Java tutorial
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); } }