BoxLayout: set a rigid area among our components. : BoxLayout « Swing « Java Tutorial






import java.awt.Dimension;
import java.awt.Insets;

import javax.swing.Box;
import javax.swing.BoxLayout;
import javax.swing.JButton;
import javax.swing.JFrame;
import javax.swing.JPanel;
import javax.swing.border.EmptyBorder;

public class RigidArea {

  public static void main(String[] args) {
    JPanel panel = new JPanel();
    panel.setLayout(new BoxLayout(panel, BoxLayout.Y_AXIS));
    panel.setBorder(new EmptyBorder(new Insets(40, 60, 40, 60)));

    panel.add(new JButton("Button"));
    panel.add(Box.createRigidArea(new Dimension(0, 5)));
    panel.add(new JButton("Button"));
    panel.add(Box.createRigidArea(new Dimension(0, 5)));
    panel.add(new JButton("Button"));
    panel.add(Box.createRigidArea(new Dimension(0, 5)));
    panel.add(new JButton("Button"));

    JFrame f = new JFrame();
    f.add(panel);
    f.pack();
    f.setDefaultCloseOperation(JFrame.EXIT_ON_CLOSE);
    f.setLocationRelativeTo(null);
    f.setVisible(true);
  }
}








14.87.BoxLayout
14.87.1.Using a BoxLayout ManagerUsing a BoxLayout Manager
14.87.2.Creating a BoxLayoutCreating a BoxLayout
14.87.3.A Simple BoxLayout TestA Simple BoxLayout Test
14.87.4.Struts and GlueStruts and Glue
14.87.5.Y-Axis AlignmentY-Axis Alignment
14.87.6.X-Axis AlignmentX-Axis Alignment
14.87.7.Drawing Borders Within a BoxLayout-Managed ContainerDrawing Borders Within a BoxLayout-Managed Container
14.87.8.Separating Components in a Row or Column
14.87.9.Glue spreads the components as far apart as possible.
14.87.10.Strut spreads the components apart by a fixed distance
14.87.11.Laying Out Components in a Row or Column
14.87.12.A vertical box container arranges the components top-to-bottom aligned in their preferred sizes.
14.87.13.Vertical BoxLayout-managed container
14.87.14.Align your components in horizontal or vertical layout
14.87.15.BoxLayout: set a rigid area among our components.