Question

Pls help:)
I want to make a crossword puzzle in java. I need to create a grid in GUI. How do i do it netbeans manually.

Answer 1

@ganeshie8

Answer 2

@e.mccormick @eSpeX

Answer 3

You will need to use some kind of UI library. I think Swing could be a good one it is not particularly difficult and it is fairly powerful.

Answer 4

Are you just going to use the basic text field entry inside a box? As c0decracter pointed out, swing would work and it has that:
http://docs.oracle.com/javase/tutorial/uiswing/components/textfield.html

Answer 5

and perhaps you could at JTextFields to a program that uses a GridLayout layout manager (so they appear in a grid).
```
import javax.swing.*;
import java.awt.r*;

public class CrossWord {
private JTextField[] jta;
private JFrame jf;
private JPanel jp;

public static void main(String[] args){
new CrossWord();
}
public CrossWord(){
jta = new JTextField[100];
jf = new JFrame("Crossword Puzzle Layout");
jf.setDefaultCloseOperation(JFrame.EXIT_ON_CLOSE);
jp = new JPanel();
jp.setLayout(new GridLayout(10, 10, 8, 8));
//a 10x10 grid with 8 pixels separating the grid horizontally and vertically
for(int i = 0; i < 100; i++) {
jta[i] = new JTextField(2);
jp.add(jta[i]);
//with gridlayout, components are added to the grid in a top left to
//bottom right format
}
jf.add(jp);
jf.pack();
//jf.setLocationRelativeTo(null); - to center of screen
//jf.setResizable(false); - disables resizing
jf.setVisible(true);

}
}
```
You can also use a layout manager on the JFrame to add multiple JPanels -- perhaps another JPanel with a submit button & make an actionlistener for it.

Answer 6

*import java.awt.*; and I don't think I used awt..

Answer 7

GridLayout is in the java.awt package.

Answer 8

a - ha