component centering

Hi, I'm new in Java programming... I'd like to set a Component exactly in center of panel... it should be both horizontally and vertically... I've looked for it and I've found nothing... can you give me any advice please? Thnx

Code:

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MyPanel.add( component, BorderLayout.CENTER );

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Or if you want the component centered, but you don't want it to expand out to fill the container (as BorderLayout will try to do), you can use a GridBagLayout and just add the component (if it's the only thing being added to that container).

e.g.,

Code:

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    JLabel centerLabel = new JLabel("Centered");
    centerLabel.setBorder(new LineBorder(Color.black));
   
    JPanel panel = new JPanel(new GridBagLayout());
    panel.add(centerLabel);

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Or if you want to see this in a small program:

Code:

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import java.awt.Color;
import java.awt.Dimension;
import java.awt.GridBagLayout;

import javax.swing.*;
import javax.swing.border.LineBorder;

public class CenterComponent {

  private static void createAndShowUI() {
    JLabel centerLabel = new JLabel("Centered");
    centerLabel.setBorder(new LineBorder(Color.black));
   
    JPanel panel = new JPanel(new GridBagLayout());
    panel.setPreferredSize(new Dimension(500, 500));
    panel.add(centerLabel);   
   
    JFrame frame = new JFrame("CenterComponent");
    frame.getContentPane().add(panel);
    frame.setDefaultCloseOperation(JFrame.EXIT_ON_CLOSE);
    frame.pack();
    frame.setLocationRelativeTo(null);
    frame.setVisible(true);
  }

  public static void main(String[] args) {
    java.awt.EventQueue.invokeLater(new Runnable() {
      public void run() {
        createAndShowUI();
      }
    });
  }
}

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Thank you... this one I've never tried... I've tried only basic layout managers (BorderLayout, BoxLayout, FlowLayout and GridLayout)... I'll learn GridBagLayout too, it could be useful ;-)... thnx