Adding components via code

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I'm trying to have painted into a JPanel (which is inside a ScrollPane), a bunch of labels and RadioButtons, dynamically. I receive an ArrayList with "Advice" objects, and I want to iterate over them to represent them in a way I have a label that describes them, and then, two radio buttons (to choose "Yes" or "No").

But at the moment, with this code at the JFrame's constructor, it's not properly working:

// My constructor
public CoachingFrame(AdvicesManager am) {
    initComponents();
    this.am = am;

    // I set the layout for the inner panel (since ScrollPane doesn't allow BoxLayout)
    JPanel panel = new JPanel();
    panel.setLayout(new BoxLayout(panel, BoxLayout.Y_AXIS));

    // Iterate over the arraylist
    for(int i=0;i<am.advices.size();i++){

       //Add elements to the panel
       panel.add(new JLabel( am.advices.get(i).getQuestion()));
       ButtonGroup group = new ButtonGroup();

       // Group the RadioButtons inside another panel, so I can use FlowLayout
       JPanel buttonsPanel = new JPanel();
       buttonsPanel.setLayout(new FlowLayout());
       JRadioButton rad1 = new JRadioButton();
       JRadioButton rad2 = new JRadioButton();
       group.add(rad1);
       group.add(rad2);
       buttonsPanel.add(rad1);
       buttonsPanel.add(rad2);

       // Add the radiobuttons' panel to the main one, and revalidate
       panel.add(buttonsPanel);
       panel.revalidate();
    }
     // Finally, add the panel to the ScrollPane.
    questions.add(panel);
}

I receive the arraylist correctly; I already checked that. The problem seems to be when painting the components.

Since I always use the NetBeans GUI creator, I'm not very used to add components via code. Can someone help me? I guess I'm missing something here.

edit: Note that "questions" is the ScrollPane object!

edit 2: This "questions" panel should have all those components painted: http://i.imgur.com/tXxROfn.png

Try to show us your best attempt at a minimal reproducible example (please check the link). Also post images of what you're seeing and what you're trying to achieve. This will help us better understand your problem. — Hovercraft Full Of Eels
– Hovercraft Full Of Eels, Commented Jan 3, 2016 at 18:26
"Note that "questions" is the ScrollPane object!". That's possibly the problem. Contents are not added to a JScrollPane like in other components. Use JscrollPane.setViewportView(Component) to set the view instead of .add(). — kiheru
– kiheru, Commented Jan 3, 2016 at 18:36

Community · Accepted Answer · 2017-05-23 12:07:26Z

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As Kiheru said, ScrollPane doesn't allow views (like my JPanel) to be added with .add(), instead, I had to use .setViewportView(Component). Now it's working perfectly, thank you!

edited May 23, 2017 at 12:07

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answered Jan 3, 2016 at 18:53

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