BoxLayout和FlowLayout有點類似,不過BoxLayout既可以橫向排列元件,又設定為縱向排列元件,是以它的功能比FlowLayout強大。它總共有四種限制方式
X_AXIS,Y_AXIS,LINE_AXIS,PAGE_AXIS
X_AXIS:元件從左到右橫向排列
Y_AXIS:元件從上到下縱向排列
LINE_AXIS:按照行的方式排列,可以從左到右也可以從右到左
PAGE_AXIS:按照頁面的方式排列
/*
* BoxLayoutDemo.java requires no other files.
*/
import java.awt.Component;
import java.awt.Container;
import javax.swing.BoxLayout;
import javax.swing.JButton;
import javax.swing.JFrame;
import javax.swing.JPanel;
public class BoxLayouts extends JFrame{
private JButton btn1 = new JButton("Button1");
private JButton btn2 = new JButton("Button2");
private JButton btn3 = new JButton("Button3 what a fine day");
private JButton btn4 = new JButton("Button4 what a fine da");
private JButton btn5 = new JButton("Button5 what a fine d");
private JButton btn6 = new JButton("Button6 what a fines");
BoxLayouts()
{
super();
initComponent();
}
private void initComponent()
{
Container container = this.getContentPane();
container.setLayout(new BoxLayout(container,BoxLayout.PAGE_AXIS));
container.add(btn1);
container.add(btn2);
container.add(btn3);
container.add(btn4);
container.add(btn5);
container.add(btn6);
}
public static void main(String[] args)
{
BoxLayouts frame = new BoxLayouts();
frame.pack();
frame.setVisible(true);
}
}
圖1 Y_AXIS

圖2 X_AXIS
圖3 LINE_AXIS
這裡設定了元件的朝向,代碼如下所示:
private void initComponent()
{
Container container = this.getContentPane();
container.setComponentOrientation(ComponentOrientation.RIGHT_TO_LEFT);
container.setLayout(new BoxLayout(container,BoxLayout.LINE_AXIS));
container.add(btn1);
container.add(btn2);
container.add(btn3);
container.add(btn4);
container.add(btn5);
container.add(btn6);
}