Programming Forums - Putting spaces between formatted text fields

package components;



import java.awt.*;

import java.awt.event.*;



import javax.swing.*;

import javax.swing.event.*;

import javax.swing.text.*;



import java.beans.PropertyChangeListener;

import java.beans.PropertyChangeEvent;



import java.text.*;



/**

 * 

 * 

 */

public class SetManualMatch extends JPanel

                                    implements PropertyChangeListener{



        // Strings to get the text input to the text field

        private String team1;

        private String team2;

        private String team3;

        private String team4;

        private String team5;

        private String team6;



    //Labels to identify the fields

    private JLabel teamLabel1;

    private JLabel teamLabel2;

    private JLabel teamLabel3;



    //Strings for the labels

    private static String versus = "vs.";



    //Fields for data entry

    private JFormattedTextField teamField1;

    private JFormattedTextField teamField2;

    private JFormattedTextField teamField3;

    private JFormattedTextField teamField4;

    private JFormattedTextField teamField5;

    private JFormattedTextField teamField6;



    //Formats to format and parse numbers

    private NumberFormat teamFormat1;

    private NumberFormat teamFormat2;

    private NumberFormat teamFormat3;

    private NumberFormat teamFormat4;

    private NumberFormat teamFormat5;

    private NumberFormat teamFormat6;



    public SetManualMatch() {

        super(new BorderLayout());

        setUpFormats();

      



        //Create the labels.

        teamLabel1 = new JLabel(versus);

        teamLabel2 = new JLabel(versus);

        teamLabel3 = new JLabel(versus);



        //Create the text fields and set them up.

        teamField1 = new JFormattedTextField(teamFormat1);

        teamField1.setText("");

        teamField1.setColumns(10);

        teamField1.addPropertyChangeListener("value", this);



        teamField2 = new JFormattedTextField(teamFormat2);

        teamField2.setText("");

        teamField2.setColumns(10);

        teamField2.addPropertyChangeListener("value", this);



        teamField3 = new JFormattedTextField(teamFormat3);

        teamField3.setText("");

        teamField3.setColumns(10);

        teamField3.addPropertyChangeListener("value", this);



        teamField4 = new JFormattedTextField(teamFormat4);

        teamField4.setText("");

        teamField4.setColumns(10);

        teamField4.addPropertyChangeListener("value", this);

        

        teamField5 = new JFormattedTextField(teamFormat5);

        teamField5.setText("");

        teamField5.setColumns(10);

        teamField5.addPropertyChangeListener("value", this);

        

        teamField6 = new JFormattedTextField(teamFormat6);

        teamField6.setText("");

        teamField6.setColumns(10);

        teamField6.addPropertyChangeListener("value", this);

        



        //Tell accessibility tools about label/textfield pairs.

        teamLabel1.setLabelFor(teamField1);

        teamLabel2.setLabelFor(teamField3);

        teamLabel3.setLabelFor(teamField5);



        //Lay out the labels in a panel.

        JPanel labelPane = new JPanel(new GridLayout(0,1));

        labelPane.add(teamLabel1);

        labelPane.add(teamLabel2);

        labelPane.add(teamLabel3);



        //Layout the text fields in a panel.

        JPanel fieldPane = new JPanel(new GridLayout(0,1));

        fieldPane.add(teamField1);

        fieldPane.add(teamField2);

        fieldPane.add(teamField3);

        fieldPane.add(teamField4);

        fieldPane.add(teamField5);

        fieldPane.add(teamField6);



        //Put the panels in this panel, labels on left,

        //text fields on right.

        setBorder(BorderFactory.createEmptyBorder(20, 20, 20, 20));

        add(labelPane, BorderLayout.CENTER);

        add(fieldPane, BorderLayout.LINE_END);

    }



    /** Called when a field's "value" property changes. */

    public void propertyChange(PropertyChangeEvent e) {

        Object source = e.getSource();

        if (source == teamField1) {

           team1 = teamField1.getText();

           System.out.println(team1);

        } else if (source == teamField2) {

           team2 = teamField2.getText();

           System.out.println(team2);

        } else if (source == teamField3) {

                team3 = teamField3.getText();

            System.out.println(team3);

        } else if (source == teamField4){

                team4 = teamField4.getText();

            System.out.println(team4);

        } else if (source == teamField5) {

                team5 = teamField5.getText();

            System.out.println(team5);

        } else if (source == teamField6) {

                team6 = teamField6.getText();

            System.out.println(team6);

        } 



    }



    

    /**

     * Create the GUI and show it.  For thread safety,

     * this method should be invoked from the

     * event dispatch thread.

     */

    public static void createAndShowGUI() {

        //Create and set up the window.

        JFrame frame = new JFrame("Change Or Add Team");

        frame.setDefaultCloseOperation(JFrame.HIDE_ON_CLOSE);



        //Add contents to the window.

        frame.add(new SetManualMatch());



        //Display the window.

        frame.pack();

        frame.setVisible(true);

    }



    public static void main(String[] args) {

        //Schedule a job for the event dispatch thread:

        //creating and showing this application's GUI.

        SwingUtilities.invokeLater(new Runnable() {

            public void run() {

                //Turn off metal's use of bold fonts

                UIManager.put("swing.boldMetal", Boolean.FALSE);

                createAndShowGUI();

            }

        });

    }

    

   

    





    //Create and set up number formats. These objects also

    //parse numbers input by user.

    private void setUpFormats() {



    }

}
If you run this program, it will produce 6 blank text fields which are grouped into sets of two (the word "vs." is between each). I want to put whitespace inbetween each set of two. How can I accomplish that?

(To avoid reading all of this code, read my post below this one -- I think it will be sufficient to answer the question and it is much less code. But just in case it isn't, I've posted the whole program)