Java Swing How to – Position JPanel in the middle of the JFrame

Java Swing How to – Position JPanel in the middle of the JFrame

Question

We would like to know how to
position JPanel in the middle of the JFrame.

Answer

import

java.awt.Dimension;

import

java.awt.GridBagLayout;

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import

javax.swing.BorderFactory;

import

javax.swing.JFrame;

import

javax.swing.JPanel;

public

class

Main {

public

static

void

main(String[] args) { JFrame frame =

new

JFrame(); frame.setDefaultCloseOperation(JFrame.EXIT_ON_CLOSE); frame.setContentPane(

new

MyContentPane()); frame.pack(); frame.setLocationByPlatform(true); frame.setVisible(true); } }

class

MyContentPane

extends

JPanel {

int

PREF_W = 700;

int

PREF_H = 550;

public

MyContentPane() { setLayout(

new

GridBagLayout()); add(

new

JPanelOfInterest()); } @Override

public

Dimension getPreferredSize() {

return

new

Dimension(PREF_W, PREF_H); } }

class

JPanelOfInterest

extends

JPanel {

int

PREF_W = 400;

int

PREF_H = PREF_W;

public

JPanelOfInterest() { setBorder(BorderFactory.createTitledBorder(

"Title"

)); } @Override

public

Dimension getPreferredSize() {

return

new

Dimension(PREF_W, PREF_H); } }

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