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The various panels in a container are laid out separately in terms of their subcomponents
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One can lay components out "by hand" with positioning in pixel space
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However this is very difficult to make machine independent. Thus one tends to use general strategies which are embodied in 5 LayoutManger's which all implement the LayoutManager Interface. One can expect further custom LayoutManager's to become available on the Web
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setLayout(new FlowLayout()); // creates a basic flow layout in your panel -- actually unnecessary as default
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Other available LayoutManager's are GridLayout(), BorderLayout() (default for Frame's), CardLayout() (Used for dynamic layouts) and GridBagLayout() (the most flexible)
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