Core Web Programming, Second Edition

12.2. The BorderLayout Manager

BorderLayout divides the window into five sections: NORTH, SOUTH, EAST, WEST, and CENTER. You add a component to a region by using a version of the add method that takes two arguments instead of the normal one. The first argument is the component, and the second argument is a string naming the region that should hold the component, as follows:

add(buttonForTop, BorderLayout.NORTH);
add(scrollbarForRightSide, BorderLayout.EAST);
add(panelForRemainingSpace, BorderLayout.CENTER);

The role of the layout manager is to provide sizes and positions for the components. Components added to NORTH or SOUTH are resized to their preferred height, with a width equal to the Container, and then placed at the top or bottom of the ...