| BoxLayout allows multiple components to be laid out either 
		vertically or horizontally. The components will not wrap so, for 
		example, a vertical arrangement of components will stay vertically 
		arranged when the frame is resized. Nesting multiple panels with 
		different combinations of horizontal and vertical gives an effect 
		similar to GridBagLayout, without the complexity. The 
		BoxLayout manager is constructed with an axis parameter that 
		specifies the type of layout that will be done. For all directions, 
		components are arranged in the same order as they were added to the 
		container. 
 BoxLayout attempts to arrange components at their preferred 
		widths (for horizontal layout) or heights (for vertical layout). For a 
		horizontal layout, if not all the components are the same height, 
		BoxLayout attempts to make all the components as high as the highest 
		component. If that's not possible for a particular component, then 
		BoxLayout aligns that component vertically, according to the 
		component's Y alignment. By default, a component has a Y alignment of 
		0.5, which means that the vertical center of the component should have 
		the same Y coordinate as the vertical centers of other components with 
		0.5 Y alignment. Similarly, for a vertical layout, BoxLayout 
		attempts to make all components in the column as wide as the widest 
		component. If that fails, it aligns them horizontally according to their 
		X alignments.
 Main Features
              Select BoxLayout from the Layouts palette and 
				drop it on a Window or Composite 
	
	 
				Graphical feedback is provided for all drop and move 
				interactions 
	
	   
				Struts & Springs 
				palette gives easy access to struts, springs (glue), rigid 
				areas and boxes 
			
       
				Graphically show area occupied by struts and springs (glue) 
			
	 
				Graphically resize struts and rigid areas via dragging 
			
	   
				Direct-edit (hit space bar) struts and rigid areas to resize 
				them 
			
	   
				Resize struts and rigid areas using the 
				Property Pane 
			
			   
				Orientation can be specified using the 
				Property Pane 
	  
 
			Widget alignment within the BoxLayout can be set using 
			the 
				Property Pane 
			
 
			Note that struts and rigid areas can be used as invisible spacer 
			objects in other layouts as well 
			
	   Graphical Feedback
              When moving a widget or adding a new widget, the current drop 
				point is highlighted in red
 
    
    
Resize struts and rigid areas by dragging or direct edit 
			
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