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Re: Is there something better than ComponentListener on Resized

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On 09/30/2013 10:32 PM, Eric Sosman wrote:
> On 9/30/2013 10:16 PM, Jeff Higgins wrote:
>> On 09/30/2013 05:15 PM, Eric Sosman wrote:
>>> 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?
>>>
>> Oh. I was responding to your comment concerning the program(mer)
>> who perhaps understands my needs and desires better than I do.
>> Many programmers provide sensible default behavior for users,
>> like me, who might not be familiar with the program or even
>> the subject matter. I don't recall seeing a GUI behavior such as
>> clus@aol.com describes, but maybe the subject matter warrants such.
>
>      Sorry for the misunderstanding.
>
>      It's certainly possible that Clusardi's situation does in fact
> make such Thou Shalt Not behavior desirable, perhaps useful or even
> essential.  That's why I raised the question: Not to deny that there
> could be a reason, but to ensure that the reason had actually been
> examined and evaluated.
>
>      I guess there are three questions, really:
>
>      1) Is the size restriction really desirable?
>
>      2) If (1), then must it be applied to the entire frame
>         rather than to a sub-component like an interior JPanel?
>
>      3) If (2), then Clusardi's original question: "How?"
>
> Maybe if the reasons for "Yes" answers to (1) and (2) were
> made public, somebody might have a better idea how to answer
> (3) -- or how to do something different but satisfactory.
>
Oops. I need to learn to read, or at least pay attention.
I missed the fact that we were discussing the resize behavior
of a top level window. Not really sure how one would go about that.
Maybe back to the listener route.

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Is there something better than ComponentListener on Resized clusardi2k@aol.com - 2013-09-20 12:43 -0700
  Re: Is there something better than ComponentListener on Resized Eric Sosman <esosman@comcast-dot-net.invalid> - 2013-09-20 17:16 -0400
    Re: Is there something better than ComponentListener on Resized clusardi2k@aol.com - 2013-09-21 11:40 -0700
      Re: Is there something better than ComponentListener on Resized Jeff Higgins <jeff@invalid.invalid> - 2013-09-21 22:46 -0400
        Re: Is there something better than ComponentListener on Resized "clus@aol.com" <clusardi2k@aol.com> - 2013-09-30 08:08 -0700
          Re: Is there something better than ComponentListener on Resized Eric Sosman <esosman@comcast-dot-net.invalid> - 2013-09-30 11:29 -0400
            Re: Is there something better than ComponentListener on Resized Jeff Higgins <jeff@invalid.invalid> - 2013-09-30 16:24 -0400
              Re: Is there something better than ComponentListener on Resized Eric Sosman <esosman@comcast-dot-net.invalid> - 2013-09-30 17:15 -0400
                Re: Is there something better than ComponentListener on Resized "John B. Matthews" <nospam@nospam.invalid> - 2013-09-30 20:10 -0400
                Re: Is there something better than ComponentListener on Resized Eric Sosman <esosman@comcast-dot-net.invalid> - 2013-09-30 20:38 -0400
                Re: Is there something better than ComponentListener on Resized Jeff Higgins <jeff@invalid.invalid> - 2013-09-30 22:16 -0400
                Re: Is there something better than ComponentListener on Resized Eric Sosman <esosman@comcast-dot-net.invalid> - 2013-09-30 22:32 -0400
                Re: Is there something better than ComponentListener on Resized Jeff Higgins <jeff@invalid.invalid> - 2013-10-01 03:28 -0400
                Re: Is there something better than ComponentListener on Resized Jeff Higgins <jeff@invalid.invalid> - 2013-10-01 03:41 -0400
                Re: Is there something better than ComponentListener on Resized Arne Vajhøj <arne@vajhoej.dk> - 2013-10-01 20:04 -0400
            Re: Is there something better than ComponentListener on Resized clusardi2k@aol.com - 2013-10-01 05:39 -0700
              Re: Is there something better than ComponentListener on Resized Eric Sosman <esosman@comcast-dot-net.invalid> - 2013-10-01 09:37 -0400
      Re: Is there something better than ComponentListener on Resized "John B. Matthews" <nospam@nospam.invalid> - 2013-09-22 19:57 -0400

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