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Lesson: Laying Out Components Within a Container
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Laying Out Components Within a Container: Examples

> The table that follows lists every example in the Laying Out Components Within a Container lesson, with links to required files and to where each example is discussed. The first column of the table has links to JNLP files that let you run the examples using JavaTM Web Start.

> > NOTE: Release 6.0 is required to run all applets and Java Web Start examples. Most examples will run on an earlier release but you must compile and run them locally.

> To run an example using Java Web Start, click the [Launch] link in the first column of the table. The first time you run an example, there will be a delay while Java Web Start downloads the JAR file containing the class files for this lesson's examples. Afterward, the examples should execute more quickly.

#### Compiling and Running the Examples Locally

> The second column in the table below has links to zip files for each demo that you can open and run in the NetBeans IDE. Refer to Running Tutorial Examples in NetBeans IDE for more information.

> You can get all of the source, image, and other files required for all these examples by downloading the Swing Tutorial Examples bundle, which contains the files in the correct hierarchy.

> If you download an individual example, take care to have all the necessary files in the proper hierarchy when you compile and run it. All of the examples in the Swing tutorial are placed in a package. For example, the components examples are placed in a `components` package. See the following image for the complete structure. Note that any examples using images expect their image files to be in a directory named `images` that's in the same directory as the example's src files.

> You can find out which files each example needs by consulting the following table or by looking at the comments at the beginning of each source file.

#### Table of Examples

Example | Zip File (contains all files necessary for the example plus NetBeans IDE project metadata) | Source Files (first file has the main method) | Image and Other Files | Where Described
AbsoluteLayoutDemo [Launch] | Absolute Layout Demo Project | `AbsoluteLayoutDemo.java` |  | Doing Without a Layout Manager
BorderLayoutDemo [Launch] | Border Layout Demo Project | `BorderLayoutDemo.java` |  | How to Use BorderLayout
BoxAlignmentDemo [Launch] | Box Alignment Demo Project | `BoxAlignmentDemo.java` | `geek-cght.gif` `middle.gif` | How to Use BoxLayout
BoxLayoutDemo [Launch] | Box Layout Demo Project | `BoxLayoutDemo.java` |  | How to Use BoxLayout
BoxLayoutDemo2 [Launch] | Box Layout Demo 2 Project | `BoxLayoutDemo2.java` |  | How to Use BoxLayout
CardLayoutDemo [Launch] | Card Layout Demo Project | `CardLayoutDemo.java` |  | How to Use CardLayout
CustomLayoutDemo [Launch] | Custom Layout Demo Project | `CustomLayoutDemo.java` |  | Creating a Custom Layout Manager
FlowLayoutDemo [Launch] | Flow Layout Demo Project | `FlowLayoutDemo.java` |  | How to Use FlowLayout
GridBagLayoutDemo [Launch] | Grid Bag Layout Demo Project | `GridBagLayoutDemo.java` |  | How to Use GridBagLayout
GridLayoutDemo [Launch] | Grid Layout Demo Project | `GridLayoutDemo.java` |  | How to Use GridLayout
SpringBox [Launch] | Spring Box Project | `SpringBox.java` `SpringUtilities.java` |  | How to Use SpringLayout
SpringCompactGrid [Launch] | Spring Compact Grid Project | `SpringCompactGrid.java` `SpringUtilities.java` |  | How to Use SpringLayout
SpringDemo1 * | Spring Demo 1 Project | `SpringDemo1.java` |  | How to Use SpringLayout
SpringDemo2 * | Spring Demo 2 Project | `SpringDemo2.java` |  | How to Use SpringLayout
SpringDemo3 [Launch] | Spring Demo 3 Project | `SpringDemo3.java` |  | How to Use SpringLayout
SpringDemo4 [Launch] | Spring Demo 4 Project | `SpringDemo4.java` |  | How to Use SpringLayout
SpringForm [Launch] | Spring Form Project | `SpringForm.java` `SpringUtilities.java` |  | How to Use SpringLayout
SpringGrid [Launch] | Spring Grid Project | `SpringGrid.java` `SpringUtilities.java` |  | How to Use SpringLayout
TabDemo [Launch] | Tab Demo Project | `TabDemo.java` |  | How to Use CardLayout

* SpringDemo1 and SpringDemo2 are intentionally broken, and we don't advise running them using Java Web Start.
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