Question

How to create three editfields like this

 HorizontalFieldManager hfm_city=new HorizontalFieldManager();
 VerticalFieldManager vfm_city = new VerticalFieldManager();
 vfm_city.setBorder(
                  BorderFactory.createBitmapBorder(
                  new XYEdges(12,12,12,12), borderBitmap
                          )
                  ); 
            vfm_city.setMargin(0, 200, 0, 0);
            final EditField city = new EditField("", "", 30, BasicEditField.FILTER_DEFAULT){
                                            String emptyString = "City";
                                            protected void paintBackground(Graphics g) {
                                                g.setBackgroundColor(0xFFFFFF);
                                                g.clear();
                                            }
                                            protected void paint(Graphics g) {
                                                int oldColor = g.getColor();
                                                try {
                                                    g.setColor(0x000000);
                                                    test = super.getText();
                                                    if ( test == null || test.length() < 1 ) {
                                                        //g.setColor(Config.hint_colour);
                                                        g.drawText(emptyString, 0, 0);
                                                    }
                                                    super.paint(g);
                                                } finally {
                                                    g.setColor(oldColor);
                                                }
                                            }
                                          };
                                          vfm_city.add(city);




                                      VerticalFieldManager vfm_state = new VerticalFieldManager();
                                      vfm_state.setBorder(
                                              BorderFactory.createBitmapBorder(
                                                  new XYEdges(12,12,12,12), borderBitmap
                                              )
                                          ); 
                                      vfm_state.setMargin(0, 0, 0, 0);
                                          final EditField state = new EditField("", "", 30, BasicEditField.FILTER_DEFAULT){
                                            String emptyString = "State";
                                            protected void paintBackground(Graphics g) {
                                                g.setBackgroundColor(0xFFFFFF);
                                                g.clear();
                                            }
                                            protected void paint(Graphics g) {
                                                int oldColor = g.getColor();
                                                try {
                                                    g.setColor(0x000000);
                                                    test = super.getText();
                                                    if ( test == null || test.length() < 1 ) {
                                                        //g.setColor(Config.hint_colour);
                                                        g.drawText(emptyString, 0, 0);
                                                    }
                                                    super.paint(g);
                                                } finally {
                                                    g.setColor(oldColor);
                                                }
                                            }
                                          };
                                          vfm_state.add(state);


                                          VerticalFieldManager vfm_zip = new VerticalFieldManager();
                                          vfm_zip.setBorder(
                                                  BorderFactory.createBitmapBorder(
                                                      new XYEdges(12,12,12,12), borderBitmap
                                                  )
                                              ); 
                                          vfm_zip.setMargin(0, 0, 0, 0);
                                              final EditField zip = new EditField("", "", 30, BasicEditField.FILTER_DEFAULT){
                                                String emptyString = "Zip";
                                                protected void paintBackground(Graphics g) {
                                                    g.setBackgroundColor(0xFFFFFF);
                                                    g.clear();
                                                }
                                                protected void paint(Graphics g) {
                                                    int oldColor = g.getColor();
                                                    try {
                                                        g.setColor(0x000000);
                                                        test = super.getText();
                                                        if ( test == null || test.length() < 1 ) {
                                                            //g.setColor(Config.hint_colour);
                                                            g.drawText(emptyString, 0, 0);
                                                        }
                                                        super.paint(g);
                                                    } finally {
                                                        g.setColor(oldColor);
                                                    }
                                                }
                                              };
                                              vfm_zip.add(zip);



                                      hfm_city.add(vfm_city);
                                      hfm_city.add(vfm_state);
                                      hfm_city.add(vfm_zip);

Answer 1

You are going in the right way. but you have to give specific width & height to yourVerticalFieldManager otherwise it will take full width by default.

VerticalFieldManager vfm_city = new VerticalFieldManager() {
    protected void sublayout(int maxWidth, int maxHeight) {
        super.sublayout(Display.getwidth()/3,30);
        setExtent(Display.getwidth()/3,30);
    }
};

Do this in your State & city vfm and add in your hfm and try.