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GridBagLayout
The GridBagLayout layout manager is a flexible, grid-based layout manager.
If differs from GridLayout, in that it
- Accomodates components' preferred sizes
- Rows and columns may be unevenly sized
- Components may occupy one or more grid cells
- Cells may contain padding
Its advantage is that it is the most flexible of all
the 1.0 layout managers. However, it is complex and can
be hard to learn.
In this section, we'll make it easy to learn GridBagLayout. We'll
give you plenty of examples, and show some tips in making it
easy to use.
Objectives
- Learn the GridBagLayout layout manager.
- Understand and use Constraints
Specifications
- Duration (total): 40 minutes
- Duration of Exercises:
20 minutes
Pre-requisites
If you are building a custom course, you will need to cover these topics before this topic can be presented:
In addition, material covered in this section requires attendees to know the following:
- An understanding of GUI Layout and basic components. You should be able to use the following:
- Layout managers - FlowLayout, BorderLayout, GridLayout
- Components - Button, TextArea, TextField, TextComponent, Label, and Menus
- Containers - Panel, Window, Frame, and Container
- The ability to nest layout managers
- Basic Java knowledge is assumed, including exception handling, threads,
full use of all the language constructs, and familiarity with the core Java 1.1 APIs.
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Those without these pre-requisites should consider one of
our Ultimate Java Programming Workshops.
A table of contents of this module is available upon request.
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