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<title>Layout Containers</title>
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<body>
<p>
Layout containers are used primarily to arrange other components on the screen. Layout
containers include:
</p>
<ul>
<li>
<p>
<a href="flow-panes.html"><b>FlowPane</b></a> - Arranges components in a
horizontal line, wrapping when contents don't fit on a single line.
</p>
</li>
<li>
<p>
<a href="box-panes.html"><b>BoxPane</b></a> - Arranges components in a line,
either vertically or horizontally.
</p>
</li>
<li>
<p>
<a href="fill-panes.html"><b>FillPane</b></a> - Arranges components in a line,
either vertically or horizontally and fills up the available space in both
directions.
</p>
</li>
<li>
<p>
<a href="grid-panes.html"><b>GridPane</b></a> - Arranges components in a
two-dimensional grid where each cell is given the same size, based on the
available width and height.
</p>
</li>
<li>
<p>
<a href="table-panes.html"><b>TablePane</b></a> - Arranges components in a
two-dimensional table structure, optionally spanning table cells.
</p>
</li>
<li>
<p>
<a href="borders.html"><b>Border</b></a> - Container with an optional title
that draws a border around a single content component.
</p>
</li>
<li>
<p>
<a href="stack-panes.html"><b>StackPane</b></a> - Arranges components in
layers, like a stack of transparencies.
</p>
</li>
<li>
<p>
<a href="split-panes.html"><b>SplitPane</b></a> - Provides a draggable divider
between two components allowing a user to dynamically change the size of
each; may be horizontal or vertical.
</p>
</li>
<li>
<p>
<a href="forms.html"><b>Form</b></a> - Arranges components in a "form" layout
with labels to the left and optional flag messages (e.g. to alert a user to
input errors) to the right.
</p>
</li>
<li>
<p>
<a href="panels.html"><b>Panel</b></a> - Performs no layout, allowing the
application to specify absolute component positions and sizes.
</p>
</li>
</ul>
<p>
Each of these are discussed in detail in the following sections.
</p>
</body>
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