java.awt
Class CardLayout

java.lang.Object
  |
  +--java.awt.CardLayout

public class CardLayout

extends Object

implements LayoutManager

A card layout displays the content of the container as a stack of cards, where only one card (Componet) is visible, the other cards are hidden. The show method moves a Component to the top of the stack hiding the other Components.

Constructor Summary

CardLayout()

Method Summary

void	addLayoutComponent(String name, Component card)
void	first(Container parent) Shows the first child component.
void	last(Container parent) Shows the last child component
void	layoutContainer(Container parent)
Dimension	minimumLayoutSize(Container parent) Returns the minimum layout size.
void	next(Container parent) Shows the next card
void	previous(Container parent) Shows the previous card
void	removeLayoutComponent(Component card)
void	show(Container parent, String name) Shows the card with the given name (assigned in Container.add)

Methods inherited from class java.lang.Object

equals, getClass, hashCode, notify, notifyAll, toString, wait, wait, wait

Constructor Detail

CardLayout

public CardLayout()

Method Detail

addLayoutComponent

public void addLayoutComponent(String name,
                               Component card)

Specified by:

addLayoutComponent in interface LayoutManager

first

public void first(Container parent)

Shows the first child component.

last

public void last(Container parent)

Shows the last child component

layoutContainer

public void layoutContainer(Container parent)

Specified by:

layoutContainer in interface LayoutManager

minimumLayoutSize

public Dimension minimumLayoutSize(Container parent)

Returns the minimum layout size. The minimum layout size of a card layout is the maximum width and height of the minimum layout sizes of all child components

Specified by:

minimumLayoutSize in interface LayoutManager

next

public void next(Container parent)

Shows the next card

previous

public void previous(Container parent)

Shows the previous card

show

public void show(Container parent,
                 String name)

Shows the card with the given name (assigned in Container.add)

removeLayoutComponent

public void removeLayoutComponent(Component card)

Specified by:

removeLayoutComponent in interface LayoutManager