Swing

[R3.RyozKidz]

how many layout manager can i use in a single JPanel ..?

[ZekeDragon]

One.

[wim DC]

One.

Haha, one of the shortest answers around here

It's indeed 1, if you want another one, you must put a JPanel in a JPanel where both have the layout you want.

[R3.RyozKidz]

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what do u mean by putting a JPanel inside a JPanel ..?
using add method in JPanel to include another JPanel..?

[wim DC]

Yes if you would like a gridlayout in the SOUTH of a borderlayout for example you have no other choice than using 2 JPanels:

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JPanel borderPanel;
JPanel gridPanel;

borderPanel = new JPanel();
gridPanel = new JPanel();

borderPanel.setLayout(new BorderLayout());
gridPanel.setLayout(new GridLayout(x,y));

borderPanel.add(gridPanel, BorderLayout.SOUTH);
[/highlight]

where x and y are numbers. Only 1 of them may be a number above 0, the other one must be set to 0 (zero)
You can make it shorter by doing:
[highlight=Java]
borderPanel = new JPanel(new BorderLayout());
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[ZekeDragon]

@oxano: Why not combine the declaration and the definition of the JPanel objects and use the Layout Manager constructor?

JPanel borderPanel = new JPanel(new BorderLayout());
JPanel gridPanel = new JPanel(new GridLayout(x, y));

[wim DC]

To make it clear. I did mention that you can do it shorter by doing so at the end of my post.

[ZekeDragon]

I was more referring to combining the declaration and constructor into one statement, I did notice what you said.

But yeah, making sure it's clearer is a good objective, I 'spose. Just wanted to make sure that if you use it in production code you do it the short, easier way.