Path: csiph.com!x330-a1.tempe.blueboxinc.net!feeder1.hal-mli.net!news.alt.net!news-in-01.newsfeed.easynews.com!easynews.com!easynews!news-out.news.tds.net!newsreading01.news.tds.net!86597e80!not-for-mail From: "Andrew Thompson" Subject: Re: prevent JList from au Message-ID: <7250bc7b4ef07@uwe> X-Comment-To: comp.lang.java.gui Newsgroups: comp.lang.java.gui In-Reply-To: <1179410729.839583.164160@e65g2000hsc.googlegroups.com> References: <1179410729.839583.164160@e65g2000hsc.googlegroups.com> Content-Type: text/plain; charset=IBM437 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8bit X-Gateway: time.synchro.net [Synchronet 3.15a-Win32 NewsLink 1.92] Lines: 41 Date: Wed, 27 Apr 2011 15:34:32 GMT NNTP-Posting-Host: 96.60.20.240 X-Complaints-To: news@tds.net X-Trace: newsreading01.news.tds.net 1303918472 96.60.20.240 (Wed, 27 Apr 2011 10:34:32 CDT) NNTP-Posting-Date: Wed, 27 Apr 2011 10:34:32 CDT Organization: TDS.net Xref: x330-a1.tempe.blueboxinc.net comp.lang.java.gui:1646 To: comp.lang.java.gui Adam Sandler wrote: .. >...I'd like to prevent a JList from >resizing itself. >... Aren't the layout managers supposed >to take care sizing? Yes - they take their strongest tip from the preferred size of components. If practical - a component is set to its preferred size. >...If I set preferred size, does that conflict with >the layout manager? No. >...And what impact could setting the preferred size >have on different resolutions... especially if someone is using >something different than 4:3 or 16:9? If we set the preferred size, it is up to the us to calculate a sensible value. This might be based on the the content (list items), screen size, other things, or combinations. >Any suggestions on how to proceed are greatly appreciated. As far as the resolution goes, see Toolkit.getScreenSize(). -- Andrew Thompson http://www.athompson.info/andrew/ Message posted via JavaKB.com http://www.javakb.com/Uwe/Forums.aspx/java-gui/200705/1 --- * Synchronet * The Whitehouse BBS --- whitehouse.hulds.com --- check it out free usenet! --- Synchronet 3.15a-Win32 NewsLink 1.92 Time Warp of the Future BBS - telnet://time.synchro.net:24