Trail: Creating a GUI with JFC/Swing
Lesson: Laying Out Components Within a Container
Laying Out Components Within a Container: Examples
The table that follows lists every example in the Laying Out Components Within a Container lesson, with links to required files and to where each example is discussed. The first column of the table has links to JNLP files that let you run the examples using JavaTM Web Start.


NOTE: Release 6.0 is required to run all applets and Java Web Start examples. Most examples will run on an earlier release but you must compile and run them locally.

To run an example using Java Web Start, click the [Run] link in the first column of the table. The first time you run an example, there will be a delay while Java Web Start downloads the JAR file containing the class files for this lesson's examples. Afterward, the examples should execute more quickly. If you have trouble using Java Web Start, see Installing and Using Java Web Start.

Compiling and Running the Examples Locally


Note: Examples are all applications. See Getting Started with Swing for details about releases and instructions on compiling and running programs.
You can get the source, image, and other files required for all these examples by downloading the Tutorial Examples bundle, which contains the files in the correct hierarchy. If you download an individual example, take care to have all the necessary files in the proper hierarchy when you compile and run it. For example, many examples expect their image files to be in a directory named images that's in the same directory as the example's class files.

You can find out which files each example needs by consulting the following table or by looking at the comments at the beginning of each source file.

Table of Examples

Example Source Files
(first file has the main method)
Image and Other Files Where Described
AbsoluteLayoutDemo [Run] AbsoluteLayoutDemo.java   Doing Without a Layout Manager
BorderLayoutDemo [Run] BorderLayoutDemo.java   How to Use BorderLayout
BoxAlignmentDemo [Run] BoxAlignmentDemo.java geek-cght.gif middle.gif How to Use BoxLayout
BoxLayoutDemo [Run] BoxLayoutDemo.java   How to Use BoxLayout
BoxLayoutDemo2 [Run] BoxLayoutDemo2.java   How to Use BoxLayout
CardLayoutDemo [Run] CardLayoutDemo.java   How to Use CardLayout
CustomLayoutDemo [Run] CustomLayoutDemo.java   Creating a Custom Layout Manager
FlowLayoutDemo [Run] FlowLayoutDemo.java   How to Use FlowLayout
GraphPaperTest [Run] GraphPaperTest.java
   GraphPaperLayout.java
  Creating a Custom Layout Manager
GridBagLayoutDemo [Run] GridBagLayoutDemo.java   How to Use GridBagLayout
GridLayoutDemo [Run] GridLayoutDemo.java   How to Use GridLayout
SpringBox [Run] SpringBox.java
   SpringUtilities.java
  How to Use SpringLayout
SpringCompactGrid [Run] SpringCompactGrid.java
   SpringUtilities.java
  How to Use SpringLayout
SpringDemo1 * SpringDemo1.java   How to Use SpringLayout
SpringDemo2 * SpringDemo2.java   How to Use SpringLayout
SpringDemo3 [Run] SpringDemo3.java   How to Use SpringLayout
SpringDemo4 [Run] SpringDemo4.java   How to Use SpringLayout
SpringForm [Run] SpringForm.java
   SpringUtilities.java
  How to Use SpringLayout
SpringGrid [Run] SpringGrid.java
   SpringUtilities.java
  How to Use SpringLayout
TabDemo [Run] TabDemo.java   How to Use CardLayout
* SpringDemo1 and SpringDemo2 are intentionally broken, and we don't advise running them using Java Web Start.

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