Java™ Platform
Standard Ed. 6

javax.swing
Class GroupLayout.SequentialGroup

java.lang.Object
  extended by javax.swing.GroupLayout.Group
      extended by javax.swing.GroupLayout.SequentialGroup
Enclosing class:
GroupLayout

public class GroupLayout.SequentialGroup
extends GroupLayout.Group

A Group that positions and sizes its elements sequentially, one after another. This class has no public constructor, use the createSequentialGroup method to create one.

In order to align a SequentialGroup along the baseline of a baseline aligned ParallelGroup you need to specify which of the elements of the SequentialGroup is used to determine the baseline. The element used to calculate the baseline is specified using one of the add methods that take a boolean. The last element added with a value of true for useAsBaseline is used to calculate the baseline.

Since:
1.6
See Also:
GroupLayout.createSequentialGroup()

Method Summary
 GroupLayout.SequentialGroup addComponent(boolean useAsBaseline, Component component)
          Adds a Component to this Group.
 GroupLayout.SequentialGroup addComponent(boolean useAsBaseline, Component component, int min, int pref, int max)
          Adds a Component to this Group with the specified size.
 GroupLayout.SequentialGroup addComponent(Component component)
          Adds a Component to this Group.
 GroupLayout.SequentialGroup addComponent(Component component, int min, int pref, int max)
          Adds a Component to this Group with the specified size.
 GroupLayout.SequentialGroup addContainerGap()
          Adds an element representing the preferred gap between an edge the container and components that touch the border of the container.
 GroupLayout.SequentialGroup addContainerGap(int pref, int max)
          Adds an element representing the preferred gap between one edge of the container and the next or previous Component with the specified size.
 GroupLayout.SequentialGroup addGap(int size)
          Adds a rigid gap to this Group.
 GroupLayout.SequentialGroup addGap(int min, int pref, int max)
          Adds a gap to this Group with the specified size.
 GroupLayout.SequentialGroup addGroup(boolean useAsBaseline, GroupLayout.Group group)
          Adds a Group to this Group.
 GroupLayout.SequentialGroup addGroup(GroupLayout.Group group)
          Adds a Group to this Group.
 GroupLayout.SequentialGroup addPreferredGap(JComponent comp1, JComponent comp2, LayoutStyle.ComponentPlacement type)
          Adds an element representing the preferred gap between two components.
 GroupLayout.SequentialGroup addPreferredGap(JComponent comp1, JComponent comp2, LayoutStyle.ComponentPlacement type, int pref, int max)
          Adds an element representing the preferred gap between two components.
 GroupLayout.SequentialGroup addPreferredGap(LayoutStyle.ComponentPlacement type)
          Adds an element representing the preferred gap between the nearest components.
 GroupLayout.SequentialGroup addPreferredGap(LayoutStyle.ComponentPlacement type, int pref, int max)
          Adds an element representing the preferred gap between the nearest components.
 
Methods inherited from class java.lang.Object
clone, equals, finalize, getClass, hashCode, notify, notifyAll, toString, wait, wait, wait
 

Method Detail

addGroup

public GroupLayout.SequentialGroup addGroup(GroupLayout.Group group)
Adds a Group to this Group.

Overrides:
addGroup in class GroupLayout.Group
Parameters:
group - the Group to add
Returns:
this Group

addGroup

public GroupLayout.SequentialGroup addGroup(boolean useAsBaseline,
                                            GroupLayout.Group group)
Adds a Group to this Group.

Parameters:
group - the Group to add
useAsBaseline - whether the specified Group should be used to calculate the baseline for this Group
Returns:
this Group

addComponent

public GroupLayout.SequentialGroup addComponent(Component component)
Adds a Component to this Group.

Overrides:
addComponent in class GroupLayout.Group
Parameters:
component - the Component to add
Returns:
this Group

addComponent

public GroupLayout.SequentialGroup addComponent(boolean useAsBaseline,
                                                Component component)
Adds a Component to this Group.

Parameters:
useAsBaseline - whether the specified Component should be used to calculate the baseline for this Group
component - the Component to add
Returns:
this Group

addComponent

public GroupLayout.SequentialGroup addComponent(Component component,
                                                int min,
                                                int pref,
                                                int max)
Adds a Component to this Group with the specified size.

Overrides:
addComponent in class GroupLayout.Group
Parameters:
component - the Component to add
min - the minimum size or one of DEFAULT_SIZE or PREFERRED_SIZE
pref - the preferred size or one of DEFAULT_SIZE or PREFERRED_SIZE
max - the maximum size or one of DEFAULT_SIZE or PREFERRED_SIZE
Returns:
this Group

addComponent

public GroupLayout.SequentialGroup addComponent(boolean useAsBaseline,
                                                Component component,
                                                int min,
                                                int pref,
                                                int max)
Adds a Component to this Group with the specified size.

Parameters:
useAsBaseline - whether the specified Component should be used to calculate the baseline for this Group
component - the Component to add
min - the minimum size or one of DEFAULT_SIZE or PREFERRED_SIZE
pref - the preferred size or one of DEFAULT_SIZE or PREFERRED_SIZE
max - the maximum size or one of DEFAULT_SIZE or PREFERRED_SIZE
Returns:
this Group

addGap

public GroupLayout.SequentialGroup addGap(int size)
Adds a rigid gap to this Group.

Overrides:
addGap in class GroupLayout.Group
Parameters:
size - the size of the gap
Returns:
this Group

addGap

public GroupLayout.SequentialGroup addGap(int min,
                                          int pref,
                                          int max)
Adds a gap to this Group with the specified size.

Overrides:
addGap in class GroupLayout.Group
Parameters:
min - the minimum size of the gap
pref - the preferred size of the gap
max - the maximum size of the gap
Returns:
this Group

addPreferredGap

public GroupLayout.SequentialGroup addPreferredGap(JComponent comp1,
                                                   JComponent comp2,
                                                   LayoutStyle.ComponentPlacement type)
Adds an element representing the preferred gap between two components. The element created to represent the gap is not resizable.

Parameters:
comp1 - the first component
comp2 - the second component
type - the type of gap; one of the constants defined by LayoutStyle
Returns:
this SequentialGroup
Throws:
IllegalArgumentException - if type, comp1 or comp2 is null
See Also:
LayoutStyle

addPreferredGap

public GroupLayout.SequentialGroup addPreferredGap(JComponent comp1,
                                                   JComponent comp2,
                                                   LayoutStyle.ComponentPlacement type,
                                                   int pref,
                                                   int max)
Adds an element representing the preferred gap between two components.

Parameters:
comp1 - the first component
comp2 - the second component
type - the type of gap
pref - the preferred size of the grap; one of DEFAULT_SIZE or a value >= 0
max - the maximum size of the gap; one of DEFAULT_SIZE, PREFERRED_SIZE or a value >= 0
Returns:
this SequentialGroup
Throws:
IllegalArgumentException - if type, comp1 or comp2 is null
See Also:
LayoutStyle

addPreferredGap

public GroupLayout.SequentialGroup addPreferredGap(LayoutStyle.ComponentPlacement type)
Adds an element representing the preferred gap between the nearest components. During layout, neighboring components are found, and the size of the added gap is set based on the preferred gap between the components. If no neighboring components are found the gap has a size of 0.

The element created to represent the gap is not resizable.

Parameters:
type - the type of gap; one of LayoutStyle.ComponentPlacement.RELATED or LayoutStyle.ComponentPlacement.UNRELATED
Returns:
this SequentialGroup
Throws:
IllegalArgumentException - if type is not one of LayoutStyle.ComponentPlacement.RELATED or LayoutStyle.ComponentPlacement.UNRELATED
See Also:
LayoutStyle

addPreferredGap

public GroupLayout.SequentialGroup addPreferredGap(LayoutStyle.ComponentPlacement type,
                                                   int pref,
                                                   int max)
Adds an element representing the preferred gap between the nearest components. During layout, neighboring components are found, and the minimum of this gap is set based on the size of the preferred gap between the neighboring components. If no neighboring components are found the minimum size is set to 0.

Parameters:
type - the type of gap; one of LayoutStyle.ComponentPlacement.RELATED or LayoutStyle.ComponentPlacement.UNRELATED
pref - the preferred size of the grap; one of DEFAULT_SIZE or a value >= 0
max - the maximum size of the gap; one of DEFAULT_SIZE, PREFERRED_SIZE or a value >= 0
Returns:
this SequentialGroup
Throws:
IllegalArgumentException - if type is not one of LayoutStyle.ComponentPlacement.RELATED or LayoutStyle.ComponentPlacement.UNRELATED
See Also:
LayoutStyle

addContainerGap

public GroupLayout.SequentialGroup addContainerGap()
Adds an element representing the preferred gap between an edge the container and components that touch the border of the container. This has no effect if the added gap does not touch an edge of the parent container.

The element created to represent the gap is not resizable.

Returns:
this SequentialGroup

addContainerGap

public GroupLayout.SequentialGroup addContainerGap(int pref,
                                                   int max)
Adds an element representing the preferred gap between one edge of the container and the next or previous Component with the specified size. This has no effect if the next or previous element is not a Component and does not touch one edge of the parent container.

Parameters:
pref - the preferred size; one of DEFAULT_SIZE or a value >= 0
max - the maximum size; one of DEFAULT_SIZE, PREFERRED_SIZE or a value >= 0
Returns:
this SequentialGroup

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