Re: Help needed to get my GUI to work
In article <87zlfdqyed.fsf@gmail.com>,
timo.myyra@gmail.com (Timo Myyr??) wrote:
I'm making my first bigger Java application and I'm having some
trouble getting the GUI to work.
I'm trying to use the MigLayout to make a form with label textfield
pairs to get settings from the user.
The bigger GUI picture is frame that has cardlayout. SettingPanel is
one of the cards and this works just fine. In the SettingPanel I want
to choose what to display according to the combobox value. If MySQL
is selected then it will show MySQL labels and textboxes.
Currently the SettingPanel only displays the combobox and nothing
else. I can select MySQL and SQLite from it but neither has any
visible effect.
Your code lacks a main(); an <http://pscode.org/sscce.html> would help.
I found <http://www.miglayout.com/>, but I don't see your Controller. It
appears you weren't adding or handling the card panels in jbInit(). See
<http://java.sun.com/docs/books/tutorial/uiswing/layout/card.html>
<code>
package quotedb;
import javax.swing.*;
import java.awt.*;
import java.awt.event.*;
import net.miginfocom.swing.MigLayout;
public class SettingPanel extends JPanel {
private static final long serialVersionUID = 1L;
private final static String OPTION_MYSQL = "MySQL";
private final static String OPTION_SQLITE = "SQLite";
private JTextField mysqlUrlTxt, mysqlDBNameTxt, mysqlDriverTxt;
private JTextField mysqlUsernameTxt, mysqlPasswordTxt;
private JLabel mysqlUrlLbl, mysqlDBNameLbl, mysqlDriverLbl;
private JLabel mysqlUsernameLbl, mysqlPasswordLbl;
private JTextField sqliteUrlTxt, sqliteDBNameTxt, sqliteDriverTxt;
private String activeEngine;
private JPanel cards;
public static void main(String[] args) {
EventQueue.invokeLater(new Runnable() {
//@Override
public void run() {
new SettingPanel();
}
});
}
public SettingPanel() {
JFrame frame = new JFrame();
frame.setDefaultCloseOperation(JFrame.EXIT_ON_CLOSE);
jbInit();
frame.add(this);
frame.pack();
frame.setVisible(true);
}
/**
* Component initialization.
*/
private void jbInit() {
// init engine
activeEngine = new String("none");
// create cards where to store all database options
cards = new JPanel(new CardLayout());
JPanel card_mysql = new JPanel(
new MigLayout("fill, insets 10, gap 2"));
JPanel card_sqlite =
new JPanel(new MigLayout("fill, insets 10, gap 2"));
// create components for MySQL
mysqlUrlTxt = new JTextField(30);
mysqlDBNameTxt = new JTextField(30);
mysqlDriverTxt = new JTextField(30);
mysqlUsernameTxt = new JTextField(30);
mysqlPasswordTxt = new JTextField(30);
// add components to card
card_mysql.add(new JLabel("Database name:"), "gap unrelated");
card_mysql.add(mysqlDBNameTxt, "wrap");
card_mysql.add(new JLabel("Username:"), "gap unrelated");
card_mysql.add(mysqlUsernameTxt, "wrap");
card_mysql.add(new JLabel("Password:"), "gap unrelated");
card_mysql.add(mysqlPasswordTxt, "wrap");
card_mysql.add(new JButton("Save"));
// create components for SQLite
sqliteUrlTxt = new JTextField(30);
sqliteDBNameTxt = new JTextField(30);
// add components to card
card_sqlite.add(new JLabel("Database name"), "gap unrelated");
card_sqlite.add(sqliteDBNameTxt, "wrap");
card_sqlite.add(new JButton("Save"));
// add cards to panel
JPanel comboBoxPane = new JPanel();
String comboBoxItems[] = {OPTION_MYSQL, OPTION_SQLITE};
JComboBox cb = new JComboBox(comboBoxItems);
cb.setEditable(false);
cb.addItemListener(new ItemListener() {
public void itemStateChanged(ItemEvent evt) {
activeEngine = (String) evt.getItem();
CardLayout cl = (CardLayout) (cards.getLayout());
cl.show(cards, (String)evt.getItem());
System.out.println("Changing card!");
}
});
comboBoxPane.add(cb);
add(comboBoxPane, BorderLayout.PAGE_START);
cards.add(card_mysql, OPTION_MYSQL);
cards.add(card_sqlite, OPTION_SQLITE);
add(cards, BorderLayout.CENTER);
}
}
</code>
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