A good layout manager proves essential for creating a good graphical user interface (GUI), but many beginner developers find the standard Java layout managers difficult to master. Of these, ...

So, I'm a total newbie when it comes to Java, having to learn it on the fly here at my job.<BR><BR>The short form of my problem is that I'm trying to force a JPanel using a FlowLayout to restrict its ...

Note: Source code files accompanying article are located on MacTech CD-ROM or source code disks. Last month, we introduced the Java Layout Manager and saw the power of layouts combined with panels.

I need either a layout manager or container that will layout components in a tree format, preferably with lines connecting parent/child. JTree doesn't work for me because it represents trees ...

Developers often need to create graphical user interfaces (GUIs) that have a matrix-type layout with columns of different widths or rows of different heights. Those layout cells are unequal in order ...