Path: csiph.com!x330-a1.tempe.blueboxinc.net!feeder1.hal-mli.net!news.glorb.com!news-out.readnews.com!news-xxxfer.readnews.com!news-out.news.tds.net!newsreading01.news.tds.net!86597e80!not-for-mail From: "Andrew Thompson" Subject: Re: Setting z-index in Sw Message-ID: <7d650bee364bb@uwe> X-Comment-To: comp.lang.java.gui Newsgroups: comp.lang.java.gui In-Reply-To: <6dd368ff-e469-4792-ae64-05bdc934d990@a35g2000prf.googlegroups.com> References: <6dd368ff-e469-4792-ae64-05bdc934d990@a35g2000prf.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: 43 Date: Wed, 27 Apr 2011 15:41:58 GMT NNTP-Posting-Host: 96.60.20.240 X-Complaints-To: news@tds.net X-Trace: newsreading01.news.tds.net 1303918918 96.60.20.240 (Wed, 27 Apr 2011 10:41:58 CDT) NNTP-Posting-Date: Wed, 27 Apr 2011 10:41:58 CDT Organization: TDS.net Xref: x330-a1.tempe.blueboxinc.net comp.lang.java.gui:2930 To: comp.lang.java.gui Mohammad Javad Dousti wrote: .. >1-I'm using absolute layout .. Why? * > ..in Java. Using absolute layouts is a bad idea in an X-plat, X-plaf, multi-VM language. >..I want to set the z-index of my >component after adding them. * What is this GUI that requires absolutely positioned, overlapping components? Some types of GUIs might be better suited to a CardLayout that shows any one GUI element (usually a panel with many other panels and widgets inside it) a JTabbedPane or a JDesktopPane. >..How can I do so? Why do you want to do so? >2-How can I get the X and Y of an added component in absolut layout? One way would be to remember where you absolutely placed it in the first place (I would guess). But also, you might try these methods listed in the JavaDocs java.awt.Component.getLocation(java.awt.Point) (as well as getX(), and getY() ). -- Andrew Thompson http://www.physci.org/ Message posted via http://www.javakb.com --- * 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