public CenterPaneLayout(JPanel panel)
{
layout = new VerticalLayout(panel);
// three main sections: top, middle, bottom
Layout topSection = new HorizontalLayout(panel);
topSection.setPreferredSize(100, 15);
Layout middleSection = new HorizontalLayout(panel);
middleSection.setPreferredSize(100, 70);
Layout bottomSection = new HorizontalLayout(panel);
bottomSection.setPreferredSize(100, 15);
// three parts of the middle layout
Layout middleLeft = new VerticalLayout(panel);
middleLeft.setPreferredSize(15, 100);
Layout middleMiddle = new HorizontalLayout(panel); // can be horizontal or vertical
middleMiddle.setPreferredSize(70, 100);
Layout middleRight = new VerticalLayout(panel);
middleRight.setPreferredSize(15, 100);
// set up the buttons/textview/sliders/etc for each layout
topSection.addUIElement(new Button(34, 100));
topSection.addUIElement(new TextEdit(33, 100));
topSection.addUIElement(new Button(33, 100));
middleLeft.addUIElement(new TextEdit(100, 25));
middleLeft.addUIElement(new Slider(100, 25));
middleLeft.addUIElement(new Button(100, 25));
middleLeft.addUIElement(new Button(100, 25));
middleMiddle.addUIElement(new Button(100, 100));
middleRight.addUIElement(new TextEdit(100, 25));
middleRight.addUIElement(new Slider(100, 25));
middleRight.addUIElement(new Button(100, 25));
middleRight.addUIElement(new Button(100, 25));
middleSection.addUIElement(middleLeft);
middleSection.addUIElement(middleMiddle);
middleSection.addUIElement(middleRight);
bottomSection.addUIElement(new Button(100, 100));
layout.addUIElement(topSection);
layout.addUIElement(middleSection);
layout.addUIElement(bottomSection);
}