Layout Managers
Before you begin writing a Swing program, there is one more thing that you need to be aware of: the layout manager. The layout manager controls the position of components within a container. Java offers several layout managers. Most are provided by the AWT (within java.awt), but Swing adds a few of its own. All layout managers are instances of a class that implements the LayoutManager interface. (Some will also implement the LayoutManager2 interface.) Here is a list of a few of the layout managers available to the Swing programmer:
Frankly, the topic of layout managers is quite large, and it is not possible to examine it in detail ...
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