Reordering Components Within a Container

A container is a Java visual component that can contain other components, such as a dialog box, frame, or panel.

If the layout manager for the container is AbsoluteLayout or BorderLayout, you can rearrange components by dragging them around in the Form window itself.

With other layout managers (such as FlowLayout), the order of components in the parent container determines the order in which the components appear. For these containers, you must modify the component order in the Component Inspector to modify the way components are laid out.

To reorder the components in the Component Inspector, either:

See also
Component Inspector

Form Editor

Moving or Copying a Component

Working With Layouts

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