The Java Developers Almanac 1.4


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e629. Setting the Location of a Component Within the Cell of a GridBagLayout Using Anchors

By default, when the cell is larger than the preferred size of a component, the component is centered within the cell. You can specify other relative positions using the anchor constraint. For example, specifying an anchor of NORTH causes the component to be horizontally centered with the top edge of the component aligned with the top edge of the cell. Specifying an anchor of NORTHEAST causes the northeast corner of the component to coincide with the northeast corner of the cell.

See e622 Creating a GridBagLayout for an example on how to use a gridbag layout with gridbag constraints.

    GridBagConstraints gbc = new GridBagConstraints();
    
    // These are the nine possible anchor values
    gbc.anchor = GridBagConstraints.CENTER;
    gbc.anchor = GridBagConstraints.NORTH;
    gbc.anchor = GridBagConstraints.NORTHEAST;
    gbc.anchor = GridBagConstraints.EAST;
    gbc.anchor = GridBagConstraints.SOUTHEAST;
    gbc.anchor = GridBagConstraints.SOUTH;
    gbc.anchor = GridBagConstraints.SOUTHWEST;
    gbc.anchor = GridBagConstraints.WEST;
    gbc.anchor = GridBagConstraints.NORTHWEST;

 Related Examples
e622. Creating a GridBagLayout
e623. Setting the Location of a Component in a GridBagLayout
e624. Getting the Number of Rows and Columns of Cells in a GridBagLayout
e625. Making a GridBagLayout Fill the Container
e626. Setting the Stretchyness of Rows and Columns in a GridBagLayout Using Layout Weights
e627. Setting the Stretchyness of Columns and Rows in a GridBagLayout Using Component Weights
e628. Setting the Stretchyness of a Component Within the Cell of a GridBagLayout Using Fill
e630. Setting the Space around a Component Within the Cell of the GridBagLayout Using Insets
e631. Adjusting the Size of a Component in a GridBadLayout Using Internal Padding
e632. Setting a Row or Column of a GridBadLayout to a Particular Size
e633. Setting Gap Sizes in a GridBadLayout

See also: Colors    Components    Containers    Cursors    Drawing    Events    Focus    Frames    Images    Shapes    Simulating Events    Text    The Screen   


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