Re: JButton sizing ?

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From: "Ian Wilson" <scobloke2@infotop.co.uk>
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>> Thanks That works a treat. This seem a bit like writing hml using nested 
>> tables to get a design to look right !
>
> It is, except that HTML tables were originally intended for tabular data 
> not for layout, whereas JPanels and Layouts were always intended to be 
> used for layout and to be nestable. Perhaps it is more like nested DIVs 
> with CSS :-)

I must admit I find using css box model and <div> much easier it terms of 
controlling positoning/size/borders/margins, but maybe it gets easier with 
practice.

> If you don't like nesting layouts in this way, you can achieve the same 
> visual effect by using (the notoriously difficult) GridBagLayout, (the 
> popular) JGoodies FormLayout or (my favourite) MigLayout without the need 
> for nesting of layouts and panels.

Maybe I'll stick with the simpler layouts for now. I think I have a slightly 
better understanding now.
Thanks for your help.
Tony

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JButton sizing ? "Tony B" <tony.b@THRWHITE.remove-dii-this> - 2011-04-27 15:31 +0000
  Re: JButton sizing ? "Thomas Fritsch" <thomas.fritsch@THRWHITE.remove-dii-this> - 2011-04-27 15:31 +0000
    Re: JButton sizing ? "TonyB" <tonyb@THRWHITE.remove-dii-this> - 2011-04-27 15:31 +0000
  Re: JButton sizing ? "Ian Wilson" <ian.wilson@THRWHITE.remove-dii-this> - 2011-04-27 15:31 +0000
    Re: JButton sizing ? "TonyB" <tonyb@THRWHITE.remove-dii-this> - 2011-04-27 15:31 +0000
      Re: JButton sizing ? "Ian Wilson" <ian.wilson@THRWHITE.remove-dii-this> - 2011-04-27 15:31 +0000
        Re: JButton sizing ? "Tony B" <tony.b@THRWHITE.remove-dii-this> - 2011-04-27 15:31 +0000
  Re: JButton sizing ? "Karsten Lentzsch" <karsten.lentzsch@THRWHITE.remove-dii-this> - 2011-04-27 15:31 +0000

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