Re: [JGB-general] Questions about GridBagLayout

[Ramon W. <ra...@ja...>]

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Francois,

I think I see; the constraints are done *before* the widget is defined, 
analogous to seting the constraints before the add in Java.  Now it makes more 
sense!  Thanks.

Ramon

> Hello Ramon,
> 
> Here's what I would have done instead:
> <controls>
>     <layout class="GridBagLayout"/>
> 
>     <constraints>
>         <gridbag gridx="0" gridy="0" fill="BOTH" anchor="CENTER"
>         weightx="0.0" weighty="0.0" insets="2"/>
>     </constraints>
> 
>     <label text="Title"/>
>     <!-- Change  only the gridx, as the other entries are correct -->
>     <constraints><gridbag gridx="1"/></constraints>
>     <textfield .../>
> 
>     <!-- Now, we need to change line, and go back to the left -->
>     <constraints><gridbag gridx="0" gridy="1"/></constraints>
>     ...
> </controls>
> 
> I suggest you brush up on your GridBagLayout JavaDoc at
> http://java.sun.com/j2se/1.4.2/docs/api/java/awt/GridBagLayout.html as
> you seem to have confused the meaning of the anchor and fill attribute. 
> Fill is used to specify how a control should expand in it's grid cell,
> and anchor specifies where in a grid cell a control should go, if it does
> not fill the whole cell.
> 
> If you have other questions, don't hesitate !
> 
> Bye !
> Francois
> 
> On Thu, 03 Jul 2003 15:11:34 -0500, "Ramon Williamson"
> <ra...@nc...> said:
> > Hello.
> > 
> > I am trying out JGB by trying to create a Book Store GUI with Title, 
> > Author,
> > ISBN, and Publisher textfields with labels using the GridBagLayout.  I
> > have
> > written a Java applet that looks like what I want, so I just plugged in
> > the
> > constraints from that applet into the XML for JGB.  Instead of getting:
> > 
> > Title  ____________________________
> > Author ____________________________
> > ISBN ______________________________
> > Publisher _________________________
> > 
> > I get
> > 
> > Title
> > ________________________________ Author
> > ________________________________ ISBN
> > ________________________________ Publisher
> > ________________________________
> > 
> [snip]
> --
>   Francois Beausoleil
>   Developer of Java Gui Builder
>   http://jgb.sourceforge.net/
> 
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