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in the gridbaglayout, controls are set to their minimum size (such as the
width of the label of a button). i've simply avoided using the gridbag since
it's so cumbersome, but it's possible to get some desired effects by messing
with padding/insets of the cell and setting fill to horizontal or both. this
should be fairly straitforward using the jbuilder GridBagConstraintsEditor
(some names may be different since i'm using jbuilder2). if my memory serves
me, i think the flow layout is the only one that honors the preferred size
of components placed in it.

hope this helps,
Anthony

David <David.Clark@qwest.com> wrote in message
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> Good day -
>
> Using JBuilder3 on NT -
>
> I have a form that uses GridBagControl to place it's controls
> (JTextField, JComboBox, etc).  I set the width to something like 75 in
> the properties editor.  In my code, I initialize the field with a value
> (date or something), which increases the size of the control.  If I
> clear the field, then the control resizes smaller. Is there anyway to
> keep controls the same size regardless of data (if any) they may
> contain?
>
> Thanks in advance for your help.
>
> Gratefully,
>
> David
>
> david.clark@qwest.com
>