Описание тега border-layout

BorderLayout lays out a container, arranging and resizing its components to fit in five regions: north, south, east, west, and center. Each region may contain no more than one component, and is identified by a corresponding constant: NORTH, SOUTH, EAST, WEST, and CENTER.

Here is an example of five buttons in an applet laid out using the BorderLayout layout manager:

In addition, BorderLayout supports the relative positioning constants, PAGE_START, PAGE_END, LINE_START, and LINE_END. In a container whose ComponentOrientation is set to ComponentOrientation.LEFT_TO_RIGHT, these constants map to NORTH, SOUTH, WEST, and EAST, respectively.

Relevant documentation and tutorials:

• BorderLayout
• How to Use BorderLayout
• A Visual Guide to Layout Managers
• Using Layout Managers