7. Layout Manager

• Layout manager is a class that controls size and position of components inside a Container object

• Examples:

  • BorderLayout

    • Normal (default) behavior of a JFrame :

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

    • Divides a container into regions

  • FlowLayout

    • places components in a row