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: "Fred Kleinschmidt" Subject: Re: problem with setting Message-ID: X-Comment-To: comp.lang.java.gui Newsgroups: comp.lang.java.gui In-Reply-To: <1164735690.470933.19080@80g2000cwy.googlegroups.com> References: <1164735690.470933.19080@80g2000cwy.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: 35 Date: Wed, 27 Apr 2011 15:26:37 GMT NNTP-Posting-Host: 96.60.20.240 X-Complaints-To: news@tds.net X-Trace: newsreading01.news.tds.net 1303917997 96.60.20.240 (Wed, 27 Apr 2011 10:26:37 CDT) NNTP-Posting-Date: Wed, 27 Apr 2011 10:26:37 CDT Organization: TDS.net Xref: x330-a1.tempe.blueboxinc.net comp.lang.java.gui:279 To: comp.lang.java.gui "Adam Sandler" wrote in message news:1164735690.470933.19080@80g2000cwy.googlegroups.com... > > 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 --- * 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