Using NetBeans Matisse to build a form with an array of JButtons

Code it by hand. It's not that hard.

JButton [][]buttons = new JButton[NUM_ROWS][NUM_COLUMNS];

for (int row = 0; row < NUM_ROWS; row++) {

for (int row = 0; row < NUM_ROWS; row++) {

{

buttons[row][col] = new JButton();

// set other properties of buttons[row][col]

}

}

If there is a lot of stuff, you could even make a separate method for creating a single button:

private JButton createButton()

{

JButton button = new JButton();

// whatever else

return button;

}

Then, in the "for" loops:

buttons[row][col] = createButton();

doremifasollatidoa at 2007-7-8 8:46:52 >

I got around this by using the wysiwyg editor until I have as many components laid out as I can. It makes it easier to set up frames, set layouts, add components, etc. but you can't do everything with it. Then I copy the code out of the editor into my own file and make all the changes I need and finish it. In my experience you can't make useful guis with only editors, you will have to get your hands dirty with code (gasp!). There are just too many things you need to do that the editor doesn't understand.

hunter9000a at 2007-7-8 8:46:52 >