LAYOUT MANAGERS:BorderLayout

The class BorderLayout arranges the components to fit in the five regions: east, west, north, south and center. 

Border Layout

The class BorderLayout arranges the components to fit in the five regions: east, west, north, south and center. Each region is can contain only one component and each component in each region is identified by the corresponding constant NORTH, SOUTH, EAST, WEST, and CENTER.

constructors

• BorderLayout():Constructs a new border layout with no gaps between components.

• BorderLayout(int hgap, int vgap):Constructs a border layout with the specified gaps between components.

LAYOUT MANAGERS

A Layoutmanager automatically arrange your controls within a window by using some type of algorithm.Java technology uses Layout Managers to define the location and size of Graphical User Interface components.

UNDERSTANDING LAYOUT MANAGERS:

A Layoutmanager automatically arrange your controls within a window by using some type of algorithm.Java technology uses Layout Managers to define the location and size of Graphical User Interface components. Java technology does not encourage programmers to use absolute location and size of components. Java technology instead places components based on specified Layout Manager. 

          A Layout Manager implements a layout policy that defines constraints between components in a container.Create a new layout object (using one of its constructors) and use the container's setLayout method to set the layout. Each layout has its own way to resize components to fit the layout, and you must become familiar with these.A layout manager is an object that implements the LayoutManager interface* and determines the size and position of the components within a container. Although components can provide size and alignment hints, a container's layout manager has the final say on the size and position of the components within the container.

Basic Layout Managers

• FlowLayout:

Default for java.applet.Applet, java.awt.Panel and java.swing.JPanel. Places components sequentially (left to right) in the order they were added. You can specify the order.