A typical usage of a border layout manager. : BorderLayout « Swing « Java Tutorial

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2. Swing
3. BorderLayout

import java.awt.BorderLayout;
import java.awt.Dimension;
import java.awt.Insets;

import javax.swing.ImageIcon;
import javax.swing.JButton;
import javax.swing.JFrame;
import javax.swing.JLabel;
import javax.swing.JMenu;
import javax.swing.JMenuBar;
import javax.swing.JTextArea;
import javax.swing.JToolBar;
import javax.swing.border.EmptyBorder;
import javax.swing.border.LineBorder;

public class BorderLayoutExample {
  public static void main(String[] args) {
    JFrame f = new JFrame();
    JMenuBar menubar = new JMenuBar();
    JMenu file = new JMenu("File");

    menubar.add(file);
    f.setJMenuBar(menubar);

    JToolBar toolbar = new JToolBar();
    toolbar.setFloatable(false);

    JButton bexit = new JButton(new ImageIcon("exit.png"));
    bexit.setBorder(new EmptyBorder(0, 0, 0, 0));
    toolbar.add(bexit);

    f.add(toolbar, BorderLayout.NORTH);

    JToolBar vertical = new JToolBar(JToolBar.VERTICAL);
    vertical.setFloatable(false);
    vertical.setMargin(new Insets(10, 5, 5, 5));

    JButton selectb = new JButton(new ImageIcon("a.png"));
    selectb.setBorder(new EmptyBorder(3, 0, 3, 0));

    JButton freehandb = new JButton(new ImageIcon("b.png"));
    freehandb.setBorder(new EmptyBorder(3, 0, 3, 0));
    JButton shapeedb = new JButton(new ImageIcon("c.png"));
    shapeedb.setBorder(new EmptyBorder(3, 0, 3, 0));

    vertical.add(selectb);
    vertical.add(freehandb);
    vertical.add(shapeedb);

    f.add(vertical, BorderLayout.WEST);
    f.add(new JTextArea(), BorderLayout.CENTER);

    JLabel statusbar = new JLabel(" Statusbar");
    statusbar.setPreferredSize(new Dimension(-1, 22));
    statusbar.setBorder(LineBorder.createGrayLineBorder());
    f.add(statusbar, BorderLayout.SOUTH);
    f.setSize(350, 300);
    f.setDefaultCloseOperation(JFrame.EXIT_ON_CLOSE);
    f.setVisible(true);
  }
}

14.86.BorderLayout
	14.86.1.	What is the BorderLayout
	14.86.2.	A BorderLayout divides the space into five regions: North, West, South, East and Centre.
	14.86.3.	Using a BorderLayout Manager
	14.86.4.	A typical usage of a border layout manager.
	14.86.5.	Place multiple components into one of the regions of a BorderLayout-managed container
	14.86.6.	Combining BorderLayout and GridLayout Managers