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Asked: 2026-05-24T00:42:26+00:00

I have got a window that looks like window1 and I would like it

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I have got a window that looks like window1 and I would like it to look like window2:

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This is my code:

    String q = "Have you used GUI before?";     
    JLabel textLabel2 = new JLabel(
        "<html><div style=\"text-align: center;\">" + q + "</html>", SwingConstants.CENTER);
    add(textLabel2, BorderLayout.NORTH);

    JPanel radioPanel = new JPanel();                                           
    add(radioPanel, BorderLayout.CENTER);

    JPanel btnPanel = new JPanel();
    add(btnPanel, BorderLayout.SOUTH);

For the radio-buttons, I tried to use GridLayout, but it broke the position of “Yes” and “No”. And for the “back” and “next” buttons, horizontal alignment did not work (btnPanel.setAlignmentX(RIGHT_ALIGNMENT);), apparently. Any solutions will be highly appreciated, I’m stuck with this bit way too long. Thanks

–EDIT–
That is working perfectly fine: 

btnPanel.setLayout(new BoxLayout(btnPanel, BoxLayout.LINE_AXIS));
btnPanel.setBorder(BorderFactory.createEmptyBorder(0, 10, 10, 10));
btnPanel.add(Box.createHorizontalGlue());

so the buttons problem is solved.
However, still can’t get the radio-buttons fixed.

–EDIT 2–
Fixed the background for the radio-buttons using setOpaque(false);

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  1. Editorial Team

    What do you mean by it “broke” the position of “yes” and “no” as a GridLayout should work just fine. I’d give it 1 column and 2 (or 0 for variable number of) rows via new GridLayout(0, 1). Be sure that its opaque property is set as false by doing radioPanel.setOpaque(false);. This way it will show the background color of the container that it sits in. You may need to make the JRadioButtons non-opaque as well, I’m not sure.

    Your btnPanel could use a BoxLayout and use Box.createGlue() to push the buttons over to the right side.

    Most importantly — if you haven’t yet done so, please read the tutorials on use of the Swing layout managers which you can find here.

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