Place multiple components into one of the regions of a BorderLayout-managed container : BorderLayout « Swing « Java Tutorial

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3. BorderLayout

import java.awt.BorderLayout;

import javax.swing.JFrame;
import javax.swing.JLabel;
import javax.swing.JPanel;
import javax.swing.JTextField;

public class MainFrameBorderLayout {
  public static void main(String[] a) {
    JFrame frame = new JFrame();
    frame.setDefaultCloseOperation(JFrame.EXIT_ON_CLOSE);

    JPanel outerPanel = new JPanel(new BorderLayout());
    JPanel topPanel = new JPanel(new BorderLayout());
    JLabel label = new JLabel("Name:");
    JTextField text = new JTextField();
    topPanel.add(label, BorderLayout.BEFORE_LINE_BEGINS);
    topPanel.add(text, BorderLayout.CENTER);
    outerPanel.add(topPanel, BorderLayout.BEFORE_FIRST_LINE);

    frame.add(outerPanel);
    frame.setSize(300, 200);
    frame.setVisible(true);

  }
}

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