fixed scaling issues with GameBoard and ButtonRow

src/de/itsblue/ConnectFour/ButtonRow.java

@@ -4,6 +4,7 @@ import javax.swing.JButton;
 
 import javax.swing.*;
 import java.awt.*;
+import java.io.Serializable;
 
 public class ButtonRow extends JPanel{
 
@@ -14,7 +15,7 @@ public class ButtonRow extends JPanel{
 
         
         // configure the layout
-        this.setLayout(new FlowLayout(FlowLayout.CENTER, 0, 0));
+        this.setLayout(new GridLayout(1,7));
 
         for (int i = 0; i < this.buttoncount; i++) {
             this.inputButtons[i] = new JButton();
@@ -28,19 +29,24 @@ public class ButtonRow extends JPanel{
         this.buttoncount = buttoncount;
         this.inputButtons = new JButton[buttoncount];
         this.InitButton();
-        System.out.println("test");
+        this.setBackground(Color.RED);
     }
 
     @Override
     public void paint(Graphics g){
-        for (int i = 0; i < this.buttoncount; i++) {
+        Dimension size = this.getSize();
 
-            this.inputButtons[i].setPreferredSize(new Dimension(this.getWidth()/this.buttoncount, this.getHeight()));
+        for (int i = 0; i < this.buttoncount; i++) {
+            this.inputButtons[i].setPreferredSize(new Dimension(size.width/this.buttoncount, size.height));
         }
 
         super.paint(g);
     }
 
+    @Override
+    public void setPreferredSize(Dimension preferredSize) {
+        super.setPreferredSize(preferredSize);
+    }
 
 
 }

src/de/itsblue/ConnectFour/ConnectFour.java

@@ -30,6 +30,10 @@ public class ConnectFour extends JFrame {
      */
     private static final long serialVersionUID = 1L;
 
+    private GameBoard gameBoard;
+
+    private ButtonRow buttonRow;
+
     ConnectFour() {
         // Constructor
 
@@ -42,26 +46,22 @@ public class ConnectFour extends JFrame {
         this.getContentPane().setLayout(new GridBagLayout());
         GridBagConstraints c = new GridBagConstraints();
 
-        c.gridy = 0;
-
         // Board initilisieren
-        ButtonRow buttonRow = new ButtonRow(7);
+        this.buttonRow = new ButtonRow(7);
-        buttonRow.setPreferredSize(new Dimension(400,20));
+        this.gameBoard = new GameBoard();
-        add(buttonRow,c);
 
-        GameBoard board = new GameBoard();
+        c.gridy = 0;
+        add(buttonRow, c);
 
-        board.setPreferredSize(new Dimension(400, 400));
         c.gridy = 1;
-        this.add(board, c);
+        this.add(gameBoard, c);
-
 
         // plate in das Board einfügen
-        board.insertPlate(new Plate(PlateType.O), 1);
+        gameBoard.insertPlate(new Plate(PlateType.O), 1);
 
         // ein paar mehr plates einfügen
         for (int i = 0; i < 7; i++) {
-            String res = board.insertPlate(new Plate(PlateType.X), i);
+            String res = gameBoard.insertPlate(new Plate(PlateType.X), i);
             // wen das Rückgabewert weder "ok" noch "err" ist, hat jemand gewonnen
             if (res != "ok" && res != "err")
                 System.out.println(PlateType.valueOf(res));
@@ -72,6 +72,24 @@ public class ConnectFour extends JFrame {
         // finish up
         this.pack();
         this.setVisible(true);
+
+    }
+
+    public boolean landscape() {
+        return this.getSize().height < this.getSize().width;
+    }
+
+    @Override
+    public void validate() {
+        Dimension boardSize = new Dimension();
+        boardSize.width = this.landscape() ? this.getSize().height / 2 : this.getSize().width / 2;
+        boardSize.height = this.landscape() ? this.getSize().width : this.getSize().height;
+
+        this.gameBoard.setPreferredSize(boardSize);
+        this.buttonRow.setPreferredSize(
+                new Dimension(this.gameBoard.getPreferredSize().width, this.gameBoard.getPreferredSize().height / 7));
+                
+        super.validate();
     }
 
     public static void main(final String[] args) {