EDIT:: PROBLEM SOLVED DISCOVERED JTEXTAREA
Hello all,
I am new to creating a GUI. What I'm trying to do is this
Here's what I have so far of the GUI
Code:
/**
*
*/
package gui;
import java.awt.BorderLayout;
import java.awt.Dimension;
import java.awt.FlowLayout;
import java.awt.event.ActionEvent;
import java.awt.event.ActionListener;
import javax.swing.BorderFactory;
import javax.swing.JButton;
import javax.swing.JFrame;
import javax.swing.JPanel;
import javax.swing.JTextField;
import reverseMain.ReverseRun;
/**
*
*
*/
public class ReverseTextGUI extends ReverseRun implements ActionListener {
public static JFrame frame;
private JPanel northFlowLayoutPanel;
private JPanel centerFlowLayoutPanel;
private JPanel southFlowLayoutPanel;
private final JButton reverse = new JButton("Reverse");
private final JTextField userInput = new JTextField(50);
private final JTextField reverseOutput = new JTextField(50);
public void actionPerformed(ActionEvent e) {
reverse.addActionListener((ActionListener) reverse);
reverse.setActionCommand("Reverse");
if ("algorithm".equals(e.getActionCommand())) {
System.out.println("test");
}
}
public void initUI() {
northFlowLayoutPanel = new JPanel(new FlowLayout(FlowLayout.CENTER));
northFlowLayoutPanel.add(userInput);
userInput.setPreferredSize(new Dimension(150,100));
centerFlowLayoutPanel = new JPanel(new FlowLayout(FlowLayout.CENTER));
centerFlowLayoutPanel.add(reverse);
southFlowLayoutPanel = new JPanel(new FlowLayout(FlowLayout.CENTER));
southFlowLayoutPanel.setBorder(BorderFactory.createTitledBorder("Output text"));
southFlowLayoutPanel.add(reverseOutput);
reverseOutput.setPreferredSize(new Dimension(150,100));
JFrame frame = new JFrame("Backwardizer");
frame.setLayout(new BorderLayout()); // This is the default layout
frame.add(northFlowLayoutPanel, BorderLayout.PAGE_START);
frame.add(centerFlowLayoutPanel, BorderLayout.CENTER);
frame.add(southFlowLayoutPanel, BorderLayout.PAGE_END);
frame.setDefaultCloseOperation(JFrame.EXIT_ON_CLOSE);
frame.pack();
frame.setLocationRelativeTo(null);
frame.setVisible(true);
frame.setSize(750, 500);
}
}
What I'm having trouble doing is:
- Getting the button to align exactly how I want
- Getting the cursor to start at the top left corner of the textfield
- getting the input/output to use more than one line of the box
I think I can figure out the action listeners and commands to get the button to work and use the input/output text fields, but I'm just having a really hard time getting it to look the way I want it to.
I'm wondering if JTextFields aren't the best way to go at this.
Any ideas?