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src/ui/view/TimePanel.java

@@ -35,6 +35,7 @@ public class TimePanel extends JPanel implements ActionListener{
 	final JButton timeBackwardBtn = new JButton();
 	JTextField iterationsField;
 	final JLabel iterationsLabel=new JLabel("Iterations:" , SwingConstants.CENTER);
+	JLabel hint = new JLabel("Invalid", SwingConstants.RIGHT);
 	private final JPanel btnAndSpeedPanel = new JPanel();
 	private final JPanel speedPanel = new JPanel();
 	private final JPanel timeBtnPanel = new JPanel();
@@ -275,12 +276,16 @@ public class TimePanel extends JPanel implements ActionListener{
 		btnAndSpeedPanel.setBorder(null);
 		btnAndSpeedPanel.add(timeBtnPanel, BorderLayout.NORTH);
 		btnAndSpeedPanel.add(speedPanel, BorderLayout.CENTER);
-		iterationsPanel.setLayout(new GridLayout(3,1));
-		iterationsPanel.add(iterationsLabel, BorderLayout.NORTH);
+		iterationsPanel.setLayout(new GridBagLayout());
+		GridBagConstraints c = new GridBagConstraints();
+		c.anchor = GridBagConstraints.CENTER;
+		c.fill = GridBagConstraints.HORIZONTAL;
+		c.gridx = 0;
+		c.gridy = 0;
+		iterationsPanel.add(iterationsLabel, c);
 		//iterationsLblHint=new LabelHint(iterationsLabel);
-		JLabel hint = new JLabel("Invalid", SwingConstants.RIGHT);
 		hint.setForeground(Color.red);
-		hint.setVisible(false);
+		hint.setText(" ");
 		iterationsField=new JTextField(6);//Considering hundreds of thousands in an extreme case
 		iterationsField.setText(""+cont.getModel().getIterations());
 		iterationsField.setToolTipText("0-" + MAX_ITERATIONS  );
@@ -291,10 +296,10 @@ public class TimePanel extends JPanel implements ActionListener{
 					int a=Integer.parseInt(iterationsField.getText());
 					iterationsField.setBackground(Color.WHITE);//red stings
 					//this.actionPerformed(new ActionEvent(this, ActionEvent.ACTION_PERFORMED, "like Enter")); that is lagging
-					hint.setVisible(false);
+					hint.setText(" ");
 				}catch(NumberFormatException n){
 					iterationsField.setBackground(GUI.PALE_RED);//red stings
-					hint.setVisible(true);
+					hint.setText("Invalid");
 				}
 			}
 		);
@@ -303,10 +308,12 @@ public class TimePanel extends JPanel implements ActionListener{
 			    	updateIterationsInput();
 			    }
 			});
-		iterationsPanel.add(iterationsField);
-		iterationsPanel.add(hint);
+		c.gridy = 1;
+		iterationsPanel.add(iterationsField, c);
+		c.gridy = 2;
+		iterationsPanel.add(hint, c);
 		//iterationsPanel.add(new JLabel(), BorderLayout.SOUTH);
-		timePanel.setLayout(new BorderLayout());
+		timePanel.setLayout(new BorderLayout());;
 		timePanel.add(iterationsPanel, BorderLayout.WEST);
 		timePanel.add(timeSlider, BorderLayout.CENTER);
 		this.add(btnAndSpeedPanel, BorderLayout.WEST);