Path: csiph.com!v102.xanadu-bbs.net!xanadu-bbs.net!feeder.erje.net!eu.feeder.erje.net!eternal-september.org!feeder.eternal-september.org!news.eternal-september.org!.POSTED!not-for-mail From: Jeff Higgins Newsgroups: comp.lang.java.programmer Subject: Re: Is there something better than ComponentListener on Resized Date: Mon, 30 Sep 2013 16:24:44 -0400 Organization: A noiseless patient Spider Lines: 31 Message-ID: References: <419a414e-356f-4d1c-ab98-cc6613081bcd@googlegroups.com> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1; format=flowed Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Injection-Date: Mon, 30 Sep 2013 20:24:24 +0000 (UTC) Injection-Info: mx05.eternal-september.org; posting-host="6b9e92482af47766954d85fb77d372f5"; logging-data="4490"; mail-complaints-to="abuse@eternal-september.org"; posting-account="U2FsdGVkX1/l2UMj7mI8URJfM9YmiKEYXiu4mnEAtWo=" User-Agent: Mozilla/5.0 (X11; Linux i686; rv:24.0) Gecko/20100101 Thunderbird/24.0 In-Reply-To: Cancel-Lock: sha1:0C8zoPRIOLteMEvjp3jDo+i/QNc= Xref: csiph.com comp.lang.java.programmer:25398 On 09/30/2013 11:29 AM, Eric Sosman wrote: > On 9/30/2013 11:08 AM, clus@aol.com wrote: >> On Saturday, September 21, 2013 10:46:10 PM UTC-4, Jeff Higgins wrote: >>> On 09/21/2013 02:40 PM, clus@aol.com wrote: LayoutManager >> >> How would I do this with GridLayout, Shrugs: provide some code and perhaps we'll see. >> since I'm using GridLayout. Here >> are the details. >> >> In a frame, I first add a push button at the top. Below the button I >> add two tables, side by side. >> >> The frame already resizes vertically to any length which is good. >> >> But, I want the frame to not resize horizontally beyond a certain >> hardcoded limit. I.E.: I want the frame to resize horizontally, but >> attempts to resize beyond a certain limit are prevented. So, if a user >> were to try to resize horizontally beyond the limit then the resulting >> horizontal width of the frame would be the limit. > > Perhaps it's time to ask a question: Why do you think it's a > good idea to prevent the user from arranging his own screen as > he pleases? Does your program understand the user's needs and > desires better than he himself does? I've used such a program.