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A CardLayout is a graphical layout manager for a container. It treats each component in the container as a card. Only one card is visible at a time, and the container acts as a stack of cards.

A CardLayout is a graphical layout manager for a Container. It treats each component in the container as a card. Only one card is visible at a time, and the container acts as a stack of cards.

For Java Swing, see How to Use CardLayout.

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Java how to add image as background in layout

I have a class that uses a CardLayout which has two cards that have a button on them. What I would like to be able to do is put an image that would act like a background such as a desktop background in Windows. The program eventually will have…
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java.lang.IllegalArgumentException: cannot add to layout: constraint must be a string

I am having difficulty with CardLayout Manager in my code. I can't figure out why i am getting this exception. I am passing a string in the CardLayout.show() method but still i get this error. Please help. This is my main…
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Cardlayout addLayoutComponent() API

I'm a bit confused by the logic that's been used to arrive at the current API for addLayoutComponent(). There's two methods, one that takes a string and a component, and the other that takes an object and a component (but fails at runtime unless…
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Get focus on a JTextField inside a CardLayout

I have a JTextField inside a JPanel A which is a part of CardLayout. When this A gets shown, I want to set the focus automatically to the JTextField (i.e. the cursor is flashing in the text field so the user doesn't need to click on it to enable the…
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Check if a card with a name is present in a CardLayout

I have a CardLayout in which I add cards only as needed. So, when the need arises to show a particular card (identifed by its name), I need a way to check if a card with that name is already present, so that I can either show or create it…
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CardLayout - How to Delete current card (Java Swing)

How would one delete the current card that the user is on. I know how to go through a card layout using the next and previous function, but how would one remove the current frame that the user is on? For example, if I have a program where I am…
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Java Swing - CardLayout, how to 'update' cards while running?

I am pretty new at . Java Swing, and am using the CardLayout for my application. In this app a user can create activities and, in an other JPanel, view the existing ones. I am having trouble updating the card (where the label is in). If I add the…
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Strange problem with java CardLayout in JFrame

hello i have a Jframe with a CardLayout and 3 cards. I have an ActionListener on a button on the first card. This code is working well: JButton btnLogin = new JButton("Login"); btnLogin.addActionListener(new ActionListener() { public void…
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How to use card layout with IntelliJ's form builder?

I'm having trouble getting my program to switch JPanels when I press the nextButton using card layout. This is what it looks like: I want the program to switch to the "customerSearch" JPanel. It has the Card Name & name of Card2. panelContainer has…
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Showing the previous tab of CardLayout

I'm having trouble figuring this one out. The situation is no difficult to imagine so I hope I could post this without a sample code. I have JPanel with CardLayout. The panel contains several other panels as individual tabs. What I'm trying to…
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how to return to my main panel in java?

I want to back to the main panel in my java application with a jMenuItem, my panels and other stuff are set with a CardLayout. So I have 3 panels and from any of them I want to be able to return to the first panel using this menu item to start a new…
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Android create item in GridView with round corners and ImageView

I have a GriView in which every element is a card with rounded corners. At the top of it there's an ImageView loaded from the net. I would like to fit the image inside the card so that it will have the top corners rounded. I've tryied with…
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Event Handling Between Two Classes

I have been searching for hours and still haven't found what I need, nor any tutorials/help guides/forums to point me in the right direction. I have two separate classes that I need to implement an action listener. I'm able to go to one class from…
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GridBagLayout misbehaving. Horizontal distribution problems

This is what I am trying to achieve: |--0--|--1--|--2--|--3--|--4--|--5--|--6--|--7--|--8--|--9--| 0 | |JLabe|l----|-----|-----|-----|-----|-----|-----|-----| 1 | | |JLabe|l----|-----|-----|-----|-----|-----|-----| 2 | | | …
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CardLayout (swing) with action listeners on buttons?

I've been trying to figure out CardLayout with action listeners on button (so like - starts on a load-up page- and on a button click switches to a different "card" my code won't even run right now i'm not entirely sure why - most implementations I…
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