Basic HTML version of Foils prepared 13 October 97

Foil 46 Layout of Components in a Panel

From Java Tutorial, July 1, 1996 CSC499(JSU) CPS406/606 -- Fall Semester 97. by Nancy J. McCracken,Geoffrey C. Fox


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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