import java.awt.*;
import java.awt.event.*;
import javax.swing.*;

/** An example of BoxLayout.
 *
 *  Taken from Core Web Programming from 
 *  Prentice Hall and Sun Microsystems Press,
 *  http://www.corewebprogramming.com/.
 *  © 2001 Marty Hall and Larry Brown;
 *  may be freely used or adapted.
 */

public class BoxLayoutTest extends JPanel
                           implements ActionListener{
  BoxLayout layout;
  JButton topButton, middleButton, bottomButton;

  public BoxLayoutTest() {
    layout = new BoxLayout(this, BoxLayout.Y_AXIS);
    setLayout(layout);

    JLabel label = new JLabel("BoxLayout Demo");

    topButton = new JButton("Left Alignment");
    middleButton = new JButton("Center Alignment");
    bottomButton = new JButton("Right Alignment");
    topButton.addActionListener(this);
    middleButton.addActionListener(this);
    bottomButton.addActionListener(this);

    add(label);
    add(topButton);
    add(middleButton);
    add(bottomButton);
    setBackground(Color.white);
  }

  public void actionPerformed(ActionEvent event) {
    if (event.getSource() == topButton) {
      refresh(Component.LEFT_ALIGNMENT);
    } else if (event.getSource() == middleButton) {
      refresh(Component.CENTER_ALIGNMENT);
    } else if (event.getSource() == bottomButton) {
      refresh(Component.RIGHT_ALIGNMENT);
    }
  }

  private void refresh(float alignment){
    topButton.setAlignmentX(alignment);
    middleButton.setAlignmentX(alignment);
    bottomButton.setAlignmentX(alignment);
    revalidate();
    System.out.println("x: "+layout.getLayoutAlignmentX(this));
  }

  public static void main(String[] args) {
    WindowUtilities.setNativeLookAndFeel();
    WindowUtilities.openInJFrame(new BoxLayoutTest(), 300, 135,
                                 "BoxLayoutTest");
  }
}