Add six buttons to the application in the Following example in a vertical column on the left side of the application window.
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import javax.swing.JFrame; import javax.swing.SwingUtilities; import javax.swing.Box; import javax.swing.JButton; import java.awt.Toolkit; import java.awt.Dimension; import java.awt.BorderLayout; @SuppressWarnings("serial") public class SquareWindow extends JFrame { public SquareWindow(String title) { super(title); Toolkit theKit = this.getToolkit(); Dimension wndSize = theKit.getScreenSize(); // Calculate window side length as half the screen height int size = wndSize.height/2; setBounds((wndSize.width - size)/2, (wndSize.height-size)/2, // Position size, size); // Size addButtons(); // Add the buttons to the window setDefaultCloseOperation(EXIT_ON_CLOSE); setVisible(true); } // Creates and adds the buttons to the content pane public void addButtons() { Box vBox = Box.createVerticalBox(); // Create a box to hold the buttons vBox.add(Box.createVerticalStrut(10)); // Start with a strut for spacing vBox.add(Box.createVerticalGlue()); // then glue // Add the buttons separated by glue JButton button = null;; for(int i = 1 ; i <= 6 ; i++) { vBox.add(button = new JButton("Button" + i)); vBox.add(Box.createVerticalGlue()); } vBox.add(Box.createVerticalStrut(10)); // Add a strut for end spacing // Content pane has BorderLayout by default - add vBox to the WEST getContentPane().add(vBox, BorderLayout.WEST); } public static void main(String[] args) { SwingUtilities.invokeLater(new Runnable() { public void run() { SquareWindow myWindow = new SquareWindow("http://java-programs" +"-examples.blogspot.com/"); } }); } }
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