JlayeredPane inside a JPanel??

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Gaz - 14 Apr 2004 00:06 GMT

Is it possible to have a JLayeredPane inside a JPanel??

I've tried this but the JLayeredPane does not display:

JFrame myFrame = new JFrame();
JPanel myPanel = new JPanel();
JLayeredPane layeredPane = new JLayeredPane();

//Add stuff to JLayeredPane

myPanel.add(layeredPane);
frame.getContentPane().add(myPanel);
frame.show();

(I know that the frame settings are fine and as a test I've added a JLabel
to the JPanel and that displays ok)

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ak - 14 Apr 2004 12:04 GMT

> Is it possible to have a JLayeredPane inside a JPanel??
>
> I've tried this but the JLayeredPane does not display:
>
> JFrame myFrame = new JFrame();
> JPanel myPanel = new JPanel();

myPanel.setLayout(new BorderLayout());

> JLayeredPane layeredPane = new JLayeredPane();
>
[quoted text clipped - 3 lines]
> frame.getContentPane().add(myPanel);
> frame.show();

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Steve W. Jackson - 14 Apr 2004 16:43 GMT

>:> Is it possible to have a JLayeredPane inside a JPanel??
>:>
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>:> frame.getContentPane().add(myPanel);
>:> frame.show();

I fail to see what that would do. The default layout manager for JPanel
is FlowLayout anyway.

However, it seems like the OP could benefit from visiting the tutorial
on using a layered pane. It can be found at
<http://java.sun.com/docs/books/tutorial/uiswing/components/layeredpane.h
tml>. It includes a discussion of how to use the layered pane as a
component for managing Z order of other components, and also mentions
that Java 1.5 is expected to have an API for managing Z order without
the use of a JLayeredPane.

= Steve =

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