Using FlowLayout : FlowLayout « Swing « Java Tutorial

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3. FlowLayout

import java.awt.Dimension;
import java.awt.FlowLayout;

import javax.swing.JFrame;
import javax.swing.JScrollPane;
import javax.swing.JTextArea;

public class FlowLayoutTest {
  public static void main(String[] args) {
    JFrame.setDefaultLookAndFeelDecorated(true);
    JFrame frame = new JFrame("FlowLayout Test");
    frame.setLayout(new FlowLayout());
    frame.setDefaultCloseOperation(JFrame.EXIT_ON_CLOSE);
    String text = "A JTextArea object represents" + "a multiline area for displaying text."
        + "You can change the number of lines" + "that can be displayed at a time.";
    JTextArea textArea1 = new JTextArea(text, 5, 10);
    textArea1.setPreferredSize(new Dimension(100, 100));
    JTextArea textArea2 = new JTextArea(text, 5, 10);
    textArea2.setPreferredSize(new Dimension(100, 100));
    JScrollPane scrollPane = new JScrollPane(textArea2, JScrollPane.VERTICAL_SCROLLBAR_ALWAYS,
        JScrollPane.HORIZONTAL_SCROLLBAR_ALWAYS);
    textArea1.setLineWrap(true);
    textArea2.setLineWrap(true);
    frame.add(textArea1);
    frame.add(scrollPane);
    frame.pack();
    frame.setVisible(true);
  }
}

14.89.FlowLayout
	14.89.1.	Laying Out Components in a Flow (Left-to-Right, Top-to-Bottom)
	14.89.2.	Three constructors available for the FlowLayout manager.
	14.89.3.	Layout manager
	14.89.4.	FlowLayout: the default layout manager for a JPanel.
	14.89.5.	FlowLayout Behavior
	14.89.6.	Using FlowLayout
	14.89.7.	Changing the Gap
	14.89.8.	Setting the gaps between components and rows explicitly by calling the setHgap()
	14.89.9.	Demonstrates how to fix common alignment problems
	14.89.10.	Use FlowLayout to hold checkBox, Label and TextField