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Intro to JGoodies Forms
Sun provided many Layout Managers by default with Swing. Some are simple to use, like FlowLayout, BorderLayout, CardLayout, and GridLayout. Unfortunately, these Layout Managers are limited in the layouts and interfaces they can produce. Other Layout Managers, like SpringLayout and GridBagLayout, are powerful enough to create virtually any desired interface. Unfortunately, they are not very easy to use. Creating Swing applications would be much easier if there were a Layout Manager that combined the simplicity of the first group with the power of the second group. Fortunately, Karsten Lentzsch at JGoodies has created an open source Layout Manager with all the power of GridBagLayout without all the complexity. FormLayout is the keystone of the JGoodies Forms framework.