Yes, but I don't remember jpanels having any particular layout. Are you talking about a swing grid layout?
So you want a main content pane in the middle and notes or some such around the outside? This converts well to absolutely positioned divs.
[html]
<body>
<div style="position: absolute; height:10%; width:95%;text-align: center;">Top header</div><div
style="position: absolute;top:15%;height: 70%;width: 95%;"><div
style="height:100%; width:10%; float: left;">left border</div><div
style="height:100%; width:10%; float: right;">right border</div><div
style="height:100%; float: left; text-align: center;">main content</div></div><div
style="position: absolute; top: 85%;height:10%; width:95%;
text-align:center">bottom border</div></body>
[/html]
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