanelBorders(){
leftPanel.setBorder(leftPanelLineBorder);
rightPanel.setBorder(rightPanelLineBorder);
this.setBorder(leftPanelLineBorder);
}
}
Thanks in advanced. I'm sure there's something I missed but I don't know.
INSETS won't apply. =( ??
UPDATE:
I added the insets with the following code:
private void constructPanels(){
GridBagConstraints gbc2 = new GridBagConstraints();
gbc2.gridx = 1; gbc2.gridy = 0;
gbc2.insets = new Insets(5, 5, 5, 5);
leftPanel.setPreferredSize(new Dimension(250, 300));
this.add(leftPanel,gbc2);
gbc2.gridx = 2; gbc2.gridy = 0;
gbc2.insets = new Insets(5, 5, 5, 5);
rightPanel.setPreferredSize(new Dimension(300, 500));
this.add(rightPanel,gbc2);
}
but still not getting any inset of 5.