23. Swing Layouts

• To determine UI component position in a frame or a panel, a layout manager object is used.

• There are several layout managers in Swing:

  • FlowLayout: default layout manager:

    • Adds UI components to the top of container, in left-to-right order.

    • If out of space, creates a new row of UI components.

    • By default, components are centered horizontally.

  • BorderLayout

  • GridLayout