Positioning panel vertically centrally in grid layout

Question

I am trying to build a sudoku puzzle with grid layout to the contentpane and adding my Cell objects(extends JPanel) to it. However, I am not able to align the components vertically centrally. Please help.

Thanks in advance.

http://stackoverflow.com/questions/11357720/java-vertical-alignment-within-jpanel — StanislavL, Sep 27 '12 at 13:53
The example [cited here](http://stackoverflow.com/a/12625532/230513) uses `GridLayout`. — trashgod, Sep 27 '12 at 16:05

score 2 · Accepted Answer · answered Sep 27 '12 at 15:35

Set your content pane instead to use an other layout manager, e.g. GridBagLayout and add to it the GridLayout panel that holds all your Cell objects. This way your sudoku panel will be centered and its contents (the cells) will not expand to fill the whole area.

Positioning panel vertically centrally in grid layout

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