From 42bbdf3e43f4f8339ddb512386575b939446ef7d Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Justin <Justin@DESKTOP-A03MHUQ.speedport.ip>
Date: Wed, 18 Jun 2025 17:28:55 +0200
Subject: [PATCH] Add boardPanel to display chess board grid in GUI

---
 .../hs_mannheim/informatik/chess/gui/Gui.java | 31 +++++++++++++++++--
 1 file changed, 29 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-)

diff --git a/schach/src/main/java/de/hs_mannheim/informatik/chess/gui/Gui.java b/schach/src/main/java/de/hs_mannheim/informatik/chess/gui/Gui.java
index b8794d1..fe40b18 100644
--- a/schach/src/main/java/de/hs_mannheim/informatik/chess/gui/Gui.java
+++ b/schach/src/main/java/de/hs_mannheim/informatik/chess/gui/Gui.java
@@ -21,19 +21,45 @@ public class Gui {
 		mainFrame();
 	}
 	
+	
 	public JFrame mainFrame() {
 		JFrame frame = new JFrame();
 		frame.setSize(1600, 1000);
 		frame.setLocationRelativeTo(null);
-		frame.add(chessPanel());
 		frame.add(statsPanel());
+		frame.add(chessPanel(boardPanel()));
 		
 		frame.setDefaultCloseOperation(2);
 		frame.setVisible(true);
 		return frame;
 	}
 	
-	public JPanel chessPanel() {
+	public JPanel boardPanel() {
+        JPanel boardPanel = new JPanel(new GridLayout(8, 8));
+        boardPanel.setPreferredSize(new Dimension(800, 800));
+
+        for (int row = 0; row < 8; row++) {
+        	
+            for (int col = 0; col < 8; col++) {
+            	
+                JLabel label = new JLabel("", SwingConstants.CENTER);
+                label.setOpaque(true);
+                label.setFont(new Font("Serif", Font.BOLD, 40));
+                if ((row + col) % 2 == 0) {
+                    label.setBackground(new Color(0x778da9));
+                } else {
+                    label.setBackground(new Color(0xe0e1dd));
+                }
+                fields[row][col] = label; // <-- Save the label
+                boardPanel.add(label);
+                
+            }
+        }
+        boardPanel.setBackground(new Color(0x1b263b));
+        return boardPanel;
+    }
+	
+	public JPanel chessPanel(JPanel panel) {
 		JPanel chessPanel = new JPanel(new GridBagLayout());
 		GridBagConstraints board = new GridBagConstraints();
 		chessPanel.setBackground(new Color(0x1b263b));
@@ -44,6 +70,7 @@ public class Gui {
 		board.insets = new Insets(0, 0, 0, 0); 
 		               //oben, links, unten, rechts
 		board.fill = GridBagConstraints.BOTH;
+		chessPanel.add(panel);
 		return chessPanel;
 	}