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Andrew Thompson wrote:
> Ian Wilson wrote:
> 
>> I was putting together some comparisons of Layout Managers and am a bit
>> stuck with GridBagLayout.
> 
> 
> (chuckle) When I saw you recommending it
> on another groups, I was almost about to add
> that I preferred nested layouts, for any number
> of reasons.
> 

I usually recommend MigLayout but I recognise that some learners might 
want to stick with Sun's layout managers. :-)

> 
>> ...In the example below, if you resize the frame
>> so it is a bit narrower, the Password JTextField collapses to zero width.
>> Clues?
>>
<snip>
>          JTextField tf = new JTextField(10);
>          tf.setMinimumSize( new java.awt.Dimension(30,20) );
>          add(tf, gc);  // (Does not) Collapses (too far) if frame
> shrunk!
> 
<snip>

Thanks Andrew :-)

> GBL usually behaves until it strikes a component
> with no minimum size set, but cannot give it its
> preferred size.  Then it simply reduces it to '0'.
> 
> That is one of the reasons I avoid it.  I have
> encountered no layout besides GBL that you
> need to worry about setting a minimum size.

I'd be happier if component's constructors set min and max sizes 
different from preferred (e.g. by half/twice unless programmer set) and 
if all Sun's layout managers used them consistently. Doubtless there are 
good reasons for the way things are.

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TotallyGridBag "Ian Wilson" <ian.wilson@THRWHITE.remove-dii-this> - 2011-04-27 15:29 +0000
  Re: TotallyGridBag "Andrew Thompson" <andrew.thompson@THRWHITE.remove-dii-this> - 2011-04-27 15:29 +0000
    Re: TotallyGridBag "Ian Wilson" <ian.wilson@THRWHITE.remove-dii-this> - 2011-04-27 15:29 +0000

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