XAxisAlignY.java Source code

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import java.awt.Component;
import java.awt.Container;
import java.awt.GridLayout;

import javax.swing.BorderFactory;
import javax.swing.BoxLayout;
import javax.swing.JButton;
import javax.swing.JFrame;
import javax.swing.JPanel;

public class XAxisAlignY {
    private static Container layoutComponents(String title, float alignment) {
        String labels[] = { "-", "-", "-" };

        JPanel container = new JPanel();
        container.setBorder(BorderFactory.createTitledBorder(title));
        BoxLayout layout = new BoxLayout(container, BoxLayout.X_AXIS);
        container.setLayout(layout);
        for (int i = 0, n = labels.length; i < n; i++) {
            JButton button = new JButton(labels[i]);
            button.setAlignmentY(alignment);
            container.add(button);
        }
        return container;
    }

    public static void main(String args[]) {
        JFrame frame = new JFrame("Alignment Example");
        frame.setDefaultCloseOperation(JFrame.EXIT_ON_CLOSE);

        Container panel1 = layoutComponents("Top", Component.TOP_ALIGNMENT);
        Container panel2 = layoutComponents("Center", Component.CENTER_ALIGNMENT);
        Container panel3 = layoutComponents("Bottom", Component.BOTTOM_ALIGNMENT);

        frame.setLayout(new GridLayout(1, 3));
        frame.add(panel1);
        frame.add(panel2);
        frame.add(panel3);

        frame.setSize(400, 150);
        frame.setVisible(true);
    }
}