Java Reference
In-Depth Information
// We need a main program to instantiate and show.
public
public static
static
void
void
main
(
String
[]
args
) {
new
new
JFrameFlowLayout
().
setVisible
(
true
true
);
}
}
See Also
I have not discussed the details of the advanced layouts. For an example of a dialog layout
using nested panels, see the Font Chooser in
Program: Custom Font Chooser
. For an ex-
ample of a
GridBagLayout
, see the file
graphics/GfxDemo2.java
in my
javasrc
collection.
For more details, see the
Layout Tutorial
.
A Tabbed View of Life
Problem
These layouts don't include a tab layout, and you need one.
Solution
Use a
JTabbedPane
.
Discussion
The
JTabbedPane
class acts as a combined container and layout manager. It implements a
conventional tab layout, which looks like
Figure 14-2
.
