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POHow do I adjust Button size in Keyboard application?
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copied!<p>I'm writing a java application for my class. It's a telephone keypad. I'm almost finished with it. I just have to get the numbers to show I just don't have a clue of how to change the size of the number buttons. Everything I've tried so far has resulted in ERRORS when compiling.</p> <pre><code>import java.awt.*; import java.applet.*; import java.awt.event.*; import java.awt.Graphics; import javax.swing.JOptionPane; import javax.swing.JApplet; import javax.swing.JFrame; import java.awt.event.*; public class TelephoneKeypad extends javax.swing.JFrame { public TelephoneKeypad() { Panel pnlKeyPad = new Panel(); GridLayout gridLayout1 = new GridLayout(); Button btnZero = new Button(); Button btnOne = new Button(); Button btnTwo = new Button(); Button btnThree = new Button(); Button btnFour = new Button(); Button btnFive = new Button(); Button btnSix = new Button(); Button btnSeven = new Button(); Button btnEight = new Button(); Button btnNine = new Button(); Button btnStar = new Button(); Button btnHash = new Button(); TextField tfNumber = new TextField(15); Button btnDial = new Button(); BorderLayout borderLayout1 = new BorderLayout(); Panel pnlNumberEntry = new Panel(); FlowLayout flowLayout1 = new FlowLayout(); btnOne.setLabel("1"); btnTwo.setLabel("2"); btnThree.setLabel("3"); btnFour.setLabel("4"); btnFive.setLabel("5"); btnSix.setLabel("6"); btnSeven.setLabel("7"); btnEight.setLabel("8"); btnNine.setLabel("9"); btnStar.setLabel("*"); btnZero.setLabel("0"); btnHash.setLabel("#"); btnDial.setLabel("Dial"); pnlNumberEntry.setLayout(flowLayout1); pnlKeyPad.setLayout(gridLayout1); this.setLayout(borderLayout1); this.add(pnlNumberEntry, BorderLayout.NORTH); pnlNumberEntry.add(tfNumber, null); pnlNumberEntry.add(btnDial, null); this.add(pnlKeyPad, BorderLayout.CENTER); pnlKeyPad.add(btnOne, null); pnlKeyPad.add(btnTwo, null); pnlKeyPad.add(btnThree, null); pnlKeyPad.add(btnFour, null); pnlKeyPad.add(btnFive, null); pnlKeyPad.add(btnSix, null); pnlKeyPad.add(btnSeven, null); pnlKeyPad.add(btnEight, null); pnlKeyPad.add(btnNine, null); pnlKeyPad.add(btnStar, null); pnlKeyPad.add(btnZero, null); pnlKeyPad.add(btnHash, null); } public static void main(String args[]) { TelephoneKeypad kpad = new TelephoneKeypad(); kpad.setBounds(500, 500, 500, 500); kpad.setVisible(true); } } </code></pre>

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