Question

Please have a look at the following code

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

public class TestForm extends JFrame
{
    private JLabel heightLabel, weightLabel, waistLabel, neckLabel, hipsLabel,bfPercentageLabel;

    private JTextField heightTxt, weightTxt, waistTxt, neckTxt, hipsTxt;

    private JPanel centerPanel;


      public TestForm()
      {
        //Declaring instance variables  
        heightLabel = new JLabel("Height: ");
        weightLabel = new JLabel("Weight: ");
        waistLabel = new JLabel("Waist: ");
        neckLabel = new JLabel("Neck: ");
        hipsLabel = new JLabel("Hips: ");        
        bfPercentageLabel = new JLabel("The Orginal Test Score Is: ");


        heightTxt = new JTextField(7);
        weightTxt = new JTextField(7);
        waistTxt = new JTextField(7);
        neckTxt = new JTextField(7);
        hipsTxt = new JTextField(7);



        this.add(createCenterPanel(),"Center");
        this.add(new JPanel(),"West");
        this.add(new JPanel(),"East");
        this.setTitle("The Test Form");
        this.setResizable(false);
        this.pack();
        this.setLocationRelativeTo(null);
        this.setVisible(true);
        this.setDefaultCloseOperation(JFrame.EXIT_ON_CLOSE);


    }

    private JPanel createCenterPanel()
    {
        centerPanel = new JPanel();

        GridBagLayout gbl = new GridBagLayout();
        GridBagConstraints gbc = new GridBagConstraints();

        centerPanel.setLayout(gbl);

        gbc.gridx = 1;
        gbc.gridy = 1;
        gbc.fill = GridBagConstraints.BOTH;
        gbc.insets = new Insets(15,0,0,0);
        centerPanel.add(heightLabel,gbc);

        gbc.gridx = 2;
        gbc.gridy = 1;
        gbc.fill = GridBagConstraints.BOTH;
        gbc.insets = new Insets(15,0,0,0);
        centerPanel.add(heightTxt,gbc);

        gbc.gridx = 3;
        gbc.gridy = 1;
        gbc.fill = GridBagConstraints.BOTH;
        gbc.insets = new Insets(15,10,0,0);
        centerPanel.add(weightLabel,gbc);

        gbc.gridx = 4;
        gbc.gridy = 1;
        gbc.fill = GridBagConstraints.BOTH;
        gbc.insets = new Insets(15,-10,0,0);
        centerPanel.add(weightTxt,gbc);

        gbc.gridx = 1;
        gbc.gridy = 2;
        gbc.fill = GridBagConstraints.BOTH;
        gbc.insets = new Insets(15,0,0,0);
        centerPanel.add(waistLabel,gbc);

        gbc.gridx = 2;
        gbc.gridy = 2;
        gbc.fill = GridBagConstraints.BOTH;
        gbc.insets = new Insets(15,0,0,0);
        centerPanel.add(waistTxt,gbc);

        gbc.gridx = 3;
        gbc.gridy = 2;
        gbc.fill = GridBagConstraints.BOTH;
        gbc.insets = new Insets(15,10,0,0);
        centerPanel.add(neckLabel,gbc);

        gbc.gridx = 4;
        gbc.gridy = 2;
        gbc.fill = GridBagConstraints.BOTH;
        gbc.insets = new Insets(15,-10,0,0);
        centerPanel.add(neckTxt,gbc);

        gbc.gridx = 5;
        gbc.gridy = 2;
        gbc.fill = GridBagConstraints.BOTH;
        gbc.insets = new Insets(15,7,0,0);
        centerPanel.add(hipsLabel,gbc);

        gbc.gridx = 6;
        gbc.gridy = 2;
        gbc.fill = GridBagConstraints.BOTH;
        gbc.insets = new Insets(15,5,0,0);
        centerPanel.add(hipsTxt,gbc);



        gbc.gridx = 1;
        gbc.gridy = 5;
        gbc.fill = GridBagConstraints.BOTH;
        gbc.insets = new Insets(50,0,0,0);
        centerPanel.add(bfPercentageLabel,gbc);



        centerPanel.setBorder(BorderFactory.createTitledBorder("The Testing Form"));

        centerPanel.setPreferredSize(centerPanel.getPreferredSize());
        centerPanel.validate();

        return centerPanel;

    }

    public static void main(String[]args)
    {
        try
        {
            UIManager.setLookAndFeel(UIManager.getSystemLookAndFeelClassName());
            new TestForm();
        }
        catch(Exception e)
        {
            e.printStackTrace();
        }

    }
}

When I run this program I get the following.

In there, you can see the distance between heightLabel and heightTxt. And waistLabel and waistTxt. This MASSIVE gap is because of the JLabel bfPercentageLabel. It contains lot of letters then others, so it makes this gap to fit into bfPercentageLabelwidth.

But, this is not the gap I am expecting between the JLabels except bfPercentageLabel. If I remove that bfPercentageLabel, the spacing issue is gone, and it becomes normal, as the following image.

I want all the JLabels heightLabel, weightLabel, waistLabel, neckLabel, hipsLabel and JTextFields heightTxt, weightTxt, waistTxt, neckTxt, hipsTxt to stay in the same format, use the same spacing as shown in the second image, even though the width of bfPercentageLabel is more. Let the bfPercentageLabel to have the space it need but let other to stay as they are. How can I do this? Please help!

Answer 1

For your last label (the long one), simply add the following to the GridBagConstraint:

gbc.gridwidth = 6;