Basic HTML version of Foils prepared Sept 21 1998

Foil 46 Layout of Components in a Panel

From Java Tutorial 98- 3: Graphics and the Abstract Windowing Toolkit NAVO Tutorial -- Sept 23 1998. by Geoffrey C. Fox, Nancy McCracken


The various panels in a container are laid out separately in terms of their subcomponents
One can lay components out "by hand" with positioning in pixel space
However this is very difficult to make machine independent. Thus one tends to use general strategies which are embodied in 5 LayoutMangers which all implement the LayoutManager Interface. One can expect further custom LayoutManager's to become available on the Web
To create a layout, such as FlowLayout, in your panel:
  • setLayout(new FlowLayout());
  • This particular Layout is the default.



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