Border Layout in Java

Border Layout in Java

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BorderLayout  divides the container into five parts (directions),east,west,north,south,centre. By using this Layout we can place AWT components in each part (different location).

BORDER LAYOUT IN JAVA EXAMPLE

import java.awt.*;

import java.applet.*;

public class bordr extends Applet

{

Button b1,b2,b3,b4,b5;

public void init()

{

b1=new Button(“east”);

b1.setBackground(Color.RED);

b2=new Button(“west”);

b2.setBackground(Color.GREEN);

b3=new Button(“south”);

b3.setBackground(Color.BLACK);

b4=new Button(“north”);

b4.setBackground(Color.BLUE);

b5=new Button(“center”);

b5.setBackground(Color.PINK);

setLayout(new BorderLayout());

add(b1,BorderLayout.EAST);

add(b2,BorderLayout.WEST);

add(b3,BorderLayout.SOUTH);

add(b4,BorderLayout.NORTH);

add(b5,BorderLayout.CENTER);

}}

/*<applet code=”bordr.class” height=300 width=300></applet>*/

BORDER LAYOUT IN JAVA EXAMPLE

Explanation….

In the above example, we create five Buttons controls for the five regions: EAST, WEST, NORTH, SOUTH, and CENTRE. Add() is used for adding the components in BorderLayout.