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Re: two labels in sequence, how hard can it be?

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On Tuesday, May 7, 2013 3:12:21 PM UTC-7, Daniele Futtorovic wrote:
> On 07/05/2013 22:44, Stefan Ram allegedly wrote: > I wanted to have a box starting with two labels, flush left, like: > > ..------------------------------------ > |[label alpha] > |[label beta] > |... > > . Turned out, to add such a label, I had to do all of the following: > > final javax.swing.Box vbox = javax.swing.Box.createVerticalBox(); > { final javax.swing.Box hbox = javax.swing.Box.createHorizontalBox(); > final javax.swing.JLabel label = new javax.swing.JLabel( "alpha" ); > hbox.add( label ); > hbox.add( javax.swing.Box.createGlue() ); > hbox.setMaximumSize > ( new java.awt.Dimension > ( java.lang.Integer.MAX_VALUE, label.getHeight() )); > vbox.add( hbox ); } > .... > > When I add the label to the vbox directly (without an hbox), > it is not precisely aligned left, even when left alignment > is request. There still seemed to be some �glue� on the left > of it, which I did not add there. > > When I do not setMaximumSize, the height of the hbox is much > larger than the height of the label, that is: too large. > > But maybe my solution is too complicated? Is there a more > simple solution that I am not aware of? > Never liked Box'es much... - GridBagLayout - weightx = 1; weighty = 0; anchor = EAST; gridx = 0; gridy = 0; - add first label; - ++gridy; - add second label; If the Panel is bigger than those two labels and you want them pushed to the top: - ++gridy; weighty = 1 - add Box.createGlue(); -- DF.

Or use a BorderLayout with one label in NORTH and one in SOUTH
-- 
Fred K

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Re: two labels in sequence, how hard can it be? Daniele Futtorovic <da.futt.news@laposte-dot-net.invalid> - 2013-05-08 00:12 +0200
  Re: two labels in sequence, how hard can it be? FredK <fred.l.kleinschmidt@gmail.com> - 2013-05-08 13:20 -0700

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