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Java BorderLayout stretch east

Is it possible to make the east (or west) side of a BorderLayout to spread over the entire panel (include north/south)?

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Solution

  • Just remove West and East from this panel and create a new "parent" panel:

    JPanel newPanel = new JPanel();
newPanel.setLayout(new BorderLayout());

newPanel.add(westernPanel, BorderLayout.WEST);
newPanel.add(yourOldPanel, BorderLayout.CENTER);
newPanel.add(eastenPanel, BorderLayout.EAST);