Tip for BorderLayout

BorderLayout is also a layout manager like FlowLayout. But, it not arrange components in container from left to right like FlowLayout do. It will arrange component in five part.


NORTH
SOUTH
CENTER
EAST
WEST

Example source code for BorderLayout

Set JFrame layout using Border Layout

Source code below will show you how to add component into JFrame that use Border Layout as it's Layout Manager. If you use Border Layout, you must know 5 region that will be use by Border Layout to arrange component in a JFrame:

NORTH

WEST

CENTER

EAST

SOUTH



You cannot change this setting. If you want to add a component, you also must set location of your component. For example, if you want your component locate at SOUTH, you must use BorderLayout.SOUTH. You can see it in complete source code below. Don't forget to set your location.

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COMPLETE SOURCE CODE FOR : BorderLayoutForJFrame.java
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import javax.swing.JFrame;
import javax.swing.JButton;

import java.awt.BorderLayout;

public class BorderLayoutForJFrame
{
public static void main(String[]args)
{
 //Create a JFrame with title ( Border Layout for JFrame layout manager )
 JFrame frame=new JFrame("Border Layout for JFrame layout manager");

 //Set JFrame layout to Border Layout
 frame.setLayout(new BorderLayout());

 //Create 5 buttons that we want to add into JFrame
 JButton button1=new JButton("NORTH");
 JButton button2=new JButton("WEST");
 JButton button3=new JButton("CENTER");
 JButton button4=new JButton("EAST");
 JButton button5=new JButton("SOUTH");

 //Add all buttons into JFrame
 frame.add(button1,BorderLayout.NORTH);
 frame.add(button2,BorderLayout.WEST);
 frame.add(button3,BorderLayout.CENTER);
 frame.add(button4,BorderLayout.EAST);
 frame.add(button5,BorderLayout.SOUTH);

 //Set default close operation for JFrame
 frame.setDefaultCloseOperation(JFrame.EXIT_ON_CLOSE);

 //Set JFrame size
 frame.setSize(600,400);

 //Make JFrame visible. So we can see it.
 frame.setVisible(true);
}
}

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JUST COMPILE AND EXECUTE IT
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