How to Use Panels

This page will cover the use of JPanel. For now, we provide a list of examples that use panels with different layout managers and one that subclasses JPanel:

Example Where Described Notes
ButtonDemo.java How to Use Buttons. A subclass of JPanel. Uses FlowLayout, the default layout manager of a panel.
ToolBarDemo.java How to Use Toolbar. Shows a panel with three components laid out by BorderLayout.
BorderDemo.java How to Use Borders. Contains several panels that use GridBagLayout.
BoxLayoutDemo.java How to Use BoxLayout. Illustrates the use of a panel with Swing's BoxLayout manager.
LabelDemo.java How to Use Labels. Uses a panel whose three components are laid out in a grid by GridLayout.
TabbedPaneDemo.java How to Use Tabbed panes. A subclass of JPanel that creates its GUI in its constructor and uses a GridLayout.

The JPanel API

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Example	Where Described	Notes
`ButtonDemo.java`	How to Use Buttons.	A subclass of `JPanel`. Uses `FlowLayout`, the default layout manager of a panel.
`ToolBarDemo.java`	How to Use Toolbar.	Shows a panel with three components laid out by `BorderLayout`.
`BorderDemo.java`	How to Use Borders.	Contains several panels that use `GridBagLayout`.
`BoxLayoutDemo.java`	How to Use BoxLayout.	Illustrates the use of a panel with Swing's `BoxLayout` manager.
`LabelDemo.java`	How to Use Labels.	Uses a panel whose three components are laid out in a grid by `GridLayout`.
`TabbedPaneDemo.java`	How to Use Tabbed panes.	A subclass of `JPanel` that creates its GUI in its constructor and uses a `GridLayout`.

Using the JFC/Swing Packages