Java GUI Layout managers

Question

It seems that I can do everything with a single Grid Layout--even tasks that might require multiple nested layouts if I did not use Grid Layout. Is a single Grid Layout a better approach than many different nested layouts?

Answer 1

Most screens work very naturally with BorderLayout and it gives good resizing behavior to components inside it.

Personally I'd really rather nest various components inside a BorderLayout--possibly using Grid inside and possibly using others.

Experiment a lot with resizing behavior and see what you think.

Resizing is the key.