java.lang.Object java.awt.GridBagLayout
public class GridBagLayout
The GridBagLayout
class is a flexible layout manager that aligns components vertically and horizontally, without requiring that the components be of the same size. Each GridBagLayout
object maintains a dynamic, rectangular grid of cells, with each component occupying one or more cells, called its display area.
Each component managed by a GridBagLayout
is associated with an instance of GridBagConstraints
. The constraints object specifies where a component's display area should be located on the grid and how the component should be positioned within its display area. In addition to its constraints object, the GridBagLayout
also considers each component's minimum and preferred sizes in order to determine a component's size.
The overall orientation of the grid depends on the container's ComponentOrientation
property. For horizontal left-to-right orientations, grid coordinate (0,0) is in the upper left corner of the container with x increasing to the right and y increasing downward. For horizontal right-to-left orientations, grid coordinate (0,0) is in the upper right corner of the container with x increasing to the left and y increasing downward.
To use a grid bag layout effectively, you must customize one or more of the GridBagConstraints
objects that are associated with its components. You customize a GridBagConstraints
object by setting one or more of its instance variables:
GridBagConstraints.gridx
, GridBagConstraints.gridy
gridx = 0
, gridy = 0
. For horizontal left-to-right layout, a component's leading corner is its upper left. For horizontal right-to-left layout, a component's leading corner is its upper right. Use GridBagConstraints.RELATIVE
(the default value) to specify that the component be placed immediately following (along the x axis for gridx
or the y axis for gridy
) the component that was added to the container just before this component was added.
GridBagConstraints.gridwidth
, GridBagConstraints.gridheight
gridwidth
) or column (for gridheight
) in the component's display area. The default value is 1. Use GridBagConstraints.REMAINDER
to specify that the component's display area will be from gridx
to the last cell in the row (for gridwidth
) or from gridy
to the last cell in the column (for gridheight
). Use GridBagConstraints.RELATIVE
to specify that the component's display area will be from gridx
to the next to the last cell in its row (for gridwidth
or from gridy
to the next to the last cell in its column (for gridheight
).
GridBagConstraints.fill
GridBagConstraints.NONE
(the default), GridBagConstraints.HORIZONTAL
(make the component wide enough to fill its display area horizontally, but don't change its height), GridBagConstraints.VERTICAL
(make the component tall enough to fill its display area vertically, but don't change its width), and GridBagConstraints.BOTH
(make the component fill its display area entirely).
GridBagConstraints.ipadx
, GridBagConstraints.ipady
ipadx
pixels. Similarly, the height of the component will be at least the minimum height plus ipady
pixels.
GridBagConstraints.insets
GridBagConstraints.anchor
ComponentOrientation
property while absolute values are not. Valid values are:
Absolute Values
Relative Values
GridBagConstraints.NORTH
GridBagConstraints.SOUTH
GridBagConstraints.WEST
GridBagConstraints.EAST
GridBagConstraints.NORTHWEST
GridBagConstraints.NORTHEAST
GridBagConstraints.SOUTHWEST
GridBagConstraints.SOUTHEAST
GridBagConstraints.CENTER
(the default)GridBagConstraints.PAGE_START
GridBagConstraints.PAGE_END
GridBagConstraints.LINE_START
GridBagConstraints.LINE_END
GridBagConstraints.FIRST_LINE_START
GridBagConstraints.FIRST_LINE_END
GridBagConstraints.LAST_LINE_START
GridBagConstraints.LAST_LINE_END
GridBagConstraints.weightx
, GridBagConstraints.weighty
weightx
) and column (weighty
), all the components clump together in the center of their container. This is because when the weight is zero (the default), the GridBagLayout
object puts any extra space between its grid of cells and the edges of the container.
The following figures show ten components (all buttons) managed by a grid bag layout. Figure 1 shows the layout for a horizontal, left-to-right container and Figure 2 shows the layout for a horizontal, right-to-left container.
Each of the ten components has the fill
field of its associated GridBagConstraints
object set to GridBagConstraints.BOTH
. In addition, the components have the following non-default constraints:
weightx = 1.0
weightx = 1.0
, gridwidth = GridBagConstraints.REMAINDER
gridwidth = GridBagConstraints.REMAINDER
gridwidth = GridBagConstraints.RELATIVE
gridwidth = GridBagConstraints.REMAINDER
gridheight = 2
, weighty = 1.0
gridwidth = GridBagConstraints.REMAINDER
Here is the code that implements the example shown above:
import java.awt.*; import java.util.*; import java.applet.Applet; public class GridBagEx1 extends Applet { protected void makebutton(String name, GridBagLayout gridbag, GridBagConstraints c) { Button button = new Button(name); gridbag.setConstraints(button, c); add(button); } public void init() { GridBagLayout gridbag = new GridBagLayout(); GridBagConstraints c = new GridBagConstraints(); setFont(new Font("SansSerif", Font.PLAIN, 14)); setLayout(gridbag); c.fill = GridBagConstraints.BOTH; c.weightx = 1.0; makebutton("Button1", gridbag, c); makebutton("Button2", gridbag, c); makebutton("Button3", gridbag, c); c.gridwidth = GridBagConstraints.REMAINDER; //end row makebutton("Button4", gridbag, c); c.weightx = 0.0; //reset to the default makebutton("Button5", gridbag, c); //another row c.gridwidth = GridBagConstraints.RELATIVE; //next-to-last in row makebutton("Button6", gridbag, c); c.gridwidth = GridBagConstraints.REMAINDER; //end row makebutton("Button7", gridbag, c); c.gridwidth = 1; //reset to the default c.gridheight = 2; c.weighty = 1.0; makebutton("Button8", gridbag, c); c.weighty = 0.0; //reset to the default c.gridwidth = GridBagConstraints.REMAINDER; //end row c.gridheight = 1; //reset to the default makebutton("Button9", gridbag, c); makebutton("Button10", gridbag, c); setSize(300, 100); } public static void main(String args[]) { Frame f = new Frame("GridBag Layout Example"); GridBagEx1 ex1 = new GridBagEx1(); ex1.init(); f.add("Center", ex1); f.pack(); f.setSize(f.getPreferredSize()); f.show(); } }
GridBagConstraints
, ComponentOrientation
, Serialized Form
double[]
columnWeights
int[]
columnWidths
protected Hashtable<Component,GridBagConstraints>
comptable
protected GridBagConstraints
defaultConstraints
defaultConstraints
. protected java.awt.GridBagLayoutInfo
layoutInfo
protected static int
MAXGRIDSIZE
protected static int
MINSIZE
protected static int
PREFERREDSIZE
int[]
rowHeights
double[]
rowWeights
GridBagLayout()
void
addLayoutComponent(Component comp, Object constraints)
constraints
object. void
addLayoutComponent(String name, Component comp)
protected void
adjustForGravity(GridBagConstraints constraints, Rectangle r)
protected void
AdjustForGravity(GridBagConstraints constraints, Rectangle r)
adjustForGravity
instead. protected void
arrangeGrid(Container parent)
protected void
ArrangeGrid(Container parent)
arrangeGrid
instead. GridBagConstraints
getConstraints(Component comp)
float
getLayoutAlignmentX(Container parent)
float
getLayoutAlignmentY(Container parent)
int[][]
getLayoutDimensions()
protected java.awt.GridBagLayoutInfo
getLayoutInfo(Container parent, int sizeflag)
GridBagLayoutInfo
for the current set of managed children. protected java.awt.GridBagLayoutInfo
GetLayoutInfo(Container parent, int sizeflag)
getLayoutInfo
instead. Point
getLayoutOrigin()
double[][]
getLayoutWeights()
protected Dimension
getMinSize(Container parent, java.awt.GridBagLayoutInfo info)
getLayoutInfo
. protected Dimension
GetMinSize(Container parent, java.awt.GridBagLayoutInfo info)
getMinSize
instead. void
invalidateLayout(Container target)
void
layoutContainer(Container parent)
Point
location(int x, int y)
(x, y)
. protected GridBagConstraints
lookupConstraints(Component comp)
Dimension
maximumLayoutSize(Container target)
Dimension
minimumLayoutSize(Container parent)
parent
container using this grid bag layout. Dimension
preferredLayoutSize(Container parent)
parent
container using this grid bag layout. void
removeLayoutComponent(Component comp)
void
setConstraints(Component comp, GridBagConstraints constraints)
String
toString()
protected static final int MAXGRIDSIZE
protected static final int MINSIZE
protected static final int PREFERREDSIZE
protected Hashtable<Component,GridBagConstraints> comptable
comptable
are the components and the values are the instances of GridBagConstraints
.
GridBagConstraints
protected GridBagConstraints defaultConstraints
defaultConstraints
.
getConstraints(Component)
, setConstraints(Component, GridBagConstraints)
, lookupConstraints(Component)
protected java.awt.GridBagLayoutInfo layoutInfo
layoutInfo
is null
this indicates that there are no components in the gridbag or if there are components, they have not yet been validated.
getLayoutInfo(Container, int)
public int[] columnWidths
null
the values are applied to the gridbag after all of the minimum columns widths have been calculated. If columnWidths has more elements than the number of columns, columns are added to the gridbag to match the number of elements in columnWidth.
getLayoutDimensions()
public int[] rowHeights
rowHeights
has more elements than the number of rows, rowa are added to the gridbag to match the number of elements in rowHeights
.
getLayoutDimensions()
public double[] columnWeights
null
the values are applied to the gridbag after all of the columns weights have been calculated. If columnWeights[i]
> weight for column i, then column i is assigned the weight in columnWeights[i]
. If columnWeights
has more elements than the number of columns, the excess elements are ignored - they do not cause more columns to be created.
public double[] rowWeights
rowWeights[i]
> weight for row i, then row i is assigned the weight in rowWeights[i]
. If rowWeights
has more elements than the number of rows, the excess elements are ignored - they do not cause more rows to be created.
public GridBagLayout()
public void setConstraints(Component comp, GridBagConstraints constraints)
comp
- the component to be modified
constraints
- the constraints to be applied
public GridBagConstraints getConstraints(Component comp)
GridBagConstraints
object is returned.
comp
- the component to be queried
protected GridBagConstraints lookupConstraints(Component comp)
GridBagConstraints
object used by the layout mechanism.
If comp
is not in the GridBagLayout
, a set of default GridBagConstraints
are returned. A comp
value of null
is invalid and returns null
.
comp
- the component to be queried
public Point getLayoutOrigin()
ComponentOrientation
value of the container. This is distinct from the grid origin given by the cell coordinates (0,0). Most applications do not call this method directly.
ComponentOrientation
public int[][] getLayoutDimensions()
Most applications do not call this method directly.
public double[][] getLayoutWeights()
Most applications do not call this method directly.
public Point location(int x, int y)
(x, y)
. Each cell is identified by its column index (ranging from 0 to the number of columns minus 1) and its row index (ranging from 0 to the number of rows minus 1).
If the (x, y)
point lies outside the grid, the following rules are used. The column index is returned as zero if x
lies to the left of the layout for a left-to-right container or to the right of the layout for a right-to-left container. The column index is returned as the number of columns if x
lies to the right of the layout in a left-to-right container or to the left in a right-to-left container. The row index is returned as zero if y
lies above the layout, and as the number of rows if y
lies below the layout. The orientation of a container is determined by its ComponentOrientation
property.
x
- the x coordinate of a point
y
- the y coordinate of a point
ComponentOrientation
public void addLayoutComponent(String name, Component comp)
addLayoutComponent
in interface LayoutManager
name
- the string to be associated with the component
comp
- the component to be added
public void addLayoutComponent(Component comp, Object constraints)
constraints
object. Note that constraints are mutable and are, therefore, cloned when cached.
addLayoutComponent
in interface LayoutManager2
comp
- the component to be added
constraints
- an object that determines how the component is added to the layout
IllegalArgumentException
- if constraints
is not a GridBagConstraint
public void removeLayoutComponent(Component comp)
Most applications do not call this method directly.
removeLayoutComponent
in interface LayoutManager
comp
- the component to be removed.
Container.remove(java.awt.Component)
, Container.removeAll()
public Dimension preferredLayoutSize(Container parent)
parent
container using this grid bag layout.
Most applications do not call this method directly.
preferredLayoutSize
in interface LayoutManager
parent
- the container in which to do the layout
parent
container
Container.getPreferredSize()
public Dimension minimumLayoutSize(Container parent)
parent
container using this grid bag layout.
Most applications do not call this method directly.
minimumLayoutSize
in interface LayoutManager
parent
- the container in which to do the layout
parent
container
Container.doLayout()
public Dimension maximumLayoutSize(Container target)
maximumLayoutSize
in interface LayoutManager2
target
- the container which needs to be laid out
Container
, minimumLayoutSize(Container)
, preferredLayoutSize(Container)
public float getLayoutAlignmentX(Container parent)
getLayoutAlignmentX
in interface LayoutManager2
0.5f
to indicate centered
public float getLayoutAlignmentY(Container parent)
getLayoutAlignmentY
in interface LayoutManager2
0.5f
to indicate centered
public void invalidateLayout(Container target)
invalidateLayout
in interface LayoutManager2
public void layoutContainer(Container parent)
GridBagLayout
object.
Most applications do not call this method directly.
layoutContainer
in interface LayoutManager
parent
- the container in which to do the layout
Container
, Container.doLayout()
public String toString()
toString
in class Object
protected java.awt.GridBagLayoutInfo getLayoutInfo(Container parent, int sizeflag)
GridBagLayoutInfo
for the current set of managed children. This requires three passes through the set of children:
This method should only be used internally by GridBagLayout
.
parent
- the layout container
sizeflag
- either PREFERREDSIZE
or MINSIZE
GridBagLayoutInfo
for the set of children
protected java.awt.GridBagLayoutInfo GetLayoutInfo(Container parent, int sizeflag)
getLayoutInfo
instead. This method is the same as getLayoutInfo
; refer to getLayoutInfo
for details on parameters and return value.
protected void adjustForGravity(GridBagConstraints constraints, Rectangle r)
GridBagLayout
.
constraints
- the constraints to be applied
r
- the Rectangle
to be adjusted
protected void AdjustForGravity(GridBagConstraints constraints, Rectangle r)
adjustForGravity
instead. This method is the same as adjustForGravity
; refer to adjustForGravity
for details on parameters.
protected Dimension getMinSize(Container parent, java.awt.GridBagLayoutInfo info)
getLayoutInfo
. This method should only be used internally by GridBagLayout
.
parent
- the layout container
info
- the layout info for this parent
Dimension
object containing the minimum size
protected Dimension GetMinSize(Container parent, java.awt.GridBagLayoutInfo info)
getMinSize
instead. This method is the same as getMinSize
; refer to getMinSize
for details on parameters and return value.
protected void arrangeGrid(Container parent)
GridBagLayout
.
parent
- the layout container
protected void ArrangeGrid(Container parent)
arrangeGrid
instead. This method is the same as arrangeGrid
; refer to arrangeGrid
for details on the parameter.
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