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Re: two labels in sequence, how hard can it be?

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On 07/05/2013 22:44, Stefan Ram allegedly wrote:
>   I wanted to have a box starting with two labels, flush left, like:
> 
> ..------------------------------------
> |[label alpha]
> |[label beta]
> |...
> 
>   . Turned out, to add such a label, I had to do all of the following:
> 
> final javax.swing.Box vbox = javax.swing.Box.createVerticalBox();
> { final javax.swing.Box hbox = javax.swing.Box.createHorizontalBox();
>   final javax.swing.JLabel label  = new javax.swing.JLabel( "alpha"  );
>   hbox.add( label );
>   hbox.add( javax.swing.Box.createGlue() );
>   hbox.setMaximumSize
>   ( new java.awt.Dimension
>     ( java.lang.Integer.MAX_VALUE, label.getHeight() ));
>   vbox.add( hbox ); }
> ....
> 
>   When I add the label to the vbox directly (without an hbox),
>   it is not precisely aligned left, even when left alignment
>   is request. There still seemed to be some »glue« on the left
>   of it, which I did not add there.
> 
>   When I do not setMaximumSize, the height of the hbox is much
>   larger than the height of the label, that is: too large.
> 
>   But maybe my solution is too complicated? Is there a more
>   simple solution that I am not aware of?
> 

Never liked Box'es much...

- GridBagLayout
- weightx = 1; weighty = 0; anchor = EAST; gridx = 0; gridy = 0;
- add first label;
- ++gridy;
- add second label;

If the Panel is bigger than those two labels and you want them pushed to
the top:
- ++gridy; weighty = 1
- add Box.createGlue();

-- 
DF.

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