Setting the Location of a Component in a GridBagLayout

A gridbag layout arranges components in a two-dimensional grid of cells. The northwest-most cell has position (0,0). The cell to the right or east has position (1,0); the cell to the bottom or south has position (0,1).

The size of the grid grows dynamically. For example, if you place a component at position (2,1) in a new empty gridbag layout, the layout will automatically have a size of 3 cells across by 2 cells down.

See Creating a GridBagLayout for an example on how to use a gridbag layout with gridbag constraints.

GridBagConstraints gbc = new GridBagConstraints(); // Place a component at (1,1) gbc.gridx = 1; gbc.gridy = 1; gbl.setConstraints(component1, gbc); container.add(component1); // The layout now has 4 cells // Place a component at (0,0) gbc.gridx = 0; gbc.gridy = 0; gbl.setConstraints(component2, gbc); container.add(component2);

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