How can I align all elements to the left in JPanel?

java alignment jpanel
Roman picture Roman · Apr 26, 2010 · Viewed 135.7k times · Source

I would like to have all elements in my JPanel to be aligned to the left. I try to do it in the following way:

JPanel panel = new JPanel();
panel.setLayout(new BoxLayout(panel, BoxLayout.Y_AXIS));
panel.setAlignmentX(Component.LEFT_ALIGNMENT);

As a result Java use left side of all elements as a position of the element and then put all elements in the center (not left part) of the JPanel.

Answer

Chris picture Chris · Jul 23, 2010

The easiest way I've found to place objects on the left is using FlowLayout.

JPanel panel = new JPanel(new FlowLayout(FlowLayout.LEFT));

adding a component normally to this panel will place it on the left

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