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I would appreciate, If anyone here is kind enough to recommend me what are the layout managers to choose and how to separate the attached GUI into Jpanels.

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Thanks so much in advance.

What I have tried so far:

Jframe - BorderLayout Map (the grid and clear button from another class extending jpanel) - so I have put it in jframe.CENTER

the buttons to the right: jframe.EAST I put them in a jpanel in a gridlayout (but I cannot get the spacing between the components)

buttons at the bottom: jframe.SOUTH I put them in a jpanel in a gridlayout (but I cannot get the spacing between the components)

Andrew Thompson
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When trying to determine what layout(s) you should use, you should start by trying to determine areas of responsibility...

For example...

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Based on your needs, I might start with a GridBagLayout. This might seem complex, but if you break the UI down into seperate components, focusing on their individual needs, it should become simpler...

For the panel on the left...

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I would be temptered to use a GridBagLayout, simply because it allows the components to use there preferred sizes, but still allows you to set up a grid like pattern...

For the arrow buttons...

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This becomes a little more complicated, but I would use a GridLayout(2, 3) (2 rows, 3 columns). This will require to add a filler panel at the first and third position along the top row, but still maintain the buttons at a equal size...

For this panel...

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I would be tempted to either use a GridBagLayout, because it will allow you to span the rows or even split it again into two separate panels, with the controls on the left in a GridLayout(2, 1) and the control on the right in something like a BorderLayout as required...

For "progress" panel...

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I would be tempted to use...GridBagLayout. Mostly because it would allow you to provide more weight to the progress bars then the labels.

For the main panel...

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I would probably be tempted to either use a BorderLayout, with the Clear Map on another panel of it's own, allowing it maintain it's preferred size, in the NORTH position and the map panel in the CENTER or even a GridBagLayout depending on what the invidual components are...

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  • This is great!!!! Thanks for taking time answering the question in such great detail. :) – Sanjan Sep 17 '13 at 06:57
  • I finally did it! [screenshot](http://i.imgur.com/OBFegg0.jpg). Thanks again. Love GridBagLayout! – Sanjan Sep 18 '13 at 16:23