Java GridBagLayout - Any ideas?

radioactiveman wrote: »

Hi Please help with this GridBagLayout I am doing (in java).
All is ok, except the spacing. This code won't compile on its own but you can see the problem in the image - all of the components on the first line are spaced out.

Ideally they would be one after the other from left to right with only 10 pixels between each of them.

btw I have to do this manually for an assignment....:mad:

JPanel searchPanel = new JPanel();
	searchPanel.setBorder(BorderFactory.createCompoundBorder(BorderFactory.createTitledBorder("Search"), BorderFactory
		.createEmptyBorder(5, 5, 5, 5)));
			
		
	// Set up the gbl for the search panel
	GridBagLayout gbl = new GridBagLayout();
	searchPanel.setLayout(gbl);
		
	GridBagConstraints gbc = new GridBagConstraints();
	
	// Define all of the components
	JLabel search = new JLabel("Search for: ");
	// searchText is already done
	JLabel searchIn = new JLabel("In: ");
	searchFields = new JComboBox(new String[] {"Name", 
				                       "First Name",						          "Last Name",
					          "Team",							          "County"}); 
	// searchButton is a JButton		
	gbc.gridx = 0;
	gbc.gridy = 0;
	gbc.gridwidth = 1;
	gbc.gridheight = 1;
	gbc.weightx = 1.0;
	gbc.weighty = 1.0;
	gbc.fill = GridBagConstraints.NONE;
	gbc.anchor = GridBagConstraints.NORTHWEST;
	gbc.ipadx = 0; 
	gbc.insets = new Insets(1, 5, 0, 10);
	gbl.setConstraints(search, gbc);
	searchPanel.add(search);
		
	gbc.gridx = 1;
	gbc.gridy = 0;
	gbc.gridwidth = 1;
	gbc.gridheight = 1;
	gbc.weightx = 0.0;
	gbc.weighty = 0; 
	gbc.fill = GridBagConstraints.NONE;
	gbc.anchor = GridBagConstraints.NORTHWEST;
	gbc.insets = new Insets(1, 1, 0, 10);
	gbl.setConstraints(searchText, gbc);
	searchPanel.add(searchText);
	
	gbc.gridx = 2;
	gbc.gridy = 0;
	gbc.gridwidth = 1;
	gbc.gridheight = 1;
	gbc.weightx = 1.0;
	gbc.weighty = 0; 
	gbc.fill = GridBagConstraints.NONE;
	gbc.anchor = GridBagConstraints.NORTHWEST;
	gbc.insets = new Insets(1, 1, 0, 10);
	gbl.setConstraints(searchIn, gbc);
	searchPanel.add(searchIn);
	
	gbc.gridx = 3;
	gbc.gridy = 0;
	gbc.gridwidth = 1;
	gbc.gridheight = 1;
	gbc.weightx = 1.0;
	gbc.weighty = 0; 
	gbc.fill = GridBagConstraints.NONE;
	gbc.anchor = GridBagConstraints.NORTHWEST;
	gbc.insets = new Insets(1, 1, 0, 10);
	gbl.setConstraints(searchFields, gbc);
	searchPanel.add(searchFields);
	
	gbc.gridx = 4;
	gbc.gridy = 0;
	gbc.gridwidth = 1;
	gbc.gridheight = 1;
	gbc.weightx = 1.0;
	gbc.weighty = 0; // already defined
	gbc.fill = GridBagConstraints.NONE;
	gbc.anchor = GridBagConstraints.NORTHWEST;
	gbc.insets = new Insets(1, 1, 0, 40);
	gbl.setConstraints(searchButton, gbc);
	searchPanel.add(searchButton);
	
	
	gbc.gridx = 0;
	gbc.gridy = 1;
	gbc.gridwidth = 1;
	gbc.gridheight = 1;
	gbc.weightx = 0;
	gbc.weighty = 1.0; 
	gbc.fill = GridBagConstraints.NONE;
	gbc.anchor = GridBagConstraints.NORTHWEST;
	gbc.insets = new Insets(0, 0, 0, 0);
	gbl.setConstraints(exactMatch, gbc);
	searchPanel.add(exactMatch);
		
		
	caseSensitive = new JCheckBox("Case Sensitive");
	gbc.gridx = 0;
	gbc.gridy = 2;
	gbc.gridwidth = 1;
	gbc.gridheight = 1;
	gbc.weightx = 0;
	gbc.weighty = 1.0; 
	gbc.fill = GridBagConstraints.NONE;
	gbc.anchor = GridBagConstraints.NORTHWEST;
	gbc.insets = new Insets(0, 0, 0, 0);
	gbl.setConstraints(caseSensitive, gbc);
	searchPanel.add(caseSensitive);
	
	JButton advanced = new JButton("Advanced Search...");
	gbc.gridx = 0;
	gbc.gridy = 3;
	gbc.gridwidth = 1;
	gbc.gridheight = 1;
	gbc.weightx = 0; 
	gbc.weighty = 1.0; 
	gbc.fill = GridBagConstraints.NONE;
	gbc.anchor = GridBagConstraints.NORTHWEST;
	gbc.insets = new Insets(0, 0, 0, 0);
	gbl.setConstraints(advanced, gbc);
	searchPanel.add(advanced);
	
             searchPanel.setPreferredSize(new Dimension(850, 160));