MigLayout on split into 2 rows

Question

I was wondering in using the Layout (MigLayout) could I split into 2 rows instead of two columns?

panel.add(fname,"split 2");
panel.add(Fname,"wrap, pushx, growx");
panel.add(lname,"split 2");
panel.add(Lname,"wrap, pushx, growx");
panel.add(desc,"split 3,top,gaptop 3,gapright 0.5");
panel.add(new JLabel("PlaceHolder"),"top,gaptop 3");
panel.add(new JScrollPane(Desc),"grow,push,wrap");
panel.add(C,"split 2, Right");
panel.add(D,"wrap");

I wanted the label "PlaceHolder" to be below the text description instead beside it is there a way to accomplish it? :)

Answer 1

Here is a code snippet that shows a two-column layout with one label/field pair per row (at the top) and the two other labels below each other and to the left of a row spanning textArea:

MigLayout layout = new MigLayout("wrap 2, debug", "[][fill, grow]");
JComponent content = new JPanel(layout);
content.add(new JLabel("First Name:"));
content.add(new JTextField());
content.add(new JLabel("Last Name:"));
content.add(new JTextField());
content.add(new JLabel("Description"));
content.add(new JScrollPane(new JTextArea(20, 20)), "spany 3");
content.add(new JLabel("placeholder"));
content.add(new JLabel(""), "newline"); // dummy to keep the placeholder at top
content.add(new JButton("Ok"), "span, split 2, align r, tag ok");
content.add(new JButton("Cancel"), "tag cancel");

Couple of thingies to note:

• always put as much configuration into the layout/row/column constraints as possible
• there's dummy label needed for working around a possible bug
• buttons are tagged to automatically comply to per-OS sizing and sequence guidelines