CardLayout in Swing

Contents

• Code Demos
• Documentation
• Swapping Content
• Beware of JFrame

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Documentation

• [Oracle] CardLayout JavaDoc
• [Oracle] How to Use CardLayout

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Swapping Components

Create a "deck" panel

JPanel deck = new JPanel();

Create the components to be swapped between, known as "cards"

JButton buttonOne = new JButton("Click 1"); // first card
JButton buttonTwo = new JButton("Click 2"); // second card
JPanel panel = new JPanel(); // third card

Add cards to the deck

deck.add(buttonOne, "first button");
deck.add(buttonTwo, "second button");
deck.add(panel, "panel");

Add a CardLayout to the deck panel

CardLayout layout = new CardLayout();
deck.setLayout(layout);

Use the CardLayout to swap between cards

layout.show(deck, "panel");