Shifting components in a JToolBar?

[Dillinger4]

I created a JToolBar that i eventually want to use in an application. When i hook the JToolBar into one of my apps the Buttons dont seem to line up right. I want to shift them over but nothing seems to work. Any ides on how i can do this?

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

  public class ToolBar extends JToolBar{
    JButton redo;  
    JButton refresh; 
    JButton help;
    
    public ToolBar(){
    setFloatable(false);
     
     redo = new JButton(); 
     redo.setIcon(new ImageIcon("C:" +
        File.separator + "JavaLFGraphicsRepository" + File.separator + "toolbarButtonGraphics"
         + File.separator + "general" + File.separator + "Redo24.gif"));
            redo.setToolTipText("Update Database"); 
     
     refresh  = new JButton();
     refresh.setIcon(new ImageIcon("C:" +
        File.separator + "JavaLFGraphicsRepository" + File.separator + "toolbarButtonGraphics"
         + File.separator + "general" + File.separator + "Refresh.24.gif"));
            refresh.setToolTipText("Refresh Table");
 
     help = new JButton(); 
     help.setIcon(new ImageIcon("C:" +
        File.separator + "JavaLFGraphicsRepository" + File.separator + "toolbarButtonGraphics"
         + File.separator + "general" + File.separator + "Help24.gif"));
            help.setToolTipText("Help");    
  
     //add(Box.createVerticalStrut(1)); // Pushes buttons all the way over to the right.
     //addSeparator(new Dimension(0,100)); // does nothing 
     add(help); 
     add(redo);
     add(refresh); 
     
    }   
   }

[brown monkey]

dunno if this helps but got no prob with this code

import java.awt.*;
import java.awt.event.*;
import javax.swing.*;
public class sample extends JFrame{
    public sample(){
        setTitle("Sample");
        setSize(400,300);
        setDefaultCloseOperation(EXIT_ON_CLOSE);

        getContentPane().add(new ToolBar(),BorderLayout.NORTH);
    }

    // ToolBar
    class ToolBar extends JToolBar{
        JButton redo=new JButton("Redo",new ImageIcon("left.gif")),
            refresh=new JButton("Refresh",new ImageIcon("middle.gif")),
            help=new JButton("Help",new ImageIcon("right.gif"));
        public ToolBar(){
            setFloatable(false);

            redo.setVerticalTextPosition(AbstractButton.BOTTOM);
            redo.setHorizontalTextPosition(AbstractButton.CENTER);
            redo.setToolTipText("Update Database");

            refresh.setVerticalTextPosition(AbstractButton.BOTTOM);
            refresh.setHorizontalTextPosition(AbstractButton.CENTER);
            refresh.setToolTipText("Refresh Table");

            help.setVerticalTextPosition(AbstractButton.BOTTOM);
            help.setHorizontalTextPosition(AbstractButton.CENTER);
            help.setToolTipText("Help");

            add(redo);
            add(refresh);
            add(help);
        }
    }
    public static void main(String[] args){
        new sample().show();
    }
}

[Dillinger4]

Thanks

Now how would i shift them over?

[brown monkey]

Pardon my ignorance but what is Shift?

edit: you mean, invert the order?

import java.awt.*;
import java.awt.event.*;
import javax.swing.*;
public class sample extends JFrame{
    public sample(){
        setTitle("Sample");
        setSize(400,300);
        setDefaultCloseOperation(EXIT_ON_CLOSE);

        getContentPane().add(new ToolBar(),BorderLayout.NORTH);
    }

    // ToolBar
    class ToolBar extends JToolBar{
        JButton redo=new JButton("Redo",new ImageIcon("left.gif")),
            refresh=new JButton("Refresh",new ImageIcon("middle.gif")),
            help=new JButton("Help",new ImageIcon("right.gif"));
        public ToolBar(){
            setFloatable(false);

            redo.setVerticalTextPosition(AbstractButton.BOTTOM);
            redo.setHorizontalTextPosition(AbstractButton.CENTER);
            redo.setToolTipText("Update Database");

            refresh.setVerticalTextPosition(AbstractButton.BOTTOM);
            refresh.setHorizontalTextPosition(AbstractButton.CENTER);
            refresh.setToolTipText("Refresh Table");

            help.setVerticalTextPosition(AbstractButton.BOTTOM);
            help.setHorizontalTextPosition(AbstractButton.CENTER);
            help.setToolTipText("Help");

            //add(redo);
            //add(refresh);
            //add(help);

            add(help);
            add(refresh);
            add(redo);
        }
    }
    public static void main(String[] args){
        new sample().show();
    }
}

Works fine but dunno if this is what you mean?

[Dillinger4]

You seem perplexed. Shift - Move to the right

[Dillinger4]

Notice the two commented lines of code in my previous post. Either one dosen't do the trick. I used the value of one because all other values pushed the buttons all the way over to the right of the JToolBar.
The other line didnt work either. The height i dont need so 0 should be fine. For the width now matter what value i pass it does nothing to move the buttons.

add(Box.createVerticalStrut(1)); // Pushes buttons all the way over to the right.
addSeparator(new Dimension(0,100)); // does nothing

[brown monkey]

Dumb me. Got this code and the screenshot.

import java.awt.*;
import java.awt.event.*;
import javax.swing.*;
public class sample extends JFrame{
    public sample(){
        setTitle("Sample");
        setSize(400,300);
        setDefaultCloseOperation(EXIT_ON_CLOSE);

        JMenuBar mbar=new JMenuBar();
        mbar.add(new JMenu("File"));
        setJMenuBar(mbar);
        getContentPane().add(new ToolBar(),BorderLayout.NORTH);
    }

    // ToolBar
    class ToolBar extends JToolBar{
        JButton redo=new JButton("Redo",new ImageIcon("left.gif")),
            refresh=new JButton("Refresh",new ImageIcon("middle.gif")),
            help=new JButton("Help",new ImageIcon("right.gif"));
        public ToolBar(){
            setFloatable(false);

            redo.setVerticalTextPosition(AbstractButton.BOTTOM);
            redo.setHorizontalTextPosition(AbstractButton.CENTER);
            redo.setToolTipText("Update Database");

            refresh.setVerticalTextPosition(AbstractButton.BOTTOM);
            refresh.setHorizontalTextPosition(AbstractButton.CENTER);
            refresh.setToolTipText("Refresh Table");

            help.setVerticalTextPosition(AbstractButton.BOTTOM);
            help.setHorizontalTextPosition(AbstractButton.CENTER);
            help.setToolTipText("Help");

            add(Box.createVerticalStrut(1));
            addSeparator(new Dimension(0,100));

            add(help);
            add(refresh);
            add(redo);
        }
    }
    public static void main(String[] args){
        new sample().show();
    }
}

Is this the one? Or am missing something.

[Dillinger4]

Got it! I should have used add(Box.createHorizontalStrut(100)) not add(Box.createVerticalStrut(100)); Also addSeparator(new Dimension(200,0)); works fine. I just had the args mixed up before so the width was 0 and the height was 200. Thanks for the help.