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Subject: Re: JTree indentation
Date: Tue, 07 Aug 2012 18:22:24 -0400
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On 08/07/2012 05:54 PM, FredK wrote:
> How do I control the amount of indentation for a JTree?
>
> I have found documentation for properties "Tree.leftChildIndent"
> and "Tree.rightTreeIndent" that is confusing to me as to what
> they do. The documentation for leftChildIndent says:
>
>        This plus Tree.rightChildIndent account for the
>        total space, along the y axis, to offset nodes
>        from their parent.
>
> I don't understand this. Indentation is horizontal (along the
> x axis, not y).

Please provide a pointer to the documentation you found.

>
> Regardless, I tried setting either or both of these properties
> with no effect.

Please provide a small compilable code example
that demonstrates the problem.

The first hit for a web search using;
"How do I control the amount of indentation for a JTree"
<http://www.rgagnon.com/javadetails/java-0398.html>