Re: Line break with flowlayout

gamespotlogin@gmail.com wrote:


Have you considered BoxLayout? Sun's example looks exactly like what you
describe

http://java.sun.com/docs/books/tutorial/uiswing/layout/box.html

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import java.awt.Component;
import java.awt.Container;

import javax.swing.BoxLayout;
import javax.swing.JFrame;
import javax.swing.JLabel;

public class CentreText {
     public static void addComponentsToPane(Container pane) {
         pane.setLayout(new BoxLayout(pane, BoxLayout.Y_AXIS));

         addALine("A", pane);
         addALine("Lorem ipsum dolor sit amet", pane);
         addALine("Twas brillig and the slithy toves", pane);
         addALine("End", pane);
     }

     private static void addALine(String text, Container container) {
         JLabel label = new JLabel(text);
         label.setAlignmentX(Component.CENTER_ALIGNMENT);
         container.add(label);
     }

     /**
      * Create the GUI and show it. For thread safety,
      * this method should be invoked from the
      * event-dispatching thread.
      */
     private static void createAndShowGUI() {
         //Create and set up the window.
         JFrame frame = new JFrame("BoxLayoutDemo");
         frame.setDefaultCloseOperation(JFrame.EXIT_ON_CLOSE);

         //Set up the content pane.
         addComponentsToPane(frame.getContentPane());

         //Display the window.
         frame.pack();
         frame.setVisible(true);
     }

     public static void main(String[] args) {
         //Schedule a job for the event-dispatching thread:
         //creating and showing this application's GUI.
         javax.swing.SwingUtilities.invokeLater(new Runnable() {
             public void run() {
                 createAndShowGUI();
             }
         });
     }
}