Grid Bag Layout
GridBagLayout is one of the most flexible — and complex — layout managers the Java platform provides. A GridBagLayout places components in a grid of rows and columns, allowing specified components to span multiple...
Category: Specialty Panes and Layout Managers
Specialty Panes and Layout Managers
An OverlayLayout Example
Rather than contrive an example using the OverlayLayout manager,with an OverlayLayout manager running. You can type in the X- and Y-alignment values between 0.0 and 1.0 into text fields along the bottom. The text...
The BoxLayout Class
If you want only the layout manager for your own container, this is the class you need. The BoxLayout class implements the LayoutManager2 interface from the java.awt package.
Layout Managers
Beyond these specialty panes with their dedicated layout managers, the Swing package also includes some general layout managers you can use with your own code. You can use the new BoxLayout to make things...
The JTabbedPane Class
The tabbed pane is now a fixture in applications for option displays, system configuration displays, and other multiscreen UIs. In the AWT, you have access to the CardLayout layout manager, which can be used...
The JScrollPane Class
The JScrollPane class offers a more flexible version of the ScrollPane class found in the AWT package. Beyond the automatic scrollbars, you can put in horizontal and vertical headers as well as active components...
The JSplitPane Class
The JSplitPane component allows you to place two (and only two) components side by side in a single pane. You can separate the pane horizontally or vertically, and the user can adjust this separator...