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"Adam Sandler" <corn29@excite.com> wrote in message 
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> 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)

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