I have a text based RPG and using a swing GUI

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#1

But it is so impossible to make the GUI the way I want to using box and flow layouts.

There is a grid layout as well. Maybe I should take a look at other layouts?

Can anyone recommend a layout?

Thanks

#2

I generally use GridBagLayout for anything complex… Or nested layouts with BorderLayout and BoxLayout (use Box instead of JPanel)
Basically you have to break down what you want… often it is easier to use nested JPanels and structurally it makes sense as well.