This applet demonstrates various layout managers. The applet itself uses a border layout with a JPanel in the center, a JComboBox menu to the North, and a JLabel
to the south. The center panel uses a CardLayout. Each card in the card layout contains a number of buttons and uses a different layout manager. The JComboBox menu is used to select among these cards. The JLabel reports events as they occur.
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import java.awt.*;
import java.awt.event.*;
import javax.swing.*;
public class LayoutDemo extends JApplet
implements ActionListener, ItemListener {
CardLayout cards; // the layout manager for the center panel
JPanel cardPanel; // the center panel
JComboBox panelChoice; // menu for selecting which card to show
JLabel message; // a message shown at the bottom of the applet
public void init() {
panelChoice = new JComboBox(); // Set up the menu
panelChoice.setBackground(Color.white);
panelChoice.addItem("FlowLayout"); // Add in the names of the cards.
panelChoice.addItem("FlowLayout with Big Hgap");
panelChoice.addItem("Vertical BoxLayout");
panelChoice.addItem("Horizontal BoxLayout with Struts");
panelChoice.addItem("BorderLayout");
panelChoice.addItem("GridLayout(3,2)");
panelChoice.addItem("GridLayout(1,0)");
panelChoice.addItem("GridLayout(0,1)");
panelChoice.addItemListener(this);
message = new JLabel("Layout Demo", JLabel.CENTER); // Set up the mesage
message.setBackground(Color.white);
message.setOpaque(true); // so background color will show
message.setBorder(BorderFactory.createEmptyBorder(5,0,3,0));
message.setForeground(Color.red);
cardPanel = new JPanel(); // Set up the center panel
cardPanel.setBackground(Color.white);
cards = new CardLayout();
cardPanel.setLayout(cards);
setBackground(Color.blue);
getContentPane().setBackground(Color.blue);
getContentPane().setLayout(new BorderLayout(3,3));
getContentPane().add("Center",cardPanel);
getContentPane().add("North",panelChoice);
getContentPane().add("South",message);
JPanel panel; // Will represent various cards to be added to the center panel.
Box box; // For the cards that use a BoxLayout.
// Set up each "card" in the center panel to have its own layout
// manager and to contain a variety of buttons.
panel = new JPanel();
// use default FlowLayout for panel
panel.setBackground(Color.white);
cardPanel.add(panel, "FlowLayout");
addButton(panel,"First Button"); // ( addButton is a untility method, defined below )
addButton(panel,"Second Button");
addButton(panel,"Third Button");
addButton(panel,"Fourth Button");
addButton(panel,"Fifth Button");
addButton(panel,"Sixth Button");
addButton(panel,"Seventh Button");
panel = new JPanel();
panel.setLayout(new FlowLayout(FlowLayout.CENTER,30000,5));
panel.setBackground(Color.white);
cardPanel.add(panel,"FlowLayout with Big Hgap");
addButton(panel," A Button");
addButton(panel,"Another Button");
addButton(panel,"A Third Button");
addButton(panel,"A Fourth Button");
addButton(panel,"A Final Button");
box = Box.createVerticalBox();
box.setBackground(Color.white);
cardPanel.add(box,"Vertical BoxLayout");
addButton(box,"Button One");
addButton(box,"Button Two");
addButton(box,"Button Three");
addButton(box,"Button Four");
addButton(box,"Button Five");
addButton(box,"Button Six");
box = Box.createHorizontalBox();
box.setBackground(Color.white);
cardPanel.add(box,"Horizontal BoxLayout with Struts");
addButton(box,"1st");
addButton(box,"2nd");
box.add( Box.createHorizontalStrut(10) );
addButton(box,"3rd");
addButton(box,"4th");
box.add( Box.createHorizontalStrut(10) );
addButton(box,"5th");
panel = new JPanel();
panel.setLayout(new BorderLayout());
panel.setBackground(Color.white);
cardPanel.add(panel,"BorderLayout");
addButton(panel,"Center Button", BorderLayout.CENTER);
addButton(panel,"North Button", BorderLayout.NORTH);
addButton(panel,"South Button", BorderLayout.SOUTH);
addButton(panel,"East Button", BorderLayout.EAST);
addButton(panel,"West Button", BorderLayout.WEST);
panel = new JPanel();
panel.setLayout(new GridLayout(3,2));
panel.setBackground(Color.white);
cardPanel.add(panel,"GridLayout(3,2)");
addButton(panel,"Button 1");
addButton(panel,"Button 2");
addButton(panel,"Button 3");
addButton(panel,"Button 4");
addButton(panel,"Button 5");
addButton(panel,"Button 6");
panel = new JPanel();
panel.setLayout(new GridLayout(1,0));
panel.setBackground(Color.white);
cardPanel.add(panel,"GridLayout(1,0)");
addButton(panel,"Button 1");
addButton(panel,"Button 2");
addButton(panel,"Button 3");
addButton(panel,"Button 4");
panel = new JPanel();
panel.setLayout(new GridLayout(0,1));
panel.setBackground(Color.white);
cardPanel.add(panel,"GridLayout(0,1)");
addButton(panel,"Button 1");
addButton(panel,"Button 2");
addButton(panel,"Button 3");
addButton(panel,"Button 4");
addButton(panel,"Button 5");
addButton(panel,"Button 6");
} // end init()
public Insets getInsets() {
// specify borders around the edges of the applet
return new Insets(3,3,3,3);
}
void addButton(Container p, String name) {
// Create a button with the given name and add it
// to the given panel. Set up the button to send
// events to the applet.
JButton b = new JButton(name);
p.add(b);
b.addActionListener(this);
}
void addButton(JPanel p, String name, Object option) {
// Same as above, but use the "option" object
// as an additional parameter in the add method.
JButton b = new JButton(name);
p.add(b, option);
b.addActionListener(this);
}
public void actionPerformed(ActionEvent evt) {
// A button was pressed. Report the name
// of the button by setting the message text.
String buttonName = evt.getActionCommand();
message.setText("Button \"" + buttonName + "\" was pressed.");
}
public void itemStateChanged(ItemEvent evt) {
// The user has selected an item from the JComboBox.
// Change the displayed card to match.
String panelName = (String)panelChoice.getSelectedItem();
cards.show(cardPanel, panelName);
message.setText("Panel \"" + panelName + "\" was selected.");
}
} // end class LayoutDemo
