CN1Grid.java

Button button;
hi.setLayout(new GridBagLayout());
GridBagConstraints c = new GridBagConstraints();
//natural height, maximum width
c.fill = GridBagConstraints.HORIZONTAL;


button = new Button("Button 1");
c.weightx = 0.5;
c.fill = GridBagConstraints.HORIZONTAL;
c.gridx = 0;
c.gridy = 0;
hi.addComponent(c, button);

button = new Button("Button 2");
c.fill = GridBagConstraints.HORIZONTAL;
c.weightx = 0.5;
c.gridx = 1;
c.gridy = 0;
hi.addComponent(c, button);

button = new Button("Button 3");
c.fill = GridBagConstraints.HORIZONTAL;
c.weightx = 0.5;
c.gridx = 2;
c.gridy = 0;
hi.addComponent(c, button);

button = new Button("Long-Named Button 4");
c.fill = GridBagConstraints.HORIZONTAL;
c.ipady = 40;      //make this component tall
c.weightx = 0.0;
c.gridwidth = 3;
c.gridx = 0;
c.gridy = 1;
hi.addComponent(c, button);

button = new Button("5");
c.fill = GridBagConstraints.HORIZONTAL;
c.ipady = 0;       //reset to default
c.weighty = 1.0;   //request any extra vertical space
c.anchor = GridBagConstraints.PAGE_END; //bottom of space
c.insets = new Insets(10,0,0,0);  //top padding
c.gridx = 1;       //aligned with button 2
c.gridwidth = 2;   //2 columns wide
c.gridy = 2;       //third row
hi.addComponent(c, button);        

Sample usage code for GridBagLayout originally developed for this Codename One Blog post and then used in the developer guide. The code originates from the Java tutorial.

From the Codename One project