Buttons in a Box

The example program has been modified so that Boxs are used instead of panels. Both sets of radio buttons are added to boxes, then those boxes are added to another box (called ButtonBox in the code) which uses horizontal alignment. Glue and rigid areas are used to space out some of the components.

import java.awt.* ;
import java.awt.event.*;
import javax.swing.*;
  
public class IdealGlue extends JFrame
{
  JRadioButton genderM, genderF;
  ButtonGroup  genderGroup;
  Box          genderBox;
  
  JRadioButton heightA, heightB, heightC, heightD, heightE;
  ButtonGroup  heightGroup;
  Box          heightBox;
  
  Box          buttonBox;
  
  JTextField   resultText;
  JLabel       resultLabl;
  JPanel       resultPanel;
    
  public IdealGlue()  
  { 
    setTitle( "Your Ideal Weight" );
    setDefaultCloseOperation( EXIT_ON_CLOSE );
    
    // gender group
    genderM = new JRadioButton("Male", true );
    genderF = new JRadioButton("Female", false );
    genderGroup = new ButtonGroup();
    genderGroup.add( genderM );  
    genderGroup.add( genderF );
    
    genderBox = new Box( BoxLayout.Y_AXIS );
    genderBox.add( new JLabel("Your Gender") );
    genderBox.add( Box.createRigidArea( new Dimension(1, 8) ) );
    genderBox.add( genderM );  
    genderBox.add( genderF );
    genderBox.add( Box.createRigidArea( new Dimension(1, 73) ) );
   
    // height group
    heightA = new JRadioButton("60 to 64 inches", true  );
    heightB = new JRadioButton("64 to 68 inches", false );
    heightC = new JRadioButton("68 to 72 inches", false );
    heightD = new JRadioButton("72 to 76 inches", false );
    heightE = new JRadioButton("76 to 80 inches", false );
  
    heightGroup = new ButtonGroup();
    heightGroup.add( heightA ); heightGroup.add( heightB );
    heightGroup.add( heightC ); heightGroup.add( heightD );
    heightGroup.add( heightE );
  
    heightBox = new Box(BoxLayout.Y_AXIS);   
    heightBox.add( new JLabel("Your Height") );
    heightBox.add( Box.createRigidArea( new Dimension(1, 8) ) );
    heightBox.add( heightA ); heightBox.add( heightB );
    heightBox.add( heightC ); heightBox.add( heightD );
    heightBox.add( heightE );

    // button Box
    buttonBox = new Box( BoxLayout.X_AXIS );
    buttonBox.add( Box.createHorizontalGlue() );
    buttonBox.add( genderBox );
    buttonBox.add( Box.createHorizontalGlue() );
    buttonBox.add( heightBox );
    buttonBox.add( Box.createHorizontalGlue() );
       
    // result panel
    resultText  = new JTextField(7);
    resultText.setEditable( false );   
    resultLabl  = new JLabel("Ideal Weight");
    resultPanel = new JPanel();
    resultPanel.add( resultLabl );
    resultPanel.add( resultText );
    
    // Frame
    setLayout( new BoxLayout( getContentPane(), BoxLayout.Y_AXIS ) );
    add( buttonBox );
    add( resultPanel );
  }
  
  public static void main ( String[] args )
  {
    IdealGlue weightApp  = new IdealGlue() ;
    weightApp.setSize( 250, 225 );   
    weightApp.setResizable( false ); 
    weightApp.setVisible( true );        
  }
}