Java placing components to the desired location, explained elaborately in simple terms.
To display a component, it is inevitable to add it to a container. Container is an area on the monitor that can hold and display the components. The frequently used containers are Frame and Panel; the less used and restricted to browser applications is Applet. To place a component inside a container, there exist two …
FlowLayout Manager Example: It is the mostly used along with panels and is the default manager for Applets and Panels. It arranges the components on the north (top) side of the container. The components, by default, centered on the north side. The alignment can be changed to left or right. The default gap between the …
BorderLayout Manager Example: After knowing the layout managers, FlowLayout and GridLayout functionality, let us go to the style of BorderLayout arrangement of components in a container. As the name indicates the container is divided into 5 regions – 4 borders (North, South, East, West) and 1 Center. Following are the properties of BorderLayout manager. Components …
After learning the basic layout managers (Flow, Border and Grid), let us study the advanced layout managers – CardLayout and GridBagLayout. These two managers are used in specific cases, but not often, where basic layout managers with panel combinations fail to fulfill the layout requirements. Layout management is the procedure of deciding the size and …
After knowing the importance of layout managers, FlowLayout and BorderLayout, let us study the other layout manager – GridLayout. As the name indicates the container is divided into a grid of cells dictated by rows and columns. Each cell accommodates one component. Like with FlowLayout, in GridLayout also, the position need not be mentioned. But …
This is the king of all layout managers because it can handle almost any type of layout arrangement. It is more flexible and at the same time more complex to use. This is an extension of GridLayout manager. Both grid layout and grid bag layout use the concept of grid of cells (spread between rows …
