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FlowLayout

The flow layout manager arranges components in a row from left to right, starting a new row if no more components fit into a row. Flow layouts are typically used to arrange buttons in a panel.

   

FlowLayout is part of the standard Java distribution.

Layout properties

A container with this layout manager has following layout properties:

Property Name Description
alignment The alignment of the layout. Possible values: LEFT, RIGHT, LEADING and TRAILING. Default is CENTER.
horizontal gap The horizontal gap between components and between the component and the border of the container. Default is 5.
vertical gap The vertical gap between components and between the component and the border of the container. Default is 5.
align on baseline (Java 6) Specifies whether components are vertically aligned along their baseline. Components that do not have a baseline are centered. Default is false.

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