Swing Examples - Group Layout

The class GroupLayout hierarchically groups the components in order to position them in a Container. Following example showcases the use of GroupLayout.

Example - Usage of Group Layout in Swing Application

SwingTester.java

package com.tutorialspoint;

import java.awt.BorderLayout;

import javax.swing.GroupLayout;
import javax.swing.JButton;
import javax.swing.JFrame;
import javax.swing.JPanel;

public class SwingTester {
   public static void main(String[] args) {
      createWindow();
   }

   private static void createWindow() {    
      JFrame frame = new JFrame("Swing Tester");
      frame.setDefaultCloseOperation(JFrame.EXIT_ON_CLOSE);
      createUI(frame);
      frame.setSize(492, 200);      
      frame.setLocationRelativeTo(null);  
      frame.setVisible(true);
   }

   private static void createUI(final JFrame frame){  
      JPanel panel = new JPanel();
      GroupLayout layout = new GroupLayout(panel);
      layout.setAutoCreateGaps(true);
      layout.setAutoCreateContainerGaps(true);
      
      JButton btn1 = new JButton("Button 1");
      JButton btn2 = new JButton("Button 2");
      JButton btn3 = new JButton("Button 3");

      layout.setHorizontalGroup(layout.createSequentialGroup()
         .addComponent(btn1)
         .addGroup(layout.createSequentialGroup()
         .addGroup(layout.createParallelGroup(
         GroupLayout.Alignment.LEADING)
         .addComponent(btn2)
         .addComponent(btn3))));
   
      layout.setVerticalGroup(layout.createSequentialGroup()
         .addComponent(btn1)
         .addComponent(btn2)
         .addComponent(btn3));
      
      panel.setLayout(layout);       
      frame.getContentPane().add(panel, BorderLayout.CENTER);    
   }
}

Output

Compile and Run the program and verify the output −