Graphic Java™ 1.2, Volume I: AWT, Third Edition

Chapter 10. Components, Containers, and Layout Managers

• The Big Three of the AWT

• LayoutManagers

  - Two Types of Layout Managers

  - Layout Managers and Container Insets

  - Peers and Insets

• Painting a Container's Components

• Forcing a Container to Lay Out Its Components

• Standard AWT Layout Managers

  - The BorderLayout Layout Manager

  - The CardLayout Layout Manager

  - The FlowLayout Layout Manager

  - The GridLayout Layout Manager

• The GridBagLayout Layout Manager

• Null Layout Managers

• Custom Layout Managers

• Summary

Perhaps the most fundamental relationship in the entire AWT is the relationship between components, containers, and layout managers. Understanding how the three relate to one another is paramount to developing nontrivial applets and applications using the AWT. ...