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Which is the best layout?

 
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Hi. I have about five JPanels that I want to add one after the other, vertically. Kind of like a FlowLayout, but vertical not horizontal. What is the best layout to use to accomplish this?
Thanks in advance!
 
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You can try:
yourPanel.setLayout(new BoxLayout(yourPanel, BoxLayout.Y_AXIS));
yourPanel.add(panel1);
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yourPanel.add(panel5);
 
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Hi. I am trying to use Box Layout, however I have run into a problem. I made a tester class that had 5 different JLabels in it, sizes differing. It worked like I wanted it to. Now I'm trying to use the same class, but with JTextFields, while setting the columns, some long, some short. But when I run it, they are all the same size??? I thought BoxLayout respected preferred size? It does the same with ComboBoxes as well.
Am I missing something?
Any help would be GREATLY appreciated!
 
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If you have 5 panels you want to arrange vertically grid layout will be the easiest and provide the best results.
Set the grid 1 column wide and 5 rows tall. Then just add the panels to rows 0 - 4.
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