Placing panels with JTable

Question

I have a GUI with a JPanel and this panel adds 2 more panels. So I want one of this two panels to be in the highest quarter of the frame with a JComboBox and the other should be in the other 3 quarters of the frame and has a JTable in it. But with setBounds method I can't place them right I think because of the table.

If someone already had the same problem and could help me, that would be great.

use IDE gui builder it will solve about 90% of your problems regarding gui building — Maciej Cygan, Oct 16 '13 at 09:13
@MaciejCygan at the price of introducing just the same (if you are lucky) amount of trouble :-) — kleopatra, Oct 16 '13 at 11:00

score 1 · Accepted Answer · answered Oct 16 '13 at 09:13

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Not tested, but give this a try.

JPanel p1 = new JPanel();
int x = getWidth();
int y = getHeight() * 0.25;
int y2 = getHeight() * 0.75;
p1.setPreferredSize(new Dimension(x, y);
p1.add(yourFirsPanel);

JPanel p2 = new JPanel();
p2.setPreferredSize(new Dimension(x, y2);

JPanel p3 = new JPanel(new BorderLayout());
p3.add(p1, BorderLayout(NORTH));
p3.add(p2, BorderLayout(CENTER));

answered Oct 16 '13 at 09:13

Paul Samsotha

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See [Should I avoid the use of set(Preferred|Maximum|Minimum)Size methods in Java Swing?](http://stackoverflow.com/q/7229226/418556) (**Yes.**) - OP Provide ASCII art of the GUI (or a drawing) as it should appear in smallest size and (if resizable) with extra width/height. – Andrew Thompson Oct 16 '13 at 09:39
@JUNGE not everthing that appears to solve a problem is a real solution :-) So, don't, your layout most probably will blow on the slightest change. Instead, use a suitable LayoutManager. – kleopatra Oct 16 '13 at 10:58

Placing panels with JTable

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