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Class java.awt.GridLayout

java.lang.Object
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   +----java.awt.GridLayout

public class GridLayout

extends Object

implements LayoutManager

GridLayout(int, int)

Creates a grid layout with the specified rows and specified columns.

GridLayout(int, int, int, int)

Creates a grid layout with the specified rows, columns, horizontal gap, and vertical gap.

addLayoutComponent(String, Component)

Adds the specified component with the specified name to the layout.

layoutContainer(Container)

Lays out the container in the specified panel.

minimumLayoutSize(Container)

Returns the minimum dimensions needed to layout the components contained in the specified panel.

preferredLayoutSize(Container)

Returns the preferred dimensions for this layout given the components int the specified panel.

removeLayoutComponent(Component)

Removes the specified component from the layout.

toString()

Returns the String representation of this GridLayout's values.

  public GridLayout(int rows,
                    int cols)

Creates a grid layout with the specified rows and specified columns.

Parameters:

rows - the rows

cols - the columns

  public GridLayout(int rows,
                    int cols,
                    int hgap,
                    int vgap)

Creates a grid layout with the specified rows, columns, horizontal gap, and vertical gap.

Parameters:

rows - the rows; zero means 'any number.'

cols - the columns; zero means 'any number.' Only one of 'rows' and 'cols' can be zero, not both.

hgap - the horizontal gap variable

vgap - the vertical gap variable

Throws: IllegalArgumentException

If the rows and columns are invalid.

  public void addLayoutComponent(String name,
                                 Component comp)

Adds the specified component with the specified name to the layout.

Parameters:

name - the name of the component

comp - the component to be added

  public void removeLayoutComponent(Component comp)

Removes the specified component from the layout. Does not apply.

Parameters:

comp - the component to be removed

  public Dimension preferredLayoutSize(Container parent)

Returns the preferred dimensions for this layout given the components int the specified panel.

Parameters:

parent - the component which needs to be laid out

See Also:

minimumLayoutSize

  public Dimension minimumLayoutSize(Container parent)

Returns the minimum dimensions needed to layout the components contained in the specified panel.

Parameters:

parent - the component which needs to be laid out

See Also:

preferredLayoutSize

  public void layoutContainer(Container parent)

Lays out the container in the specified panel.

Parameters:

parent - the specified component being laid out

See Also:

Container

  public String toString()

Returns the String representation of this GridLayout's values.

Overrides:

toString in class Object

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