Complete User Interface

The unused sections (NORTH and CENTER) shrink to make room for the sections that do hold components. Here is the complete GUI for the program. The application code that calculates the ideal weight has been left for the exercises.

import java.awt.* ;
import java.awt.event.*;
import javax.swing.*;
  
public class IdealWeight extends JFrame
{
  JRadioButton genderM, genderF;
  ButtonGroup  genderGroup;
  JPanel       genderPanel;
  
  JRadioButton heightA, heightB, heightC, heightD, heightE;
  ButtonGroup  heightGroup;
  JPanel       heightPanel;
  
  JTextField   resultText;
  JLabel       resultLabl;
  JPanel       resultPanel;
    
  public IdealWeight()  
  { 
    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 );
    genderPanel = new JPanel();
    genderPanel.setLayout( new BoxLayout( genderPanel, BoxLayout.Y_AXIS ) );
    genderPanel.add( new JLabel("Your Gender") );
    genderPanel.add( genderM );  genderPanel.add( genderF );
   
    // 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 );
  
    heightPanel = new JPanel();
    heightPanel.setLayout( new BoxLayout( heightPanel, BoxLayout.Y_AXIS ) );
    heightPanel.add( new JLabel("Your Height") );
    heightPanel.add( heightA ); heightPanel.add( heightB );
    heightPanel.add( heightC ); heightPanel.add( heightD );
    heightPanel.add( heightE );
    
    // result panel
    resultText  = new JTextField(7);
    resultText.setEditable( false );   
    resultLabl  = new JLabel("Ideal Weight");
    resultPanel = new JPanel();
    resultPanel.add( resultLabl );
    resultPanel.add( resultText );
    
    // frame:  use default layout manager
    add( genderPanel, BorderLayout.WEST );
    add( heightPanel, BorderLayout.EAST );
    add( resultPanel, BorderLayout.SOUTH  );

  }
  
  public static void main ( String[] args )
  {
    IdealWeight weightApp  = new IdealWeight() ;
    weightApp.setSize( 250, 225 );  
    weightApp.setResizable( false ); 
    weightApp.setVisible( true );        
  }
}