12.11 Layout Containers: Dynamically Setting Up the GUI Using GridPane
Layout managers can be set dynamically, based on user input. For example, the user could enter the number of rows or columns of the grid. Based on user input, we can also rearrange the components using another layout container, such as HBox. The user could also instruct us to remove components and add others. Our next example, the Tile Puzzle game, will illustrate some of these capabilities.
In the Tile Puzzle game, eight tiles displaying the digits 1 through 8 are scrambled on a 3-by-3 grid, leaving one cell empty. Any tile adjacent to the empty cell can be moved to the empty cell by clicking on the numbered tile. The goal is to rearrange the tiles so that the numbers ...
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