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GridBagEx1 from the Java2 Docs

The GridBagEx1 Applet will appear in a JDK 1.1 compliant browser

This sample is from the Java2 API documentation. When run it gives a good idea what you can do with the GridBagLayout but it is not particularly explanatory.

// Source Starts Here

import java.awt.*; import java.util.*; import java.applet.Applet;
 public class GridBagEx1 extends Applet {
     protected void makebutton(String name,
                               GridBagLayout gridbag,
                               GridBagConstraints c) {
         Button button = new Button(name);
         gridbag.setConstraints(button, c);         add(button);     }
     public void init() {         GridBagLayout gridbag = new GridBagLayout();
         GridBagConstraints c = new GridBagConstraints();
         setFont(new Font("Helvetica", Font.PLAIN, 14));
         setLayout(gridbag);         c.fill = GridBagConstraints.BOTH;
         c.weightx = 1.0;         makebutton("Button1", gridbag, c);
         makebutton("Button2", gridbag, c);
         makebutton("Button3", gridbag, c);
     	   c.gridwidth = GridBagConstraints.REMAINDER; //end row
         makebutton("Button4", gridbag, c);
         c.weightx = 0.0;		   //reset to the default
         makebutton("Button5", gridbag, c); //another row
 	   c.gridwidth = GridBagConstraints.RELATIVE; //next-to-last in row
         makebutton("Button6", gridbag, c);
 	   c.gridwidth = GridBagConstraints.REMAINDER; //end row
         makebutton("Button7", gridbag, c);
 	   c.gridwidth = 1;	   	   //reset to the default 	   c.gridheight = 2;
         c.weighty = 1.0;         makebutton("Button8", gridbag, c);
         c.weighty = 0.0;		   //reset to the default
 	   c.gridwidth = GridBagConstraints.REMAINDER; //end row
 	   c.gridheight = 1;		   //reset to the default
         makebutton("Button9", gridbag, c);
         makebutton("Button10", gridbag, c);         setSize(300, 100);     }
     public static void main(String args[]) {
 	   Frame f = new Frame("GridBag Layout Example");
 	   GridBagEx1 ex1 = new GridBagEx1(); 	   ex1.init();
 	   f.add("Center", ex1); 	   f.pack(); 	   f.setSize(f.getPreferredSize());
 	   f.show();     
	} 
}