I am trying to place two JButtons in an applet without using a layout manager, I start by creating the JButtons in init() and then call setLayout(null) and setBounds() on each button like this:
setLayout(null);
button1 =new JButton("Manage uploads");
button2 =new JButton("Manage uploads");
add(button1);
add(button2);
But I do not see any buttons on the applet. What am I doing wrong here?
Thanks in advance
I am using setBounds, I missed that bit when I pasted the code, the real code is:
setLayout(null);
button1 = new JButton("Manage uploads");
button2 = new JButton("Manage uploads");
add(button1);
add(button2);
button1.setBounds(WIDTH - 100, HEIGHT - 75, 45, 24);
button2.setBounds(WIDTH - 100, HEIGHT - 75, 45, 24);
I'm having issues with the drawing now when the control is resized. I am custom painting the background of the control by using the paint event to draw the contents. At the end of the paint event I call setBounds() to move the buttons to the correct place but they disappear. What is the best way to move the buttons when the applet resizes?
Ummm... use a layout manager.
I know, I know... you've heard it right... but trust me, try the GridBagLayout, and
Component.setLocation(int x, int y) - Moves this component to a new location.
I've been down the same path as you, went quit mad, asked for help, and ended up with a half-clean mostly-usable solution using a GridBag. No I don't have that code, and its proprietory, so I couldn't post it anyway.
OK, I have used the GridBagLayout and setLocation and it is working almost correctly. If I resize the control really quickly I can see the controls being drawn and then drawn over so when I stop resizing the controls are gone.
I call setLocation() at the end of my paint event, I am assuming this is not the correct place to do it but I thought if I set the control location after I have finsihed painting it would draw them on top of my custom drawing but that doesn't appear to be the case.
What would be the correct way to draw these controls on top of my custom drawing?
