public class BoxLayoutDemo { public static void addComponentsToPane(Container pane) { pane.setLayout(new BoxLayout(pane, BoxLayout.Y_AXIS)); addAButton("Button 1", pane); addAButton("Button 2", pane); addAButton("Button 3", pane); addAButton("Long-Named Button 4", pane); addAButton("5", pane); } | |
public class BoxLayoutDemo2 { public static void addComponentsToPane(Container pane) { pane.setLayout(new BoxLayout(pane, BoxLayout.Y_AXIS)); JPanel p = new JPanel(); addAButton("Button 1", p); addAButton("Button 2", p); pane.add(p); addAButton("Button 3", pane); addAButton("Long-Named Button 4", pane); addAButton("5", pane); } | |
public class BoxLayoutDemo3 { public static void addComponentsToPane(Container pane) { pane.setLayout(new BoxLayout(pane, BoxLayout.Y_AXIS)); JPanel p = new JPanel(); addAButton("Button 1", p); addAButton("Button 2", p); pane.add(p); JPanel p2 = new JPanel(); addAButton("Button 3", p2); pane.add(p2); JPanel p3 = new JPanel(); addAButton("Long-Named Button 4", p3); pane.add(p3); JPanel p4 = new JPanel(); addAButton("5", p4); pane.add(p4); } |
Notice there is some space surrounding a JPanel. Resizing the applications is also interesting. The different versions behave very differently.
Maintained by John Loomis, last updated 26 March 2020