17. Advanced Layout Manager

1. Box-type layout manager (boxlayout)

A component used to manage a set of horizontal or vertical columns.

Use the 6 invisible components provided by the box class to set the spacing between the box layout manager components.

Two kinds of invisible types in the box class:

Prop (Strut): Sets the width, height, and size of the component.

Glue (Glue): Like a spring, distributes the components evenly into the container.

2. Card Layout Manager (CardLayout)

Method: First (), last (), Next (), previous (), Show ()

3. Grid Group Layout Manager (gridbaglayou

Properties: GridX and GridY, Gridwidth and Gridheight, anchor (position), fill, insets (minimum distance between surrounding and cell edges), INPADX and Inpady (modify width and height), WEIGHTX and weighty

4. Spring Layout Manager (springlayout)

Changing the form can automatically resize the component without changing the relative position between the components.

17. Advanced Layout Manager