Java tutorial
import java.awt.Container; import java.awt.Dimension; import java.awt.Graphics; import java.awt.LayoutManager; import javax.swing.Box; import javax.swing.BoxLayout; import javax.swing.JButton; import javax.swing.JFrame; import javax.swing.JPanel; public class VerticalBoxLayoutManagerContainerTest { public static void main(String[] args) { JFrame f = new JFrame(); f.setDefaultCloseOperation(JFrame.EXIT_ON_CLOSE); Container pane = new BoxPanel(); f.setContentPane(pane); BoxLayout bl = new BoxLayout(pane, BoxLayout.Y_AXIS); pane.setLayout(bl); for (float align = 0.0f; align <= 1.0f; align += 0.25f) { JButton button = new JButton("X Alignment = " + align); button.setAlignmentX(align); pane.add(button); pane.add(Box.createRigidArea(new Dimension(0, 15))); } f.setSize(400, 300); f.setVisible(true); } } class BoxPanel extends JPanel { public void paintChildren(Graphics g) { super.paintChildren(g); Dimension size = getSize(); LayoutManager manager = getLayout(); if ((manager != null) && (manager instanceof BoxLayout)) { BoxLayout layout = (BoxLayout) manager; boolean vertical = true; if (vertical) { int axis = (int) (layout.getLayoutAlignmentX(this) * size.width); g.fillRect(axis - 1, 0, 3, size.height); } else { int axis = (int) (layout.getLayoutAlignmentY(this) * size.height); g.fillRect(0, axis - 1, size.width, 3); } } } }