Java Reference
In-Depth Information
Display 17.7
The
BorderLayout
Manager
(part 2 of 2)
R
ESULTING
GUI
First label
Third label
Second label
A
BorderLayout
manager places labels (or other components) into the five regions
BorderLayout.NORTH
,
BorderLayout.SOUTH
,
BorderLayout.EAST
,
BorderLayout.WEST
,
and
BorderLayout.CENTER
. These five regions are arranged as shown in Display 17.8.
The outside box represents the
JFrame
(or other container to which you will add
things). None of the lines in the diagram will be visible unless you do something to
make them visible. We drew them in to show you where each region is located.
Display 17.8
BorderLayout
Regions
BorderLayout.NORTH
BorderLayout.
EAST
BorderLayout.
WEST
BorderLayout.CENTER
BorderLayout.SOUTH
