Netbeans 5 : add component using addLayoutComponent() problem

[D R Wilkinson]

Hello :-)

I am trying to add three JTabbedPane's ( each with sub-components ) to a JPanel. The JPanel uses a CardLayout and as I need to change the specific JTabbedPane dynamically at runtime, I need to use addLayoutComponent( Container container, Object name ) so that I can change the displayed component by calling show( Container parent, Object name ).

When I add the JTabbedPane's using the GUI editor, the calls to show(...) do nothing - I am guessing that this is because the GUI editor does not automatically detect that components added to a cardLayout managed JPanel usually require dynamic display. Instead, the GUI editor uses a straight forward add(...) method.

I am new to Netbeans. How do I add the JTabbedPane's to a CardLayout managed JPanel so that I can dynamically display specific JTabbedPane's at runtime using show(...)

Thanks.

Darren

[D R Wilkinson]

I think I may have solved this on my own.

I will post the solution here ( once I am sure ) so it may be of use for anyone else with a similar question.

[Jeanne Boyarsky]

Originally posted by D R Wilkinson:
I think I may have solved this on my own.

I will post the solution here ( once I am sure ) so it may be of use for anyone else with a similar question.

That would be much appreciated!

[D R Wilkinson]

The solution was to simply call validate() on the parent component that displays the card layout managed sub-components.

Note To Self : Read the API a little bit more carefully.