Box Layout Demo

 import javax.swing.*;
 import java.awt.*;
 import java.awt.event.*;

 public class BoxLayoutDemo extends JFrame {
 public BoxLayoutDemo()
 {
 super( "Demostrating BoxLayout" );
 final int SIZE = 3;

 Container c = getContentPane();
 c.setLayout( new BorderLayout( 30, 30 ) );

 Box boxes[] = new Box[ 4 ];

 boxes[ 0 ] = Box.createHorizontalBox();
 boxes[ 1 ] = Box.createVerticalBox();
 boxes[ 2 ] = Box.createHorizontalBox();
 boxes[ 3 ] = Box.createVerticalBox();

 // add buttons to boxes[ 0 ]
 for ( int i = 0; i < SIZE; i++ )
 boxes[ 0 ].add( new JButton( "boxes[0]: " + i ) );

 // create strut and add buttons to boxes[ 1 ]
 for ( int i = 0; i < SIZE; i++ ) {
 boxes[ 1 ].add( Box.createVerticalStrut( 25 ) );
 boxes[ 1 ].add( new JButton( "boxes[1]: " + i ) );
 }

 // create horizontal glue and add buttons to boxes[ 2 ]
 for ( int i = 0; i < SIZE; i++ ) {
 boxes[ 2 ].add( Box.createHorizontalGlue() );
 boxes[ 2 ].add( new JButton( "boxes[2]: " + i ) );
 }

 // create rigid area and add buttons to boxes[ 3 ]
 for ( int i = 0; i < SIZE; i++ ) {
 boxes[ 3 ].add(
 Box.createRigidArea( new Dimension( 12, 8 ) ) );
 boxes[ 3 ].add( new JButton( "boxes[3]: " + i ) );
 }

 // create horizontal glue and add buttons to panel
 JPanel panel = new JPanel();
 panel.setLayout(
 new BoxLayout( panel, BoxLayout.Y_AXIS ) );

 for ( int i = 0; i < SIZE; i++ ) {
 panel.add( Box.createGlue() );
 panel.add( new JButton( "panel: " + i ) );
 }

 // place panels on frame
 c.add( boxes[ 0 ], BorderLayout.NORTH );
 c.add( boxes[ 1 ], BorderLayout.EAST );
 c.add( boxes[ 2 ], BorderLayout.SOUTH );
 c.add( boxes[ 3 ], BorderLayout.WEST );
 c.add( panel, BorderLayout.CENTER );

 setSize( 350, 300 );
 show();
 }
 public static void main( String args[] )
 {
 BoxLayoutDemo app = new BoxLayoutDemo();

 app.addWindowListener(
 new WindowAdapter() {
 public void windowClosing( WindowEvent e )
 {
 System.exit( 0 );
 }
 }
 );
 }
 }