Path: csiph.com!x330-a1.tempe.blueboxinc.net!feeder1.hal-mli.net!border3.nntp.dca.giganews.com!border1.nntp.dca.giganews.com!nntp.giganews.com!news-out.readnews.com!transit3.readnews.com!news-out.news.tds.net!newsreading01.news.tds.net!86597e80!not-for-mail From: "Andrew Thompson" Subject: Re: Swing Battleship Game Message-ID: <72ca3e01634d2@uwe> X-Comment-To: comp.lang.java.gui Newsgroups: comp.lang.java.gui In-Reply-To: References: 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 15:34:50 GMT NNTP-Posting-Host: 96.60.20.240 X-Complaints-To: news@tds.net X-Trace: newsreading01.news.tds.net 1303918490 96.60.20.240 (Wed, 27 Apr 2011 10:34:50 CDT) NNTP-Posting-Date: Wed, 27 Apr 2011 10:34:50 CDT Organization: TDS.net Xref: x330-a1.tempe.blueboxinc.net comp.lang.java.gui:1699 To: comp.lang.java.gui isionset wrote: .. >> Layouts (same as you would use in AWT). > >I would say the opposite. .. I would say.. >Otherwise you end up doing a lot of fighting against layout managers and >components. But I guess we all do it once to really appreciate that... >(I've done it several times!) .you need to invest more time in understanding layouts, rather than settle for the far less adequate solution of ... >Choose a null layout ... .a null layout. In this specific instance, a GridLayout is perfect for the job. Can you show code that can make an 11x11 grid of components, from a null layout, and be x-plat and robust through different Java versions, screen sizes and default font sizes? More simply than the code I posted? (And yes, that is more than simply a philosophical question - if the answer is 'yes' - back it up with code). -- 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