This is my first time using swing and I'm having issues with the JPanel












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I am working on a program for my school to use. It is like match.com, but for a public school. Yes there has been permission from the school to do this.



This is the first time I have ever used swing and I am having an issue with adding my JPanel to my JFrame so that I can see and use the button.



    private void Framing()
{
JPanel Panel = new JPanel();
Panel.setLayout(new BorderLayout());
JFrame Frame = new JFrame("Warning");
Frame.setUndecorated(true);
JButton OK = new JButton("EXIT");
OK.addActionListener((ActionEvent event) -> {System.exit(0);});
OK.setBounds(100,100,100,100);
Panel.add(OK, BorderLayout.CENTER);
Frame.getContentPane().add(Panel, BorderLayout.CENTER);
Panel.setLocation((Frame.getWidth()-Panel.getWidth())/2,0);
Frame.setExtendedState(JFrame.MAXIMIZED_BOTH);
Frame.setLocation(600, 300);
Frame.setResizable(false);
Frame.setLayout(null);
Frame.setVisible(true);
}


What is the fastest way to fix the issue with the panel not even showing up?
Any solutions are welcomed.










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  • "It is like match.com" sounds like this will be a web application. In that case I'd recommend not using Swing but a proper web framework like JSF. If it is meant to be a desktop application then I'd recommend to look into JavaFX, especially since you are starting to learn about the framework anyways.

    – Thomas
    Jan 17 at 16:22






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    Btw, please learn the Java code conventions and use them. This will save you a lot of headaches. As an Example take this line: Panel.add(OK, BorderLayout.CENTER);. Here you don't know whether Panel is a class and thus add is a static method or not. According to the conventions it should be but you defined JPanel Panel = new JPanel(); - that makes things confusing in the long run. The same goes for Frame and OK.

    – Thomas
    Jan 17 at 16:24













  • You also shouldn't use a null layout. If you want, you can create your own layout. If you really need to use a null layout, the bounds must be set. Actually, you're not changing the size of your JPanel, it's leaved to 0x0.

    – Snowy_1803
    Jan 17 at 17:11






  • 2





    just remove the line with setLayout(null) - by default JFrame comes with a BorderLayout which is good to start with (and you are already adding the panel with BorderLayout.CENTER) [assuming that this method i being correctly called...]

    – Carlos Heuberger
    Jan 17 at 18:15








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    have a look at the official tutorial about Layout Managers (also check the others sections of that trail)

    – Carlos Heuberger
    Jan 17 at 18:29


















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I am working on a program for my school to use. It is like match.com, but for a public school. Yes there has been permission from the school to do this.



This is the first time I have ever used swing and I am having an issue with adding my JPanel to my JFrame so that I can see and use the button.



    private void Framing()
{
JPanel Panel = new JPanel();
Panel.setLayout(new BorderLayout());
JFrame Frame = new JFrame("Warning");
Frame.setUndecorated(true);
JButton OK = new JButton("EXIT");
OK.addActionListener((ActionEvent event) -> {System.exit(0);});
OK.setBounds(100,100,100,100);
Panel.add(OK, BorderLayout.CENTER);
Frame.getContentPane().add(Panel, BorderLayout.CENTER);
Panel.setLocation((Frame.getWidth()-Panel.getWidth())/2,0);
Frame.setExtendedState(JFrame.MAXIMIZED_BOTH);
Frame.setLocation(600, 300);
Frame.setResizable(false);
Frame.setLayout(null);
Frame.setVisible(true);
}


What is the fastest way to fix the issue with the panel not even showing up?
Any solutions are welcomed.










share|improve this question

























  • "It is like match.com" sounds like this will be a web application. In that case I'd recommend not using Swing but a proper web framework like JSF. If it is meant to be a desktop application then I'd recommend to look into JavaFX, especially since you are starting to learn about the framework anyways.

    – Thomas
    Jan 17 at 16:22






  • 1





    Btw, please learn the Java code conventions and use them. This will save you a lot of headaches. As an Example take this line: Panel.add(OK, BorderLayout.CENTER);. Here you don't know whether Panel is a class and thus add is a static method or not. According to the conventions it should be but you defined JPanel Panel = new JPanel(); - that makes things confusing in the long run. The same goes for Frame and OK.

    – Thomas
    Jan 17 at 16:24













  • You also shouldn't use a null layout. If you want, you can create your own layout. If you really need to use a null layout, the bounds must be set. Actually, you're not changing the size of your JPanel, it's leaved to 0x0.

    – Snowy_1803
    Jan 17 at 17:11






  • 2





    just remove the line with setLayout(null) - by default JFrame comes with a BorderLayout which is good to start with (and you are already adding the panel with BorderLayout.CENTER) [assuming that this method i being correctly called...]

    – Carlos Heuberger
    Jan 17 at 18:15








  • 1





    have a look at the official tutorial about Layout Managers (also check the others sections of that trail)

    – Carlos Heuberger
    Jan 17 at 18:29
















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I am working on a program for my school to use. It is like match.com, but for a public school. Yes there has been permission from the school to do this.



This is the first time I have ever used swing and I am having an issue with adding my JPanel to my JFrame so that I can see and use the button.



    private void Framing()
{
JPanel Panel = new JPanel();
Panel.setLayout(new BorderLayout());
JFrame Frame = new JFrame("Warning");
Frame.setUndecorated(true);
JButton OK = new JButton("EXIT");
OK.addActionListener((ActionEvent event) -> {System.exit(0);});
OK.setBounds(100,100,100,100);
Panel.add(OK, BorderLayout.CENTER);
Frame.getContentPane().add(Panel, BorderLayout.CENTER);
Panel.setLocation((Frame.getWidth()-Panel.getWidth())/2,0);
Frame.setExtendedState(JFrame.MAXIMIZED_BOTH);
Frame.setLocation(600, 300);
Frame.setResizable(false);
Frame.setLayout(null);
Frame.setVisible(true);
}


What is the fastest way to fix the issue with the panel not even showing up?
Any solutions are welcomed.










share|improve this question
















I am working on a program for my school to use. It is like match.com, but for a public school. Yes there has been permission from the school to do this.



This is the first time I have ever used swing and I am having an issue with adding my JPanel to my JFrame so that I can see and use the button.



    private void Framing()
{
JPanel Panel = new JPanel();
Panel.setLayout(new BorderLayout());
JFrame Frame = new JFrame("Warning");
Frame.setUndecorated(true);
JButton OK = new JButton("EXIT");
OK.addActionListener((ActionEvent event) -> {System.exit(0);});
OK.setBounds(100,100,100,100);
Panel.add(OK, BorderLayout.CENTER);
Frame.getContentPane().add(Panel, BorderLayout.CENTER);
Panel.setLocation((Frame.getWidth()-Panel.getWidth())/2,0);
Frame.setExtendedState(JFrame.MAXIMIZED_BOTH);
Frame.setLocation(600, 300);
Frame.setResizable(false);
Frame.setLayout(null);
Frame.setVisible(true);
}


What is the fastest way to fix the issue with the panel not even showing up?
Any solutions are welcomed.







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  • "It is like match.com" sounds like this will be a web application. In that case I'd recommend not using Swing but a proper web framework like JSF. If it is meant to be a desktop application then I'd recommend to look into JavaFX, especially since you are starting to learn about the framework anyways.

    – Thomas
    Jan 17 at 16:22






  • 1





    Btw, please learn the Java code conventions and use them. This will save you a lot of headaches. As an Example take this line: Panel.add(OK, BorderLayout.CENTER);. Here you don't know whether Panel is a class and thus add is a static method or not. According to the conventions it should be but you defined JPanel Panel = new JPanel(); - that makes things confusing in the long run. The same goes for Frame and OK.

    – Thomas
    Jan 17 at 16:24













  • You also shouldn't use a null layout. If you want, you can create your own layout. If you really need to use a null layout, the bounds must be set. Actually, you're not changing the size of your JPanel, it's leaved to 0x0.

    – Snowy_1803
    Jan 17 at 17:11






  • 2





    just remove the line with setLayout(null) - by default JFrame comes with a BorderLayout which is good to start with (and you are already adding the panel with BorderLayout.CENTER) [assuming that this method i being correctly called...]

    – Carlos Heuberger
    Jan 17 at 18:15








  • 1





    have a look at the official tutorial about Layout Managers (also check the others sections of that trail)

    – Carlos Heuberger
    Jan 17 at 18:29





















  • "It is like match.com" sounds like this will be a web application. In that case I'd recommend not using Swing but a proper web framework like JSF. If it is meant to be a desktop application then I'd recommend to look into JavaFX, especially since you are starting to learn about the framework anyways.

    – Thomas
    Jan 17 at 16:22






  • 1





    Btw, please learn the Java code conventions and use them. This will save you a lot of headaches. As an Example take this line: Panel.add(OK, BorderLayout.CENTER);. Here you don't know whether Panel is a class and thus add is a static method or not. According to the conventions it should be but you defined JPanel Panel = new JPanel(); - that makes things confusing in the long run. The same goes for Frame and OK.

    – Thomas
    Jan 17 at 16:24













  • You also shouldn't use a null layout. If you want, you can create your own layout. If you really need to use a null layout, the bounds must be set. Actually, you're not changing the size of your JPanel, it's leaved to 0x0.

    – Snowy_1803
    Jan 17 at 17:11






  • 2





    just remove the line with setLayout(null) - by default JFrame comes with a BorderLayout which is good to start with (and you are already adding the panel with BorderLayout.CENTER) [assuming that this method i being correctly called...]

    – Carlos Heuberger
    Jan 17 at 18:15








  • 1





    have a look at the official tutorial about Layout Managers (also check the others sections of that trail)

    – Carlos Heuberger
    Jan 17 at 18:29



















"It is like match.com" sounds like this will be a web application. In that case I'd recommend not using Swing but a proper web framework like JSF. If it is meant to be a desktop application then I'd recommend to look into JavaFX, especially since you are starting to learn about the framework anyways.

– Thomas
Jan 17 at 16:22





"It is like match.com" sounds like this will be a web application. In that case I'd recommend not using Swing but a proper web framework like JSF. If it is meant to be a desktop application then I'd recommend to look into JavaFX, especially since you are starting to learn about the framework anyways.

– Thomas
Jan 17 at 16:22




1




1





Btw, please learn the Java code conventions and use them. This will save you a lot of headaches. As an Example take this line: Panel.add(OK, BorderLayout.CENTER);. Here you don't know whether Panel is a class and thus add is a static method or not. According to the conventions it should be but you defined JPanel Panel = new JPanel(); - that makes things confusing in the long run. The same goes for Frame and OK.

– Thomas
Jan 17 at 16:24







Btw, please learn the Java code conventions and use them. This will save you a lot of headaches. As an Example take this line: Panel.add(OK, BorderLayout.CENTER);. Here you don't know whether Panel is a class and thus add is a static method or not. According to the conventions it should be but you defined JPanel Panel = new JPanel(); - that makes things confusing in the long run. The same goes for Frame and OK.

– Thomas
Jan 17 at 16:24















You also shouldn't use a null layout. If you want, you can create your own layout. If you really need to use a null layout, the bounds must be set. Actually, you're not changing the size of your JPanel, it's leaved to 0x0.

– Snowy_1803
Jan 17 at 17:11





You also shouldn't use a null layout. If you want, you can create your own layout. If you really need to use a null layout, the bounds must be set. Actually, you're not changing the size of your JPanel, it's leaved to 0x0.

– Snowy_1803
Jan 17 at 17:11




2




2





just remove the line with setLayout(null) - by default JFrame comes with a BorderLayout which is good to start with (and you are already adding the panel with BorderLayout.CENTER) [assuming that this method i being correctly called...]

– Carlos Heuberger
Jan 17 at 18:15







just remove the line with setLayout(null) - by default JFrame comes with a BorderLayout which is good to start with (and you are already adding the panel with BorderLayout.CENTER) [assuming that this method i being correctly called...]

– Carlos Heuberger
Jan 17 at 18:15






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1





have a look at the official tutorial about Layout Managers (also check the others sections of that trail)

– Carlos Heuberger
Jan 17 at 18:29







have a look at the official tutorial about Layout Managers (also check the others sections of that trail)

– Carlos Heuberger
Jan 17 at 18:29














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Since you are a new Swing programmer, I'll try to explain with below sample code. Here I have taken your code and done few changes. See my comments in the code.



With these changes, now the program works and shows a window with a big button. When user clicks the button program exits.



import javax.swing.*;
import java.awt.BorderLayout;
import java.awt.event.ActionEvent;

public class SwingTest
{
private void Framing() //Better method name would be "showFrame()"
{
JPanel Panel = new JPanel(); //Better variable name would be "panel"
Panel.setLayout(new BorderLayout());
JFrame Frame = new JFrame("Warning"); //Better variable name would be "frame"
Frame.setUndecorated(true);
JButton OK = new JButton("EXIT"); //Better variable name would be "exitButton"
OK.addActionListener((ActionEvent event) -> {System.exit(0);});

//Not necessary. Layout manager will handle this.
//OK.setBounds(100,100,100,100);

Panel.add(OK, BorderLayout.CENTER);
Frame.getContentPane().add(Panel, BorderLayout.CENTER);

//Not necessary. Layout manager will handle this.
//Panel.setLocation((Frame.getWidth()-Panel.getWidth())/2,0);

Frame.setExtendedState(JFrame.MAXIMIZED_BOTH);
Frame.setLocation(600, 300);
Frame.setResizable(false);

//This is the main problem. You should avoid this.
//Frame.setLayout(null);

Frame.setVisible(true);
}

public static void main(String args)
{
new SwingTest().Framing();
}
}





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    Since you are a new Swing programmer, I'll try to explain with below sample code. Here I have taken your code and done few changes. See my comments in the code.



    With these changes, now the program works and shows a window with a big button. When user clicks the button program exits.



    import javax.swing.*;
    import java.awt.BorderLayout;
    import java.awt.event.ActionEvent;

    public class SwingTest
    {
    private void Framing() //Better method name would be "showFrame()"
    {
    JPanel Panel = new JPanel(); //Better variable name would be "panel"
    Panel.setLayout(new BorderLayout());
    JFrame Frame = new JFrame("Warning"); //Better variable name would be "frame"
    Frame.setUndecorated(true);
    JButton OK = new JButton("EXIT"); //Better variable name would be "exitButton"
    OK.addActionListener((ActionEvent event) -> {System.exit(0);});

    //Not necessary. Layout manager will handle this.
    //OK.setBounds(100,100,100,100);

    Panel.add(OK, BorderLayout.CENTER);
    Frame.getContentPane().add(Panel, BorderLayout.CENTER);

    //Not necessary. Layout manager will handle this.
    //Panel.setLocation((Frame.getWidth()-Panel.getWidth())/2,0);

    Frame.setExtendedState(JFrame.MAXIMIZED_BOTH);
    Frame.setLocation(600, 300);
    Frame.setResizable(false);

    //This is the main problem. You should avoid this.
    //Frame.setLayout(null);

    Frame.setVisible(true);
    }

    public static void main(String args)
    {
    new SwingTest().Framing();
    }
    }





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      Since you are a new Swing programmer, I'll try to explain with below sample code. Here I have taken your code and done few changes. See my comments in the code.



      With these changes, now the program works and shows a window with a big button. When user clicks the button program exits.



      import javax.swing.*;
      import java.awt.BorderLayout;
      import java.awt.event.ActionEvent;

      public class SwingTest
      {
      private void Framing() //Better method name would be "showFrame()"
      {
      JPanel Panel = new JPanel(); //Better variable name would be "panel"
      Panel.setLayout(new BorderLayout());
      JFrame Frame = new JFrame("Warning"); //Better variable name would be "frame"
      Frame.setUndecorated(true);
      JButton OK = new JButton("EXIT"); //Better variable name would be "exitButton"
      OK.addActionListener((ActionEvent event) -> {System.exit(0);});

      //Not necessary. Layout manager will handle this.
      //OK.setBounds(100,100,100,100);

      Panel.add(OK, BorderLayout.CENTER);
      Frame.getContentPane().add(Panel, BorderLayout.CENTER);

      //Not necessary. Layout manager will handle this.
      //Panel.setLocation((Frame.getWidth()-Panel.getWidth())/2,0);

      Frame.setExtendedState(JFrame.MAXIMIZED_BOTH);
      Frame.setLocation(600, 300);
      Frame.setResizable(false);

      //This is the main problem. You should avoid this.
      //Frame.setLayout(null);

      Frame.setVisible(true);
      }

      public static void main(String args)
      {
      new SwingTest().Framing();
      }
      }





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        Since you are a new Swing programmer, I'll try to explain with below sample code. Here I have taken your code and done few changes. See my comments in the code.



        With these changes, now the program works and shows a window with a big button. When user clicks the button program exits.



        import javax.swing.*;
        import java.awt.BorderLayout;
        import java.awt.event.ActionEvent;

        public class SwingTest
        {
        private void Framing() //Better method name would be "showFrame()"
        {
        JPanel Panel = new JPanel(); //Better variable name would be "panel"
        Panel.setLayout(new BorderLayout());
        JFrame Frame = new JFrame("Warning"); //Better variable name would be "frame"
        Frame.setUndecorated(true);
        JButton OK = new JButton("EXIT"); //Better variable name would be "exitButton"
        OK.addActionListener((ActionEvent event) -> {System.exit(0);});

        //Not necessary. Layout manager will handle this.
        //OK.setBounds(100,100,100,100);

        Panel.add(OK, BorderLayout.CENTER);
        Frame.getContentPane().add(Panel, BorderLayout.CENTER);

        //Not necessary. Layout manager will handle this.
        //Panel.setLocation((Frame.getWidth()-Panel.getWidth())/2,0);

        Frame.setExtendedState(JFrame.MAXIMIZED_BOTH);
        Frame.setLocation(600, 300);
        Frame.setResizable(false);

        //This is the main problem. You should avoid this.
        //Frame.setLayout(null);

        Frame.setVisible(true);
        }

        public static void main(String args)
        {
        new SwingTest().Framing();
        }
        }





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        Since you are a new Swing programmer, I'll try to explain with below sample code. Here I have taken your code and done few changes. See my comments in the code.



        With these changes, now the program works and shows a window with a big button. When user clicks the button program exits.



        import javax.swing.*;
        import java.awt.BorderLayout;
        import java.awt.event.ActionEvent;

        public class SwingTest
        {
        private void Framing() //Better method name would be "showFrame()"
        {
        JPanel Panel = new JPanel(); //Better variable name would be "panel"
        Panel.setLayout(new BorderLayout());
        JFrame Frame = new JFrame("Warning"); //Better variable name would be "frame"
        Frame.setUndecorated(true);
        JButton OK = new JButton("EXIT"); //Better variable name would be "exitButton"
        OK.addActionListener((ActionEvent event) -> {System.exit(0);});

        //Not necessary. Layout manager will handle this.
        //OK.setBounds(100,100,100,100);

        Panel.add(OK, BorderLayout.CENTER);
        Frame.getContentPane().add(Panel, BorderLayout.CENTER);

        //Not necessary. Layout manager will handle this.
        //Panel.setLocation((Frame.getWidth()-Panel.getWidth())/2,0);

        Frame.setExtendedState(JFrame.MAXIMIZED_BOTH);
        Frame.setLocation(600, 300);
        Frame.setResizable(false);

        //This is the main problem. You should avoid this.
        //Frame.setLayout(null);

        Frame.setVisible(true);
        }

        public static void main(String args)
        {
        new SwingTest().Framing();
        }
        }






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