GridBagLayout: Direction of Addition

• The GridBagConstraints gridx and gridy control relative placement of objects
• If gridx == RELATIVE add in row order i.e. to the right of the last component or in the next row if it was the last of the row
• If gridy == RELATIVE add in column order
• The default (both RELATIVE) is row order
• The direction can be changed for each object
• gridx and gridy can also set absolute positions from (0,0) in the topright corner

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Jan Newmarch