Basic HTML version of Foils prepared May 12 1996

Foil 122 Brief Description of Four Other LayoutManager's

From CRPC Lectures on Java Language Applets Graphics CRPC Annual Meeting Tutorial -- May 14,1996. by Geoffrey C. Fox
1 FlowLayout is a one dimensional layout where components are "flowed" into panel in order they were defined. When a row is full up, it is wrapped onto next row
2 GridLayout is a two dimensional layout where you define a N by M set of cells and again the components are assigned sequentially to cells starting at top left hand corner -- one component is in each cell
3 GridBagLayout uses a new class GridBagConstraints to customize positioning of individual components in one or more cells
4 CardLayout lays out in time not space and each card (Displayed at one time) can be laid out with one of spatial layout schemes above
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