# Interface SwingConstants

All Known Implementing Classes:
  `AbstractButton, AsyncBoxView, BasicArrowButton, BasicComboBoxRenderer, BasicComboBoxRenderer.UIResource, BasicInternalFrameUI.BorderListener, BasicScrollBarUI, BasicTabbedPaneUI, BasicToolBarUI, BlockView, BoxView, ComponentView, CompositeView, DefaultListCellRenderer, DefaultListCellRenderer.UIResource, DefaultTableCellRenderer, DefaultTableCellRenderer.UIResource, DefaultTreeCellEditor.DefaultTextField, DefaultTreeCellRenderer, FieldView, FlowView, FormView, GlyphView, IconView, ImageView, InlineView, JButton, JCheckBox, JCheckBoxMenuItem, JFormattedTextField, JLabel, JMenu, JMenuItem, JPasswordField, JPopupMenu.Separator, JProgressBar, JRadioButton, JRadioButtonMenuItem, JSeparator, JSlider, JTabbedPane, JTextField, JToggleButton, JToolBar, JToolBar.Separator, LabelView, ListView, MetalBorders.ToolBarBorder, MetalComboBoxButton, MetalFileChooserUI.FileRenderer, MetalFileChooserUI.FilterComboBoxRenderer, MetalScrollBarUI, MetalScrollButton, MetalTabbedPaneUI, MetalToolBarUI, ObjectView, ParagraphView, ParagraphView, PasswordView, PlainView, SwingUtilities, SynthScrollBarUI, SynthTabbedPaneUI, SynthToolBarUI, TableView, TableView.TableCell, TableView.TableRow, View, WrappedPlainView, ZoneView`

public interface SwingConstants
A collection of constants generally used for positioning and orienting components on the screen.

Since:
  1.2

## Field Summary

Fields
Modifier and Type
Field
Description
`static final int`
`BOTTOM`
Box-orientation constant used to specify the bottom of a box.
`static final int`
`CENTER`
The central position in an area.
`static final int`
`EAST`
Compass-direction east (right).
`static final int`
`HORIZONTAL`
Horizontal orientation.
`static final int`
`LEADING`
Identifies the leading edge of text for use with left-to-right and right-to-left languages.
`static final int`
`LEFT`
Box-orientation constant used to specify the left side of a box.
`static final int`
`NEXT`
Identifies the next direction in a sequence.
`static final int`
`NORTH`
Compass-direction North (up).
`static final int`
`NORTH_EAST`
Compass-direction north-east (upper right).
`static final int`
`NORTH_WEST`
Compass-direction north west (upper left).
`static final int`
`PREVIOUS`
Identifies the previous direction in a sequence.
`static final int`
`RIGHT`
Box-orientation constant used to specify the right side of a box.
`static final int`
`SOUTH`
Compass-direction south (down).
`static final int`
`SOUTH_EAST`
Compass-direction south-east (lower right).
`static final int`
`SOUTH_WEST`
Compass-direction south-west (lower left).
`static final int`
`TOP`
Box-orientation constant used to specify the top of a box.
`static final int`
`TRAILING`
Identifies the trailing edge of text for use with left-to-right and right-to-left languages.
`static final int`
`VERTICAL`
Vertical orientation.
`static final int`
`WEST`
Compass-direction west (left).

## Field Details

### CENTER

static final int CENTER
The central position in an area. Used for both compass-direction constants (NORTH, etc.) and box-orientation constants (TOP, etc.).

See Also:
  - Constant Field Values

### TOP

static final int TOP
Box-orientation constant used to specify the top of a box.

See Also:
  - Constant Field Values

### LEFT

static final int LEFT
Box-orientation constant used to specify the left side of a box.

See Also:
  - Constant Field Values

### BOTTOM

static final int BOTTOM
Box-orientation constant used to specify the bottom of a box.

See Also:
  - Constant Field Values

### RIGHT

static final int RIGHT
Box-orientation constant used to specify the right side of a box.

See Also:
  - Constant Field Values

### NORTH

static final int NORTH
Compass-direction North (up).

See Also:
  - Constant Field Values

### NORTH_EAST

static final int NORTH_EAST
Compass-direction north-east (upper right).

See Also:
  - Constant Field Values

### EAST

static final int EAST
Compass-direction east (right).

See Also:
  - Constant Field Values

### SOUTH_EAST

static final int SOUTH_EAST
Compass-direction south-east (lower right).

See Also:
  - Constant Field Values

### SOUTH

static final int SOUTH
Compass-direction south (down).

See Also:
  - Constant Field Values

### SOUTH_WEST

static final int SOUTH_WEST
Compass-direction south-west (lower left).

See Also:
  - Constant Field Values

### WEST

static final int WEST
Compass-direction west (left).

See Also:
  - Constant Field Values

### NORTH_WEST

static final int NORTH_WEST
Compass-direction north west (upper left).

See Also:
  - Constant Field Values

### HORIZONTAL

static final int HORIZONTAL
Horizontal orientation. Used for scrollbars and sliders.

See Also:
  - Constant Field Values

### VERTICAL

static final int VERTICAL
Vertical orientation. Used for scrollbars and sliders.

See Also:
  - Constant Field Values

### LEADING

static final int LEADING
Identifies the leading edge of text for use with left-to-right and right-to-left languages. Used by buttons and labels.

See Also:
  - Constant Field Values

### TRAILING

static final int TRAILING
Identifies the trailing edge of text for use with left-to-right and right-to-left languages. Used by buttons and labels.

See Also:
  - Constant Field Values

### NEXT

static final int NEXT
Identifies the next direction in a sequence.

Since:
  1.4
See Also:
  - Constant Field Values

### PREVIOUS

static final int PREVIOUS
Identifies the previous direction in a sequence.

Since:
  1.4
See Also:
  - Constant Field Values