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Create an applet and four buttons and arrange them using BorderLayout

Submitted by Rahimv on Sat, 08/21/2010 - 17:54

/*
Layout Manager
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
BorderLayout
==========
BorderLayout()
BorderLayout(int horz, int vert)
=========================================
BorderLayout.EAST
BorderLayout.WEST
BorderLayout.NORTH
BorderLayout.SOUTH
BorderLayout.CENTER
======================================
*/
import java.awt.*;
import java.awt.event.*;
import java.applet.*;
/*
<applet CODE = "BLDemo" width = 600 height = 400>
</applet>
*/
public class BLDemo extends Applet implements ActionListener
{
String msg="";
Button b1, b2, b3, b4;
public void init()
{
 setLayout(new BorderLayout());
 b1 = new Button("EAST");
 b2 = new Button("WEST");
 b3 = new Button("NORTH");
 b4 = new Button("SOUTH");
 
 add(b1, BorderLayout.EAST);
 add(b2, BorderLayout.WEST);
 add(b3, BorderLayout.NORTH);
 add(b4, BorderLayout.SOUTH);
 
 b1.addActionListener(this);
 b2.addActionListener(this);
 b3.addActionListener(this);
 b4.addActionListener(this);
}
public void actionPerformed(ActionEvent ae)
{
    msg = "";
 if(ae.getSource() == b1)
 {
  msg = "EAST";
 }
   
 if(ae.getSource() == b2)
 {
  msg = "WEST";
 }
 
 if(ae.getSource() == b3)
 {
  msg = "NORTH";
 }
 if(ae.getSource() == b4)
 {
  msg = "SOUTH";
 }
 
    repaint();
}
public void paint(Graphics g)
{
 g.drawString("You have clicked : " + msg, 50,100);
}
};