SwingConstants (Java Platform SE 8 )

All Known Implementing Classes:

AbstractButton, AsyncBoxView, BasicArrowButton, BasicComboBoxRenderer, BasicComboBoxRenderer.UIResource, BasicInternalFrameUI.BorderListener, BasicScrollBarUI, BasicTabbedPaneUI, BasicToolBarUI, BlockView, BoxView, ComponentView, CompositeView, DefaultListCellRenderer, DefaultListCellRenderer.UIResource, DefaultTableCellRenderer, DefaultTableCellRenderer.UIResource, DefaultTreeCellEditor.DefaultTextField, DefaultTreeCellRenderer, FieldView, FlowView, FormView, GlyphView, IconView, ImageView, InlineView, JButton, JCheckBox, JCheckBoxMenuItem, JFormattedTextField, JLabel, JMenu, JMenuItem, JPasswordField, JPopupMenu.Separator, JProgressBar, JRadioButton, JRadioButtonMenuItem, JSeparator, JSlider, JTabbedPane, JTextField, JToggleButton, JToolBar, JToolBar.Separator, LabelView, ListView, MetalBorders.ToolBarBorder, MetalComboBoxButton, MetalFileChooserUI.FileRenderer, MetalFileChooserUI.FilterComboBoxRenderer, MetalScrollBarUI, MetalScrollButton, MetalTabbedPaneUI, MetalToolBarUI, ObjectView, ParagraphView, ParagraphView, PasswordView, PlainView, SwingUtilities, SynthScrollBarUI, SynthTabbedPaneUI, SynthToolBarUI, TableView, TableView.TableCell, TableView.TableRow, View, WrappedPlainView, ZoneView
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public interface SwingConstants
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A collection of constants generally used for positioning and orienting components on the screen.

Field Summary

Fields
Modifier and Type	Field	Description
`static int`	`BOTTOM`	Box-orientation constant used to specify the bottom of a box.
`static int`	`CENTER`	The central position in an area.
`static int`	`EAST`	Compass-direction east (right).
`static int`	`HORIZONTAL`	Horizontal orientation.
`static int`	`LEADING`	Identifies the leading edge of text for use with left-to-right and right-to-left languages.
`static int`	`LEFT`	Box-orientation constant used to specify the left side of a box.
`static int`	`NEXT`	Identifies the next direction in a sequence.
`static int`	`NORTH`	Compass-direction North (up).
`static int`	`NORTH_EAST`	Compass-direction north-east (upper right).
`static int`	`NORTH_WEST`	Compass-direction north west (upper left).
`static int`	`PREVIOUS`	Identifies the previous direction in a sequence.
`static int`	`RIGHT`	Box-orientation constant used to specify the right side of a box.
`static int`	`SOUTH`	Compass-direction south (down).
`static int`	`SOUTH_EAST`	Compass-direction south-east (lower right).
`static int`	`SOUTH_WEST`	Compass-direction south-west (lower left).
`static int`	`TOP`	Box-orientation constant used to specify the top of a box.
`static int`	`TRAILING`	Identifies the trailing edge of text for use with left-to-right and right-to-left languages.
`static int`	`VERTICAL`	Vertical orientation.
`static int`	`WEST`	Compass-direction west (left).

- Field Detail
  - CENTER
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static final int CENTER
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    The central position in an area. Used for both compass-direction constants (NORTH, etc.) and box-orientation constants (TOP, etc.).
    
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  - TOP
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static final int TOP
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    Box-orientation constant used to specify the top of a box.
    
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  - LEFT
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static final int LEFT
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    Box-orientation constant used to specify the left side of a box.
    
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  - BOTTOM
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static final int BOTTOM
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    Box-orientation constant used to specify the bottom of a box.
    
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  - RIGHT
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static final int RIGHT
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    Box-orientation constant used to specify the right side of a box.
    
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  - NORTH
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static final int NORTH
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    Compass-direction North (up).
    
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  - NORTH_EAST
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static final int NORTH_EAST
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    Compass-direction north-east (upper right).
    
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  - EAST
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static final int EAST
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    Compass-direction east (right).
    
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  - SOUTH_EAST
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static final int SOUTH_EAST
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    Compass-direction south-east (lower right).
    
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  - SOUTH
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static final int SOUTH
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    Compass-direction south (down).
    
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  - SOUTH_WEST
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static final int SOUTH_WEST
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    Compass-direction south-west (lower left).
    
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  - WEST
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static final int WEST
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    Compass-direction west (left).
    
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  - NORTH_WEST
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static final int NORTH_WEST
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    Compass-direction north west (upper left).
    
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  - HORIZONTAL
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static final int HORIZONTAL
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    Horizontal orientation. Used for scrollbars and sliders.
    
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  - VERTICAL
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static final int VERTICAL
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    Vertical orientation. Used for scrollbars and sliders.
    
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  - LEADING
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static final int LEADING
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    Identifies the leading edge of text for use with left-to-right and right-to-left languages. Used by buttons and labels.
    
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  - TRAILING
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static final int TRAILING
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    Identifies the trailing edge of text for use with left-to-right and right-to-left languages. Used by buttons and labels.
    
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  - NEXT
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static final int NEXT
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    Identifies the next direction in a sequence.
    
    Since:
    
    1.4
    
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  - PREVIOUS
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static final int PREVIOUS
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    Identifies the previous direction in a sequence.
    
    Since:
    
    1.4
    
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    Constant Field Values

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Interface SwingConstants

Field Summary

Field Detail

CENTER

TOP

LEFT

BOTTOM

RIGHT

NORTH

NORTH_EAST

EAST

SOUTH_EAST

SOUTH

SOUTH_WEST

WEST

NORTH_WEST

HORIZONTAL

VERTICAL

LEADING

TRAILING

NEXT

PREVIOUS