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Being able to name the Layout Manager is important since some Managers, like the CardLayout, need to be accessed directly in order to show components or otherwise modify the way a form is displayed.
Target milestone -> 3.3
Target milestone -> 3.3.1.
Set target milestone to TBD
We don't plan to implement this - you can always use e.g. (CardLayout)container.getLayout(). Otherwise this is very similar to issue 16974. *** This issue has been marked as a duplicate of 16974 ***