Layout Managers

[Milind Deodhar]

import java.awt.*;
public class CompLay extends Frame{
public static void main(String argv[]){
CompLay cl = new CompLay();
}
CompLay(){
Panel p = new Panel();
p.setBackground(Color.pink);
p.add(new Button("One"));
p.add(new Button("Two"));
p.add(new Button("Three"));
add("South",p);
setLayout(new FlowLayout());
setSize(300,300);
setVisible(true);
}
}
This will layout the components at the top of the frame since the Layout is set to Flow Layout.
But somewhere I read that when setting the layout after some components have been layed out, will change the layout for the future components and not for the components that are already layed, According to that rule, dont you think that the buttons should be at the bottom and any new comp after that setLayout should get FlowLayout
Can someone clarify?

[Cindy Glass]

FlowLayoutManager is the default for Panels and Applets. It was there before you stated it.

[Milind Deodhar]

I understand that, but the question is that once the components are added to frame which has default borderlayout, the components should remain and should not take flowlayout becasue it was changed afterwards

[Vidya Selvaraj]

Milind, buttons are added to the panel(flow layout), then Panel is added to the frame. Hope this is clear
Thanx
Vidya

[anurudh gupta]

I think his question is something else i have seen two ques like this in abhilash "s exam there he said in explanation that whenever we setvisible the components layout manager present at that time will rule .
So even if you are doing setLayout(new flowlayout())
in the constructor of frame after ading components o flowlayout
THEN AGAIN SETTING SETLAYOUT(new BorderLayOut());
nothing will be visible.
try this
Bi
Anurudh gupta