Layout Element

Group membership: Layout control

Sets a new layout manager on the current container. Constraints may then be specified using constraints elements.

Attributes

Name	Type	Required	Description
class	CDATA	Yes	The fully qualified class name of the layout class to use. This class must implement the LayoutManager interface. If the class is part of the java.awt package, you may omit the package declaration. JGB will search in this package by default if it cannot find the exact name in this attribute's value. Like the other class attributes of JGB, the class must be resolvable from the current ClassLoader in which the window creating is done.
id	ID	No	Identifies the name by which this control will be referenced by other parts of the JGB XML file or Java code.

Name

Type

Required

Description

class

CDATA

Yes

The fully qualified class name of the layout class to use. This class must implement the LayoutManager interface.

If the class is part of the java.awt package, you may omit the package declaration. JGB will search in this package by default if it cannot find the exact name in this attribute's value.

Like the other class attributes of JGB, the class must be resolvable from the current ClassLoader in which the window creating is done.

Identifies the name by which this control will be referenced by other parts of the JGB XML file or Java code.

Example usage

…
<!-- Set a new layout manager -->
<layout class="java.awt.GridBagConstraints"/>

<!-- And now, constrain it -->
<constraints>
    <gridbag anchor="CENTER" …/>
</constraints>
…

Parent element(s)

controls, control, tab.

Child element(s)

methodCall, property.