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Michael Dunn wrote:
> "Adam Sandler" <corn29@excite.com> wrote in message
> news:1164735690.470933.19080@80g2000cwy.googlegroups.com...
> >
> > Michael Dunn wrote:
> >> try this
> >
> > Thanks for the reply.
> >
> > A couple of things... I thought GridBag was going in away in favor
> > FormLayout.  Also, with regard to using setPreferredSize, see
> > http://groups.google.com/group/comp.lang.java.gui/browse_thread/thread/199fe80825ff337/0e96c1a7ea07b03b
> >
> > So while your code works (thanks again!), I'm wondering what is the
> > root cause behind why the original code doesn't.  If there's some
> > serious issues regarding the use of GridBag and setPreferredSize, then
> > perhaps another solution needs to be sought.
>
>
>
> default layout for contentPane is borderLayout, default placement is CENTER,
> and default behavior for CENTER is to occupy all remaining space after
> NORTH,SOUTH,WEST,EAST are set, so
> getContentPane().add(centerPanel);
> means centerPanel will occupy all of the size, regardless of its preferredSize
>
> I could have added a panel (holdingPanel) and added centerPanel to that, then
> added holdingPanel to the contentPane - the effect of this would be that
> holdingpanel would take up the additional space in CENTER, and
> centerPanel would get its preferredSize, but centerPanel would appear at
> the top center - not what you want.
>
> GridBagLayout was used so centerPanel would be 'centered', left/right and
> top/bottom. The effect would have been the same if holdingPanel was set as
> a GridBagLayout, and contentPane remained as BorderLayout.
>
> experiment, changing as described above, to see the differences (or no differences)

Thanks!

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