Two Input Dialogs in the Same Window?

[Sean Magee]

using package javax.swing, how could I get a total of 3 input dialogs in the same window? For example, if I need to ask for feet and inches so that the input dialogs are along the same line, and i need to ask a weight value, so I would need 3 input dialogs altogether. I will be using JOption.pane.InputDialog of course. could someone help?

[JulianInactive KennedyInactive]

How about something like this (almost straight out of a book):

String feet = JOptionPane.showInputDialog(null, "Enter height (feet)", "Feet",
                                          JOptionPane.QUESTION_MESSAGE, null, null, null);
String inches = JOptionPane.showInputDialog(null, "Enter height (inches)", "Inches",
                                            JOptionPane.QUESTION_MESSAGE, null, null, null);
String weight = JOptionPane.showInputDialog(null, "Enter weight (bananas)", "Weight",
                                            JOptionPane.QUESTION_MESSAGE, null, null, null);

You really need to spend some time working through a Swing tutorial. Sun's Swing Fundamentals comes in two parts: Part I and Part II You may also find the AWT Tutorial useful as a foundation. After a quick scan I'm not sure that JOptionPane is covered; perhaps you should Google. [Edit: Sun's Swing Tutorial is more complete and up-to-date.]

Jules

[JK: Edited to add up-to-date Swing Tutorial link]
[ September 06, 2004: Message edited by: Julian Kennedy ]

[Dirk Schreckmann]

Moving this to the Swing / AWT / SWT / JFace forum...

[Michael Dunn]

You want an input box with multiple inputs?

If so, here's something to play around with (it's really rough - demo purposes only)

import java.awt.*;
import java.awt.event.*;
import javax.swing.*;
 
class Testing extends JFrame implements ActionListener
{
  JLabel[] lbl = new JLabel[6];
  JButton btn = new JButton("Get Data");
  String[] lblText = {"Height (feet)","","Height (inches)    ","","Weight",""};
  public Testing()
  {
    setLocation(300,300);
    setDefaultCloseOperation(EXIT_ON_CLOSE);
    JPanel main = new JPanel(new BorderLayout());
    JPanel top = new JPanel(new GridLayout(3,2));
    for(int x = 0; x < lbl.length; x++)
    {
      lbl[x] = new JLabel(lblText[x]);
      top.add(lbl[x]);
    }
    btn.addActionListener(this);
    main.add(top,BorderLayout.CENTER);
    main.add(btn,BorderLayout.SOUTH);
    getContentPane().add(main);
    pack();
  }
  public void actionPerformed(ActionEvent ae)
  {
    new MyDialog();
  }
  class MyDialog extends JDialog implements ActionListener
  {
    JTextField[] tf = new JTextField[3];
    JLabel[] label = new JLabel[3];
    JButton button = new JButton("OK");
    public MyDialog()
    {
      setLocation(600,300);
      JPanel jp = new JPanel(new GridLayout(3,2));
      for(int x = 0; x < tf.length+label.length; x++)
      {
        if(x % 2 == 0)
        {
          label[x/2] = new JLabel(lblText[(x/2)*2]);
          jp.add(label[x/2]);
        }
        else
        {
          tf[x/2] = new JTextField(7);
           jp.add(tf[x/2]);
        }
      }
      button.addActionListener(this);
      getContentPane().add(jp,BorderLayout.CENTER);
      getContentPane().add(button,BorderLayout.SOUTH);
      pack();
      setVisible(true);
    }
    public void actionPerformed(ActionEvent ae)
    {
      lbl[1].setText(tf[0].getText());
      lbl[3].setText(tf[1].getText());
      lbl[5].setText(tf[2].getText());
      this.dispose();
    }
  }
  public static void main(String[] args){new Testing().setVisible(true);}
}

Did I mention this was rough?