5. JFrame default content pane

• Method

  
      frame.getContentPane() // returns a Container object
  
  

  returns the default content pane of the JFrame

• For example,

  
      frame.getContentPane().add( myLabel, BorderLayout.CENTER );
  
  

• The default content pane is a container that inherits from JComponent

• The pane is using the BorderLayout as its layout manager

• The default layout manager for JPanel is FlowLayout