BorderLayout.LINE_START has the following syntax.
public static final String LINE_START
In the following code shows how to use BorderLayout.LINE_START field.
import java.awt.BorderLayout; //w ww . jav a2 s. c o m import javax.swing.JFrame; import javax.swing.JLabel; import javax.swing.JPanel; import javax.swing.JTextField; public class Main { public static void main(String[] a) { JFrame frame = new JFrame(); frame.setDefaultCloseOperation(JFrame.EXIT_ON_CLOSE); JPanel outerPanel = new JPanel(new BorderLayout()); JPanel topPanel = new JPanel(new BorderLayout()); JLabel label = new JLabel("Name:"); JTextField text = new JTextField(); topPanel.add(label, BorderLayout.LINE_START); topPanel.add(text, BorderLayout.CENTER); outerPanel.add(topPanel, BorderLayout.AFTER_LAST_LINE); frame.add(outerPanel); frame.setSize(300, 200); frame.setVisible(true); } }