Aligning components on two panels which are using flow layouts

Question

I have two panels which are using flow layouts. These panels have same number of components (labels and text boxes). How do I align them?

Answer 1

Layout managers don't communicate with one another that way. You can't use two separate FlowLayouts unless the components are all the same size.

You might be able to use a SpringLayout. Or more complex layouts would be the GridBagLayout and GroupLayout.

Check out the Swing tutorial on Using Layout Managers for working examples to decide which you would like to use.

Answer 2

I couldn't make this to work only, when I have hardcoded some stuff, like sizes.

I would recommend to switch to a GridBagLayout instead at least.

Answer 3

GridBagLayout is the layout you want to use if you need to align components and such. Read How to Use GridBagLayout.