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BoxLayout is a Java Swing layout manager that allows multiple components to be laid out either vertically or horizontally.

BoxLayout is a layout manager that allows multiple components to be laid out either vertically or horizontally. The components will not wrap so, for example, a vertical arrangement of components will stay vertically arranged when the frame is resized.

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Nesting multiple panels with different combinations of horizontal and vertical gives an effect similar to GridBagLayout, without the complexity. The diagram shows two panels arranged horizontally, each of which contains 3 components arranged vertically.

For examples and more details refer to How to Use BoxLayout tutorial.

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How to make BoxLayout left-align properly?

I created a Box which contains a JLabel, and a JScrollPane with a JTextArea. However there is always some space on left side of JLabel: Full demonstration code: import java.awt.*; import javax.swing.*; public class BoxAlignmentTest extends JFrame…
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Kivy BoxLayout size_hint not working?

i observed that size_hint_x doesn't work in BoxLayout, e.g. BoxLayout: Button: Size_hint_x: #any value above zero has same effect, it streches to full x axis width. or BoxLayout: orientation: 'vertical' Button: …
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How to center JLabel and JButton in BoxLayout

I want to create simple menu with difficult levels Next few lines of code is constructor. super(); setMinimumSize(new Dimension(600, 300)); setMaximumSize(new Dimension(600, 300)); setPreferredSize(new Dimension(600, 300)); setLayout(new…
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How to get JButton to fill BoxLayout vertically?

It's easiest to explain with a picture, so here it goes. This is how it looks right now: I am trying to get all JButtons to to be same size, i.e to fill out the BoxLayout completely vertically. Here is my code: public class TestarBara extends…
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How to make Components align to the TOP in JPanel with BoxLayout?

I'm developing a game called GalaxyWar, and I am trying to make a map selection menu. I found a problem that when I am using a BoxLayout with BoxLayout.Y_AXIS on a JPanel with setAlignmentX(CENTER_ALIGNMENT), the subcomponents (JPanel's) with…
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How can I use BoxLayout to do this?

I've already set up the menu (the centre boxes) perfectly, but I don't know how I can position the label. Currently what is happening is the label is going below the menu options, and the menu options are pushed to the right. Here is what I want to…
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Jtable in BoxLayout

I have a BoxLayout (in a panel of a BorderLayout) in which I've put a JTable and a button vertically. I would like the table to have a fixed width and that the height should resize itself up to filling the panel. At the moment, I'm fine with the…
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Using BoxLayout as vertical FlowLayout to hold JPanel

I want to have a vertical FlowLayout to host my JPanels. A lot of ppl suggest using BoxLayout. However, I realize its behavior is not exactly same as FlowLayout FlowLayout BoxLayout with Y axis As you can see, in FlowLayout, when I stretch…
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How To solve BoxLayout can't be shared error while setting it for JPanel?

I'm trying to setup Boxlayout of Jpanel inside another JPanel. But i can't figure out how to solve this error Exception in thread "main" java.awt.AWTError: BoxLayout can't be shared at…
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Can I mix Horizontal and vertical boxes in Java BoxLayout?

I have to make a simple program and the GUI would look like this: ,,,,,,,,,, | Read | <---a Button `````````` name |``````````| <---a Textfield `````````` | | a Label My problem is how do I get the Label 'name'…
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Resize JButtons in a BoxLayout

I'm trying to make a simple menu for my game. I have 4 buttons in the center and I want to make them a little bit bigger and center them. The last part worked but I can't seem to call any of my JButtons and do a .setSize / .setPreferedSize(new…
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BoxLayout adding components dynamic (two cols)

I want to create a JPanel where i could add Text Fields min 1 max 12. (So I decided to create JPanel which have enough space to contain 12 text fields in 6 rows and 2 cols). It’s depends how many check boxes will be checked by user. What is more…
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How to make the vertical gap in a BoxLayout smaller?

I've got the following form which uses a vertical BoxLayout and FlowLayout JPanels for rows: How can I make the huge gap between each row smaller? This is my code:
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Center buttons in a vertical alignment

I am currently building a project which include a couple of buttons, and I am trying to vertically align these buttons in the center of the panel. I am also trying to make them the exact same size (like new Dimension(15, 100)). For the part where I…
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GroupLayout Alignment Issue

I am having problems in setting the GroupLayout as desired in Java. My code is given below. The desired placement for components is: ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ +LABEL_A caseStudyComboBox LABEL_B + +LABEL_C …
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