Combining BorderLayout and GridLayout Managers : BorderLayout « Swing « Java Tutorial

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3. BorderLayout

import java.awt.BorderLayout;
import java.awt.Container;
import java.awt.Font;
import java.awt.GridLayout;

import javax.swing.JButton;
import javax.swing.JComponent;
import javax.swing.JFrame;
import javax.swing.JLabel;
import javax.swing.JPanel;
import javax.swing.JTextArea;

public class CombinedLayoutManager extends JFrame {

  public static void main(String[] args) {
    CombinedLayoutManager e = new CombinedLayoutManager();
    e.setDefaultCloseOperation(JFrame.EXIT_ON_CLOSE);
    e.setSize(400, 300);
    e.setVisible(true);
  }

  public CombinedLayoutManager() {
    Container pane = getContentPane();
    pane.setLayout(new BorderLayout());
    pane.add(getHeader(), BorderLayout.NORTH);
    pane.add(getTextArea(), BorderLayout.CENTER);
    pane.add(getButtonPanel(), BorderLayout.SOUTH);
  }

  protected JComponent getHeader() {
    JLabel label = new JLabel("Embedded Layout Manager Test", JLabel.CENTER);
    label.setFont(new Font("Courier", Font.BOLD, 24));
    return label;
  }

  protected JComponent getTextArea() {
    return new JTextArea(10, 10);
  }

  protected JComponent getButtonPanel() {
    JPanel inner = new JPanel();
    inner.setLayout(new GridLayout(1, 2, 10, 0));
    inner.add(new JButton("Ok"));
    inner.add(new JButton("Cancel"));
    return inner;
  }

}

14.86.BorderLayout
	14.86.1.	What is the BorderLayout
	14.86.2.	A BorderLayout divides the space into five regions: North, West, South, East and Centre.
	14.86.3.	Using a BorderLayout Manager
	14.86.4.	A typical usage of a border layout manager.
	14.86.5.	Place multiple components into one of the regions of a BorderLayout-managed container
	14.86.6.	Combining BorderLayout and GridLayout Managers