Layout Managers

Question 0

BorderLayout is default for…

Answer 0

Content pane of JFrame, JDialog and JApplet

Question 1

BorderLayout

Answer 1

Seperates window into different sections

Question 2

BorderLayout areas

Answer 2

North, South, East, West, Center

Question 3

North

Answer 3

PAGE-START

Question 4

South

Answer 4

PAGE_END

Question 5

East

Answer 5

LINE_END

Question 6

West

Answer 6

LINE_START

Question 7

Center

Answer 7

CENTER

Question 8

BoxLayout

Answer 8

Puts components in single row or column

Question 9

BoxLayout Formatting Options

Answer 9

Respects components max sizes

Lets you align components

Question 10

CardLayout

Answer 10

Lets you implement an area that contains different components at different times

Question 11

CardLayout Controlled By

Answer 11

Controlled by combo box w/ state of combo box determining which panel (group of components) to display

Question 12

CardLayout Alternative

Answer 12

Using a tabbed pane provides similar functionality but with a pre-defined GUI

Question 13

FlowLayout

Answer 13

Lays out components in a single row

Starts new row if container is not wide enough

Question 14

FlowLayout Default

Answer 14

Default for javax.swing.JPanel

Question 15

GridBagLayout

Answer 15

Flexible and complex
Places components in grid of rows/columns and allows for specified components to span multiple rows or columns
Used components preferred size to determine cell size

Question 16

GridBagConstrains

Answer 16

Constraints for each components is the way the program specifies the size and position characteristics of its components

Question 17

GridBagConstrains Code

Answer 17

GridBagConstraints.add

Pass it GridBagConstraints object

Question 18

GridBagConstrains

Gridx

Answer 18

Specifies cell containing leading edge of display area

First cell in row has gridx=0

Question 19

GridBagConstrains

Gridy

Answer 19

Specifies cell at top of components display area

Topmost cell has gridy=0

Question 20

GridBagConstrains

Gridwidth

Answer 20

Specifies number of cells in a row for the components display area

Question 21

GridBagConstrains

Gridheight

Answer 21

Specifies number of cells in a column for the components display area

Question 22

GridBagConstrains

Weightx

Answer 22

Specifies how to distribute extra horizontal space

Question 23

GridBagConstrains

Weighty

Answer 23

Specifies how to distribute extra vertical weight

Question 24

GridBagConstrains
Instance Variables
anchor

Answer 24

Field is used when component is smaller than display area

Question 25

GridBagConstrains
Instance Variables
fill

Answer 25

Field is used when components display area is larger than the components requested size

Question 26

GridBagConstrains
Instance Variables
insets

Answer 26

Specifies external padding of component

Question 27

GridBagConstrains
Instance Variables
ipadx

Answer 27

Specifies internal padding of component as to width

Question 28

GridBagConstrains
Instance Variables
ipady

Answer 28

Specifies internal padding as to height

Question 29

GridLayout

Answer 29

Arranges components into rows and columns

Components equal in size

Question 30

GroupLayout

Answer 30

Works with horizontal and vertical layouts separately; layout is defined for each dimension independently
Each components needs to be defined twice in the layout

Question 31

SpringLayout

Answer 31

Specifies precise relationships between edges of components under its control
Lays out children of associated container according to constraints

Question 32

Layout managers used by GUI builders

Answer 32

SpringLayout

GroupLayout