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&lt;p&gt;&lt;b&gt;Новая страница&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;div&gt;==  Align your components in horizontal or vertical layout ==&lt;br /&gt;
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import java.awt.BorderLayout;&lt;br /&gt;
import java.awt.Container;&lt;br /&gt;
import java.awt.Dimension;&lt;br /&gt;
import javax.swing.Box;&lt;br /&gt;
import javax.swing.BoxLayout;&lt;br /&gt;
import javax.swing.JButton;&lt;br /&gt;
import javax.swing.JFrame;&lt;br /&gt;
import javax.swing.JPanel;&lt;br /&gt;
public class Main extends JFrame {&lt;br /&gt;
  public Main() {&lt;br /&gt;
    super(&amp;quot;Demostrating BoxLayout&amp;quot;);&lt;br /&gt;
    final int SIZE = 3;&lt;br /&gt;
    Container c = getContentPane();&lt;br /&gt;
    c.setLayout(new BorderLayout(30, 30));&lt;br /&gt;
    Box boxes[] = new Box[4];&lt;br /&gt;
    boxes[0] = Box.createHorizontalBox();&lt;br /&gt;
    boxes[1] = Box.createVerticalBox();&lt;br /&gt;
    boxes[2] = Box.createHorizontalBox();&lt;br /&gt;
    boxes[3] = Box.createVerticalBox();&lt;br /&gt;
    for (int i = 0; i &amp;lt; SIZE; i++)&lt;br /&gt;
      boxes[0].add(new JButton(&amp;quot;boxes[0]: &amp;quot; + i));&lt;br /&gt;
    for (int i = 0; i &amp;lt; SIZE; i++) {&lt;br /&gt;
      boxes[1].add(Box.createVerticalStrut(25));&lt;br /&gt;
      boxes[1].add(new JButton(&amp;quot;boxes[1]: &amp;quot; + i));&lt;br /&gt;
    }&lt;br /&gt;
    for (int i = 0; i &amp;lt; SIZE; i++) {&lt;br /&gt;
      boxes[2].add(Box.createHorizontalGlue());&lt;br /&gt;
      boxes[2].add(new JButton(&amp;quot;boxes[2]: &amp;quot; + i));&lt;br /&gt;
    }&lt;br /&gt;
    for (int i = 0; i &amp;lt; SIZE; i++) {&lt;br /&gt;
      boxes[3].add(Box.createRigidArea(new Dimension(12, 8)));&lt;br /&gt;
      boxes[3].add(new JButton(&amp;quot;boxes[3]: &amp;quot; + i));&lt;br /&gt;
    }&lt;br /&gt;
    JPanel panel = new JPanel();&lt;br /&gt;
    panel.setLayout(new BoxLayout(panel, BoxLayout.Y_AXIS));&lt;br /&gt;
    for (int i = 0; i &amp;lt; SIZE; i++) {&lt;br /&gt;
      panel.add(Box.createGlue());&lt;br /&gt;
      panel.add(new JButton(&amp;quot;panel: &amp;quot; + i));&lt;br /&gt;
    }&lt;br /&gt;
    c.add(boxes[0], BorderLayout.NORTH);&lt;br /&gt;
    c.add(boxes[1], BorderLayout.EAST);&lt;br /&gt;
    c.add(boxes[2], BorderLayout.SOUTH);&lt;br /&gt;
    c.add(boxes[3], BorderLayout.WEST);&lt;br /&gt;
    c.add(panel, BorderLayout.CENTER);&lt;br /&gt;
    setSize(350, 300);&lt;br /&gt;
    setDefaultCloseOperation(JFrame.EXIT_ON_CLOSE);&lt;br /&gt;
    setVisible(true);&lt;br /&gt;
    &lt;br /&gt;
  }&lt;br /&gt;
  public static void main(String args[]) {&lt;br /&gt;
    Main app = new Main();&lt;br /&gt;
  }&lt;br /&gt;
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==  A Simple BoxLayout Test ==&lt;br /&gt;
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import java.awt.Container;&lt;br /&gt;
import javax.swing.BoxLayout;&lt;br /&gt;
import javax.swing.JButton;&lt;br /&gt;
import javax.swing.JFrame;&lt;br /&gt;
public class BoxLayoutYAXISTest {&lt;br /&gt;
  public static void main(String[] args) {&lt;br /&gt;
    JFrame f = new JFrame(&amp;quot;Vertical BoxLayout-managed container&amp;quot;);&lt;br /&gt;
    f.setDefaultCloseOperation(JFrame.EXIT_ON_CLOSE);&lt;br /&gt;
    Container pane = f.getContentPane();&lt;br /&gt;
    pane.setLayout(new BoxLayout(pane, BoxLayout.Y_AXIS));&lt;br /&gt;
    for (float align = 0.0f; align &amp;lt;= 1.0f; align += 0.25f) {&lt;br /&gt;
      JButton button = new JButton(&amp;quot;X Alignment = &amp;quot; + align);&lt;br /&gt;
      button.setAlignmentX(align);&lt;br /&gt;
      pane.add(button);&lt;br /&gt;
    }&lt;br /&gt;
    f.setSize(400, 300);&lt;br /&gt;
    f.setVisible(true);&lt;br /&gt;
  }&lt;br /&gt;
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==  A vertical box container arranges the components top-to-bottom aligned in their preferred sizes. ==&lt;br /&gt;
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import javax.swing.Box;&lt;br /&gt;
import javax.swing.BoxLayout;&lt;br /&gt;
import javax.swing.JButton;&lt;br /&gt;
public class Main {&lt;br /&gt;
  public static void main(String[] argv) throws Exception {&lt;br /&gt;
    JButton component1 = new JButton();&lt;br /&gt;
    JButton component2 = new JButton();&lt;br /&gt;
    // Create vertical box container&lt;br /&gt;
    Box box = new Box(BoxLayout.Y_AXIS);&lt;br /&gt;
    // create a vertical box container&lt;br /&gt;
    box = Box.createVerticalBox();&lt;br /&gt;
    // Add components&lt;br /&gt;
    box.add(component1);&lt;br /&gt;
    box.add(component2);&lt;br /&gt;
  }&lt;br /&gt;
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==  BoxLayout: set a rigid area among our components. ==&lt;br /&gt;
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import java.awt.Dimension;&lt;br /&gt;
import java.awt.Insets;&lt;br /&gt;
import javax.swing.Box;&lt;br /&gt;
import javax.swing.BoxLayout;&lt;br /&gt;
import javax.swing.JButton;&lt;br /&gt;
import javax.swing.JFrame;&lt;br /&gt;
import javax.swing.JPanel;&lt;br /&gt;
import javax.swing.border.EmptyBorder;&lt;br /&gt;
public class RigidArea {&lt;br /&gt;
  public static void main(String[] args) {&lt;br /&gt;
    JPanel panel = new JPanel();&lt;br /&gt;
    panel.setLayout(new BoxLayout(panel, BoxLayout.Y_AXIS));&lt;br /&gt;
    panel.setBorder(new EmptyBorder(new Insets(40, 60, 40, 60)));&lt;br /&gt;
    panel.add(new JButton(&amp;quot;Button&amp;quot;));&lt;br /&gt;
    panel.add(Box.createRigidArea(new Dimension(0, 5)));&lt;br /&gt;
    panel.add(new JButton(&amp;quot;Button&amp;quot;));&lt;br /&gt;
    panel.add(Box.createRigidArea(new Dimension(0, 5)));&lt;br /&gt;
    panel.add(new JButton(&amp;quot;Button&amp;quot;));&lt;br /&gt;
    panel.add(Box.createRigidArea(new Dimension(0, 5)));&lt;br /&gt;
    panel.add(new JButton(&amp;quot;Button&amp;quot;));&lt;br /&gt;
    JFrame f = new JFrame();&lt;br /&gt;
    f.add(panel);&lt;br /&gt;
    f.pack();&lt;br /&gt;
    f.setDefaultCloseOperation(JFrame.EXIT_ON_CLOSE);&lt;br /&gt;
    f.setLocationRelativeTo(null);&lt;br /&gt;
    f.setVisible(true);&lt;br /&gt;
  }&lt;br /&gt;
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==  Creating a BoxLayout ==&lt;br /&gt;
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&amp;lt;p&amp;gt;BoxLayout has a single constructor:&amp;lt;/p&amp;gt;&lt;br /&gt;
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==  Drawing Borders Within a BoxLayout-Managed Container ==&lt;br /&gt;
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import java.awt.Container;&lt;br /&gt;
import java.awt.Dimension;&lt;br /&gt;
import java.awt.Graphics;&lt;br /&gt;
import java.awt.LayoutManager;&lt;br /&gt;
import javax.swing.BoxLayout;&lt;br /&gt;
import javax.swing.JFrame;&lt;br /&gt;
import javax.swing.JPanel;&lt;br /&gt;
import javax.swing.JTextField;&lt;br /&gt;
public class BoxLayoutManagerContainerTest {&lt;br /&gt;
  public static void main(String[] args) {&lt;br /&gt;
    JFrame f = new JFrame(&amp;quot;Vertical BoxLayout-managed container&amp;quot;);&lt;br /&gt;
    f.setDefaultCloseOperation(JFrame.EXIT_ON_CLOSE);&lt;br /&gt;
    Container pane = new BoxPanel();&lt;br /&gt;
    f.setContentPane(pane);&lt;br /&gt;
    pane.setLayout(new BoxLayout(pane, BoxLayout.Y_AXIS));&lt;br /&gt;
    for (float align = 0.0f; align &amp;lt;= 1.0f; align += 0.25f) {&lt;br /&gt;
      JTextField tf = new JTextField(&amp;quot;X Alignment = &amp;quot; + align, 10);&lt;br /&gt;
      tf.setAlignmentX(align);&lt;br /&gt;
      pane.add(tf);&lt;br /&gt;
    }&lt;br /&gt;
    f.setSize(400, 300);&lt;br /&gt;
    f.setVisible(true);&lt;br /&gt;
  }&lt;br /&gt;
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class BoxPanel extends JPanel {&lt;br /&gt;
  public void paintChildren(Graphics g) {&lt;br /&gt;
    super.paintChildren(g);&lt;br /&gt;
    Dimension size = getSize();&lt;br /&gt;
    LayoutManager manager = getLayout();&lt;br /&gt;
    if ((manager != null) &amp;amp;&amp;amp; (manager instanceof BoxLayout)) {&lt;br /&gt;
      BoxLayout layout = (BoxLayout) manager;&lt;br /&gt;
      boolean vertical = true;&lt;br /&gt;
      if (vertical) {&lt;br /&gt;
        int axis = (int) (layout.getLayoutAlignmentX(this) * size.width);&lt;br /&gt;
        g.fillRect(axis - 1, 0, 3, size.height);&lt;br /&gt;
      } else {&lt;br /&gt;
        int axis = (int) (layout.getLayoutAlignmentY(this) * size.height);&lt;br /&gt;
        g.fillRect(0, axis - 1, size.width, 3);&lt;br /&gt;
      }&lt;br /&gt;
    }&lt;br /&gt;
  }&lt;br /&gt;
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==  Glue spreads the components as far apart as possible. ==&lt;br /&gt;
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import javax.swing.Box;&lt;br /&gt;
import javax.swing.BoxLayout;&lt;br /&gt;
import javax.swing.JButton;&lt;br /&gt;
public class Main {&lt;br /&gt;
  public static void main(String[] argv) throws Exception {&lt;br /&gt;
    JButton component1 = new JButton();&lt;br /&gt;
    JButton component2 = new JButton();&lt;br /&gt;
    Box box = new Box(BoxLayout.X_AXIS);&lt;br /&gt;
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    box.add(component1);&lt;br /&gt;
    box.add(Box.createGlue());&lt;br /&gt;
    box.add(component2);&lt;br /&gt;
  }&lt;br /&gt;
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==  Laying Out Components in a Row or Column ==&lt;br /&gt;
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import javax.swing.Box;&lt;br /&gt;
import javax.swing.BoxLayout;&lt;br /&gt;
import javax.swing.JButton;&lt;br /&gt;
public class Main {&lt;br /&gt;
  public static void main(String[] argv) throws Exception {&lt;br /&gt;
    JButton component1 = new JButton();&lt;br /&gt;
    JButton component2 = new JButton();&lt;br /&gt;
    Box box = new Box(BoxLayout.X_AXIS);&lt;br /&gt;
    box = Box.createHorizontalBox();&lt;br /&gt;
    // Add components&lt;br /&gt;
    box.add(component1);&lt;br /&gt;
    box.add(component2);&lt;br /&gt;
  }&lt;br /&gt;
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==  Separating Components in a Row or Column ==&lt;br /&gt;
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import javax.swing.Box;&lt;br /&gt;
import javax.swing.BoxLayout;&lt;br /&gt;
import javax.swing.JButton;&lt;br /&gt;
public class Main {&lt;br /&gt;
  public static void main(String[] argv) throws Exception {&lt;br /&gt;
    JButton component1 = new JButton();&lt;br /&gt;
    JButton component2 = new JButton();&lt;br /&gt;
    Box box = new Box(BoxLayout.X_AXIS);&lt;br /&gt;
    &lt;br /&gt;
    box.add(component1);&lt;br /&gt;
    box.add(Box.createGlue());&lt;br /&gt;
    box.add(component2);&lt;br /&gt;
  }&lt;br /&gt;
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==  Struts and Glue ==&lt;br /&gt;
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import java.awt.BorderLayout;&lt;br /&gt;
import java.awt.Container;&lt;br /&gt;
import javax.swing.Box;&lt;br /&gt;
import javax.swing.ButtonGroup;&lt;br /&gt;
import javax.swing.JCheckBox;&lt;br /&gt;
import javax.swing.JFrame;&lt;br /&gt;
import javax.swing.JRadioButton;&lt;br /&gt;
public class TryBoxLayout {&lt;br /&gt;
  public static void main(String[] args) {&lt;br /&gt;
    JFrame aWindow = new JFrame(&amp;quot;This is a Box Layout&amp;quot;);&lt;br /&gt;
    aWindow.setBounds(30, 30, 300, 300);&lt;br /&gt;
    aWindow.setDefaultCloseOperation(JFrame.EXIT_ON_CLOSE);&lt;br /&gt;
    // Create left column of radio buttons&lt;br /&gt;
    Box left = Box.createVerticalBox();&lt;br /&gt;
    left.add(Box.createVerticalStrut(30));&lt;br /&gt;
    ButtonGroup radioGroup = new ButtonGroup();&lt;br /&gt;
    JRadioButton rbutton;&lt;br /&gt;
    radioGroup.add(rbutton = new JRadioButton(&amp;quot;Red&amp;quot;));&lt;br /&gt;
    left.add(rbutton);&lt;br /&gt;
    left.add(Box.createVerticalStrut(30));&lt;br /&gt;
    radioGroup.add(rbutton = new JRadioButton(&amp;quot;Green&amp;quot;));&lt;br /&gt;
    left.add(rbutton);&lt;br /&gt;
    left.add(Box.createVerticalStrut(30));&lt;br /&gt;
    radioGroup.add(rbutton = new JRadioButton(&amp;quot;Blue&amp;quot;));&lt;br /&gt;
    left.add(rbutton);&lt;br /&gt;
    left.add(Box.createVerticalStrut(30));&lt;br /&gt;
    radioGroup.add(rbutton = new JRadioButton(&amp;quot;Yellow&amp;quot;));&lt;br /&gt;
    left.add(rbutton);&lt;br /&gt;
    Box right = Box.createVerticalBox();&lt;br /&gt;
    right.add(new JCheckBox(&amp;quot;A&amp;quot;));&lt;br /&gt;
    right.add(new JCheckBox(&amp;quot;B&amp;quot;));&lt;br /&gt;
    right.add(new JCheckBox(&amp;quot;C&amp;quot;));&lt;br /&gt;
    Box top = Box.createHorizontalBox();&lt;br /&gt;
    top.add(left);&lt;br /&gt;
    top.add(right);&lt;br /&gt;
    Container content = aWindow.getContentPane();&lt;br /&gt;
    content.setLayout(new BorderLayout());&lt;br /&gt;
    content.add(top, BorderLayout.CENTER);&lt;br /&gt;
    aWindow.pack();&lt;br /&gt;
    aWindow.setVisible(true);&lt;br /&gt;
  }&lt;br /&gt;
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==  Strut spreads the components apart by a fixed distance ==&lt;br /&gt;
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import javax.swing.Box;&lt;br /&gt;
import javax.swing.BoxLayout;&lt;br /&gt;
import javax.swing.JButton;&lt;br /&gt;
public class Main {&lt;br /&gt;
  public static void main(String[] argv) throws Exception {&lt;br /&gt;
    JButton component1 = new JButton();&lt;br /&gt;
    Box box = new Box(BoxLayout.X_AXIS);&lt;br /&gt;
    int width = 10;&lt;br /&gt;
    box.add(Box.createHorizontalStrut(width));&lt;br /&gt;
    box.add(component1);&lt;br /&gt;
  }&lt;br /&gt;
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==  Using a BoxLayout Manager ==&lt;br /&gt;
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&amp;lt;p&amp;gt;Arranges components either in a row or in a column.&amp;lt;/p&amp;gt;&lt;br /&gt;
&amp;lt;OL&amp;gt;&amp;lt;LI&amp;gt;Box class offers a container that uses BoxLayout as its default layout manager.&amp;lt;/LI&amp;gt;&amp;lt;LI&amp;gt;BoxLayout works to honor each component&amp;quot;s x and y alignment properties as well as its maximum size.&amp;lt;/LI&amp;gt;&amp;lt;/OL&amp;gt;&lt;br /&gt;
&amp;lt;p&amp;gt;The BoxLayout class has only one constructor:&amp;lt;/p&amp;gt;&lt;br /&gt;
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public BoxLayout(java.awt.Container target, int axis)&amp;lt;/source&amp;gt;&lt;br /&gt;
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==  Vertical BoxLayout-managed container ==&lt;br /&gt;
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import java.awt.Container;&lt;br /&gt;
import java.awt.Dimension;&lt;br /&gt;
import java.awt.Graphics;&lt;br /&gt;
import java.awt.LayoutManager;&lt;br /&gt;
import javax.swing.Box;&lt;br /&gt;
import javax.swing.BoxLayout;&lt;br /&gt;
import javax.swing.JButton;&lt;br /&gt;
import javax.swing.JFrame;&lt;br /&gt;
import javax.swing.JPanel;&lt;br /&gt;
public class VerticalBoxLayoutManagerContainerTest {&lt;br /&gt;
  public static void main(String[] args) {&lt;br /&gt;
    JFrame f = new JFrame();&lt;br /&gt;
    f.setDefaultCloseOperation(JFrame.EXIT_ON_CLOSE);&lt;br /&gt;
    Container pane = new BoxPanel();&lt;br /&gt;
    f.setContentPane(pane);&lt;br /&gt;
    BoxLayout bl = new BoxLayout(pane, BoxLayout.Y_AXIS);&lt;br /&gt;
    pane.setLayout(bl);&lt;br /&gt;
    for (float align = 0.0f; align &amp;lt;= 1.0f; align += 0.25f) {&lt;br /&gt;
      JButton button = new JButton(&amp;quot;X Alignment = &amp;quot; + align);&lt;br /&gt;
      button.setAlignmentX(align);&lt;br /&gt;
      pane.add(button);&lt;br /&gt;
      pane.add(Box.createRigidArea(new Dimension(0, 15)));&lt;br /&gt;
    }&lt;br /&gt;
    f.setSize(400, 300);&lt;br /&gt;
    f.setVisible(true);&lt;br /&gt;
  }&lt;br /&gt;
}&lt;br /&gt;
class BoxPanel extends JPanel {&lt;br /&gt;
  public void paintChildren(Graphics g) {&lt;br /&gt;
    super.paintChildren(g);&lt;br /&gt;
    Dimension size = getSize();&lt;br /&gt;
    LayoutManager manager = getLayout();&lt;br /&gt;
    if ((manager != null) &amp;amp;&amp;amp; (manager instanceof BoxLayout)) {&lt;br /&gt;
      BoxLayout layout = (BoxLayout) manager;&lt;br /&gt;
      boolean vertical = true;&lt;br /&gt;
      if (vertical) {&lt;br /&gt;
        int axis = (int) (layout.getLayoutAlignmentX(this) * size.width);&lt;br /&gt;
        g.fillRect(axis - 1, 0, 3, size.height);&lt;br /&gt;
      } else {&lt;br /&gt;
        int axis = (int) (layout.getLayoutAlignmentY(this) * size.height);&lt;br /&gt;
        g.fillRect(0, axis - 1, size.width, 3);&lt;br /&gt;
      }&lt;br /&gt;
    }&lt;br /&gt;
  }&lt;br /&gt;
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==  X-Axis Alignment ==&lt;br /&gt;
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import java.awt.ruponent;&lt;br /&gt;
import java.awt.Container;&lt;br /&gt;
import java.awt.GridLayout;&lt;br /&gt;
import javax.swing.BorderFactory;&lt;br /&gt;
import javax.swing.BoxLayout;&lt;br /&gt;
import javax.swing.JButton;&lt;br /&gt;
import javax.swing.JFrame;&lt;br /&gt;
import javax.swing.JPanel;&lt;br /&gt;
public class XAxisAlignY {&lt;br /&gt;
  private static Container layoutComponents(String title, float alignment) {&lt;br /&gt;
    String labels[] = { &amp;quot;-&amp;quot;, &amp;quot;-&amp;quot;, &amp;quot;-&amp;quot; };&lt;br /&gt;
    JPanel container = new JPanel();&lt;br /&gt;
    container.setBorder(BorderFactory.createTitledBorder(title));&lt;br /&gt;
    BoxLayout layout = new BoxLayout(container, BoxLayout.X_AXIS);&lt;br /&gt;
    container.setLayout(layout);&lt;br /&gt;
    for (int i = 0, n = labels.length; i &amp;lt; n; i++) {&lt;br /&gt;
      JButton button = new JButton(labels[i]);&lt;br /&gt;
      button.setAlignmentY(alignment);&lt;br /&gt;
      container.add(button);&lt;br /&gt;
    }&lt;br /&gt;
    return container;&lt;br /&gt;
  }&lt;br /&gt;
  public static void main(String args[]) {&lt;br /&gt;
    JFrame frame = new JFrame(&amp;quot;Alignment Example&amp;quot;);&lt;br /&gt;
    frame.setDefaultCloseOperation(JFrame.EXIT_ON_CLOSE);&lt;br /&gt;
    Container panel1 = layoutComponents(&amp;quot;Top&amp;quot;, Component.TOP_ALIGNMENT);&lt;br /&gt;
    Container panel2 = layoutComponents(&amp;quot;Center&amp;quot;, Component.CENTER_ALIGNMENT);&lt;br /&gt;
    Container panel3 = layoutComponents(&amp;quot;Bottom&amp;quot;, Component.BOTTOM_ALIGNMENT);&lt;br /&gt;
    frame.setLayout(new GridLayout(1, 3));&lt;br /&gt;
    frame.add(panel1);&lt;br /&gt;
    frame.add(panel2);&lt;br /&gt;
    frame.add(panel3);&lt;br /&gt;
    frame.setSize(400, 150);&lt;br /&gt;
    frame.setVisible(true);&lt;br /&gt;
  }&lt;br /&gt;
}&amp;lt;/source&amp;gt;&lt;br /&gt;
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==  Y-Axis Alignment ==&lt;br /&gt;
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    &amp;lt;source lang=&amp;quot;java&amp;quot;&amp;gt;&lt;br /&gt;
import java.awt.ruponent;&lt;br /&gt;
import java.awt.Container;&lt;br /&gt;
import java.awt.FlowLayout;&lt;br /&gt;
import javax.swing.BorderFactory;&lt;br /&gt;
import javax.swing.BoxLayout;&lt;br /&gt;
import javax.swing.JButton;&lt;br /&gt;
import javax.swing.JFrame;&lt;br /&gt;
import javax.swing.JPanel;&lt;br /&gt;
public class YAxisAlignX {&lt;br /&gt;
  private static Container layoutComponents(String title, float alignment) {&lt;br /&gt;
    String labels[] = { &amp;quot;--&amp;quot;, &amp;quot;----&amp;quot;, &amp;quot;--------&amp;quot;, &amp;quot;------------&amp;quot; };&lt;br /&gt;
    JPanel container = new JPanel();&lt;br /&gt;
    container.setBorder(BorderFactory.createTitledBorder(title));&lt;br /&gt;
    BoxLayout layout = new BoxLayout(container, BoxLayout.Y_AXIS);&lt;br /&gt;
    container.setLayout(layout);&lt;br /&gt;
    for (int i = 0, n = labels.length; i &amp;lt; n; i++) {&lt;br /&gt;
      JButton button = new JButton(labels[i]);&lt;br /&gt;
      button.setAlignmentX(alignment);&lt;br /&gt;
      container.add(button);&lt;br /&gt;
    }&lt;br /&gt;
    return container;&lt;br /&gt;
  }&lt;br /&gt;
  public static void main(String args[]) {&lt;br /&gt;
    JFrame frame = new JFrame(&amp;quot;Alignment Example&amp;quot;);&lt;br /&gt;
    frame.setDefaultCloseOperation(JFrame.EXIT_ON_CLOSE);&lt;br /&gt;
    Container panel1 = layoutComponents(&amp;quot;Left&amp;quot;, Component.LEFT_ALIGNMENT);&lt;br /&gt;
    Container panel2 = layoutComponents(&amp;quot;Center&amp;quot;, Component.CENTER_ALIGNMENT);&lt;br /&gt;
    Container panel3 = layoutComponents(&amp;quot;Right&amp;quot;, Component.RIGHT_ALIGNMENT);&lt;br /&gt;
    frame.setLayout(new FlowLayout());&lt;br /&gt;
    frame.add(panel1);&lt;br /&gt;
    frame.add(panel2);&lt;br /&gt;
    frame.add(panel3);&lt;br /&gt;
    frame.pack();&lt;br /&gt;
    frame.setVisible(true);&lt;br /&gt;
  }&lt;br /&gt;
}&amp;lt;/source&amp;gt;&lt;br /&gt;
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		<author><name>Admin</name></author>	</entry>

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