How to combine FlowLayout and BoxLayout in Java?\\n

To combine both the layouts, here we have created two panels −

Frame f = new JFrame("Combining Layouts"); JPanel panel1 = new JPanel(); JPanel panel2 = new JPanel();

Now, set the layouts accordingly −

panel1.setLayout(new BoxLayout(panel1, BoxLayout.Y_AXIS)); panel2.setLayout(new FlowLayout());

Then after adding components to both the panels, add them to the frame −

f.add(panel1, BorderLayout.WEST); f.add(panel2, BorderLayout.CENTER);

Example

package my; import java.awt.BorderLayout; import java.awt.Color; import java.awt.FlowLayout; import javax.swing.BoxLayout; import javax.swing.JFrame; import javax.swing.JLabel; import javax.swing.JPanel; import javax.swing.JTextArea; public class SwingDemo {    public static void main(String[] args) {       JFrame f = new JFrame("Combining Layouts");       JPanel panel1 = new JPanel();       panel1.setLayout(new BoxLayout(panel1, BoxLayout.Y_AXIS));       JPanel panel2 = new JPanel();       panel2.setLayout(new FlowLayout());       panel2.setBackground(Color.red);       panel1.add(new JTextArea("TextArea1"));       panel1.add(new JTextArea("TextArea2"));       panel1.add(new JTextArea("TextArea3"));       panel1.add(new JTextArea("TextArea4"));       panel1.add(new JTextArea("TextArea5"));       panel1.add(new JTextArea("TextArea6"));       panel1.add(new JTextArea("TextArea7"));       panel2.add(new JLabel("JLabel1"));       panel2.add(new JLabel("JLabel2"));       panel2.add(new JLabel("JLabel3"));       panel2.add(new JLabel("JLabel4"));       panel2.add(new JLabel("JLabel5"));       panel2.add(new JLabel("JLabel6"));       panel2.add(new JLabel("JLabel7"));       f.add(panel1, BorderLayout.WEST);       f.add(panel2, BorderLayout.CENTER);       f.setVisible(true);       f.setSize(550, 400);       f.setDefaultCloseOperation(JFrame.EXIT_ON_CLOSE);    } }

Output