Question

The above layout, I draw it using HTML. It show who is available to pick the phone.
(It’s polling data and show employee’s status, and it works well)

and now I’m studying Java, so I’d like to make this program using Java too.

but No idea how to draw this layout. I read AWT and swing part in Java book already, but no idea..

I guess, firstly make container for wrapping. and 4 panels for department column.

and how to make the person’s status box that contain name and lunch-out time.

Please help me to get picture of Java layout and swing.

If it is not asking too much, could you please write the source code?
Sorry for asking Code!

Thank you!

Answer 1

The code would be rather long. A good GUI editor, like that of the NetBeans IDE would be a help.
The structure is as follows:

• JFrame, set the Layout (of the content pane) to BorderLayout
• • JScrollPane
• • • JPanel with BoxLayout oriented to the X-Axis
• • • • JPanel 1 with BoxLayout oriented to the Y-Axis
• • • • • JLabel column title
• • • • • JPanel/JLabel with as text maybe < html > < body > < b > name < / b > time
• • • • • …
• • • • JPanel 2 with BoxLayout oriented to the Y-Axis
• • • • JPanel 3 with BoxLayout oriented to the Y-Axis
• • • • JPanel 4 with BoxLayout oriented to the Y-Axis

An abstract data model to your own design will help managing it.

You can easily add a rounded border, and such.