Re: problem with setting

From	"Fred Kleinschmidt" <fred.kleinschmidt@THRWHITE.remove-dii-this>
Subject	Re: problem with setting
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Newsgroups	comp.lang.java.gui
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Date	2011-04-27 15:26 +0000
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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.
>
> Thanks!
>

The default layout manager for the content pane is a BorderLayout.
CENTERed objects will expand/contract as necessary
to fill the available space - BorderLayout ignores any positioning
or sizing information of its CENTER child.
-- 
Fred L. Kleinschmidt
Boeing Associate Technical Fellow
Technical Architect, Software Reuse Project

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