NetBeans, GUI builder (group layout) centering a component

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AgostinoX picture AgostinoX · Oct 10, 2011 · Viewed 9.3k times · Source

I'm trying to design a JButton (an "Ok" button) that to look good has to be horizontally centered in the containing JFrame.
I'm using the GUI Builder with the Free Form layout (GroupLayout).

I've taken several GUI builder tutorials (http://netbeans.org/kb/docs/java/quickstart-gui.html) but haven't found this topic. In other gui builders (delphi) this can be done by removing the anchors from both edges.

Answer

Hovercraft Full Of Eels picture Hovercraft Full Of Eels · Oct 10, 2011

If you want your component to remain centered in its container if the container is resized, you have several options available to you, but I don't think that GroupLayout is one of them (please correct me if I'm wrong). One way is to change the container's layout to GridBagLayout, and then simply add the JButton into it without any constraints.

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