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: Eric Sosman Newsgroups: comp.lang.java.programmer Subject: Re: Is there something better than ComponentListener on Resized Date: Mon, 30 Sep 2013 17:15:07 -0400 Organization: A noiseless patient Spider Lines: 41 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 21:15:10 +0000 (UTC) Injection-Info: mx05.eternal-september.org; posting-host="0d73d8cc209bff1c6395088b400d0605"; logging-data="22878"; mail-complaints-to="abuse@eternal-september.org"; posting-account="U2FsdGVkX19xjswS0mh+JheM+b0YOrU4" User-Agent: Mozilla/5.0 (Windows NT 5.1; rv:24.0) Gecko/20100101 Thunderbird/24.0 In-Reply-To: Cancel-Lock: sha1:g4EA/9Co4uyCns76dE42oSU3S1g= Xref: csiph.com comp.lang.java.programmer:25399 On 9/30/2013 4:24 PM, Jeff Higgins wrote: > 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. Did you enjoy it? ;-) That is: Did you consider it a benefit, a point in the program's favor, when the program's window resisted all your efforts to make it larger? Did this behavior improve your experience of using the program? -- Eric Sosman esosman@comcast-dot-net.invalid