java - Which Swing layout (s) do you recommend? - Stack Overflow
The "do everything in a single panel" layout managers like GridBagLayout and GroupLayout (and lots of 3rd party ones) have their place, mainly when you need components in different parts of the layout to align, but with a large layout, they generally result in a huge, hard-to-handle mess.
Java Swing JFrame Layout - Stack Overflow
Flow layout arranges components in line and if no space left all remaining components goes to next line. Align property determines alignment of the components as left, right, center etc. To use it you will need to set JFrame layout by using JFrame.setLayout(layout) and to pass flow layout as a …
java - How to properly use GridLayout to position elements in a …
Oct 31, 2013 · GridBagLayout should be the perfect solution for you. With it's support of obeying preferred size of component and clever use of GridBagConstraints. using GridBagLayout's GridBagConstraint property:
java - BoxLayout stretches component to fit parent panel - Stack …
@MikeM, no, since the panel is relying on the layout manager to return the preferred size. Actually a better solution is to extend the JPanel and override the getMaximumSize() method to simply return the value from the getPreferredSize() method. This way the maximum size will be dynamically calculated in case the preferred size dynamically changes.
Vertical stacked layout in Java Swing? - Stack Overflow
Feb 14, 2018 · I'm not sure whether the built-in layout managers can solve your problem, but a custom layout manager will be the easiest approach in my opinion. First we have the frame as test drive, it has a scroll pane which contains the panel that applied the custom layout. That custom layout need to "know" the components so we just pass them to the ...
How to dynamically control auto-resize components in Java Swing
May 13, 2015 · I like the java.awt.GridBagLayout in combination with the java.awt.GridBagConstraints and I use this layout on all containers starting up from the content pane. If you add a container into an other container use a layout on each of them, otherwise the calculation fails because of a missing layout in the hierarchy.
Layouts in java Swing specifying size - Stack Overflow
Feb 8, 2012 · Edit: Here's a little example for a wrapper that can contain another UI element and can be set to a fixed size (using the setSize method which has been overridden), which should be respected by layout managers: import java.awt.BorderLayout; import java.awt.Dimension; import javax.swing.JComponent; import javax.swing.JPanel; public class ...
java - swing layout: vertical flow - Stack Overflow
Jan 23, 2017 · need help on java swing layout. 0. Swing layouts combine box and flow. 0. How to set flow layout? 0.
swing - Java Vertical Layout? - Stack Overflow
Until you become proficient in core J2SE layouts (+ perhaps a 3rd party layout or 3) it is less than helpful to be trying to design a GUI while fighting the GUI designer. – Andrew Thompson Commented Jan 21, 2012 at 5:35
java - How to place components at specific positions? - Stack …
Apr 4, 2017 · The most specific type of layout is absolute positioning. Warning: Absolute positioning should rarely, if ever, be used. There are many reasons why. Here is one: Absolute positioning (No layout manager) vs. absolute positioning in MiGlayout - Thanks to user brimborium for the good idea of adding a warning.